VSPERF User Guide

• 1. vSwitchPerf test suites userguide
  • 1.1. General
  • 1.2. VSPERF Installation
  • 1.3. Traffic Generator Setup
  • 1.4. Cloning and building src dependencies
  • 1.5. Configure the ./conf/10_custom.conf file
  • 1.6. Using a custom settings file
  • 1.7. vloop_vnf
  • 1.8. l2fwd Kernel Module
  • 1.9. Executing tests
  • 1.10. Executing Vanilla OVS tests
  • 1.11. Executing PVP and PVVP tests
  • 1.12. Executing PVP tests using Vanilla OVS
  • 1.13. Using vfio_pci with DPDK
  • 1.14. Using SRIOV support
  • 1.15. Using QEMU with PCI passthrough support
  • 1.16. Selection of loopback application for PVP and PVVP tests
  • 1.17. Multi-Queue Configuration
  • 1.18. Executing Packet Forwarding tests
  • 1.19. VSPERF modes of operation
  • 1.20. Code change verification by pylint
  • 1.21. GOTCHAs:
    • 1.21.1. OVS with DPDK and QEMU
  • 1.22. More information
• 2. Integration tests
  • 2.1. Executing Integration Tests
  • 2.2. Test Steps
  • 2.3. Test Macros
  • 2.4. HelloWorld and other basic Testcases
    • 2.4.1. HelloWorld
    • 2.4.2. Specify a Flow by the IP address
    • 2.4.3. Multistream feature
    • 2.4.4. PVP with a VM Replacement
    • 2.4.5. VM with a Linux bridge
    • 2.4.6. Forward packets based on UDP port
  • 2.5. Executing Tunnel encapsulation tests
  • 2.6. Executing VXLAN decapsulation tests
  • 2.7. Executing GRE decapsulation tests
  • 2.8. Executing GENEVE decapsulation tests
  • 2.9. Executing Native/Vanilla OVS VXLAN decapsulation tests
  • 2.10. Executing Native/Vanilla OVS GRE decapsulation tests
  • 2.11. Executing Native/Vanilla OVS GENEVE decapsulation tests
  • 2.12. Executing Tunnel encapsulation+decapsulation tests
• 3. Execution of vswitchperf testcases by Yardstick
  • 3.1. General
  • 3.2. Yardstick Installation
  • 3.3. Vswitchperf VM image preparation
  • 3.4. Testcase customization
    • 3.4.1. Section option
    • 3.4.2. Section runner
    • 3.4.3. Section sla
  • 3.5. Testcase execution