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| author |   Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> | 2018-01-19 10:06:14 +0000 |
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| committer |   Gerrit Code Review <gerrit@opnfv.org> | 2018-01-19 10:06:14 +0000 |
| commit | 78de0c6b53db31ae0d77aaa79de015a73e981895 (patch) | |
| tree | 35e0e4a451d8bd3a4ca8b2857221955cb30424c1 | |
| parent | 3e4a1be91d487d4a73fc80f1c3f23ebf78c15953 (diff) | |
| parent | 17a932044bd9924fc4ea041b217c1814148a5533 (diff) | |
Merge "trex: Improve error handling"
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/testing/user/configguide/trafficgen.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/pkt_gen/trex/trex.py | 11 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/testing/user/configguide/trafficgen.rst b/docs/testing/user/configguide/trafficgen.rst index 029247f2..33824486 100644 --- a/docs/testing/user/configguide/trafficgen.rst +++ b/docs/testing/user/configguide/trafficgen.rst @@ -791,6 +791,10 @@ It is neccesary for proper connection between Trex server and VSPERF. cd trex-core/scripts/ ./t-rex-64 -i +**NOTE:** Please check your firewall settings at both DUT and T-Rex server. +Firewall must allow a connection from DUT (VSPERF) to the T-Rex server running +at TCP port 4501. + For additional information about Trex stateless mode see Trex stateless documentation: https://trex-tgn.cisco.com/trex/doc/trex_stateless.html diff --git a/tools/pkt_gen/trex/trex.py b/tools/pkt_gen/trex/trex.py index 5ce87b1d..cfe54b78 100644 --- a/tools/pkt_gen/trex/trex.py +++ b/tools/pkt_gen/trex/trex.py @@ -126,9 +126,14 @@ class Trex(ITrafficGenerator): 'T-Rex: Cannot locate Trex program at %s within %s' \ % (self._trex_host_ip_addr, self._trex_base_dir)) - self._stlclient = STLClient(username=self._trex_user, server=self._trex_host_ip_addr, - verbose_level=0) - self._stlclient.connect() + try: + self._stlclient = STLClient(username=self._trex_user, server=self._trex_host_ip_addr, + verbose_level=0) + self._stlclient.connect() + except STLError: + raise RuntimeError('T-Rex: Cannot connect to T-Rex server. Please check if it is ' + 'running and that firewall allows connection to TCP port 4501.') + self._logger.info("T-Rex: Trex host successfully found...") def disconnect(self): |