#!/usr/bin/python """ Test bandwidth (using iperf) on linear networks of varying size, using both kernel and user datapaths. We construct a network of N hosts and N-1 switches, connected as follows: h1 <-> s1 <-> s2 .. sN-1 | | | h2 h3 hN WARNING: by default, the reference controller only supports 16 switches, so this test WILL NOT WORK unless you have recompiled your controller to support 100 switches (or more.) In addition to testing the bandwidth across varying numbers of switches, this example demonstrates: - creating a custom topology, LinearTestTopo - using the ping() and iperf() tests from Mininet() - testing both the kernel and user switches """ import sys from functools import partial from mininet.net import Mininet from mininet.node import UserSwitch, OVSKernelSwitch, Controller from mininet.topo import Topo from mininet.log import lg, info from mininet.util import irange, quietRun from mininet.link import TCLink flush = sys.stdout.flush class LinearTestTopo( Topo ): "Topology for a string of N hosts and N-1 switches." # pylint: disable=arguments-differ def build( self, N, **params ): # Create switches and hosts hosts = [ self.addHost( 'h%s' % h ) for h in irange( 1, N ) ] switches = [ self.addSwitch( 's%s' % s ) for s in irange( 1, N - 1 ) ] # Wire up switches last = None for switch in switches: if last: self.addLink( last, switch ) last = switch # Wire up hosts self.addLink( hosts[ 0 ], switches[ 0 ] ) for host, switch in zip( hosts[ 1: ], switches ): self.addLink( host, switch ) def linearBandwidthTest( lengths ): "Check bandwidth at various lengths along a switch chain." results = {} switchCount = max( lengths ) hostCount = switchCount + 1 switches = { 'reference user': UserSwitch, 'Open vSwitch kernel': OVSKernelSwitch } # UserSwitch is horribly slow with recent kernels. # We can reinstate it once its performance is fixed del switches[ 'reference user' ] topo = LinearTestTopo( hostCount ) # Select TCP Reno output = quietRun( 'sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control=reno' ) assert 'reno' in output for datapath in switches: info( "*** testing", datapath, "datapath\n" ) Switch = switches[ datapath ] results[ datapath ] = [] link = partial( TCLink, delay='30ms', bw=100 ) net = Mininet( topo=topo, switch=Switch, controller=Controller, link=link, waitConnected=True ) net.start() info( "*** testing basic connectivity\n" ) for n in lengths: net.ping( [ net.hosts[ 0 ], net.hosts[ n ] ] ) info( "*** testing bandwidth\n" ) for n in lengths: src, dst = net.hosts[ 0 ], net.hosts[ n ] # Try to prime the pump to reduce PACKET_INs during test # since the reference controller is reactive src.cmd( 'telnet', dst.IP(), '5001' ) info( "testing", src.name, "<->", dst.name, '\n' ) # serverbw = received; _clientbw = buffered serverbw, _clientbw = net.iperf( [ src, dst ], seconds=5 ) info( serverbw, '\n' ) flush() results[ datapath ] += [ ( n, serverbw ) ] net.stop() for datapath in switches: info( "\n*** Linear network results for", datapath, "datapath:\n" ) result = results[ datapath ] info( "SwitchCount\tiperf Results\n" ) for switchCount, serverbw in result: info( switchCount, '\t\t' ) info( serverbw, '\n' ) info( '\n') info( '\n' ) if __name__ == '__main__': lg.setLogLevel( 'info' ) sizes = [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] info( "*** Running linearBandwidthTest", sizes, '\n' ) linearBandwidthTest( sizes )