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authorMartin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com>2015-10-02 02:18:09 +0100
committerMaryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com>2015-10-12 14:58:14 +0000
commit9b590e2282714e3b5aae26c3ac2d8c857b1ddb82 (patch)
tree3739c9f042949c02e3254be342f0076d6ed2f9f2 /docs
parentf8b7dd0a2611061fed7134474ae10ab85e80cf3d (diff)
Enable PVP and PVVP deployments for Vanilla OVS
Support for PVP and PVVP scenerios using Vanilla OVS was added. VMs are configured to forward traffic between virtual interfaces by standard linux capabilities. Traffic generator script was updated to accept MAC and IP address configuration to allow VM forwarding configuration. VSPERF-66, VSPERF-70 Change-Id: Ia70ab6be547b39928a1eae319faba779d4e29284 Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Dino Simeon Madarang <dino.simeonx.madarang@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Brian Castelli <brian.castelli@spirent.com> Reviewed-by: Gene Snider <eugene.snider@huawei.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Tv Rao <tv.rao@freescale.com>
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-rw-r--r--docs/to-be-reorganized/NEWS.rst7
-rw-r--r--docs/to-be-reorganized/quickstart.rst38
2 files changed, 44 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/to-be-reorganized/NEWS.rst b/docs/to-be-reorganized/NEWS.rst
index 69df7478..0fe9e22b 100644
--- a/docs/to-be-reorganized/NEWS.rst
+++ b/docs/to-be-reorganized/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+October 2015
+==============
+New
+---
+- Support of PVP and PVVP deployment scenarios using Vanilla OVS
+
September 2015
==============
New
@@ -63,4 +69,3 @@ Missing
-------
- xmlunit output is currently disabled
-- VNF support.
diff --git a/docs/to-be-reorganized/quickstart.rst b/docs/to-be-reorganized/quickstart.rst
index 485bf1ae..c575be59 100644
--- a/docs/to-be-reorganized/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/to-be-reorganized/quickstart.rst
@@ -203,7 +203,45 @@ To run tests using vhost-cuse as guest access method:
./vsperf --conf-file <path_to_settings_py>
+Executing PVP tests using Vanilla OVS
+-------------------------------------
+To run tests using Vanilla OVS:
+
+1. Set the following variables:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ VSWITCH = 'OvsVanilla'
+ VNF = 'QemuVirtioNet'
+
+ VANILLA_TGEN_PORT1_IP = n.n.n.n
+ VANILLA_TGEN_PORT1_MAC = nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn
+
+ VANILLA_TGEN_PORT2_IP = n.n.n.n
+ VANILLA_TGEN_PORT2_MAC = nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn
+
+ VANILLA_BRIDGE_IP = n.n.n.n
+
+ or use --test-param
+
+ ./vsperf --conf-file user_settings.py
+ --test-param "vanilla_tgen_tx_ip=n.n.n.n;
+ vanilla_tgen_tx_mac=nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn"
+
+
+2. Recompile src for Vanilla OVS testing
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ cd src
+ make cleanse
+ make WITH_LINUX=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
+
+3. Run test:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ ./vsperf --conf-file <path_to_settings_py>
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