Intel Device Plugins Operator Application

This application provides a set of plugins developed by Intel to facilitate the use of Intel hardware features in Kubernetes clusters. These plugins are designed to enable and optimize the use of Intel-specific hardware capabilities in a Kubernetes environment.

The following plugins are supported:

• Intel QAT device plugin

• Intel GPU device plugin

• Intel DSA device plugin

Install Intel Device Plugins Operator Application

Intel device plugin Operator application is required to be installed for configuring the Intel QAT device plugin, the Intel GPU device plugin and the Intel DSA device plugin. Installation steps are mentioned in the respective device plugin configuration sections below.

• QAT Device Plugin Configuration

• GPU Device Plugin Configuration

• Data Streaming Accelerator

Uninstall Intel Device Plugins Operator Application

Perform the following steps to uninstall the Intel Device Plugins operator application:

1. Remove and delete the intel-device-plugins-operator application first.

   ~(keystone_admin)]$ system application-remove intel-device-plugins-operator
   ~(keystone_admin)]$ system application-delete intel-device-plugins-operator
   

2. Remove and delete node-feature-discovery.

   ~(keystone_admin)]$ system application-remove node-feature-discovery
   ~(keystone_admin)]$ system application-delete node-feature-discovery
   

   Note

   If node-feature-discovery is removed before intel-device-plugins-operator, removing the intel-device-plugins-operator application may fail to clean up its resources, leaving an orphaned DaemonSet, or remain stuck in the Removing state. If this occurs, the DaemonSet must be deleted manually.