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| author |   Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> | 2018-02-28 06:34:23 -0800 |
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| committer | Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> | 2018-03-22 05:43:56 +0000 |
| commit | e9ff0fdf355d26d0c171c6c1137c4beb12561233 (patch) | |
| tree | d202c427858a5e0b0eee6ddc83be35b6b5de5327 /docs/testing/developer | |
| parent | a9655607f7618fd392cf719e8d9ea2dbf6c8dd1c (diff) | |
trex: Add support for burst traffic type
Support for burst traffic type was added into T-Rex. This
traffic type is useful for tests, where a limited number
of frames should be sent through DUT.
JIRA: VSPERF-562
Change-Id: I03b7150e66a0210cce91b20c751b8624c16f951b
Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com>
Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Sridhar Rao <sridhar.rao@spirent.com>
Reviewed-by: Richard Elias <richardx.elias@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/testing/developer')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/trafficgen_integration_guide.rst | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/vswitchperf_design.rst | 12 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/trafficgen_integration_guide.rst b/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/trafficgen_integration_guide.rst index c88b80ed..0298a47f 100644 --- a/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/trafficgen_integration_guide.rst +++ b/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/trafficgen_integration_guide.rst @@ -200,12 +200,16 @@ functions: which are discussed in detail at :ref:`integration-tests` userguide. * param **traffic_type**: One of the supported traffic types, - e.g. **rfc2544_throughput**, **rfc2544_continuous** - or **rfc2544_back2back**. - * param **frame_rate**: Defines desired percentage of frame - rate used during continuous stream tests. + e.g. **rfc2544_throughput**, **rfc2544_continuous**, + **rfc2544_back2back** or **burst**. * param **bidir**: Specifies if generated traffic will be full-duplex (true) or half-duplex (false). + * param **frame_rate**: Defines desired percentage of frame + rate used during continuous stream tests. + * param **burst_size**: Defines a number of frames in the single burst, + which is sent by burst traffic type. Burst size is applied for each + direction, i.e. the total number of tx frames will be 2*burst_size + in case of bidirectional traffic. * param **multistream**: Defines number of flows simulated by traffic generator. Value 0 disables MultiStream feature. * param **stream_type**: Stream Type defines ISO OSI network layer diff --git a/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/vswitchperf_design.rst b/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/vswitchperf_design.rst index 96ffcf62..9317d875 100644 --- a/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/vswitchperf_design.rst +++ b/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/vswitchperf_design.rst @@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ Detailed description of ``TRAFFIC`` dictionary items follows: .. code-block:: console 'traffic_type' - One of the supported traffic types. - E.g. rfc2544_throughput, rfc2544_back2back - or rfc2544_continuous + E.g. rfc2544_throughput, rfc2544_back2back, + rfc2544_continuous or burst Data type: str Default value: "rfc2544_throughput". 'bidir' - Specifies if generated traffic will be full-duplex (True) @@ -304,6 +304,12 @@ Detailed description of ``TRAFFIC`` dictionary items follows: continuous stream tests. Data type: int Default value: 100. + 'burst_size' - Defines a number of frames in the single burst, which is sent + by burst traffic type. Burst size is applied for each direction, + i.e. the total number of tx frames will be 2*burst_size in case of + bidirectional traffic. + Data type: int + Default value: 100. 'multistream' - Defines number of flows simulated by traffic generator. Value 0 disables multistream feature Data type: int @@ -786,7 +792,7 @@ ITrafficGenerator connect() disconnect() - send_burst_traffic(traffic, numpkts, time, framerate) + send_burst_traffic(traffic, time) send_cont_traffic(traffic, time, framerate) start_cont_traffic(traffic, time, framerate) |