//This is work-in-progress draft of a document that is intended to be included in the vsperf source code under /docs _
Intended Audience
This document is intended to aid those who want to modify the vsperf code. Or to extend it - for example to add support for new traffic generators, deployment scenarios and so on.
Usage
Example Command Lines
$ ./vsperf -h of course, lists all the cli options
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''$ ./vsperf --test-params 'rfc2544_duration=10;rfc2544_trials=1;packet_sizes=64' --tests 'pvp_tput' '' override specific test parameters. Useful for shortening the duration of tests for development purposes.
Typical Test Sequence
This is a typical flow of control for a test.
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This diagram was generated using mscgen.
Configuration =
The conf package contains the configuration files (*.conf) for all system components, it also provides a ``settings`` object that exposes all of these settings.
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Settings files (*.conf) are valid python code so can be set to complex types such as lists and dictionaries as well as scalar types:
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first_packet_size = settings.getValue('PACKET_SIZE_LIST')[0]
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{group3}
Precedence
Configuration files follow a strict naming convention that allows them to be processed in a specific order. All the .conf files are named ``NN_name.conf``, where NN is a decimal digit. The files are processed in order from 00_name.conf to 99_name.conf so that if the name setting is given in both a lower and higher numbered conf file then the higher numbered file is the effective setting as it is processed after the setting in the lower numbered file.
The values in the file specified by ``--conf-file`` takes precedence over all the other configuration files and does not have to follow the naming convention.
Other Configuration
``conf.settings`` also loads configuration from the command line and from the environment.
VM, vSwitch, Traffic Generator Independence
VSPERF supports different vSwithes, Traffic Generators and VNFs by using standard object-oriented polymorphism:
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By dealing only with the abstract interfaces the core framework can support many implementations of different vSwitches, Traffic Generators and VNFs.
IVSwitch
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class IVSwitch:
start(self)
stop(self)
add_switch(switch_name)
del_switch(switch_name)
add_phy_port(switch_name)
add_vport(switch_name)
get_ports(switch_name)
del_port(switch_name, port_name)
add_flow(switch_name, flow)
del_flow(switch_name, flow=None)
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IVnf
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start(memory, cpus,
monitor_path, shared_path_host,
shared_path_guest, guest_prompt)
stop()
execute(command)
wait(guest_prompt)
execute_and_wait (command)
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ITrafficGenerator
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connect()
disconnect()
send_burst_traffic(traffic, numpkts, time, framerate)
send_cont_traffic(traffic, time, framerate)
start_cont_traffic(traffic, time, framerate)
stop_cont_traffic(self):
send_rfc2544_throughput(traffic, trials, duration, lossrate)
start_rfc2544_throughput(traffic, trials, duration, lossrate)
wait_rfc2544_throughput(self)
send_rfc2544_back2back(traffic, trials, duration, lossrate)
start_rfc2544_back2back(traffic, , trials, duration, lossrate)
wait_rfc2544_back2back()
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Note send_xxx() blocks whereas start_xxx does not and must be followed by a subsequent call to wait_xxx().
Controllers
Controllers are used in conjunction with abstract interfaces as way of decoupling the control of vSwtiches, VNFs and TrafficGenerators from other components.
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Traffic Controller's Role
Loader & Component Factory
The working of the Loader package (which is responsible for finding arbitrary classes based on configuration data) and the Component Factory which is responsible for choosing the correct class for a particular situation - e.g. Deployment Scenario can be seen in this diagram.
Routing Tables
Vsperf uses a standard set of routing tables in order to allow tests to easily mix and match Deployment Scenarios (PVP, P2P topology), Tuple Matching and Frame Modification requirements.
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| Table 0 | table#0 - Match table. Flows designed to force 5 & 10 tuple matches go here.
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+--------------+ table#1 - Routing table. Flows to route packets between ports goes here.
| | The chosen port is communicated to subsequent tables by setting the
| Table 1 | metadata value to the egress port number. Generally this table
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+--------------+ table#2 - Frame modification table. Frame modification flow rules are
| | isolated in this table so that they can be turned on or off
| Table 2 | without affecting the routing or tuple-matching flow rules.
| | This allows the frame modification and tuple matching required by the
+--------------+ tests in the VSWITCH PERFORMANCE FOR TELCO NFV test specification
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| Table 3 | table#3 - Egress table. Egress packets on the ports setup in Table 1.
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Appendix
Sequence Diagram Text for mscgen
mscgen is available here (http:_www.mcternan.me.uk/mscgen/)
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msc {
#Options
hscale = "2.0";
#Entities
vsperf, testcase, vnf_ctl, vnf, vswitch_ctl, vswitch, traffic_ctl, traffic_gen, load_gen;
#Arcs
vsperf note vsperf [ label = "$ ./vsperf pvp_tput" ];
vsperf note vsperf [ label = " foreach test specified" ];
vsperf => testcase [ label="run()" ];
--- [ label = " skipping details of finding and creating correct subclasses of IVSwitch, ITrafficGenerator etc." ];
testcase => vswitch_ctl [ label="create(vswitch_class" ];
vswitch_ctl note vswitch_ctl [ label="vswitch_ctl is instance of VswitchControllerPvp"];
testcase => vnf_ctl [ label="create(vnf_class)" ];
vnf_ctl note vnf_ctl [ label="vnf_ctl is instance of VnfControllerPvp"];
testcase => traffic_ctl [ label="create()" ];
traffic_ctl note traffic_ctl [ label="traffic_ctl is instance of TrafficControllerRFC2544"];
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testcase note testcase [ label="Python context management protocol __enter__, __exit__ is used to start/stop controllers"];
testcase => vswitch_ctl [ label="__enter__()"];
vswitch_ctl => vswitch [ label ="create()"];
vswitch note vswitch [label="vswitch is instance of OvsDpdkVhost"];
vswitch_ctl => vswitch [ label="add_phy_port()" ];
vswitch_ctl => vswitch [ label="add_vport()" ];
vswitch_ctl => vswitch [ label="add_flow()" ];
--- [ label = " skipping full details of switch configuration " ];
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testcase => vnf_ctl [ label="__enter__()"];
vnf_ctl => vnf [ label="create()"];
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testcase => load_gen [ label="create/start()" ];
load_gen note load_gen [ label="loadgen simulates system load using 'stress' tool "];
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testcase => traffic_ctl [ label="send_traffic(traffic)" ];
traffic_ctl note traffic_ctl [ label="'traffic' specifies the 'Traffic Type' from 01_testcases.conf as well as other traffic details" ];
traffic_ctl => traffic_gen [label="send_rfc2544_throughput()"];
traffic_gen note traffic_gen [label="The implementation is dependent on the vendor specific Traffic Gen used"];
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traffic_ctl << traffic_gen [label="returns results as str:value pairs"];
testcase << traffic_ctl;
testcase => traffic_ctl [label="get_results()"];
testcase => testcase [label="write_result_to_file()"];
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}
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