Fixes minor grammar and link issues.
JIRA: VSPERF-349
Change-Id: Id8708aee5b099287b5c99e79ca6da9ab8778897f
Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
to configure 1GB hugepages as the pagesize.
The amount of hugepages needed depends on your configuration files in vsperf.
-Each guest image requires 4096 by default according to the default settings in
-the ``04_vnf.conf`` file.
+Each guest image requires 4096 MB by default according to the default settings
+in the ``04_vnf.conf`` file.
.. code:: bash
},
}
-The framesize paramter can be overridden from the configuration
+The framesize parameter can be overridden from the configuration
files by adding the following to your custom configuration file
``10_custom.conf``:
Right click on IxNetwork TCL Server, select properties - Under shortcut tab in
the Target dialogue box make sure there is the argument "-tclport xxxx"
-where xxxx is your port number (take note of this port number you will
+where xxxx is your port number (take note of this port number as you will
need it for the 10\_custom.conf file).
.. image:: TCLServerProperties.png
Installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Xena Networks traffic generator requires certain files and packages to be
+Xena Networks traffic generator requires specific files and packages to be
installed. It is assumed the user has access to the Xena2544.exe file which
must be placed in VSPerf installation location under the tools/pkt_gen/xena
folder. Contact Xena Networks for the latest version of this file. The user
* Note: Today, MoonGen with VSPERF only supports 10Gbps line speeds.
-For VSPerf use, MoonGen should be cloned from here (as opposed to the afore
+For VSPerf use, MoonGen should be cloned from here (as opposed to the previously
mentioned GitHub):
git clone https://github.com/atheurer/MoonGen
The VXLAN OVS DPDK encapsulation tests requires IPs, MAC addresses,
bridge names and WHITELIST_NICS for DPDK.
+NOTE: Only Ixia traffic generators currently support the execution of the tunnel
+encapsulation tests. Support for other traffic generators may come in a future
+release.
+
Default values are already provided. To customize for your environment, override
the following variables in you user_settings.py file:
- 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
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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