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authorMaryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com>2015-06-08 15:03:08 +0000
committerGerrit Code Review <gerrit@172.30.200.206>2015-06-08 15:03:08 +0000
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+# Copyright 2015 Intel Corporation.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+"""Abstract "traffic generator" model.
+
+This is an abstract class for traffic generators.
+"""
+
+#TODO update Back2Back method description when Result implementation will
+#be ready.
+
+from tools.pkt_gen.trafficgen.trafficgenhelper import TRAFFIC_DEFAULTS
+
+class ITrafficGenerator(object):
+ """Model of a traffic generator device.
+ """
+ _traffic_defaults = TRAFFIC_DEFAULTS.copy()
+
+ @property
+ def traffic_defaults(self):
+ """Default traffic values.
+
+ These can be expected to be constant across traffic generators,
+ so no setter is provided. Changes to the structure or contents
+ will likely break traffic generator implementations or tests
+ respectively.
+ """
+ return self._traffic_defaults
+
+ def __enter__(self):
+ """Connect to the traffic generator.
+
+ Provide a context manager interface to the traffic generators.
+ This simply calls the :func:`connect` function.
+ """
+ return self.connect()
+
+ def __exit__(self, type_, value, traceback):
+ """Disconnect from the traffic generator.
+
+ Provide a context manager interface to the traffic generators.
+ This simply calls the :func:`disconnect` function.
+ """
+ self.disconnect()
+
+ def connect(self):
+ """Connect to the traffic generator.
+
+ This is an optional function, designed for traffic generators
+ which must be "connected to" (i.e. via SSH or an API) before
+ they can be used. If not required, simply do nothing here.
+
+ Where implemented, this function should raise an exception on
+ failure.
+
+ :returns: None
+ """
+ raise NotImplementedError('Please call an implementation.')
+
+ def disconnect(self):
+ """Disconnect from the traffic generator.
+
+ As with :func:`connect`, this function is optional.
+
+ Where implemented, this function should raise an exception on
+ failure.
+
+ :returns: None
+ """
+ raise NotImplementedError('Please call an implementation.')
+
+ def send_burst_traffic(self, traffic=None, numpkts=100,
+ time=20, framerate=100):
+ """Send a burst of traffic.
+
+ Send a ``numpkts`` packets of traffic, using ``traffic``
+ configuration, with a timeout of ``time``.
+
+ Attributes:
+ :param traffic: Detailed "traffic" spec, i.e. IP address, VLAN tags
+ :param numpkts: Number of packets to send
+ :param framerate: Expected framerate
+ :param time: Time to wait to receive packets
+
+ :returns: dictionary of strings with following data:
+ - List of Tx Frames,
+ - List of Rx Frames,
+ - List of Tx Bytes,
+ - List of List of Rx Bytes,
+ - Payload Errors and Sequence Errors.
+ """
+ raise NotImplementedError('Please call an implementation.')
+
+ def send_cont_traffic(self, traffic=None, time=20, framerate=0,
+ multistream=False):
+ """Send a continuous flow of traffic.
+
+ Send packets at ``framerate``, using ``traffic`` configuration,
+ until timeout ``time`` occurs.
+
+ :param traffic: Detailed "traffic" spec, i.e. IP address, VLAN tags
+ :param time: Time to wait to receive packets (secs)
+ :param framerate: Expected framerate
+ :param multistream: Enable multistream output by overriding the
+ UDP port number in ``traffic`` with values
+ from 1 to 64,000
+ :returns: dictionary of strings with following data:
+ - Tx Throughput (fps),
+ - Rx Throughput (fps),
+ - Tx Throughput (mbps),
+ - Rx Throughput (mbps),
+ - Tx Throughput (% linerate),
+ - Rx Throughput (% linerate),
+ - Min Latency (ns),
+ - Max Latency (ns),
+ - Avg Latency (ns)
+ """
+ raise NotImplementedError('Please call an implementation.')
+
+ def start_cont_traffic(self, traffic=None, time=20, framerate=0,
+ multistream=False):
+ """Non-blocking version of 'send_cont_traffic'.
+
+ Start transmission and immediately return. Do not wait for
+ results.
+ """
+ raise NotImplementedError('Please call an implementation.')
+
+ def stop_cont_traffic(self):
+ """Stop continuous transmission and return results.
+ """
+ raise NotImplementedError('Please call an implementation.')
+
+ def send_rfc2544_throughput(self, traffic=None, trials=3, duration=20,
+ lossrate=0.0, multistream=False):
+ """Send traffic per RFC2544 throughput test specifications.
+
+ Send packets at a variable rate, using ``traffic``
+ configuration, until minimum rate at which no packet loss is
+ detected is found.
+
+ :param traffic: Detailed "traffic" spec, i.e. IP address, VLAN tags
+ :param trials: Number of trials to execute
+ :param duration: Per iteration duration
+ :param lossrate: Acceptable lossrate percentage
+ :param multistream: Enable multistream output by overriding the
+ UDP port number in ``traffic`` with values
+ from 1 to 64,000
+ :returns: dictionary of strings with following data:
+ - Tx Throughput (fps),
+ - Rx Throughput (fps),
+ - Tx Throughput (mbps),
+ - Rx Throughput (mbps),
+ - Tx Throughput (% linerate),
+ - Rx Throughput (% linerate),
+ - Min Latency (ns),
+ - Max Latency (ns),
+ - Avg Latency (ns)
+ """
+ raise NotImplementedError('Please call an implementation.')
+
+ def start_rfc2544_throughput(self, traffic=None, trials=3, duration=20,
+ lossrate=0.0, multistream=False):
+ """Non-blocking version of 'send_rfc2544_throughput'.
+
+ Start transmission and immediately return. Do not wait for
+ results.
+ """
+ raise NotImplementedError('Please call an implementation.')
+
+ def wait_rfc2544_throughput(self):
+ """Wait for and return results of RFC2544 test.
+ """
+ raise NotImplementedError('Please call an implementation.')
+
+ def send_rfc2544_back2back(self, traffic=None, trials=1, duration=20,
+ lossrate=0.0, multistream=False):
+ """Send traffic per RFC2544 back2back test specifications.
+
+ Send packets at a fixed rate, using ``traffic``
+ configuration, until minimum time at which no packet loss is
+ detected is found.
+
+ :param traffic: Detailed "traffic" spec, i.e. IP address, VLAN
+ tags
+ :param trials: Number of trials to execute
+ :param duration: Per iteration duration
+ :param lossrate: Acceptable loss percentage
+ :param multistream: Enable multistream output by overriding the
+ UDP port number in ``traffic`` with values from 1 to 64,000
+
+ :returns: Named tuple of Rx Throughput (fps), Rx Throughput (mbps),
+ Tx Rate (% linerate), Rx Rate (% linerate), Tx Count (frames),
+ Back to Back Count (frames), Frame Loss (frames), Frame Loss (%)
+ :rtype: :class:`Back2BackResult`
+ """
+ raise NotImplementedError('Please call an implementation.')
+
+ def start_rfc2544_back2back(self, traffic=None, trials=1, duration=20,
+ lossrate=0.0, multistream=False):
+ """Non-blocking version of 'send_rfc2544_back2back'.
+
+ Start transmission and immediately return. Do not wait for
+ results.
+ """
+ raise NotImplementedError('Please call an implementation.')
+
+ def wait_rfc2544_back2back(self):
+ """Wait and set results of RFC2544 test.
+ """
+ raise NotImplementedError('Please call an implementation.')