# Cyborg Support Matrix

Cyborg supports specific operations on VMs with attached accelerator resources, which are generally a subset of the full set of VM operations supported by Nova (nova-vm-ops).

In this release, these operations have a dependency on specific Nova patches (nova-patches). They can be expected to work in Cyborg only if and when these Nova patches get merged without significant changes. These operations are not supported in this release since the dependencies are not met.

VM Operations Expected to Work With Nova Dependencies
VM Operation | Command
--- | ---
VM creation | `openstack server create`
VM deletion | `openstack server delete`
Reboot within VM | `ssh to VM and reboot in OS`
Soft reboot | `openstack server reboot --soft`
Pause/Unpause | `openstack server pause`, `openstack server unpause`
Backup | `openstack server backup create`
Take a snapshot | `openstack server image create`
Lock/Unlock | `openstack server lock`, `openstack server unlock`
Rebuild/Evacuate | `openstack server rebuild`
Shelve/Unshelve | `openstack server shelve`, `openstack server unshelve`

Operations not listed here may or may not work.

## Driver Support

The list of drivers available as part of the Cyborg distribution at the time of release can be found in: `cyborg.accelerator.driver` section of Cyborg’s setup.cfg

The following table provides additional information for individual drivers.

Driver Support
Driver Name | Supported Products | Description | Notes | Temporary Test Report
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Fake Driver | None | A driver that creates a fake device with accelerator resources of type FPGA. Useful for exploring Cyborg without hardware and for Continuous Integration testing. | None | None
Intel FPGA OPAE Driver | Intel PAC | The driver for Intel FPGA devices with OPAE software stack. | Supports programming of FPGA bitstreams of type `gbs`. | None
Nvidia GPU driver | None | The driver for Nvidia GPUs. | None | None
Ascend AI Chip driver | None | The driver for Huawei’s Ascend AI chips. | None | None
Intel QAT Driver | Intel QuickAssist Technology Card | The driver for Intel QAT Cards. | None | Test results reported at Aug 2020. Please reference: Intel QAT Driver Test Report
Inspur FPGA Driver | None | The driver for Inspur FPGA Cards. | None | Test results reported at Aug 2020. Please reference: Inspur FPGA Driver Test Report
Intel NIC Driver | None | The driver for Intel NIC Cards. | None | Test results reported at Feb 2021. Please reference: Intel NIC Driver Test Report
Inspur NVMe SSD Driver | None | The driver for Inspur NVMe SSD DISK. | None | Test results reported at Feb 2021. Please reference: Inspur NVMe SSD Driver Test Report
Xilinx FPGA Driver | None | The driver for Xilinx FPGA Cards. | None | None

Note

Temporary Test Report: This is a temporary test report, it is only valid for a short time, if you encounter problems, please contact the Cyborg team.

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