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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/configguide/trafficgen.rst | 45 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/requirements/vswitchperf_ltd.rst | 10 |
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diff --git a/docs/configguide/trafficgen.rst b/docs/configguide/trafficgen.rst index f612569f..63560b9c 100644 --- a/docs/configguide/trafficgen.rst +++ b/docs/configguide/trafficgen.rst @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ VSPERF supports the following traffic generators: * IXIA (IxNet and IxOS) * Spirent TestCenter * Xena Networks + * MoonGen To see the list of traffic gens from the cli: @@ -253,6 +254,8 @@ folder. Contact Xena Networks for the latest version of this file. The user can also visit www.xenanetworks/downloads to obtain the file with a valid support contract. +**Note** VSPerf has been fully tested with version v2.43 of Xena2544.exe + To execute the Xena2544.exe file under Linux distributions the mono-complete package must be installed. To install this package follow the instructions below. Further information can be obtained from @@ -287,3 +290,45 @@ set to allow for proper connections to the chassis. TRAFFICGEN_XENA_PASSWORD = '' TRAFFICGEN_XENA_MODULE1 = '' TRAFFICGEN_XENA_MODULE2 = '' + + +MoonGen +------- + +Installation +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +MoonGen architecture overview and general installation instructions +can be found here: + +https://github.com/emmericp/MoonGen + +For VSPerf use, MoonGen should be cloned from here (as opposed to the afore +mentioned GitHub): + +git clone https://github.com/atheurer/MoonGen + +and use the opnfv-stable branch: + +git checkout opnfv-stable + +VSPerf uses a particular example script under the examples directory within +the MoonGen project: + +MoonGen/examples/opnfv-vsperf.lua + +Follow MoonGen set up instructions here: + +https://github.com/atheurer/MoonGen/blob/opnfv-stable/MoonGenSetUp.html + +Note one will need to set up ssh login to not use passwords between the server +running MoonGen and the device under test (running the VSPERF test +infrastructure). This is because VSPERF on one server uses 'ssh' to +configure and run MoonGen upon the other server. + +One can set up this ssh access by doing the following on both servers: + +.. code-block:: console + + ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa + ssh-copy-id <other server> diff --git a/docs/requirements/vswitchperf_ltd.rst b/docs/requirements/vswitchperf_ltd.rst index 1ac56470..6b882290 100644 --- a/docs/requirements/vswitchperf_ltd.rst +++ b/docs/requirements/vswitchperf_ltd.rst @@ -1285,11 +1285,11 @@ Test ID: LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.Profile to the DUT's RFC 2544 Throughput as determined by LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.PacketLoss Ratio (0% Packet Loss case). A delta of 0% is equivalent to an offered traffic rate equal to the RFC 2544 - Throughput; A delta of +50% indicates an offered rate half-way - between the Throughput and line-rate, whereas a delta of - -50% indicates an offered rate of half the maximum rate. Therefore the - range of the delta figure is natuarlly bounded at -100% (zero offered - traffic) and +100% (traffic offered at line rate). + Maximum Throughput; A delta of +50% indicates an offered rate half-way + between the Maximum RFC2544 Throughput and line-rate, whereas a delta of + -50% indicates an offered rate of half the RFC 2544 Maximum Throughput. + Therefore the range of the delta figure is natuarlly bounded at -100% + (zero offered traffic) and +100% (traffic offered at line rate). The following deltas to the maximum forwarding rate should be applied: |