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diff --git a/docs/report/introduction/methodology_trex_traffic_generator.rst b/docs/report/introduction/methodology_trex_traffic_generator.rst index 918a34f73d..d9e7df57d3 100644 --- a/docs/report/introduction/methodology_trex_traffic_generator.rst +++ b/docs/report/introduction/methodology_trex_traffic_generator.rst @@ -4,16 +4,15 @@ TRex Traffic Generator Usage ~~~~~ -`TRex traffic generator <https://wiki.fd.io/view/TRex>`_ is used for all +`TRex traffic generator <https://trex-tgn.cisco.com>`_ 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 intallation`_. + suite setup phase - see `TRex installation`_. - TRex configuration is set in its configuration file :: @@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ is: - TRex is started in the background mode :: - $ sh -c 'cd <t-rex-install-dir>/scripts/ && sudo nohup ./t-rex-64 -i -c 7 > /tmp/trex.log 2>&1 &' > /dev/null + $ sh -c 'cd <t-rex-install-dir>/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. |