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diff --git a/docs/testing/user/userguide/14-nsb-operation.rst b/docs/testing/user/userguide/14-nsb-operation.rst index 2e741822e..d157914a9 100644 --- a/docs/testing/user/userguide/14-nsb-operation.rst +++ b/docs/testing/user/userguide/14-nsb-operation.rst @@ -313,3 +313,39 @@ options section. options: tg_0: queues_per_port: 2 + + +Standalone configuration +------------------------ + +NSB supports certain Standalone deployment configurations. +Standalone supports provisioning a VM in a standalone visualised environment using kvm/qemu. +There two types of Standalone contexts available: OVS-DPDK and SRIOV. +OVS-DPDK uses OVS network with DPDK drivers. +SRIOV enables network traffic to bypass the software switch layer of the Hyper-V stack. + +Standalone with OVS-DPDK +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +SampleVNF image is spawned in a VM on a baremetal server. +OVS with DPDK is installed on the baremetal server. + +.. note:: Ubuntu 17.10 requires DPDK v.17.05 and higher, DPDK v.17.05 requires OVS v.2.8.0. + +Default values for OVS-DPDK: + + * queues: 4 + * lcore_mask: "" + * pmd_cpu_mask: "0x6" + +Sample test case file +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + + 1. Prepare SampleVNF image and copy it to ``flavor/images``. + 2. Prepare context files for TREX and SampleVNF under ``contexts/file``. + 3. Add bridge named ``br-int`` to the baremetal where SampleVNF image is deployed. + 4. Modify ``networks/phy_port`` accordingly to the baremetal setup. + 5. Run test from: + +.. literalinclude:: /submodules/yardstick/samples/vnf_samples/nsut/acl/tc_ovs_rfc2544_ipv4_1rule_1flow_64B_trex.yaml + :language: yaml |