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+Overview
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-Introduction
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NFVbench is a python application that is designed to run in a compact and portable format inside a container and on production pods.
As such it only uses open sourec software with minimal hardware requirements (just a NIC card that is DPDK compatible).
Traffic generation is handled by TRex on 2 physical ports (2x10G or higher) forming traffic loops up to VNF level and following
Configuration of benchmarks is through a yaml configuraton file and command line arguments.
Results are available in different formats:
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- text output with tabular results
- json result in file or in REST reply (most detailed)