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diff --git a/nfvbench/traffic_server.py b/nfvbench/traffic_server.py
index d46a27d..91608dd 100644
--- a/nfvbench/traffic_server.py
+++ b/nfvbench/traffic_server.py
@@ -49,8 +49,12 @@ class TRexTrafficServer(TrafficServer):
mbuf_opt = "--mbuf-factor " + str(generator_config.mbuf_factor)
else:
mbuf_opt = ""
+ # --unbind-unused-ports: for NIC that have more than 2 ports such as Intel X710
+ # this will instruct trex to unbind all ports that are unused instead of
+ # erroring out with an exception (i40e only)
subprocess.Popen(['nohup', '/bin/bash', '-c',
- './t-rex-64 -i -c {} --iom 0 --no-scapy-server --close-at-end {} '
+ './t-rex-64 -i -c {} --iom 0 --no-scapy-server '
+ '--unbind-unused-ports --close-at-end {} '
'{} {} --cfg {} &> /tmp/trex.log & disown'.format(cores, sw_mode,
vlan_opt,
mbuf_opt, cfg)],