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diff --git a/docs/developer/design/overview.rst b/docs/developer/design/overview.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9876d62 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/developer/design/overview.rst @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International +.. License. +.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 +.. (c) Cisco Systems, Inc + +Overview +-------- + +NFVbench is a python application that is designed to run in a compact and portable format inside a container and on production pods. +As such it only uses open sourec software with minimal hardware requirements (just a NIC card that is DPDK compatible). +Traffic generation is handled by TRex on 2 physical ports (2x10G or higher) forming traffic loops up to VNF level and following +a path that is common to all NFV applications: external source to top of rack switch(es) to compute node(s) to vswitch (if applicable) +to VNF(s) and back. + +Configuration of benchmarks is through a yaml configuraton file and command line arguments. + +Results are available in different formats: + +- text output with tabular results +- json result in file or in REST reply (most detailed) + +Logging is available in a log file. + +Benchmark results and logs can be optionally sent to one or more remote fluentd aggeregators using json format. |