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- vsperf distribution: Downloaded from here
- OS: Linux (ex: centos)
- Hypervisor: KVM/Qemu
- RAM: 8-16GB
- NICs: 2 for data-traffic
- VNF: vloop-VNF (VSPERF includes this image as part of its artifacts - http://artifacts.opnfv.org/vswitchperf/vnf/vloop-vnf-ubuntu-14.04_20160823.qcow2)
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- Hardware Traffic Generator: Ixia, Spirent, Xena, Etc.
- T-Rex: Instructions to install can be found here
- Moongen: Instructions to install can be found here
- NICs: 2 for data-traffic.