Target Audience: Those who are new to VSPERF and would like to try it out locally.
Note:
(a) Instructions to install and configure (including tuning) VSPERF can be found here
(b) Instructions to run tests can be found here
If you are attending a VSPERF-training session (ex: IEEE NFVSDN tutorial), kindly download and install following, before the training-sessions.
| System / Software | Source / Image / command / | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Virtualization /Hypervisor | Oracle Virtualbox | To run VMs. |
| Virtual Machine Image DUT-VM | http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/ubuntu-16.04.5-desktop-amd64.iso | Please install Docker on this system* Reuse of this VM to try NFVBench |
| TGen-VM | http://trex-tgn.cisco.com/trex/T_Rex_162_VM_Fedora_21.ova | T-Rex Traffic Generator VM. |
| OPNFV/NFVBench Docker Image | docker pull opnfv/nfvbench | This should be done on DUT-VM |
| Exchange of SSH-Keys between VMs | Step-3 below. (option-1) | To allow pwd-less access b/w VMs |
| New Version of T-Rex | Step-5 below (option-1) | This should be done on TGen-VM |
| VSPERF | Step-4 below (option-1) | This should be done on DUT-VM |
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Download the latest T-Rex: wget --no-cache http://trex-tgn.cisco.com/trex/release/latest. to the home (/home/trex) folder.
Step-6: Running Tests
Instructions to run tests can be found here. This would be covered during the training session.
Option-2: Experimenting with Single Physical System:
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