Environment Requirements

This document uses CentOS 7.6/CentOS 8.1 and openEuler 20.03 as examples to describe the environment requirements for compiling and running the OVS software.

Hardware Requirements

Table 1 lists the hardware requirements.

**Table 1** Hardware requirements
Item	Description
CPUs	Kunpeng 920 processors
Disks	Available space > 10 GB
Network	10GE or higher Ethernet is recommended.

OS and Software Requirements

Table 2 lists the OS and software requirements.

**Table 2** OS and software requirements
Item	Version	How to Obtain
OS	openEuler 20.03 LTS SP1	http://openeuler.org/zh/download/
	CentOS 7.6	https://repo.huaweicloud.com/centos/
	CentOS 8.1	https://repo.huaweicloud.com/centos/
Open vSwitch	2.12.0	https://www.openvswitch.org/releases/openvswitch-2.12.0.tar.gz

Parent topic: Open vSwitch 2.12.0 Installation Guide (CentOS & openEuler)