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diff --git a/docs/usecases/simpleperf/iperf31.rst b/docs/usecases/simpleperf/iperf31.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..50abfdf0396 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/usecases/simpleperf/iperf31.rst @@ -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 |