- Spirent traffic generator (TestCenter hardware chassis or TestCenter virtual
in a VM) and a VM to run the Spirent Virtual Deployment Service image,
formerly known as "Spirent LabServer".
+- Xena Network traffic generator (Xena hardware chassis) that houses the Xena
+ Traffic generator modules.
+- 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
$ 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
.. code-block:: console
$ ./vsperf --conf-file=<path_to_custom_conf>/10_custom.conf
- --vswtich none --vnf QemuPciPassthrough pvp_tput
+ --vswitch none --vnf QemuPciPassthrough pvp_tput
Any of supported guest-loopback-application_ can be used inside VM with
PCI passthrough support.
# testpmd configuration
TESTPMD_ARGS = []
- # packet forwarding mode: io|mac|mac_retry|macswap|flowgen|rxonly|txonly|csum|icmpecho
+ # packet forwarding mode supported by testpmd; Please see DPDK documentation
+ # for comprehensive list of modes supported by your version.
+ # e.g. io|mac|mac_retry|macswap|flowgen|rxonly|txonly|csum|icmpecho|...
+ # Note: Option "mac_retry" has been changed to "mac retry" since DPDK v16.07
TESTPMD_FWD_MODE = 'csum'
# checksum calculation layer: ip|udp|tcp|sctp|outer-ip
TESTPMD_CSUM_LAYER = 'ip'
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
For more information and details refer to the vSwitchPerf user guide at:
-http://artifacts.opnfv.org/vswitchperf/brahmaputra/userguide/index.html
+http://artifacts.opnfv.org/vswitchperf/docs/userguide/index.html