From d05da98a3cd4f5587e8cc7265e634c12ba5e03c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hanoh Haim Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 21:08:26 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] update supported OS --- trex_book.asciidoc | 13 ++----------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/trex_book.asciidoc b/trex_book.asciidoc index 0ff41543..806e2697 100755 --- a/trex_book.asciidoc +++ b/trex_book.asciidoc @@ -185,17 +185,12 @@ VMXNET3 (see notes) | VMware paravirtualized | Connect using VMware vSwitch [IMPORTANT] ===================================== -* 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` @@ -232,11 +227,11 @@ NOTE: Purchase the 10Gb/sec SFP+ separately. Cisco would be fine with TRex (but ==== 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`. @@ -255,10 +250,6 @@ ISO images for supported Linux releases can be downloaded from: [options="header",cols="1^,2^",width="50%"] |====================================== | Distribution | SHA256 Checksum -| link:http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-18-x86_64-DVD.iso[Fedora 18] - | link:http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-18-x86_64-CHECKSUM[Fedora 18 CHECKSUM] -| link:http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/19/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-19-x86_64-DVD.iso[Fedora 19] - | link:http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/19/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-19-x86_64-CHECKSUM[Fedora 19 CHECKSUM] | 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] -- 2.16.6