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diff --git a/docs/configguide/trafficgen.rst b/docs/configguide/trafficgen.rst index b66a1787..4e42b2be 100644 --- a/docs/configguide/trafficgen.rst +++ b/docs/configguide/trafficgen.rst @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ .. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 .. (c) OPNFV, Intel Corporation, AT&T and others. +.. _trafficgen-installation: + =========================== 'vsperf' Traffic Gen Guide =========================== @@ -87,6 +89,8 @@ commandline above to: $ ./vsperf --test-params "TRAFFICGEN_PKT_SIZES=(x,y);TRAFFICGEN_DURATION=10;" \ "TRAFFICGEN_RFC2544_TESTS=1" $TESTNAME +.. _trafficgen-dummy: + Dummy ----- @@ -410,22 +414,63 @@ RFC 2544 tests using the REST interface. Configuration: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The mandatory configurations are enlisted below. 1. The Labserver and license server addresses. These parameters applies to - all the tests and are mandatory. + all the tests, and are mandatory for all tests. .. code-block:: console TRAFFICGEN_STC_LAB_SERVER_ADDR = " " TRAFFICGEN_STC_LICENSE_SERVER_ADDR = " " + TRAFFICGEN_STC_PYTHON2_PATH = " " + TRAFFICGEN_STC_TESTCENTER_PATH = " " + TRAFFICGEN_STC_TEST_SESSION_NAME = " " + TRAFFICGEN_STC_CSV_RESULTS_FILE_PREFIX = " " 2. For RFC2544 tests, the following parameters are mandatory +.. code-block:: console + + TRAFFICGEN_STC_EAST_CHASSIS_ADDR = " " + TRAFFICGEN_STC_EAST_SLOT_NUM = " " + TRAFFICGEN_STC_EAST_PORT_NUM = " " + TRAFFICGEN_STC_EAST_INTF_ADDR = " " + TRAFFICGEN_STC_EAST_INTF_GATEWAY_ADDR = " " + TRAFFICGEN_STC_WEST_CHASSIS_ADDR = "" + TRAFFICGEN_STC_WEST_SLOT_NUM = " " + TRAFFICGEN_STC_WEST_PORT_NUM = " " + TRAFFICGEN_STC_WEST_INTF_ADDR = " " + TRAFFICGEN_STC_WEST_INTF_GATEWAY_ADDR = " " + TRAFFICGEN_STC_RFC2544_TPUT_TEST_FILE_NAME + +3. RFC2889 tests: Currently, the forwarding, address-caching, and + address-learning-rate tests of RFC2889 are supported. + The testcenter-rfc2889-rest.py script implements the rfc2889 tests. + The configuration for RFC2889 involves test-case definition, and parameter + definition, as described below. New results-constants, as shown below, are + added to support these tests. + +Example of testcase definition for RFC2889 tests: + +.. code-block:: python + + { + "Name": "phy2phy_forwarding", + "Deployment": "p2p", + "Description": "LTD.Forwarding.RFC2889.MaxForwardingRate", + "Parameters" : { + "TRAFFIC" : { + "traffic_type" : "rfc2889_forwarding", + }, + }, + } + +For RFC2889 tests, specifying the locations for the monitoring ports is mandatory. +Necessary parameters are: .. code-block:: console - TRAFFICGEN_STC_RFC2544_TPUT_TEST_FILE_NAME = " " + TRAFFICGEN_STC_RFC2889_TEST_FILE_NAME TRAFFICGEN_STC_EAST_CHASSIS_ADDR = " " TRAFFICGEN_STC_EAST_SLOT_NUM = " " TRAFFICGEN_STC_EAST_PORT_NUM = " " @@ -436,13 +481,52 @@ The mandatory configurations are enlisted below. TRAFFICGEN_STC_WEST_PORT_NUM = " " TRAFFICGEN_STC_WEST_INTF_ADDR = " " TRAFFICGEN_STC_WEST_INTF_GATEWAY_ADDR = " " + TRAFFICGEN_STC_VERBOSE = "True" + TRAFFICGEN_STC_RFC2889_LOCATIONS="//10.1.1.1/1/1,//10.1.1.1/2/2" + +Other Configurations are : + +.. code-block:: console + + TRAFFICGEN_STC_RFC2889_MIN_LR = 1488 + TRAFFICGEN_STC_RFC2889_MAX_LR = 14880 + TRAFFICGEN_STC_RFC2889_MIN_ADDRS = 1000 + TRAFFICGEN_STC_RFC2889_MAX_ADDRS = 65536 + TRAFFICGEN_STC_RFC2889_AC_LR = 1000 + +The first 2 values are for address-learning test where as other 3 values are +for the Address caching capacity test. LR: Learning Rate. AC: Address Caching. +Maximum value for address is 16777216. Whereas, maximum for LR is 4294967295. -3. For RFC2889 tests, specifying the locations of the ports is mandatory. +Results for RFC2889 Tests: Forwarding tests outputs following values: .. code-block:: console - TRAFFICGEN_STC_RFC2889_TEST_FILE_NAME = " " - TRAFFICGEN_STC_RFC2889_LOCATIONS= " " + TX_RATE_FPS : "Transmission Rate in Frames/sec" + THROUGHPUT_RX_FPS: "Received Throughput Frames/sec" + TX_RATE_MBPS : " Transmission rate in MBPS" + THROUGHPUT_RX_MBPS: "Received Throughput in MBPS" + TX_RATE_PERCENT: "Transmission Rate in Percentage" + FRAME_LOSS_PERCENT: "Frame loss in Percentage" + FORWARDING_RATE_FPS: " Maximum Forwarding Rate in FPS" + + +Whereas, the address caching test outputs following values, + +.. code-block:: console + + CACHING_CAPACITY_ADDRS = 'Number of address it can cache' + ADDR_LEARNED_PERCENT = 'Percentage of address successfully learned' + +and address learning test outputs just a single value: + +.. code-block:: console + + OPTIMAL_LEARNING_RATE_FPS = 'Optimal learning rate in fps' + +Note that 'FORWARDING_RATE_FPS', 'CACHING_CAPACITY_ADDRS', +'ADDR_LEARNED_PERCENT' and 'OPTIMAL_LEARNING_RATE_FPS' are the new +result-constants added to support RFC2889 tests. .. _`Xena Networks`: |