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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/testing/user/userguide/faq.rst | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/testing/user/userguide/hw_requirements.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/testing/user/userguide/quickstart_docker.rst | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/testing/user/userguide/server.rst | 37 |
4 files changed, 16 insertions, 41 deletions
diff --git a/docs/testing/user/userguide/faq.rst b/docs/testing/user/userguide/faq.rst index 7daa8c9..9da2e90 100644 --- a/docs/testing/user/userguide/faq.rst +++ b/docs/testing/user/userguide/faq.rst @@ -8,13 +8,19 @@ Frequently Asked Questions General Questions ================= +Can NFVbench be used without OpenStack +-------------------------------------- +Yes. This can be done using the EXT chain mode, with or without ARP +(depending on whether your systen under test can do routing) and by setting the openrc_file +property to empty in the NFVbench configuration. + Can NFVbench be used with a different traffic generator than TRex? ------------------------------------------------------------------ This is possible but requires developing a new python class to manage the new traffic generator interface. Can I connect Trex directly to my compute node? ----------------------------------------------- -That is possible but you will not be able to run more advanced use cases such as PVVP inter-node which requires 2 compute nodes. +Yes. Can I drive NFVbench using a REST interface? -------------------------------------------- @@ -41,4 +47,3 @@ The most common issues that prevent traffic from passing are: - if the switch port is configured as access port, you must disable vlan_tagging in the NFVbench configuration - of the switch port is configured as trunk (recommended method), you must enable it - diff --git a/docs/testing/user/userguide/hw_requirements.rst b/docs/testing/user/userguide/hw_requirements.rst index 1ebb19e..4fc6e21 100644 --- a/docs/testing/user/userguide/hw_requirements.rst +++ b/docs/testing/user/userguide/hw_requirements.rst @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ The 2 corresponding ports on the switch(es) facing the Trex ports on the Linux s Using a TOR switch is more representative of a real deployment and allows to measure packet flows on any compute node in the rack without rewiring and includes the overhead of the TOR switch. Although not the primary targeted use case, NFVbench could also support the direct wiring of the traffic generator to -a compute node without a switch (although that will limit some of the features that invove multiple compute nodes in the packet path). +a compute node without a switch. Software Requirements --------------------- diff --git a/docs/testing/user/userguide/quickstart_docker.rst b/docs/testing/user/userguide/quickstart_docker.rst index a5152cf..625e491 100644 --- a/docs/testing/user/userguide/quickstart_docker.rst +++ b/docs/testing/user/userguide/quickstart_docker.rst @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ The NFVbench container requires the following Docker options to operate properly | | /tmp/nfvbench director in the container but any | | | other similar mapping can work as well | +-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ -| --net=host | (optional) needed if you run the NFVbench ok | +| --net=host | (optional) needed if you run the NFVbench | | | server in the container (or use any appropriate | | | docker network mode other than "host") | +-------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ the 2 NIC ports to use for generating traffic have the PCI addresses "04:00.0" a "port": 1, } ], - "intf_speed": "10Gbps", + "intf_speed": "", "ip": "127.0.0.1", "name": "trex-local", "software_mode": false, @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ Create a new file containing the minimal configuration for NFVbench, we can call - port: 1 switch_port: pci: - intf_speed: 10Gbps + intf_speed: NFVbench requires an ``openrc`` file to connect to OpenStack using the OpenStack API. This file can be downloaded from the OpenStack Horizon dashboard (refer to the OpenStack documentation on how to retrieve the openrc file). The file pathname in the container must be stored in the "openrc_file" property. If it is stored on the host in the current directory, its full pathname must start with /tmp/nfvbench (since the current directory is mapped to /tmp/nfvbench in the container). @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ PCI addresses "0a:00.0" and "0a:00.1" (first 2 ports of the quad port NIC): - port: 1 switch_port: pci: "0a:00.1" - intf_speed: 10Gbps + intf_speed: .. warning:: @@ -238,4 +238,3 @@ When no longer needed, the container can be terminated using the usual docker co docker kill nfvbench docker rm nfvbench - diff --git a/docs/testing/user/userguide/server.rst b/docs/testing/user/userguide/server.rst index 70c5fdd..921e3bc 100644 --- a/docs/testing/user/userguide/server.rst +++ b/docs/testing/user/userguide/server.rst @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ HTTP Interface This request simply returns whatever content is sent in the body of the request (body should be in json format, only used for testing) -Example request: +Example request: .. code-block:: bash @@ -219,30 +219,13 @@ The entire default configuration can be viewed using the --show-json-config opti }, "name": "(built-in default config)", "no_cleanup": false, - "no_int_config": false, - "no_reset": false, - "no_tor_access": false, "no_traffic": false, - "no_vswitch_access": false, "openrc_file": "/tmp/nfvbench/openstack/openrc", - "openstack_defaults": "/tmp/nfvbench/openstack/defaults.yaml", - "openstack_setup": "/tmp/nfvbench/openstack/setup_data.yaml", "rate": "ndr_pdr", "service_chain": "PVP", "service_chain_count": 1, "sriov": false, "std_json": null, - "tor": { - "switches": [ - { - "host": "172.26.233.12", - "password": "lab", - "port": 22, - "username": "admin" - } - ], - "type": "N9K" - }, "traffic": { "bidirectional": true, "profile": "traffic_profile_64B" @@ -271,7 +254,7 @@ The entire default configuration can be viewed using the --show-json-config opti "vlan": null } ], - "intf_speed": "10Gbps", + "intf_speed": null, "ip": "127.0.0.1", "name": "trex-local", "tool": "TRex" @@ -324,12 +307,6 @@ The entire default configuration can be viewed using the --show-json-config opti ], "unidir_reverse_traffic_pps": 1, "vlan_tagging": true, - "vts_ncs": { - "host": null, - "password": "secret", - "port": 22, - "username": "admin" - } } @@ -445,7 +422,8 @@ use the default NFVbench configuration but do not generate traffic (no_traffic p {u'status': u'PENDING', u'error_message': u'nfvbench run still pending'} {u'status': u'OK', u'result': {u'date': u'2017-03-31 22:04:59', u'nfvbench_version': u'0.3.5', - u'config': {u'compute_nodes': None, u'compute_node_user': u'root', u'vts_ncs': {u'username': u'admin', u'host': None, u'password': u'secret', u'port': 22}, u'traffic_generator': {u'tg_gateway_ip_addrs': [u'1.1.0.100', u'2.2.0.100'], u'ip_addrs_step': u'0.0.0.1', u'step_mac': None, u'generator_profile': [{u'intf_speed': u'10Gbps', u'interfaces': [{u'pci': u'0a:00.0', u'port': 0, u'vlan': 1998, u'switch_port': None}, + u'config': {u'compute_nodes': None, u'compute_node_user': u'root', u'traffic_generator': {u'tg_gateway_ip_addrs': [u'1.1.0.100', u'2.2.0.100'], u'ip_addrs_step': u'0.0.0.1', + u'step_mac': None, u'generator_profile': [{u'intf_speed': u'', u'interfaces': [{u'pci': u'0a:00.0', u'port': 0, u'vlan': 1998, u'switch_port': None}, ... @@ -458,10 +436,3 @@ Example of invocation using Websocket/SocketIO, execute NFVbench using the defau .. code-block:: bash [root@sjc04-pod3-mgmt ~]# docker exec -it nfvbench nfvbench_client -c '{"duration":5,"rate":"5kpps"}' --use-socketio http://127.0.0.1:7555 >results.json - - - - - - - |