- Moongen software traffic generator. Requires a separate machine running
moongen to execute packet generation.
-If you want to use another traffic generator, please select the Dummy generator
-option as shown in `Traffic generator instructions
-<http://artifacts.opnfv.org/vswitchperf/docs/configguide/trafficgen.html>`__
+If you want to use another traffic generator, please select the :ref:`trafficgen-dummy`
+generator.
VSPERF Installation
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
To see the supported Operating Systems, vSwitches and system requirements,
-please follow the `installation instructions
-<http://artifacts.opnfv.org/vswitchperf/docs/configguide/installation.html>`__ to
-install.
+please follow the `installation instructions <vsperf-installation>`.
Traffic Generator Setup
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-Follow the `Traffic generator instructions
-<http://artifacts.opnfv.org/vswitchperf/docs/configguide/trafficgen.html>`__ to
+Follow the `Traffic generator instructions <trafficgen-installation>` to
install and configure a suitable traffic generator.
Cloning and building src dependencies
the custom configuration value.
Further details about configuration files evaluation and special behaviour
-of options with ``GUEST_`` prefix could be found at `design document
-<http://artifacts.opnfv.org/vswitchperf/docs/design/vswitchperf_design.html#configuration>`__.
+of options with ``GUEST_`` prefix could be found at :ref:`design document
+<design-configuration>`.
Using a custom settings file
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
4. Configuration file(s)
Further details about configuration files evaluation and special behaviour
-of options with ``GUEST_`` prefix could be found at `design document
-<http://artifacts.opnfv.org/vswitchperf/docs/design/vswitchperf_design.html#configuration>`__.
+of options with ``GUEST_`` prefix could be found at :ref:`design document
+<design-configuration>`.
+
+.. _overriding-parameters-documentation:
Overriding values defined in configuration files
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
vloop_vnf
^^^^^^^^^
-vsperf uses a VM image called vloop_vnf for looping traffic in the deployment
+VSPERF uses a VM image called vloop_vnf for looping traffic in the deployment
scenarios involving VMs. The image can be downloaded from
`<http://artifacts.opnfv.org/>`__.
-.. code-block:: console
-
- $ wget http://artifacts.opnfv.org/vswitchperf/vloop-vnf-ubuntu-14.04_20151216.qcow2
-
-Newer vloop_vnf images are available. Please reference the
-installation instructions for information on these images
-`installation instructions
-<http://artifacts.opnfv.org/vswitchperf/docs/configguide/installation.html>`__
-
-
-vloop_vnf forwards traffic through a VM using one of:
-
-* DPDK testpmd
-* Linux Bridge
-* l2fwd kernel Module.
+Please see the installation instructions for information on :ref:`vloop-vnf`
+images.
-Alternatively you can use your own QEMU image.
+.. _l2fwd-module:
l2fwd Kernel Module
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
``--test-params`` option. It is not needed to specify all values of ``TRAFFIC``
dictionary. It is sufficient to specify only values, which should be changed.
Detailed description of ``TRAFFIC`` dictionary can be found at
-`Configuration of TRAFFIC dictionary
-<http://artifacts.opnfv.org/vswitchperf/docs/index.html#configuration-of-traffic-dictionary>`__
+:ref:`configuration-of-traffic-dictionary`.
Example of execution of VSPERF in "trafficgen" mode:
More information
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-For more information and details refer to the vSwitchPerf user guide at:
-http://artifacts.opnfv.org/vswitchperf/docs/userguide/index.html
+For more information and details refer to the rest of vSwitchPerfuser documentation.