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authorjdenisco <jdenisco@cisco.com>2018-10-30 08:46:02 -0400
committerDave Barach <openvpp@barachs.net>2018-10-30 13:10:28 +0000
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docs: Add VPP with iperf and trex
Change-Id: I9f238b6092bc072fd875facfee5262c6b155043e Signed-off-by: jdenisco <jdenisco@cisco.com>
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-rw-r--r--docs/usecases/index.rst3
-rw-r--r--docs/usecases/simpleperf/index.rst17
-rw-r--r--docs/usecases/simpleperf/iperf3.rst237
-rw-r--r--docs/usecases/simpleperf/iperf31.rst119
-rw-r--r--docs/usecases/simpleperf/trex.rst133
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diff --git a/docs/usecases/containers.rst b/docs/usecases/containers.rst
index 90e41db6cb8..65bf2aee5de 100644
--- a/docs/usecases/containers.rst
+++ b/docs/usecases/containers.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
.. _containers:
-FD.io VPP with Containers
-=========================
+VPP with Containers
+====================
This section will cover connecting two Linux containers with VPP. A container is essentially a more efficient and faster VM, due to the fact that a container does not simulate a separate kernel and hardware. You can read more about `Linux containers here <https://linuxcontainers.org/>`_.
diff --git a/docs/usecases/index.rst b/docs/usecases/index.rst
index 28070453692..e6287f38931 100644
--- a/docs/usecases/index.rst
+++ b/docs/usecases/index.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ extensive list, but should give a sampling of the many features contained in FD.
.. toctree::
- contiv/index
containers
+ simpleperf/index.rst
vhost/index.rst
homegateway
+ contiv/index.rst
diff --git a/docs/usecases/simpleperf/index.rst b/docs/usecases/simpleperf/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0f1d30737eb
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+.. _simpleperf:
+
+************************
+VPP with Iperf3 and TRex
+************************
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 2
+
+ iperf3
+ iperf31
+ trex
+ trex1
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/docs/usecases/simpleperf/iperf3.rst b/docs/usecases/simpleperf/iperf3.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1d159d0eef2
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@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+.. _iperf3:
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+This tutorial shows how to use VPP use iperf3 and Trex to get some basic peformance
+numbers from a few basic configurations. Four examples are shown. In the first two
+examples, the **iperf3** tool is used to generate traffic, and in the last two examples
+the Cisco's `TRex Realistic Traffic Generator <http://trex-tgn.cisco.com/>`_ is used. For
+comparison purposes, the first example shows packet forwarding using ordinary kernel
+IP forwarding, and the second example shows packet forwarding using VPP.
+
+Three Intel Xeon processor platform systems are used to connect to the VPP host to pass traffic
+using **iperf3** and Cisco’s `TRex <http://trex-tgn.cisco.com/>`_.
+
+Intel 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) network interface cards (NICs) are used to connect the hosts.
+
+
+Using Kernel Packet Forwarding with Iperf3
+===========================================
+
+In this test, 40 GbE Intel Ethernet Network Adapters are used to connect the three
+systems. Figure 1 illustrates this configuration.
+
+.. figure:: /_images/iperf3fig1.png
+
+Figure 1: VPP runs on a host that connects to two other systems via 40 GbE NICs.
+
+For comparison purposes, in the first example, we configure kernel forwarding in
+*csp2s22c03* and use the **iperf3** tool to measure network bandwidth between
+*csp2s22c03* and *net2s22c05*.
+
+In the second example, we start the VPP engine in *csp2s22c03* instead of using
+kernel forwarding. On *csp2s22c03*, we configure the system to have the addresses
+10.10.1.1/24 and 10.10.2.1/24 on the two 40-GbE NICs. To find all network interfaces
+available on the system, use the lshw Linux command to list all network interfaces
+and the corresponding slots *[0000:xx:yy.z]*.
+
+In this example, the 40-GbE interfaces are *ens802f0* and *ens802f1*.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ csp2s22c03$ sudo lshw -class network -businfo
+ Bus info Device Class Description
+ ========================================================
+ pci@0000:03:00.0 enp3s0f0 network Ethernet Controller 10-Gig
+ pci@0000:03:00.1 enp3s0f1 network Ethernet Controller 10-Gig
+ pci@0000:82:00.0 ens802f0 network Ethernet Controller XL710
+ pci@0000:82:00.1 ens802f1 network Ethernet Controller XL710
+ pci@0000:82:00.0 ens802f0d1 network Ethernet interface
+ pci@0000:82:00.1 ens802f1d1 network Ethernet interface
+
+
+Configure the system *csp2s22c03* to have 10.10.1.1 and 10.10.2.1 on the two 40-GbE NICs
+*ens802f0* and *ens802f1*, respectively.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ csp2s22c03$ sudo ip addr add 10.10.1.1/24 dev ens802f0
+ csp2s22c03$ sudo ip link set dev ens802f0 up
+ csp2s22c03$ sudo ip addr add 10.10.2.1/24 dev ens802f1
+ csp2s22c03$ sudo ip link set dev ens802f1 up
+
+List the route table:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ csp2s22c03$ route
+ Kernel IP routing table
+ Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
+ default jf111-ldr1a-530 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 enp3s0f1
+ default 192.168.0.50 0.0.0.0 UG 100 0 0 enp3s0f0
+ 10.10.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 ens802f0
+ 10.10.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 ens802f1
+ 10.23.3.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 enp3s0f1
+ link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 enp3s0f1
+ 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 100 0 0 enp3s0f0
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ csp2s22c03$ ip route
+ default via 10.23.3.1 dev enp3s0f1
+ default via 192.168.0.50 dev enp3s0f0 proto static metric 100
+ 10.10.1.0/24 dev ens802f0 proto kernel scope link src 10.10.1.1
+ 10.10.2.0/24 dev ens802f1 proto kernel scope link src 10.10.2.1
+ 10.23.3.0/24 dev enp3s0f1 proto kernel scope link src 10.23.3.67
+ 169.254.0.0/16 dev enp3s0f1 scope link metric 1000
+ 192.168.0.0/24 dev enp3s0f0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.142 metric 100
+
+On *csp2s22c04*, we configure the system to have the address 10.10.1.2 and use
+the interface *ens802* to route IP packets 10.10.2.0/24. Use the lshw Linux
+command to list all network interfaces and the corresponding slots *[0000:xx:yy.z]*.
+
+For example, the interface *ens802d1* *(ens802)* is connected to slot *[82:00.0]*:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ csp2s22c04$ sudo lshw -class network -businfo
+ Bus info Device Class Description
+ =====================================================
+ pci@0000:03:00.0 enp3s0f0 network Ethernet Controller 10-Gigabit X540-AT2
+ pci@0000:03:00.1 enp3s0f1 network Ethernet Controller 10-Gigabit X540-AT2
+ pci@0000:82:00.0 ens802d1 network Ethernet Controller XL710 for 40GbE QSFP+
+ pci@0000:82:00.0 ens802 network Ethernet interface
+
+For kernel forwarding, set 10.10.1.2 to the interface *ens802*, and add a static
+route for IP packet 10.10.2.0/24:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ csp2s22c04$ sudo ip addr add 10.10.1.2/24 dev ens802
+ csp2s22c04$ sudo ip link set dev ens802 up
+ csp2s22c04$ sudo ip route add 10.10.2.0/24 via 10.10.1.1
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ csp2s22c04$ ifconfig
+ enp3s0f0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr a4:bf:01:00:92:73
+ inet addr:10.23.3.62 Bcast:10.23.3.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
+ inet6 addr: fe80::a6bf:1ff:fe00:9273/64 Scope:Link
+ UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
+ RX packets:3411 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
+ TX packets:1179 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
+ collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
+ RX bytes:262230 (262.2 KB) TX bytes:139975 (139.9 KB)
+
+ ens802 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 68:05:ca:2e:76:e0
+ inet addr:10.10.1.2 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.255.0
+ inet6 addr: fe80::6a05:caff:fe2e:76e0/64 Scope:Link
+ UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
+ RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
+ TX packets:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
+ collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
+ RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:5480 (5.4 KB)
+
+ lo Link encap:Local Loopback
+ inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
+ inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
+ UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
+ RX packets:31320 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
+ TX packets:31320 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
+ collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
+ RX bytes:40301788 (40.3 MB) TX bytes:40301788 (40.3 MB)
+
+After setting the route, we can ping from *csp2s22c03* to *csp2s22c04*, and vice versa:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ csp2s22c03$ ping 10.10.1.2 -c 3
+ PING 10.10.1.2 (10.10.1.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
+ 64 bytes from 10.10.1.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.122 ms
+ 64 bytes from 10.10.1.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.109 ms
+ 64 bytes from 10.10.1.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.120 ms
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ csp2s22c04$ ping 10.10.1.1 -c 3
+ PING 10.10.1.1 (10.10.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
+ 64 bytes from 10.10.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.158 ms
+ 64 bytes from 10.10.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.096 ms
+ 64 bytes from 10.10.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.102 ms
+
+Similarly, on *net2s22c05*, we configure the system to have the address *10.10.2.2*
+and use the interface *ens803f0* to route IP packets *10.10.1.0/24*. Use the lshw
+Linux command to list all network interfaces and the corresponding slots
+*[0000:xx:yy.z]*. For example, the interface *ens803f0* is connected to slot *[87:00.0]*:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ NET2S22C05$ sudo lshw -class network -businfo
+ Bus info Device Class Description
+ ========================================================
+ pci@0000:03:00.0 enp3s0f0 network Ethernet Controller 10-Gigabit X540-AT2
+ pci@0000:03:00.1 enp3s0f1 network Ethernet Controller 10-Gigabit X540-AT2
+ pci@0000:81:00.0 ens787f0 network 82599 10 Gigabit TN Network Connection
+ pci@0000:81:00.1 ens787f1 network 82599 10 Gigabit TN Network Connection
+ pci@0000:87:00.0 ens803f0 network Ethernet Controller XL710 for 40GbE QSFP+
+ pci@0000:87:00.1 ens803f1 network Ethernet Controller XL710 for 40GbE QSFP+
+
+For kernel forwarding, set 10.10.2.2 to the interface ens803f0, and add a static
+route for IP packet 10.10.1.0/24:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ NET2S22C05$ sudo ip addr add 10.10.2.2/24 dev ens803f0
+ NET2S22C05$ sudo ip link set dev ens803f0 up
+ NET2S22C05$ sudo ip route add 10.10.1.0/24 via 10.10.2.1
+
+After setting the route, you can ping from *csp2s22c03* to *net2s22c05*, and vice
+versa. However, in order to ping between *net2s22c05* and *csp2s22c04*, kernel IP
+forwarding in *csp2s22c03* has to be enabled:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ csp2s22c03$ sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward
+ net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
+ csp2s22c03$ echo 1 | sudo tee /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
+ csp2s22c03$ sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward
+ net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
+
+If successful, verify that now you can ping between *net2s22c05* and *csp2s22c04*:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ NET2S22C05$ ping 10.10.1.2 -c 3
+ PING 10.10.1.2 (10.10.1.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
+ 64 bytes from 10.10.1.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=63 time=0.239 ms
+ 64 bytes from 10.10.1.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=63 time=0.224 ms
+ 64 bytes from 10.10.1.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=63 time=0.230 ms
+
+We use the **iperf3** utility to measure network bandwidth between hosts. In this
+test, we download the **iperf3** utility tool on both *net2s22c05* and *csp2s22c04*.
+On *csp2s22c04*, we start the **iperf3** server with “iperf3 –s”, and then on *net2s22c05*,
+we start the **iperf3** client to connect to the server:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ NET2S22C05$ iperf3 -c 10.10.1.2
+ Connecting to host 10.10.1.2, port 5201
+ [ 4] local 10.10.2.2 port 54074 connected to 10.10.1.2 port 5201
+ [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd
+ [ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 936 MBytes 7.85 Gbits/sec 2120 447 KBytes
+ [ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 952 MBytes 7.99 Gbits/sec 1491 611 KBytes
+ [ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 949 MBytes 7.96 Gbits/sec 2309 604 KBytes
+ [ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 965 MBytes 8.10 Gbits/sec 1786 571 KBytes
+ [ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 945 MBytes 7.93 Gbits/sec 1984 424 KBytes
+ [ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 946 MBytes 7.94 Gbits/sec 1764 611 KBytes
+ [ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 979 MBytes 8.21 Gbits/sec 1499 655 KBytes
+ [ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 980 MBytes 8.22 Gbits/sec 1182 867 KBytes
+ [ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 1008 MBytes 8.45 Gbits/sec 945 625 KBytes
+ [ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 1015 MBytes 8.51 Gbits/sec 1394 611 KBytes
+ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+ [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
+ [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 9.45 GBytes 8.12 Gbits/sec 16474 sender
+ [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 9.44 GBytes 8.11 Gbits/sec receiver
+
+ iperf Done.
diff --git a/docs/usecases/simpleperf/iperf31.rst b/docs/usecases/simpleperf/iperf31.rst
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+.. _iperf31:
+
+Using VPP with Iperf3
+=====================
+
+First, disable kernel IP forward in *csp2s22c03* to ensure the host cannot use
+kernel forwarding (all the settings in *net2s22c05* and *csp2s22c04* remain unchanged):
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ csp2s22c03$ echo 0 | sudo tee /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
+ 0
+ csp2s22c03$ sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward
+ net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
+
+You can use DPDK’s device binding utility (./install-vpp-native/dpdk/sbin/dpdk-devbind)
+to list network devices and bind/unbind them from specific drivers. The flag “-s/--status”
+shows the status of devices; the flag “-b/--bind” selects the driver to bind. The
+status of devices in our system indicates that the two 40-GbE XL710 devices are located
+at 82:00.0 and 82:00.1. Use the device’s slots to bind them to the driver uio_pci_generic:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ csp2s22c03$ ./install-vpp-native/dpdk/sbin/dpdk-devbind -s
+
+ Network devices using DPDK-compatible driver
+ ============================================
+ <none>
+
+ Network devices using kernel driver
+ ===================================
+ 0000:03:00.0 'Ethernet Controller 10-Gigabit X540-AT2' if=enp3s0f0 drv=ixgbe unused=vfio-pci,uio_pci_generic *Active*
+ 0000:03:00.1 'Ethernet Controller 10-Gigabit X540-AT2' if=enp3s0f1 drv=ixgbe unused=vfio-pci,uio_pci_generic *Active*
+ 0000:82:00.0 'Ethernet Controller XL710 for 40GbE QSFP+' if=ens802f0d1,ens802f0 drv=i40e unused=uio_pci_generic
+ 0000:82:00.1 'Ethernet Controller XL710 for 40GbE QSFP+' if=ens802f1d1,ens802f1 drv=i40e unused=uio_pci_generic
+
+ Other network devices
+ =====================
+ <none>
+
+ csp2s22c03$ sudo modprobe uio_pci_generic
+ csp2s22c03$ sudo ./install-vpp-native/dpdk/sbin/dpdk-devbind --bind uio_pci_generic 82:00.0
+ csp2s22c03$ sudo ./install-vpp-native/dpdk/sbin/dpdk-devbind --bind uio_pci_generic 82:00.1
+
+ csp2s22c03$ sudo ./install-vpp-native/dpdk/sbin/dpdk-devbind -s
+
+ Network devices using DPDK-compatible driver
+ ============================================
+ 0000:82:00.0 'Ethernet Controller XL710 for 40GbE QSFP+' drv=uio_pci_generic unused=i40e,vfio-pci
+ 0000:82:00.1 'Ethernet Controller XL710 for 40GbE QSFP+' drv=uio_pci_generic unused=i40e,vfio-pci
+
+ Network devices using kernel driver
+ ===================================
+ 0000:03:00.0 'Ethernet Controller 10-Gigabit X540-AT2' if=enp3s0f0 drv=ixgbe unused=vfio-pci,uio_pci_generic *Active*
+ 0000:03:00.1 'Ethernet Controller 10-Gigabit X540-AT2' if=enp3s0f1 drv=ixgbe unused=vfio-pci,uio_pci_generic *Active*
+
+Start the VPP service, and verify that VPP is running:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ csp2s22c03$ sudo service vpp start
+ csp2s22c03$ ps -ef | grep vpp
+ root 105655 1 98 17:34 ? 00:00:02 /usr/bin/vpp -c /etc/vpp/startup.conf
+ :w
+ 105675 105512 0 17:34 pts/4 00:00:00 grep --color=auto vpp
+
+To access the VPP CLI, issue the command sudo vppctl . From the VPP interface, list
+all interfaces that are bound to DPDK using the command show interface:
+
+VPP shows that the two 40-Gbps ports located at 82:0:0 and 82:0:1 are bound. Next,
+you need to assign IP addresses to those interfaces, bring them up, and verify:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ vpp# set interface ip address FortyGigabitEthernet82/0/0 10.10.1.1/24
+ vpp# set interface ip address FortyGigabitEthernet82/0/1 10.10.2.1/24
+ vpp# set interface state FortyGigabitEthernet82/0/0 up
+ vpp# set interface state FortyGigabitEthernet82/0/1 up
+ vpp# show interface address
+ FortyGigabitEthernet82/0/0 (up):
+ 10.10.1.1/24
+ FortyGigabitEthernet82/0/1 (up):
+ 10.10.2.1/24
+ local0 (dn):
+
+At this point VPP is operational. You can ping these interfaces either from *net2s22c05*
+or *csp2s22c04*. Moreover, VPP can forward packets whose IP address are 10.10.1.0/24 and
+10.10.2.0/24, so you can ping between *net2s22c05* and *csp2s22c04*. Also, you can
+run iperf3 as illustrated in the previous example, and the result from running iperf3
+between *net2s22c05* and *csp2s22c04* increases to 20.3 Gbits per second.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ ET2S22C05$ iperf3 -c 10.10.1.2
+ Connecting to host 10.10.1.2, port 5201
+ [ 4] local 10.10.2.2 port 54078 connected to 10.10.1.2 port 5201
+ [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd
+ [ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 2.02 GBytes 17.4 Gbits/sec 460 1.01 MBytes
+ [ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 3.28 GBytes 28.2 Gbits/sec 0 1.53 MBytes
+ [ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 2.38 GBytes 20.4 Gbits/sec 486 693 KBytes
+ [ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 2.06 GBytes 17.7 Gbits/sec 1099 816 KBytes
+ [ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 2.07 GBytes 17.8 Gbits/sec 614 1.04 MBytes
+ [ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 2.25 GBytes 19.3 Gbits/sec 2869 716 KBytes
+ [ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 2.26 GBytes 19.4 Gbits/sec 3321 683 KBytes
+ [ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 2.33 GBytes 20.0 Gbits/sec 2322 594 KBytes
+ [ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 2.28 GBytes 19.6 Gbits/sec 1690 1.23 MBytes
+ [ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 2.73 GBytes 23.5 Gbits/sec 573 680 KBytes
+ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+ [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
+ [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 23.7 GBytes 20.3 Gbits/sec 13434 sender
+ [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 23.7 GBytes 20.3 Gbits/sec receiver
+
+ iperf Done.
+
+The **show run** command displays the graph runtime statistics. Observe that the
+average vector per node is 6.76, which means on average, a vector of 6.76 packets
+is handled in a graph node.
+
+.. figure:: /_images/build-a-fast-network-stack-terminal.png
diff --git a/docs/usecases/simpleperf/trex.rst b/docs/usecases/simpleperf/trex.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3dffcab4675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/usecases/simpleperf/trex.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+.. _trex:
+
+Using VPP with TRex
+===================
+
+In this example we use only two systems, *csp2s22c03* and *net2s22c05*, to run
+**TRex** VPP is installed on **csp2s22c03** and run as a packet forwarding
+engine. On *net2s22c05*, TRex is used to generate both client and server-side
+traffic. **TRex** is a high-performance traffic generator. It leverages DPDK and
+run in user space. Figure 2 illustrates this configuration.
+
+VPP is set up on *csp2s22c03* exactly as it was in the previous example. Only
+the setup on *net2s22c05* is modified slightly to run TRex preconfigured traffic
+files.
+
+.. figure:: /_images/trex.png
+
+Figure 2: The TRex traffic generator sends packages to the host that has VPP running.
+
+
+First we install **TRex**.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ NET2S22C05$ wget --no-cache http://trex-tgn.cisco.com/trex/release/latest
+ NET2S22C05$ tar -xzvf latest
+ NET2S22C05$ cd v2.37
+
+Then show the devices we have.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ NET2S22C05$ sudo ./dpdk_nic_bind.py -s
+
+ Network devices using DPDK-compatible driver
+ ============================================
+ 0000:87:00.0 'Ethernet Controller XL710 for 40GbE QSFP+' drv=vfio-pci unused=i40e
+ 0000:87:00.1 'Ethernet Controller XL710 for 40GbE QSFP+' drv=vfio-pci unused=i40e
+
+ Network devices using kernel driver
+ ===================================
+ 0000:03:00.0 'Ethernet Controller 10-Gigabit X540-AT2' if=enp3s0f0 drv=ixgbe unused=vfio-pci *Active*
+ 0000:03:00.1 'Ethernet Controller 10-Gigabit X540-AT2' if=enp3s0f1 drv=ixgbe unused=vfio-pci
+ 0000:81:00.0 '82599 10 Gigabit TN Network Connection' if=ens787f0 drv=ixgbe unused=vfio-pci
+ 0000:81:00.1 '82599 10 Gigabit TN Network Connection' if=ens787f1 drv=ixgbe unused=vfio-pci
+
+ Other network devices
+ =====================
+ <none>
+
+Create the */etc/trex_cfg.yaml* configuration file. In this configuration file,
+the port should match the interfaces available in the target system, which is
+*net2s22c05* in our example. The IP addresses correspond to Figure 2. For more
+information on the configuration file, please refer to the `TRex Manual <http://trex-tgn.cisco.com/trex/doc/index.html>`_.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ NET2S22C05$ cat /etc/trex_cfg.yaml
+ - port_limit: 2
+ version: 2
+ interfaces: ['87:00.0', '87:00.1']
+ port_bandwidth_gb: 40
+ port_info:
+ - ip: 10.10.2.2
+ default_gw: 10.10.2.1
+ - ip: 10.10.1.2
+ default_gw: 10.10.1.1
+
+ platform:
+ master_thread_id: 0
+ latency_thread_id: 1
+ dual_if:
+ - socket: 1
+ threads: [22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43]
+
+Stop the previous VPP session and start it again in order to add a route for new
+IP addresses 16.0.0.0/8 and 48.0.0.0/8, according to Figure 2. Those IP addresses
+are needed because TRex generates packets that use these addresses. Refer to the
+`TRex Manual <http://trex-tgn.cisco.com/trex/doc/index.html>`_ for details on
+these traffic templates.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ csp2s22c03$ sudo service vpp stop
+ csp2s22c03$ sudo service vpp start
+ csp2s22c03$ sudo vppctl
+ _______ _ _ _____ ___
+ __/ __/ _ \ (_)__ | | / / _ \/ _ \
+ _/ _// // / / / _ \ | |/ / ___/ ___/
+ /_/ /____(_)_/\___/ |___/_/ /_/
+
+ vpp# sho int
+ Name Idx State Counter Count
+ FortyGigabitEthernet82/0/0 1 down
+ FortyGigabitEthernet82/0/1 2 down
+ local0 0 down
+
+ vpp#
+ vpp# set interface ip address FortyGigabitEthernet82/0/0 10.10.1.1/24
+ vpp# set interface ip address FortyGigabitEthernet82/0/1 10.10.2.1/24
+ vpp# set interface state FortyGigabitEthernet82/0/0 up
+ vpp# set interface state FortyGigabitEthernet82/0/1 up
+ vpp# ip route add 16.0.0.0/8 via 10.10.1.2
+ vpp# ip route add 48.0.0.0/8 via 10.10.2.2
+ vpp# clear run
+
+Now, you can generate a simple traffic flow from *net2s22c05* using the traffic
+configuration file "cap2/dns.yaml".
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ NET2S22C05$ sudo ./t-rex-64 -f cap2/dns.yaml -d 1 -l 1000
+ summary stats
+ --------------
+ Total-pkt-drop : 0 pkts
+ Total-tx-bytes : 166886 bytes
+ Total-tx-sw-bytes : 166716 bytes
+ Total-rx-bytes : 166886 byte
+
+ Total-tx-pkt : 2528 pkts
+ Total-rx-pkt : 2528 pkts
+ Total-sw-tx-pkt : 2526 pkts
+ Total-sw-err : 0 pkts
+ Total ARP sent : 4 pkts
+ Total ARP received : 2 pkts
+ maximum-latency : 35 usec
+ average-latency : 8 usec
+ latency-any-error : OK
+
+On *csp2s22c03*, the *show run* command displays the graph runtime statistics.
+
+.. figure:: /_images/build-a-fast-network-stack-terminal-2.png
+
diff --git a/docs/usecases/simpleperf/trex1.rst b/docs/usecases/simpleperf/trex1.rst
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+.. _trex1:
+
+Using VPP with TRex Mixed Traffic Templates
+===========================================
+
+In this example, a more complicated traffic with delay profile on *net2s22c05* is
+generated using the traffic configuration file "avl/sfr_delay_10_1g.yaml":
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ NET2S22C05$ sudo ./t-rex-64 -f avl/sfr_delay_10_1g.yaml -c 2 -m 20 -d 100 -l 1000
+ summary stats
+ --------------
+ Total-pkt-drop : 43309 pkts
+ Total-tx-bytes : 251062132504 bytes
+ Total-tx-sw-bytes : 21426636 bytes
+ Total-rx-bytes : 251040139922 byte
+
+ Total-tx-pkt : 430598064 pkts
+ Total-rx-pkt : 430554755 pkts
+ Total-sw-tx-pkt : 324646 pkts
+ Total-sw-err : 0 pkts
+ Total ARP sent : 5 pkts
+ Total ARP received : 4 pkts
+ maximum-latency : 1278 usec
+ average-latency : 9 usec
+ latency-any-error : ERROR
+
+On *csp2s22c03*, use the VCC CLI command show run to display the graph runtime statistics.
+Observe that the average vector per node is 10.69 and 14.47:
+
+.. figure:: /_images/build-a-fast-network-stack-terminal-3.png
+
+Summary
+=======
+
+This tutorial showed how to download, compile, and install the VPP binary on an
+Intel® Architecture platform. Examples of /etc/sysctl.d/80-vpp.conf and
+/etc/vpp/startup.conf/startup.conf configuration files were provided to get the
+user up and running with VPP. The tutorial also illustrated how to detect and bind
+the network interfaces to a DPDK-compatible driver. You can use the VPP CLI to assign
+IP addresses to these interfaces and bring them up. Finally, four examples using iperf3
+and TRex were included, to show how VPP processes packets in batches.
+