vpp/docs/usecases/trafficgen.rst
Nathan Skrzypczak 9ad39c026c docs: better docs, mv doxygen to sphinx
This patch refactors the VPP sphinx docs
in order to make it easier to consume
for external readers as well as VPP developers.

It also makes sphinx the single source
of documentation, which simplifies maintenance
and operation.

Most important updates are:

- reformat the existing documentation as rst
- split RELEASE.md and move it into separate rst files
- remove section 'events'
- remove section 'archive'
- remove section 'related projects'
- remove section 'feature by release'
- remove section 'Various links'
- make (Configuration reference, CLI docs,
  developer docs) top level items in the list
- move 'Use Cases' as part of 'About VPP'
- move 'Troubleshooting' as part of 'Getting Started'
- move test framework docs into 'Developer Documentation'
- add a 'Contributing' section for gerrit,
  docs and other contributer related infos
- deprecate doxygen and test-docs targets
- redirect the "make doxygen" target to "make docs"

Type: refactor

Change-Id: I552a5645d5b7964d547f99b1336e2ac24e7c209f
Signed-off-by: Nathan Skrzypczak <nathan.skrzypczak@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Yourtchenko <ayourtch@gmail.com>
2021-10-13 23:22:32 +00:00

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Stateless Traffic Gen with VPP
==============================
Its simple to configure vpp as a high-performance stateless traffic
generator. A couple of vpp worker threads running on an older system can
easily generate 20 MPPS worth of traffic.
In the configurations shown below, we connect a vpp traffic generator
and a vpp UUT using two 40 gigabit ethernet ports on each system:
::
+-------------------+ +-------------------+
| traffic generator | | UUT |
| port 0 | <=======> | port 0 |
| 192.168.40.2/24 | | 192.168.40.1/24 |
+-------------------+ +-------------------+
+-------------------+ +-------------------+
| traffic generator | | UUT |
| port 1 | <=======> | port 1 |
| 192.168.41.2/24 | | 192.168.41.1/24 |
+-------------------+ +-------------------+
Traffic Generator Setup Script
------------------------------
::
set int ip address FortyGigabitEthernet2/0/0 192.168.40.2/24
set int ip address FortyGigabitEthernet2/0/1 192.168.41.2/24
set int state FortyGigabitEthernet2/0/0 up
set int state FortyGigabitEthernet2/0/1 up
comment { send traffic to the VPP UUT }
packet-generator new {
name worker0
worker 0
limit 0
rate 1.2e7
size 128-128
tx-interface FortyGigabitEthernet2/0/0
node FortyGigabitEthernet2/0/0-output
data { IP4: 1.2.40 -> 3cfd.fed0.b6c8
UDP: 192.168.40.10 -> 192.168.50.10
UDP: 1234 -> 2345
incrementing 114
}
}
packet-generator new {
name worker1
worker 1
limit 0
rate 1.2e7
size 128-128
tx-interface FortyGigabitEthernet2/0/1
node FortyGigabitEthernet2/0/1-output
data { IP4: 1.2.4 -> 3cfd.fed0.b6c9
UDP: 192.168.41.10 -> 192.168.51.10
UDP: 1234 -> 2345
incrementing 114
}
}
comment { delete return traffic on sight }
ip route add 192.168.50.0/24 via drop
ip route add 192.168.51.0/24 via drop
Note 1: the destination MAC addresses shown in the configuration (e.g.
3cfd.fed0.b6c8 and 3cfd.fed0.b6c9) **must** match the vpp UUT port MAC
addresses.
Note 2: this script assumes that /etc/vpp/startup.conf and/or the
command-line in use specifies (at least) two worker threads. Uncomment
“workers 2” in the cpu configuration section of /etc/vpp/startup.conf:
::
## Specify a number of workers to be created
## Workers are pinned to N consecutive CPU cores while skipping "skip-cores" CPU core(s)
## and main thread's CPU core
workers 2
Any plausible packet generator script - including one which replays pcap
captures - can be used.
UUT Setup Script
----------------
The vpp UUT uses a couple of static routes to forward traffic back to
the traffic generator:
::
set int ip address FortyGigabitEthernet2/0/0 192.168.40.1/24
set int ip address FortyGigabitEthernet2/0/1 192.168.41.1/24
set int state FortyGigabitEthernet2/0/0 up
set int state FortyGigabitEthernet2/0/1 up
ip route add 192.168.50.10/32 via 192.168.41.2
ip route add 192.168.51.10/32 via 192.168.40.2