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-.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
-.. License.
-.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
-.. (c) OPNFV, Intel Corporation and others.
-
-PROX - Packet pROcessing eXecution engine.
-==========================================
-
-Change since previous release, support has been added for the following:
-
-8 workloads for automated dataplane benchmarking using DATS
-Support DPDK 17.05
-L4 stateful traffic generation and flow extraction tool
-lua configuration files for easy table population
-New modes: impair, lb5tuple, mirror, nat, decapnsh, encapnsh and genl4
-helper script for automated VM core pinning for Qemu
-New screens for viewing information regarding DPDK rings (screen 5) and L4 generation (screen 6)
-Improved command editing using libedit
-Improved ncurses display
-Rename of dppd-bng zip file to dppd-prox
-Latency histogram collection
-
-PROX COMMANDS AND SCREENS
--------------------------
-::
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- | **RUNTIME COMMAND** | **DESCRIPTION** | **EXAMPLE** |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |quit | Stop all cores and quit | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |help <substr> | Show list of commands that have <substr> as a substring. | |
- | | If no substring is provided, all commands are shown. | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |verbose <level> | Set the verbosity level of some printed messages. | |
- | | Possible values are: 0 (default value, error messages only), | verbose 1 |
- | | 1 (+ warnings), 2 (+ info) and 3 (+ debugging) | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |thread info <core_id> <task_id> | Show task specific information | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |update interval <value> | Update statistics refresh rate, in msec (must be >=10). | |
- | | Default is 1 second | update interval 500 |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |rx tx info | Print connections between tasks on all cores | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |start <core list>|all <task_id> | Start cores specified in <core list> or all cores. | start all |
- | | If <task_id> is not specified, all tasks for the specified cores | start 1 |
- | | will be started. | start 1s0-4s0 |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |stop <core list>|all <task_id> | Stop cores specified in <core list> or all cores. | |
- | | If <task_id> is not specified, all tasks for the specified | stop 1 |
- | | cores will be stopped. | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |dump <coreid> <taskid> <nbpkts> | Create a hex dump of <nb_packets> from <task_id> on <core_id> | dump 2 1 5 |
- | | showing how packets have changed between RX and TX. | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |dump_rx <coreid> <taskid> <nbpkts> | Create a hex dump of <nb_packets> from <task_id> on <coreid> at RX | dump_rx 2 1 5 |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |dump_tx <coreid> <taskid> <nbpkts> | Create a hex dump of <nb_packets> from <task_id> on <coreid> at TX | dump_tx 2 1 5 |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |rx distr start | Start gathering statistical distribution of received packets | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |rx distr stop | Stop gathering statistical distribution of received packets | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |rx distr reset | Reset gathered statistical distribution of received packets | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |rx distr show | Display gathered statistical distribution of received packets | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |rate <port id> <queue id> <rate> | Set transmit rate in Mb/s. This does not include preamble, SFD and IFG | rate 0 0 1000 |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |count <core id> <task id> <count> | Generate <count> packets, then pause generating | count 1 0 5 |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |pkt_size <coreid> <taskid> <pktsize> | Set the packet size to <pkt_size> | pkt_size 1 3 255 |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |speed <core_id> <task_id> <speed percentage> | Change the speed to <speed percentage> of a |
- | | 10 Gbps line at which packets are being generated | speed 1 0 50 |
- | | on core <core_id> in task <task_id> |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |speed_byte <core_id> <task_id> <speed> | Change speed to <speed>. The speed is specified in units of bytes per sec | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |set value <core_id> <task_id> <offset> | Set <value_len> bytes to <value> at offset <offset> in packets | |
- | <value> <value_len> | generated on <core_id> <task_id> | set value 4 1 14 10 1 |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- | reset values all | Undo all `set value` commands on all cores/tasks | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |reset values <core id> <task id> | Undo all `set value` commands on specified core/task | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |arp add <core id> <task id> <port id> | | |
- | <gre id> <svlan> <cvlan> <ip addr> | | |
- | <mac addr> <user> | Add a single ARP entry into a CPE table on <core id>/<task id> | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |rule add <core id> <task id> svlan_id&mask | | |
- | cvlan_id&mask ip_proto&mask | | |
- | source_ip/prefix destination_ip/prefix | | |
- | range dport_range action | Add a rule to the ACL table on <core id>/<task id> | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |route add <core id> <task id> | | |
- | <ip/prefix> <next hop id> | Add a route to the routing table on core <core id> <task id> | route add 10.0.16.0/24 9 |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |reset stats | Reset all statistics | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |tot stats | Print total RX and TX packets | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |tot ierrors per sec | Print total number of ierrors per second | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |pps stats | Print RX and TX packet rate in unit of packet per second | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |lat stats <core id> <task id> | Print min,max,avg latency as measured during last sampling interval | lat stats 1 0 |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |lat packets <core id> <task id> | Print the latency for each of the last set of packets | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |core stats <core id> <task id> | Print rx/tx/drop for task <task id> running on core <core id> | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |port_stats <port id> | Print rate for no_mbufs, ierrors, rx_bytes, tx_bytes, rx_pkts, | |
- | | tx_pkts and totals for RX, TX, no_mbufs ierrors for port <port id> | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |ring info all | Get information about ring, such as ring size and | |
- | | number of elements in the ring | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |ring info <core id> <task id> | Get information about ring on core <core id> | |
- | | in task <task id>, such as ring size and number of elements in the ring | ring info 1 0 |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |port info <port id> [brief] | Get port related information, such as MAC address, socket, | |
- | | number of descriptors..., . Adding `brief` after command | |
- | | prints short version of output. | port info 1 |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |port up <port id> | Set the port up (all ports are up at startup) | port up 1 |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |port down <port id> | Set the port down | port down 1 |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |port xstats <port id> | Get extra statistics for the port | port xstats 1 |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |version | Show version | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
- |port_stats <port id> | Print rate for no_mbufs, ierrors, rx_bytes, tx_bytes, rx_pkts, | |
- | | tx_pkts and totals for RX, TX, no_mbufs ierrors for port <port id> | |
- +----------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
-
-While PROX is running, F1 to F6 change the view on the system. Pressing F1 switches to the main screen showing per core statistics. When PROX is started,
-this is the screen shown by default. Pressing F2 switches to show port-based information. Pressing F3 shows information (i.e. occupancy, memory usage, ...)
-about memory pools. If there are tasks with mode=lat, F4 displays latency measurements made during the last second by each of those tasks.
-F5 displays DPDK ring information. F6 is for L4 generation. If no command has been entered, numbers 1 to 6 can also be used to change the view on the system.
-This is provided to allow changing screens in environments that do not pass function keys to PROX.
-
-Page Up and Page Down can be used to view per core statistics that would otherwise not fit on the screen. Escape quits PROX.
-The history of previously entered commands can be navigated using the Up and Down arrows. Statistics can be reset with F12.
-
-COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
---------------------
-Run PROX with the "--help" argument to display the usage text and the list of supported options as shown below.
-PROX supports many compilation flags to enable or disable features. For these flags, refer to the Makefile.
-Refer to the README file for more information on how to run PROX for specific use cases.
-
-::
-
- Usage: ./build/prox [-f CONFIG_FILE] [-l LOG_FILE] [-p] [-o DISPLAY] [-v] [-a|-e] [-m|-s|-i] [-n] [-w DEF] [-q] [-k] [-d] [-z] [-r VAL] [-u] [-t]
- -f CONFIG_FILE : configuration file to load, ./prox.cfg by default
- -l LOG_FILE : log file name, ./prox.log by default
- -p : include PID in log file name if default log file is used
- -o DISPLAY: Set display to use, can be 'curses' (default), 'cli' or 'none'
- -v verbosity : initial logging verbosity
- -a : autostart all cores (by default)
- -e : don't autostart
- -n : Create NULL devices instead of using PCI devices, useful together with -i
- -m : list supported task modes and exit
- -s : check configuration file syntax and exit
- -i : check initialization sequence and exit
- -u : Listen on UDS /tmp/prox.sock
- -t : Listen on TCP port 8474
- -q : Pass argument to Lua interpreter, useful to define variables
- -w : define variable using syntax varname=value
- takes precedence over variables defined in CONFIG_FILE
- -k : Log statistics to file "stats_dump" in current directory
- -d : Run as daemon, the parent process will block until PROX is not initialized
- -z : Ignore CPU topology, implies -i
- -r : Change initial screen refresh rate. If set to a lower than 0.001 seconds,
- screen refreshing will be disabled
-
-CONFIGURATION FILE FORMAT
--------------------------
-The configuration file is divided into multiple sections, each of which is used to define some parameters and options.
-Sections are created using the [section name] syntax. The list of sections, where # represents an integer, is as follows:
-
-::
- [eal options]
- [port #]
- [variables]
- [defaults]
- [global]
- [core #]
-
-In each section, entries are created using the key=value syntax.
-Comments are created using the ; symbol: all characters from the ;
-symbol to the end of line are ignored. A # symbol at the beginning of the section name comments
-the whole section out: all entries in the section are treated as comments and are ignored. For example:
-
-::
- [#core 1]
- ; this is a comment
- parameter name=parameter value ; this entry is ignored because the section is commented out
-
-[EAL OPTIONS]
-The following parameters are supported:
-
-::
- -m ; Specifies the amount of memory used. If not provided, all hugepages will be used.
- -n ; Specifies the number of memory channels. Use -n4 for latest Intel Xeon based platforms
- -r ; Specifies the number of memory ranks.
- eal ; Specifies DPDK EAL extra options. Those options will be passed blindly to DPDK.
-
-[PORT #]
-DPDK ports are usually referenced by their port_id, i.e. an integer starting from 0.
-Using port_id in the configuration file is tedious, since the same port_id can appear at
-different places (rx port, tx port, routing tables),
-and those ports might change (e.g. if cables are swapped).
-In order to make the configuration file easier to read and modify,
-DPDK ports are given a name with the name= option.
-The name serves as the reference, and in addition, it will show up in the display at runtime.
-
-::
- PARAMETER EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- name inet0 Use inet0 to later refer to this port
- mac hardware value can be: hardware, random or a literal MAC address
- rx desc 256 number of descriptors to allocate for reception
- tx desc 256 number of descriptors to allocate for transmission
- promiscuous yes enable promiscuous mode
- strip crc yes enable CRC stripping
- rss yes enable RSS
- lsc no While lsc is disabled for drivers known to not provide support,
- this option explicitely overrides these settings.
- rx_ring dpdk_ring_name use DPDK ring as an interface (receive side)
- tx_ring dpdk_ring_name use DPDK ring as an interface (transmit side)
-
-[VARIABLES]
-Variables can be defined in the configuration file using the $varname=value syntax.
-Variables defined on the command line (-w varname=value) take precedence and do not
-create conflicts with variables defined in the configuration file. Variables are
-used in the configuration file using the $varname syntax: each instance of $varname
-is replaced by its associated value. This is typically useful if the same parameter
-must be used at several places. For instance, you might want to have multiple load
-balancers, all transmitting to the same set of worker cores.
-The list of worker cores could then be defined once in a variable:
-
-::
- [variables]
- $wk=1s0-5s0
-
-Then, a load balancer definition would use the variable:
-
-::
- [core 6s0]
- name=LB
- task=0
- mode=lbnetwork
- tx cores=$wk task=0
- ...
-
-And the section defining the worker cores would be:
-
-::
- [core $wk]
- name=worker
- task=0
- mode=qinqencapv4
- ...
-
-[DEFAULTS]
-The default value of some options can be overridden using the [defaults] section:
-
-::
- PARAMETER EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION
- -----------------------------------
- mempool size 16K number of mbufs per task, relevant when task receives from a port.
- this is the n argument provided to rte_mempool_create()
- qinq tag 0xa888 Set qinq tag for all tasks. The result of adding this option is the
- same as adding qinq tag= to each task
- memcache size 128 number of mbufs cached per core, default is 256 this is the cache_size
- argument provided to rte_mempool_create()
-
-[GLOBAL]
-The following parameters are supported:
-
-::
- PARAMETER EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION
- -------------------------------------------------
- name BNG Name of the configuration, which will be shown in the title box at runtime.
- start time 10 Time in seconds after which average statistics will be started.
- Default value is 0.
- duration time 30 Runtime duration in seconds, counted after start time.
- This is typically useful to automate testing using
- different parameters: PROX automatically exits when the
- runtime duration has elapsed. Initialization and start time
- are not included in this runtime duration.
- For example, if start time is set to 10 and duration time is set to 30,
- the total execution time (after initialization) will be 40 seconds.
- Default value is 0, which means infinity and prevents PROX from automatically exiting.
- shuffle yes When this parameter is set to yes, the order of mbufs
- within mempools is randomized to simulate a system that has
- been warmed up. Default value is no.
- gre cfg /path/to/file.csv Path to CSV file that provides QinQ-to-GRE mapping.
- Default value is gre_table.csv in same directory as
- configuration file. Fields are GRE key and QinQ value (computed as SVLAN * 4096 + CVLAN).
- pre cmd ls Arbitrary system commands to run while reading cfg. This option can occur multiple times.
- user cfg /path/to/file.csv Path to CSV file that provides QinQ-to-User mapping.
- Default value is user_table.csv in same directory as configuration file.
- Fields are SVLAN, CVLAN and User-Id.
- next hop cfg /path/to/file.csv Path to CSV file that provides Next-Hop details.
- Default value is next_hop.csv in same directory as configuration file.
- Fields are Next-Hop index (as returned by LPM lookup),
- Out-Port index, Next-Hop IP (unused), Next-Hop MAC and MPLS label.
- ipv4 cfg /path/to/file.csv Path to CSV file that provides IPv4 LPM routing table.
- Default value is ipv4.csv in same directory as configuration file.
- Fields are IPv4 subnet (in CIDR notation) and Next-Hop index.
- dscp cfg /path/to/file.csv Path to CSV file that provides mapping for QoS classification,
- from DSCP to Traffic Class and Queue.
- Default value is dscp.csv in same directory as configuration file.
- Fields are DSCP (0-63), Traffic Class (0-3) and Queue (0-3).
- ipv6 tunnel cfg /path/to/file.csv Path to CSV file that provides lwAFTR binding table.
- Default value is ipv6_tun_bind.csv in same directory as configuration file.
- Fields are lwB4 IPv6 address, next hop MAC address towards lwB4,
- IPv4 Public address and IPv4 Public Port Set.
- acl cfg /path/to/file.csv Path to CSV file that provides ACL rules.
- Default value is rules.csv in same directory as configuration file.
- Fields are SVLAN value & mask, CVLAN value & mask, IP protocol value & mask,
- source IPv4 subnet (in CIDR notation), destination IPv4 subnet (in CIDR notation),
- source port range, destination port range, and action (drop, allow, rate limit).
- unique mempool yes
- per socket
-
-[CORE #]
-Cores can be configured by means of a set of [core #] sections, where # represents either:
-
-an absolute core number: e.g. on a 10-core, dual socket system with hyper-threading, cores are numbered from 0 to 39;
-a core number, the letter 's', and a socket number: this allows selecting per-socket cores, independently from their interleaved numbering;
-a core number and the letter 'h': this allows selecting the hyper-thread sibling of the specified core;
-a dash-separated range of core numbers;
-a comma-separated list of core numbers;
-any combination of the above;
-or a variable whose value complies with the above syntax.
-The socket and hyper-thread syntax makes it easier to use the same configuration file on several platforms,
-even if their core numbering differs (e.g. interleaving rule or number of cores per socket).
-
-Each core can be assigned with a set of tasks, each running one of the implemented packet processing modes.
-
-The following parameters are supported:
-.. image:: images/prox_core.png
- :width: 1024px
- :alt: SampleVNF supported topology
-
-INSTALLATION
-------------
-
-PREREQUISITES
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-DPDK must be installed prior to running make in the PROX directory.
-The README file shipped with PROX describes what versions of DPDK are supported,
-and if any patches are needed for the chosen DPDK version.
-
-The following packages need to be installed. (Example for destributions that are using rpm)
-
-::
- sudo yum install net-tools wget gcc unzip libpcap-devel ncurses-devel libedit-devel pciutils lua-devel kernel-devel
- Jump Start
-
-The following instructions are here to help customers to start using PROX.
-It's by no means a complete guide, for detailed instructions on how to install and use
-DPDK please refer to its documentation.
-Your mileage may vary depending on a particular Linux distribution and hardware in use.
-
-Edit grub default configuration:
-
-::
- vi /etc/default/grub
-
-Add the following to the kernel boot parameters
-
-::
- default_hugepagesz=1G hugepagesz=1G hugepages=8
-
-Rebuild grub config and reboot the system:
-
-::
- grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
- reboot
-
-Verify that hugepages are available
-
-::
- cat /proc/meminfo
- ...
- HugePages_Total: 8
- HugePages_Free: 8
- Hugepagesize: 1048576 kB
- ...
-
-Re-mount huge pages
-
-::
- mkdir -p /mnt/huge
- umount `awk '/hugetlbfs/ { print $2 }' /proc/mounts` >/dev/null 2>&1
- mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/huge/
-
-Add the following to the end of ~/.bashrc file
-
-::
- export RTE_SDK=/root/dpdk
- export RTE_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
- export RTE_UNBIND=$RTE_SDK/tools/dpdk_nic_bind.py
-
-Re-login or source that file
-
-::
- . ~/.bashrc
-
-Build DPDK
-
-::
- git clone http://dpdk.org/git/dpdk
- cd dpdk
- git checkout v1.8.0
- make install T=$RTE_TARGET
-
-Load uio module
-
-::
- lsmod | grep -w "^uio" >/dev/null 2>&1 || sudo modprobe uio
- sleep 1
-
-Load igb_uio module
-
-::
- lsmod | grep -w "^igb_uio" >/dev/null 2>&1 || sudo insmod $RTE_SDK/$RTE_TARGET/kmod/igb_uio.ko
-
-Discover network devices available on the system:
-
-::
- lspci | grep Ethernet
-
-Prior launching PROX, ports that are to be used by it must be bound to the igb_uio driver.
-
-The following command will bind all IntelĀ® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710 ports to igb_uio:
-
-::
- lspci | grep X710 | cut -d' ' -f 1 | sudo xargs -I {} python2.7 $RTE_UNBIND --bind=igb_uio {}
-
-The following command will bind all IntelĀ® 82599 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller ports to igb_uio:
-
-::
- lspci | grep 82599 | cut -d' ' -f 1 | sudo xargs -I {} python2.7 $RTE_UNBIND --bind=igb_uio {}
-
-COMPILING AND RUNNING PROX
---------------------------
-
-Download and extract the PROX archive
-
-::
- wget https://01.org/sites/default/files/downloads/intel-data-plane-performance-demonstrators/dppd-prox-v021.zip
- unzip dppd-prox-v021.zip
- cd dppd-prox-v021
-
-Build the PROX
-
-::
- make
-
-The set of sample configuration files can be found in:
-
-::
- ./config/*
-
-PROX generation sample configs are in:
-
-::
- ./gen/*
-
-To launch PROX one may use the following command as an example, assuming the current directory is where you've just built PROX:
-
-::
- ./build/prox -f ./config/handle_none.cfg