[IMPORTANT]
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-* For VMXNET3, use Ubuntu. Fedora 18 is not supported and causes crash.
* Intel SFP+ 10Gb/sec is the only one supported by default on the standard Linux driver. TRex also supports Cisco 10Gb/sec SFP+.
// above, replace "only one" with "only mode"?
* For operating high speed throughput (example: several Intel XL710 40Gb/sec), use different link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-uniform_memory_access[NUMA] nodes for different NICs. +
To verify NUMA and NIC topology: `lstopo (yum install hwloc)` +
To display CPU info, including NUMA node: `lscpu` +
NUMA usage xref:numa-example[example]
-* Using Intel XL710 with Fedora 18 requires updating kernel:
-** `> sudo yum update kernel`
-** `> sudo yum update kernel-devel`
-** `> sudo yum update kernel-headers`
* For Intel XL710 NICs, verify that the NVM is v5.04 . xref:xl710-firmware[Info].
** `> sudo ./t-rex-64 -f cap2/dns.yaml -d 0 *-v 6* --nc | grep NVM` +
`PMD: FW 5.0 API 1.5 NVM 05.00.04 eetrack 800013fc`
==== Supported versions
Supported Linux versions:
-* Fedora 18-20, 64-bit kernel (not 32-bit)
+* Fedora 20-23, 64-bit kernel (not 32-bit)
* Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS, 64-bit kernel (not 32-bit)
+* Ubuntu 16.xx LTS, 64-bit kernel (not 32-bit)
NOTE: Additional OS version may be supported by compiling the necessary drivers.
-// we should indicate exactly which drivers this means
To check whether a kernel is 64-bit, verify that the ouput of the following command is `x86_64`.
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- | link:http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-18-x86_64-CHECKSUM[Fedora 18 CHECKSUM]
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| link:http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/20/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-20-x86_64-DVD.iso[Fedora 20]
| link:http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/20/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-20-x86_64-CHECKSUM[Fedora 20 CHECKSUM]
| link:http://fedora-mirror01.rbc.ru/pub/fedora/linux/releases/21/Server/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Server-DVD-x86_64-21.iso[Fedora 21]