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| author |   Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> | 2015-12-02 10:04:19 +0000 |
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| committer |   Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> | 2015-12-02 13:48:37 +0000 |
| commit | 5f98dededf101ce7ee3c11bd41d84ae61cce7feb (patch) | |
| tree | c8c821f18036dcbcfd4c36ad7c03e4d9f74ab7e4 /docs/guides/quickstart.rst | |
| parent | 0c292cdcf82ca1d5a71a93c1e1f91cb061a2c6f2 (diff) | |
vnfs: configurable loopback application support inside VM
For PVP and PVVP deployments, traffic inside virtual machines must be
forwarded between its interfaces. There are several forwarding options
supported by VSPERF, including DPDK testpmd, Huawei l2fwd kernel module
and linux bridge. Another option is, that VM image has built in forwarding
functionality and vsperf doesn't configure it itself.
User can select VM loopback application by configuration option
GUEST_LOOPBACK (per VM) or by SCALAR cli option guest_loopback (global
settings).
Selected guest loopback application(s) will be written into test results
CSV file and test report MD file.
Default wildcarded guest login prompt was added. Guest startup guarding
timer can be configured. Path to OVS kernel module has been fixed.
Change-Id: If738da1ea09112f9cf2267afcbc99a6797f3a03a
JIRA: VSPERF-130
Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com>
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diff --git a/docs/guides/quickstart.rst b/docs/guides/quickstart.rst index 7af068d2..b85b3c8a 100755 --- a/docs/guides/quickstart.rst +++ b/docs/guides/quickstart.rst @@ -354,6 +354,34 @@ To run tests using Vanilla OVS: ./vsperf --conf-file <path_to_settings_py> +Selection of loopback application for PVP and PVVP tests +-------------------------------------------------------- +To select loopback application, which will perform traffic forwarding +inside VM, following configuration parameter should be configured: + + .. code-block:: console + + GUEST_LOOPBACK = ['testpmd', 'testpmd'] + + or use --test-param + + ./vsperf --conf-file user_settings.py + --test-param "guest_loopback=testpmd" + +Supported loopback applications are: + + .. code-block:: console + + 'testpmd' - testpmd from dpdk will be built and used + 'l2fwd' - l2fwd module provided by Huawei will be built and used + 'linux_bridge' - linux bridge will be configured + 'buildin' - nothing will be configured by vsperf; VM image must + ensure traffic forwarding between its interfaces + +Guest loopback application must be configured, otherwise traffic +will not be forwarded by VM and testcases with PVP and PVVP deployments +will fail. Guest loopback application is set to 'testpmd' by default. + Code change verification by pylint ---------------------------------- Every developer participating in VSPERF project should run |