no_latency_stats: false
# Disable latency measurements (no streams)
-# Can be overriden by --no-latency-stream
+# Can be overriden by --no-latency-streams
# Should be left to the default value (false)
no_latency_streams: false
+# Skip "end to end" connectivity check on traffic setup
+# Can be overriden by --no-e2e-check
+# Should be left to the default value (false)
+# This flag is usable for traffic generation only
+no_e2e_check: false
+
# General purpose register (debugging flags)
# Can be overriden by --debug-mask
# Designed for development needs
LOG.info('ChainRunner initialized')
def __setup_traffic(self):
+ # possibly skip connectivity check
+ if self.config.no_e2e_check:
+ LOG.info('Skipping end to end connectivity check')
+ return
self.traffic_client.setup()
if not self.config.no_traffic:
# ARP is needed for EXT chain or VxLAN overlay or MPLS unless disabled explicitly
help='Override the T-Rex \'cores\' parameter')
parser.add_argument('--cache-size', dest='cache_size',
+ type=int_arg,
+ metavar='<size>',
action='store',
default='0',
help='Specify the FE cache size (default: 0, flow-count if < 0)')
parser.add_argument('--service-mode', dest='service_mode',
action='store_true',
default=False,
- help='Enable T-Rex service mode for debugging only')
+ help='Enable T-Rex service mode (for debugging purpose)')
+
+ parser.add_argument('--no-e2e-check', dest='no_e2e_check',
+ action='store_true',
+ default=False,
+ help='Skip "end to end" connectivity check (on test purpose)')
parser.add_argument('--no-flow-stats', dest='no_flow_stats',
action='store_true',
default=False,
- help='Disable extra flow stats (on high load traffic)')
+ help='Disable additional flow stats (on high load traffic)')
parser.add_argument('--no-latency-stats', dest='no_latency_stats',
action='store_true',