Re: [dpdk-dev] Testing vmdq sample application

["Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

Also check that the mac addresses are configured correctly on the packets being sent. In vmdq_dcb mode, the nic doesn't act in promiscuous mode picking up all packet irrespective of MAC address, so the destination mac must match that of the NIC port.

/Bruce

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Wei-Chun Chao
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 8:49 PM
> To: ANKIT BATRA
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Testing vmdq sample application
> 
> Is your traffic VLAN tagged?
> 
> I think vmdq_app has "conf.enable_default_pool = 0;" so untagged
> traffic will be dropped.
> 
> Thanks,
> Weichun
> 
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 12:00 PM, ANKIT BATRA <ankitbatra2009@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have started the application on my host machine.And from another terminal
> > on host machine gave sudo killall -HUP vmdq_dcb_app and sent packets on
> NIC
> > card from another machine .But on terminal where vmdq application is
> > running, I am seeing that no packets are coming.All rows and columns are
> > 0.And where will the VMs will come into picture here for testing this.
> > Please suggest and correct me if i am doing anything incorrect.
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 6:24 AM, Ouyang, Changchun <
> > changchun.ouyang@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> Firstly compiling the application
> >> 1. Go to the examples directory:
> >> export RTE_SDK=/path/to/rte_sdk
> >> cd ${RTE_SDK}/examples/vmdq
> >> 2. Set the target (a default target is used if not specified). For example:
> >> export RTE_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
> >> See the Intel® DPDK Getting Started Guide for possible RTE_TARGET values.
> >> 3. Build the application:
> >> make
> >>
> >> Then running the application
> >> To run the example in a linuxapp environment:
> >> user@target:~$ ./build/vmdq_app -c f -n 4 -- --nb-pools 8
> >>
> >> If you use 1G NIC, 8 pools are available,
> >> If you use 10G NIC, 64 pools are available,
> >>
> >> At last, send packets with vlan tag to select a pool.
> >>
> >> The vlan tag and pool has the following mapping:
> >> const uint16_t vlan_tags[] = {
> >>         0,  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,        // It occupies pool 0 ~ pool
> >> 7, one for each
> >>         8,  9, 10, 11,  12, 13, 14, 15,     // It occupies pool 8 ~ pool
> >> 15, one for each
> >>         16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23,    // It occupies pool 16 ~ pool
> >> 23, one for each
> >>         24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,    // It occupies pool 24 ~ pool
> >> 31, one for each
> >>         32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,    // It occupies pool 32 ~ pool
> >> 39, one for each
> >>         40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47,    // It occupies pool 40 ~ pool
> >> 47, one for each
> >>         48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55,    // It occupies pool 48 ~ pool
> >> 55, one for each
> >>         56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63,    // It occupies pool 56 ~ pool
> >> 63, one for each
> >> };
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Changchun
> >>
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of ANKIT BATRA
> >> > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 3:23 AM
> >> > To: dev@dpdk.org
> >> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] Testing vmdq sample application
> >> >
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> >  I am trying to run vmdq sample application.But not getting how to test
> >> > this.Can anyone please help with detailed procedure how to test this
> >> sample
> >> > application.
> >> > --
> >> > Regards
> >> > Ankit Batra
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards
> > Ankit Batra