update ConnectX-4 information

Signed-off-by: Hanoh Haim <hhaim@cisco.com>

1 files changed, 68 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/doc/trex_book.asciidoc b/doc/trex_book.asciidoc
index 66b9d4a9..e52173da 100755
--- a/doc/trex_book.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/trex_book.asciidoc
@@ -2107,23 +2107,22 @@ The disadvantage is the OFED dependency.
 
 The following distro were tested with TRex and OFED, others might work
 
-* Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.19.0-25-generic x86_64) 
-
+* CentOS 7.2 
 
 The following distro were  tested and did *not* work for us
 
 * Fedora 21 (3.17.4-301.fc21.x86_64)  
+* Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.19.0-25-generic x86_64)  -- crash when RSS was enabled link:https://trex-tgn.cisco.com/youtrack/issue/trex-294[MLX RSS issue]
 
 ==== Install OFED 
 
 The information was taken from  link:http://www.mellanox.com/page/products_dyn?product_family=26&mtag=linux_sw_drivers[Install OFED]
 
-.Download 3.4-1 OFED tar for your distro  
-link::http://www.mellanox.com/page/products_dyn?product_family=26&mtag=linux_sw_drivers[download]
+* Download 3.4-2 OFED tar for your distro  
 
 [IMPORTANT]
 =====================================
-it must be version *MLNX_OFED_LINUX-3.4-1*
+it must be version *MLNX_OFED_LINUX-3.4-2* 
 =====================================
 
 [IMPORTANT]
@@ -2134,15 +2133,15 @@ Make sure you have an internet connection without firewalls for HTTPS/HTTP - req
 .Verify md5
 [source,bash]
 ----
-$md5sum MLNX_OFED_LINUX-3.4-1.0.0.0-ubuntu14.04-x86_64.tgz
-b3c17dc0ea64fd1f0892d7b7ba7e45f3  MLNX_OFED_LINUX-3.4-1.0.0.0-ubuntu14.04-x86_64.tgz
+$md5sum md5sum MLNX_OFED_LINUX-3.4-2.0.0.0-rhel7.2-x86_64.tgz
+58b9fb369d7c62cedbc855661a89a9fd  MLNX_OFED_LINUX-3.4-2.0.0.0-rhel7.2-x86_64.tgz
 ----
 
 .Open the tar
 [source,bash]
 ----
-$tar -xvzf MLNX_OFED_LINUX-3.4-1.0.0.0-ubuntu14.04-x86_64.tgz
-$cd MLNX_OFED_LINUX-3.4-1.0.0.0-ubuntu14.04-x86_64
+$tar -xvzf MLNX_OFED_LINUX-3.4-2.0.0.0-rhel7.2-x86_64.tgz
+$cd MLNX_OFED_LINUX-3.4-2.0.0.0-rhel7.2-x86_64
 ----
 
 .Run Install script
@@ -2424,6 +2423,65 @@ mlx5_0 port 1 ==> eth6 (Down)
 mlx5_1 port 1 ==> eth7 (Down)
 -----
 
+.find the ports 
+[source,bash]
+-----
+
+        $sudo ./dpdk_setup_ports.py -t
+  +----+------+---------++---------------------------------------------
+  | ID | NUMA |   PCI   ||                      Name     |  Driver   | 
+  +====+======+=========++===============================+===========+=
+  | 0  | 0    | 06:00.0 || VIC Ethernet NIC              | enic      | 
+  +----+------+---------++-------------------------------+-----------+-
+  | 1  | 0    | 07:00.0 || VIC Ethernet NIC              | enic      | 
+  +----+------+---------++-------------------------------+-----------+-
+  | 2  | 0    | 0a:00.0 || 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Ne| ixgbe     | 
+  +----+------+---------++-------------------------------+-----------+-
+  | 3  | 0    | 0a:00.1 || 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Ne| ixgbe     | 
+  +----+------+---------++-------------------------------+-----------+-
+  | 4  | 0    | 0d:00.0 || Device 15d0                   |           | 
+  +----+------+---------++-------------------------------+-----------+-
+  | 5  | 0    | 10:00.0 || I350 Gigabit Network Connectio| igb       | 
+  +----+------+---------++-------------------------------+-----------+-
+  | 6  | 0    | 10:00.1 || I350 Gigabit Network Connectio| igb       | 
+  +----+------+---------++-------------------------------+-----------+-
+  | 7  | 1    | 85:00.0 || 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Ne| ixgbe     | 
+  +----+------+---------++-------------------------------+-----------+-
+  | 8  | 1    | 85:00.1 || 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Ne| ixgbe     | 
+  +----+------+---------++-------------------------------+-----------+-
+  | 9  | 1    | 87:00.0 || MT27700 Family [ConnectX-4]   | mlx5_core |  #<1>
+  +----+------+---------++-------------------------------+-----------+-
+  | 10 | 1    | 87:00.1 || MT27700 Family [ConnectX-4]   | mlx5_core |  #<2>
+  +----+------+---------++---------------------------------------------
+-----
+<1>  ConnectX-4 port 0
+<2>  ConnectX-4 port 1
+
+
+.Config file example
+[source,bash]
+-----
+### Config file generated by dpdk_setup_ports.py ###
+
+ - port_limit: 2
+   version: 2
+   interfaces: ['87:00.0', '87:00.1']
+   port_info:
+      - ip: 1.1.1.1
+        default_gw: 2.2.2.2
+      - ip: 2.2.2.2
+        default_gw: 1.1.1.1
+
+   platform:
+      master_thread_id: 0
+      latency_thread_id: 1
+      dual_if:
+        - socket: 1
+          threads: [8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31]
+-----
+
+
+
 
 ==== TRex specific implementation details 
 
@@ -2433,7 +2491,7 @@ Watch out, In case DUT will clear this bit (change the TOS with LSB==0, e.g. 0x3
 
 ==== Which NIC to buy?
 
-NIC with two ports will work better from performance prospective, so it is better to have MCX456A-ECAT(two 100gb port) and *not* the  MCX455A-ECAT (one 100gb port).
+NIC with two ports will work better from performance prospective, so it is better to have MCX456A-ECAT(dual 100gb port) and *not* the  MCX455A-ECAT (single 100gb port).
 
 ==== Limitation/Issues