VSPERF Guides and Installation

• 1. Getting Started with ‘vsperf’
  • 1.1. Requirements
  • 1.2. vSwitch Requirements
  • 1.3. VSPERF Installation
  • 1.4. Traffic Generator Setup
  • 1.5. Cloning and building src dependencies
  • 1.6. Configure the ./conf/10_custom.conf file
  • 1.7. Using a custom settings file
  • 1.8. vloop_vnf
  • 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. Selection of loopback application for PVP and PVVP tests
  • 1.14. Executing Packet Forwarding tests
  • 1.15. VSPERF modes of operation
  • 1.16. Code change verification by pylint
  • 1.17. GOTCHAs:
    • 1.17.1. OVS with DPDK and QEMU
• 2. Installing vswitchperf
  • 2.1. Working Behind a Proxy
• 3. ‘vsperf’ Traffic Gen Guide
  • 3.1. Overview
  • 3.2. Background Information
  • 3.3. Dummy Setup
  • 3.4. IXIA Setup
    • 3.4.1. On the CentOS 7 system
    • 3.4.2. On the IXIA client software system
  • 3.5. Spirent Setup
    • 3.5.1. On the CentOS 7 System
    • 3.5.2. Spirent Virtual Deployment Service (VDS)
    • 3.5.3. Using Spirent TestCenter Virtual (STCv)

Revision: 11ea896d3dee85a79316c57838adef8807784359

Build date: January 25, 2016