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From: "Wiles, Keith" <keith.wiles@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] Pktgen DPDK net bonding mode 4 802.3AD
 (LACP) not working with BIGIP trunk with LACP enabled
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 18:51:30 +0000
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> On Jan 11, 2017, at 12:08 PM, Vincent Li <vincent.mc.li@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I have direct two cable connections between Pktgen DPDK box and BIGIP
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> this is a problem I am not sure if it Pktgen, or the DPDK net bonding mod=
e
> 4 LACP, or the BIGIP trunk with LACP enabled issue, I am hoping someone
> here have more clue and give me some direction on how to trouble shoot
> this. I am suspecting there might some issue between DPDK net bonding
> 8023ad mode 4 and BIGIP trunk LACP mode. I turned
> on CONFIG_RTE_LOG_LEVEL=3DRTE_LOG_DEBUG and
> defined RTE_LIBRTE_BOND_DEBUG_8023AD
> in drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_8023ad.c hoping getting more debug
> output in Pktgen, I could not see any debug output for 8023ad protocol.

I am not going to be much help as I do not and have not used BIGIP.

I assume you have the Pktgen that supports bonding mode 4. The previous Pkt=
gen version would not call tx_burst() unless it had something to send, whic=
h the bonding driver requires tx_burst() with zero packets at least at a gi=
ven interval. The latest versions do call tx_burst() with zero pkts at leas=
t within the needed timing.

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> packet tx/rx works :
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> 1 Pktgen with DPDK net bonding mode 1, 2, 3, 5
> 2 BIGIP trunk with LACP disabled (trunk port status UP)
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> packet tx/rx failed:
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> 1, Pktgen with DPDK net bonding mode 4 802.3AD
> 2, BIGIP trunk with LACP enabled (trunk status is DOWN)
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> or
> 1, Pktgen with DPDK net bonding mode 4 802.3AD
> 2, BIGIP trunk with LACP disabled (trunk status is UP)
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> my end goal is to achieve 10G < througput < 20G with Pktgen DPDK net
> bonding with Intel 82599 to load test BIGIP, so far with bonding mode 1,
> 2,3, 5, I am unable to achieve throughput > 10G.

Regards,
Keith