X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.opnfv.org/gerrit/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Ftesting%2Fuser%2Fuserguide%2Fhw_requirements.rst;h=44ab549f02ef102f08a0d1ebb9aaa8fb7924e8c2;hb=ce2525c2a621af3d20fc58f03a8f88d29e0e3617;hp=4fc6e21ae92dca74a0b4a7bdaf0d2e2851b60256;hpb=ed33e56c9b8771ed9d22fc3cc19e049a76137db8;p=nfvbench.git diff --git a/docs/testing/user/userguide/hw_requirements.rst b/docs/testing/user/userguide/hw_requirements.rst index 4fc6e21..44ab549 100644 --- a/docs/testing/user/userguide/hw_requirements.rst +++ b/docs/testing/user/userguide/hw_requirements.rst @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ To run NFVbench you need the following hardware: - a DPDK compatible NIC with at least 2 ports (preferably 10Gbps or higher) - 2 ethernet cables between the NIC and the OpenStack pod under test (usually through a top of rack switch) -The DPDK-compliant NIC must be one supported by the TRex traffic generator (such as Intel X710, refer to the `Trex Installation Guide `_ for a complete list of supported NIC) +The DPDK-compliant NIC must be one supported by the TRex traffic generator (such as Intel X710, +refer to the Trex Installation Guide for a complete list of supported NIC) To run the TRex traffic generator (that is bundled with NFVbench) you will need to wire 2 physical interfaces of the NIC to the TOR switch(es): - if you have only 1 TOR, wire both interfaces to that same TOR @@ -67,4 +68,4 @@ Finally, the correct iommu options and huge pages to be configured on the Linux - enable intel_iommu and iommu pass through: "intel_iommu=on iommu=pt" - for Trex, pre-allocate 1024 huge pages of 2MB each (for a total of 2GB): "hugepagesz=2M hugepages=1024" -More detailed instructions can be found in the DPDK documentation (https://media.readthedocs.org/pdf/dpdk/latest/dpdk.pdf). +More detailed instructions can be found in the DPDK documentation (https://buildmedia.readthedocs.org/media/pdf/dpdk/latest/dpdk.pdf).