Notes, guides, and things learned from the lab
How SUSE Edge Image Builder creates custom, immutable OS images with embedded Kubernetes configurations for zero-touch provisioning of 5G edge platforms on Dell PowerEdge XR8620t.
A deep dive into the four-tier network architecture — Calico, MacVLAN, SR-IOV Netdevice, and DPDK — enabling sub-10μs packet processing for 5G DU workloads via Multus CNI.
Achieving sub-10μs latency jitter through isolcpus, nohz_full, rcu_nocbs, NUMA topology management, and 40GB hugepages on a 64-core Intel Xeon platform.
Five security layers — immutable OS, RKE2 CIS Benchmark, Pod Security Standards, network segmentation, and cert-manager — protecting critical telco edge infrastructure.
Production BIOS settings for the Dell XR8620t: TelcoOptimizedProfile, disabling C-states, IOMMU for SR-IOV/DPDK, NUMA configuration, and hardware prefetcher tuning.
Test manifests and validation procedures for DPDK, SR-IOV, and MacVLAN networking on a telco edge Kubernetes cluster, including resource allocation, troubleshooting, and performance benchmarking.