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2016-08-05Merge "Hugepages: on the fly allocation."Maryam Tahhan1-0/+5
2016-08-04docs: Update vloop-vnf changelogMartin Klozik1-0/+7
Updated version of vloop-vnf image was added into the changelog inside installation guide. JIRA: VSPERF-349 Change-Id: I64a1acdf2191858dc282ea6c3b588048b3bdd742 Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: <bmichalo@redhat.com>
2016-08-04Hugepages: on the fly allocation.Mars Toktonaliev1-0/+5
If no hugepages are available, try to allocate HUGEPAGE_RAM_ALLOCATION amount of RAM for hugepages. JIRA: VSPERF-290 Change-Id: I092b3831254579eeebbe45e85884828f9d749895 Signed-off-by: Mars Toktonaliev <mars.toktonaliev@nokia.com>
2016-07-27docs: Enhancement of IxNetwork configuration guideMartin Klozik1-0/+4
Configuration guide has been updated with description of IxNetwork specific configuration options. New section was added with description of test results sharing between IxNetwork and VSPERF. Additional changes: * wrong formatting inside installation.rst was fixed * description of IxNetwork configuration was updated inside ixnet.py JIRA: VSPERF-302 Change-Id: Ida0e086e69b82fd1f9821d16ea750b2dec1d5aa2 Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: <bmichalo@redhat.com>
2016-05-12docs: add gotcha for activating the python 3 envMaryam Tahhan1-0/+23
Add instructions for gotcha when activating the python 3 env. Change-Id: Ia531ca796ad15354974dee13033a8d97a42c7747 Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com>
2016-05-06dpdk: Support new way of DPDK configuration in ovs-vswitchdMartin Klozik1-0/+9
Configuration of DPDK options in ovs-vswitchd has changed. Previously used option --dpdk was deprecated and all DPDK related options have to be configured through ovsdb via ovs-vsctl calls. VSPERF was modified to detect and use correct version of DPDK configuration. New configuration options should be put into VSWITCHD_DPDK_CONFIG dictionary. VSPERF classes specific to OVS were refactored. Change-Id: Ia3fad5906221439f477638f1f9734289dbf737bb JIRA: VSPERF-291 Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Brian Castelli <brian.castelli@spirent.com>
2016-05-03hugepage_doc: Add hugepage configuration info to installation docChristian Trautman1-0/+39
Adds some documentation to the installation guide on proper hugepage configuration to run vsperf with dpdk and/or guests. JIRA: VSPERF-256 Change-Id: I3b85fe7d69b00841844aa82ba8faf936d7e37825 Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
2016-03-14Install: Adding RedHat 7.2 Installation bash scriptsChristian Trautman1-6/+8
Adding in prepare_python_env.sh and build_base_machine.sh scripts to appropriate systems folder for installation on Red Hat 7.2. Modified installation.rst to reflect these changes. * Fixed Header to add Red Hat * Added myself as contributor JIRA: VSPERF-214 Change-Id: I23a10316e77c3cec67b7f25176e8707de683af09 Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com>
2016-03-12bugfix: Eliminate error and warning messagesMartin Klozik1-2/+16
Several issues have been fixed to decrease a number of warning and error messages written to the standard output. Error and warning messages causes false build failure report by Jenkins, in case that internal parsing of job output is enabled. Fixed issues: * qemu makefile updated * shared directories between host and guests are forcibly deleted before vsperf execution * nonstop_tsc cpu flag is exported from host to the guest * vloop-vnf help has been updated and changelog added * TCL scripts updated to print info instead of warning * vloop-vnf image updated to avoid snmpd related warnings Change-Id: Id9ca014bae8fa34772b67d1ebab3431682682931 JIRA: VSPERF-206 Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com>
2016-02-05docs: adding license to all rst files.Maryam Tahhan1-0/+4
Add Creative Commons Creative Commons license to all documentation in vsperf. JIRA: VSPERF-239 Change-Id: I88721205a36078f6e0d4a4c5dd842907729d2b6b Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Billy O Mahony <billy.o.mahony@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Brian Castelli <brian.castelli@spirent.com>
2016-01-25docs: updates and final fixesMaryam Tahhan1-0/+101
Migrate the installation guide for vsperf to a configguide directory, update the links to the installation guide. Re-add top level index.rst and remove the all directory. Update release documentation with vsperf Rel B support. Change-Id: Ib643b9d3581d8109b85c377027c8cc6be4b797fc Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Radek Zetik <radekx.zetik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Dino Simeon Madarang <dino.simeonx.madarang@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Brian Castelli <brian.castelli@spirent.com>