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| author |   Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> | 2018-02-12 14:20:45 +0000 |
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| committer | Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> | 2018-03-12 09:22:49 +0000 |
| commit | 05f108f9bf0a036565af444f5ae709dc12ac2967 (patch) | |
| tree | fcbe255c436797d0e2c0bf06056624f5db4bf1f2 /docs/testing/user/userguide | |
| parent | b8ef508a78181e017071d9189bb0030305fd1080 (diff) | |
trex: Tests with T-Rex in VM
Patch introduces a set of testcases with T-Rex running inside VM.
JIRA: VSPERF-560
Change-Id: I5b0a0220a2d72428ae1210ee9590d39abdfb9c1d
Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: RadoslawX Glombiowski <radoslawx.glombiowski@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com>
Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Sridhar Rao <sridhar.rao@spirent.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/testing/user/userguide')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/testing/user/userguide/testlist.rst | 27 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/testing/user/userguide/testlist.rst b/docs/testing/user/userguide/testlist.rst index 2b0e9d7f..21c4b736 100644 --- a/docs/testing/user/userguide/testlist.rst +++ b/docs/testing/user/userguide/testlist.rst @@ -388,3 +388,30 @@ ovsdpdk_qos_p2p In a p2p setup, ensure when a QoS egres ovsdpdk_qos_pvp In a pvp setup, ensure when a QoS egress policer is created that the traffic is limited to the specified rate. ======================================== ====================================================================================== + +T-Rex in VM TestCases +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +A set of functional testcases, which use T-Rex running in VM as a traffic generator. +These testcases require a VM image with T-Rex server installed. An example of such +image is a vloop-vnf image with T-Rex available for download at: + +http://artifacts.opnfv.org/vswitchperf/vnf/vloop-vnf-ubuntu-16.04_trex_20180209.qcow2 + +This image can be used for both T-Rex VM and loopback VM in ``vm2vm`` testcases. + +**NOTE:** The performance of T-Rex running inside the VM is lower if compared to T-Rex +execution on bare-metal. The user should perform a calibration of the VM maximum FPS +capability, to ensure this limitation is understood. + +======================================== ====================================================================================== +trex_vm_cont T-Rex VM - execute RFC2544 Continuous Stream from T-Rex VM and loop + it back through Open vSwitch. +trex_vm_tput T-Rex VM - execute RFC2544 Throughput from T-Rex VM and loop it back + through Open vSwitch. +trex_vm2vm_cont T-Rex VM2VM - execute RFC2544 Continuous Stream from T-Rex VM and + loop it back through 2nd VM. +trex_vm2vm_tput T-Rex VM2VM - execute RFC2544 Throughput from T-Rex VM and loop it back + through 2nd VM. + +======================================== ====================================================================================== |