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diff --git a/docs/testing/user/configguide/trafficgen.rst b/docs/testing/user/configguide/trafficgen.rst index 4b9eec6e..91c4084e 100644 --- a/docs/testing/user/configguide/trafficgen.rst +++ b/docs/testing/user/configguide/trafficgen.rst @@ -826,6 +826,15 @@ Default value of this parameter is defined in conf/03_traffic.conf as follows: TRAFFICGEN_TREX_RFC2544_TPUT_THRESHOLD = '' +T-Rex can have learning packets enabled. For certain tests it may be beneficial +to send some packets before starting test traffic to allow switch learning to take +place. This can be adjusted with the following configurations: + +.. code-block:: console + + TRAFFICGEN_TREX_LEARNING_MODE=True + TRAFFICGEN_TREX_LEARNING_DURATION=5 + SR-IOV and Multistream layer 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T-Rex by default only accepts packets on the receive side if the destination mac matches the @@ -840,3 +849,23 @@ modified. Enable Promiscuous mode when doing multistream at layer 2 testing with .. code-block:: console TRAFFICGEN_TREX_PROMISCUOUS=True + +RFC2544 Validation +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +T-Rex can perform a verification run for a longer duration once the binary search of the +RFC2544 trials have completed. This duration should be at least 60 seconds. This is similar +to other traffic generator functionality where a more sustained time can be attempted to +verify longer runs from the result of the search. This can be configured with the following +params + +.. code-block:: console + + TRAFFICGEN_TREX_VERIFICATION_MODE = False + TRAFFICGEN_TREX_VERIFICATION_DURATION = 60 + TRAFFICGEN_TREX_MAXIMUM_VERIFICATION_TRIALS = 10 + +The duration and maximum number of attempted verification trials can be set to change the +behavior of this step. If the verification step fails, it will resume the binary search +with new values where the maximum output will be the last attempted frame rate minus the +current set thresh hold. |