X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Freport%2Fintroduction%2Fmethodology_trex_traffic_generator.rst;fp=docs%2Freport%2Fintroduction%2Fmethodology_trex_traffic_generator.rst;h=d9e7df57d3b881883954acfd68a0dd096cd889ca;hb=3c23979e8770e5d5e6dc104d36f20ea5697f3fcc;hp=0d19c2cf78b0cfec1d716f4742823ae78f1f0051;hpb=815cbb45dff3fd759f2bd4608bb45ee7949dfc55;p=csit.git diff --git a/docs/report/introduction/methodology_trex_traffic_generator.rst b/docs/report/introduction/methodology_trex_traffic_generator.rst index 0d19c2cf78..d9e7df57d3 100644 --- a/docs/report/introduction/methodology_trex_traffic_generator.rst +++ b/docs/report/introduction/methodology_trex_traffic_generator.rst @@ -4,13 +4,12 @@ TRex Traffic Generator Usage ~~~~~ -`TRex traffic generator `_ is used for all +`TRex traffic generator `_ is used for all CSIT performance tests. TRex stateless mode is used to measure NDR and PDR throughputs using MLRsearch and to measure maximum transer rate in MRR tests. -TRex is installed and run on the TG compute node. The typical procedure -is: +TRex is installed and run on the TG compute node. The typical procedure is: - If the TRex is not already installed on TG, it is installed in the suite setup phase - see `TRex installation`_. @@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ is: - TRex is started in the background mode :: - $ sh -c 'cd /scripts/ && sudo nohup ./t-rex-64 -i -c 7 --prefix $(hostname) --hdrh > /tmp/trex.log 2>&1 &' > /dev/null + $ sh -c 'cd /scripts/ && sudo nohup ./t-rex-64 -i --prefix $(hostname) --hdrh --no-scapy-server > /tmp/trex.log 2>&1 &' > /dev/null - There are traffic streams dynamically prepared for each test, based on traffic profiles. The traffic is sent and the statistics obtained using @@ -49,4 +48,4 @@ Measuring Latency If measurement of latency is requested, two more packet streams are created (one for each direction) with TRex flow_stats parameter set to STLFlowLatencyStats. In that case, returned statistics will also include -min/avg/max latency values. +min/avg/max latency values and encoded HDRHstogram data.