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authorMaryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com>2015-12-16 13:43:37 +0000
committerMaryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com>2015-12-23 10:32:18 +0000
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Review and update userguides for Release B. JIRA: VSPERF-160 Change-Id: I54c4dd37fa5951cab9d0e17bb2f3a4d273741cb0 Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com>
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@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ VSPERF supports the following traffic generators:
To see the list of traffic gens from the cli:
- .. code-block:: console
+.. code-block:: console
- ./vsperf --list-trafficgens
+ $ ./vsperf --list-trafficgens
This guide provides the details of how to install
and configure the various traffic generators.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ The traffic default configuration can be found in
tools/pkt_gen/trafficgen/trafficgenhelper.py, and is configured as
follows:
- .. code-block:: console
+.. code-block:: console
TRAFFIC_DEFAULTS = {
'l2': {
@@ -53,23 +53,23 @@ The framesize paramter can be overridden from the configuration
files by adding the following to your custom configuration file
``10_custom.conf``:
- .. code-block:: console
+.. code-block:: console
TRAFFICGEN_PKT_SIZES = (64, 128,)
OR from the commandline:
- .. code-block:: console
+.. code-block:: console
- ./vsperf --test-param "pkt_sizes=x,y" $TESTNAME
+ $ ./vsperf --test-param "pkt_sizes=x,y" $TESTNAME
You can also modify the traffic transmission duration and the number
of trials run by the traffic generator by extending the example
commandline above to:
- .. code-block:: console
+.. code-block:: console
- ./vsperf --test-param "pkt_sizes=x,y;duration=10;rfc2455_trials=3" $TESTNAME
+ $ ./vsperf --test-param "pkt_sizes=x,y;duration=10;rfc2455_trials=3" $TESTNAME
Dummy Setup
------------
@@ -77,22 +77,22 @@ To select the Dummy generator please add the following to your
custom configuration file ``10_custom.conf``.
- .. code-block:: console
+.. code-block:: console
TRAFFICGEN = 'Dummy'
OR run ``vsperf`` with the ``--trafficgen`` argument
- .. code-block:: console
+.. code-block:: console
- ./vsperf --trafficgen Dummy $TESTNAME
+ $ ./vsperf --trafficgen Dummy $TESTNAME
Where $TESTNAME is the name of the vsperf test you would like to run.
This will setup the vSwitch and the VNF (if one is part of your test)
print the traffic configuration and prompt you to transmit traffic
when the setup is complete.
- .. code-block:: console
+.. code-block:: console
Please send 'continuous' traffic with the following stream config:
30mS, 90mpps, multistream False
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ When your traffic gen has completed traffic transmission and provided
the results please input these at the vsperf prompt. vsperf will try
to verify the input:
- .. code-block:: console
+.. code-block:: console
Is '$input_value' correct?