Ixia-c traffic engine deployment on Azure with Mellanox DPDK #76
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…-1, use change name of OPT_DISABLE_L4_CHECKSUM to DBG_DISABLE_L4_CHECKSUM
…to 1.5.0-1, use change name of OPT_DISABLE_L4_CHECKSUM to DBG_DISABLE_L4_CHECKSUM" This reverts commit f7108cf.
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It looks better and almost ready to merge in my opinion.
I left a few comments for typos, lines that should be removed and I think we should use the latest keng controller and TE version.
Thank you @armdupre for working on this!
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| ## Prerequisites | ||
| * This lab requires the commands below to be executed from within [Azure CloudShell](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-shell/overview). | ||
| * The created VMs needs to have at least ConnectX4 or ConnectX5. Mellanox ConnectX3 is not longer supported. |
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typo: is not longer supported -> is no longer supported
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| image: ghcr.io/open-traffic-generator/keng-controller:1.3.0-2 |
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I think we should use the latest controller & TE version - it's easier to address any potential issues and it has new features like OPT_ADAPTIVE_CPU_USAGE argument. https://ixia-c.slack.com/archives/C021DU5026R/p1723056439876559
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| image: ghcr.io/open-traffic-generator/ixia-c-traffic-engine:1.6.0.167 |
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I think we should use the latest controller & TE version -
| - ARG_IFACE_LIST=${AgentEth1BusInfo} | ||
| - ARG_CORE_LIST="0 1 2" | ||
| #- OPT_DISABLE_L4_CHECKSUM="" | ||
| #- DBG_PRINT_DPDK_STATS="" |
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I would remove lines 25 and 26
| GitRepoDPDK = "$(GitRepoBasePath)/public-cloud/azure/ixia-c-dpdk-azure-mellanox/deployment/DPDK" | ||
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| # /home/ubuntu/otg-examples/snappi/data-plane-performance |
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I guess we could remove this line as well
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| KENG_Controller = "ghcr.io/open-traffic-generator/keng-controller:1.3.0-2" | ||
| IxiaC_TE = "ghcr.io/open-traffic-generator/ixia-c-traffic-engine:1.6.0.167" |
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I think we should use the latest controller & TE version
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| .PHONY: config | ||
| config: | ||
| scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i /home/ubuntu/.sshkey.pem [email protected]:/home/ubuntu/otg-examples/public-cloud/azure/ixia-c-dpdk-azure-mellanox/configs/.env $(GitRepoDPDK)/.agent2 |
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Should we use a hardcoded IP here ? Is there any chance for this to change in the future or is it always set with Agent2Eth0IpAddress ?
| # install dependencies | ||
| RUN apt-get update | ||
| RUN apt-get install jq -y | ||
| RUN pip install -r requirements.txt |
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If we update the controller and TE version we may need to change the requirements.txt content as well. For e.g. the latest release https://github.com/open-traffic-generator/ixia-c/releases/tag/v1.8.0-1 uses snappi 1.8.0
Overview
This is a public cloud lab where Ixia-c has two traffic ports connected within a single subnet of an Azure.
The environment is deployed using Terraform and Cloud-Init is used to configure the application and traffic engines.
Performance improvements are enabled through DPDK support.
Once the lab is up, a Python script is used to request Ixia-c to generate traffic and report statistics.