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@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ http://www.mono-project.com/docs/getting-started/install/linux/
rpm --import "http://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF"
yum-config-manager --add-repo http://download.mono-project.com/repo/centos/
- yum -y install mono-complete
+ yum -y install mono-complete-5.8.0.127-0.xamarin.3.epel7.x86_64
To prevent gpg errors on future yum installation of packages the mono-project
repo should be disabled once installed.
@@ -795,6 +795,13 @@ It is neccesary for proper connection between Trex server and VSPERF.
Firewall must allow a connection from DUT (VSPERF) to the T-Rex server running
at TCP port 4501.
+**NOTE:** For high speed cards it may be advantageous to start T-Rex with more transmit queues/cores.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ cd trex-cores/scripts/
+ ./t-rex-64 -i -c 10
+
For additional information about Trex stateless mode see Trex stateless documentation:
https://trex-tgn.cisco.com/trex/doc/trex_stateless.html
@@ -862,6 +869,22 @@ modified. Enable Promiscuous mode when doing multistream at layer 2 testing with
TRAFFICGEN_TREX_PROMISCUOUS=True
+Card Bandwidth Options
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+T-Rex API will attempt to retrieve the highest possible speed from the card using internal
+calls to port information. If you are using two separate cards then it will take the lowest
+of the two cards as the max speed. If necessary you can try to force the API to use a
+specific maximum speed per port. The below configurations can be adjusted to enable this.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ TRAFFICGEN_TREX_FORCE_PORT_SPEED = True
+ TRAFFICGEN_TREX_PORT_SPEED = 40000 # 40 gig
+
+**Note::** Setting higher than possible speeds will result in unpredictable behavior when running
+tests such as duration inaccuracy and/or complete test failure.
+
RFC2544 Validation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~