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diff --git a/utils/extras/README.md b/utils/extras/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..40363ef18 --- /dev/null +++ b/utils/extras/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +# Configure VPP and FRRouting for OSPF6 +This document describes how to configure the VPP with hicn_router plugin and FRR to enable the OSPF protocol. The VPP and FRR +are configured in a docker file. + +## DPDK configuration on host machine: + +- Install and configure dpdk + - make install T=x86_64-native-linux-gcc && cd x86_64-native-linux-gcc && sudo make install + - modprobe uio + - modprobe uio_pci_generic + - dpdk-devbind --status + - the PCIe number of the desired device can be observed ("xxx") + - sudo dpdk-devbind -b uio_pci_generic "xxx" +## VPP configuration: + +- Run and configure the VPP (hICN router plugin is required to be installed in VPP) + - set int state TenGigabitEtherneta/0/0 up + - set int ip address TenGigabitEtherneta/0/0 a001::1/24 + - create loopback interface + - set interface state loop0 up + - set interface ip address loop0 b001::1/128 + - enable tap-inject # This creates the taps by router plugin + - show tap-inject # This shows the created taps + - ip mroute add ff02::/64 via local Forward # ff02:: is multicast ip address + - ip mroute add ff02::/64 via TenGigabitEtherneta/0/0 Accept + - ip mroute add ff02::/64 via loop0 Accept + +- Setup the tap interface + - ip addr add a001::1/24 dev vpp0 + - ip addr add b001::1/128 dev vpp1 + - ip link set dev vpp0 up + - ip link set dev vpp1 up + +## FRR configuration: + +- Run and configure FRRouting (ospf) + - /usr/lib/frr/frrinit.sh start & + - vtysh + - configure terminal + - router ospf6 + - area 0.0.0.0 range a001::1/24 + - area 0.0.0.0 range b001::1/128 + - interface vpp0 area 0.0.0.0 + - interface vpp1 area 0.0.0.0 + - end + - wr + - add "no ipv6 nd suppress-ra" to the first configurtion part of the /etc/frr/frr.conf +After the following configuration, the traffic over tap interface can be observered through "tcpdump- i vpp1". +The neighborhood and route can be seen by the "show ipv6 ospf6 neighbor/route". |