Traffic Control

The following scenario shows how to configure a basic traffic control discipline, which can be used on OSDx for traffic shaping and scheduling purposes. The monitor test performance operational command can be used to calculate the throughput.

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Test Traffic Control

Description

In this scenario, a simple HTB qdisc is configured in DUT0.

Scenario

Step 1: Set the following configuration in DUT0:

set interfaces ethernet eth0 address 10.0.0.2/24
set interfaces ethernet eth0 traffic control out QDISC
set system login user admin authentication encrypted-password '$6$GSjsCj8gHLv$/VcqU6FLi6CT2Oxn0MJQ2C2tqnRDrYKNF8HIYWJp68nvXvPdFccDsT04.WtigUONbKYrgKg8d6rEs8PjljMkH0'
set traffic control QDISC type htb bandwidth 100
set traffic control QDISC type htb class 1 bandwidth percentage 34
set traffic control QDISC type htb class 2 bandwidth percentage 33
set traffic control QDISC type htb class 3 bandwidth percentage 33
set traffic control QDISC type htb default-class 3
set traffic control QDISC type htb match 1 class 1
set traffic control QDISC type htb match 1 ip protocol icmp
set traffic control QDISC type htb match 2 class 2
set traffic control QDISC type htb match 2 ip protocol tcp

Step 2: Set the following configuration in DUT1:

set interfaces ethernet eth0 address 10.0.0.1/24
set system login user admin authentication encrypted-password '$6$GSjsCj8gHLv$/VcqU6FLi6CT2Oxn0MJQ2C2tqnRDrYKNF8HIYWJp68nvXvPdFccDsT04.WtigUONbKYrgKg8d6rEs8PjljMkH0'

Step 3: Ping IP address 10.0.0.1 from DUT0:

admin@DUT0$ ping 10.0.0.1 count 1 size 56 timeout 1
Show output
PING 10.0.0.1 (10.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.340 ms

--- 10.0.0.1 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.340/0.340/0.340/0.000 ms

Step 4: Run command traffic control show at DUT0 and check if output matches the following regular expressions:

class 1\s+1:0\s+[1-9]\d*
Show output
Traffic control for interface 'eth0' - 'egress' mode

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ID   traffic control        type         parent  bytes sent  pkts sent  pkts dropped
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1:0  QDISC            htb                root           376          4             0
1:1  QDISC            class 1            1:0             98          1             0
1:2  QDISC            class 2            1:0              0          0             0
1:3  QDISC            class 3 (default)  1:0            278          3             0
2:0  -                fq_codel           1:1             98          1             0
3:0  -                fq_codel           1:2              0          0             0
4:0  -                fq_codel           1:3            278          3             0

Step 5: Run command traffic control show at DUT0 and check if output matches the following regular expressions:

class 2\s+1:0\s+0
Show output
Traffic control for interface 'eth0' - 'egress' mode

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ID   traffic control        type         parent  bytes sent  pkts sent  pkts dropped
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1:0  QDISC            htb                root           376          4             0
1:1  QDISC            class 1            1:0             98          1             0
1:2  QDISC            class 2            1:0              0          0             0
1:3  QDISC            class 3 (default)  1:0            278          3             0
2:0  -                fq_codel           1:1             98          1             0
3:0  -                fq_codel           1:2              0          0             0
4:0  -                fq_codel           1:3            278          3             0

Step 6: Initiate a bandwidth test from DUT0 to DUT1

admin@DUT1$ monitor test performance server port 8080
admin@DUT0$ monitor test performance client 10.0.0.1 duration 5 port 8080 parallel 1
Expect this output in DUT0:
Connecting to host 10.0.0.1, port 8080
[  5] local 10.0.0.2 port 36958 connected to 10.0.0.1 port 8080
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  4.94 MBytes  41.4 Mbits/sec   57   29.7 KBytes
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  3.67 MBytes  30.8 Mbits/sec   40   43.8 KBytes
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  3.67 MBytes  30.8 Mbits/sec   53   31.1 KBytes
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  3.98 MBytes  33.4 Mbits/sec   33   41.0 KBytes
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  3.73 MBytes  31.3 Mbits/sec   37   31.1 KBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-5.00   sec  20.0 MBytes  33.5 Mbits/sec  220             sender
[  5]   0.00-5.00   sec  19.3 MBytes  32.3 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

Step 7: Run command traffic control show at DUT0 and check if output matches the following regular expressions:

class 2\s+1:0\s+[1-9]\d*
Show output
Traffic control for interface 'eth0' - 'egress' mode

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ID   traffic control        type         parent  bytes sent  pkts sent  pkts dropped
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1:0  QDISC            htb                root      21178923      14014            22
1:1  QDISC            class 1            1:0             98          1             0
1:2  QDISC            class 2            1:0       21178067      14006             0
1:3  QDISC            class 3 (default)  1:0            758          7             0
2:0  -                fq_codel           1:1             98          1             0
3:0  -                fq_codel           1:2       21178067      14006            22
4:0  -                fq_codel           1:3            758          7             0

Step 8: Run command traffic control show at DUT0 and check if output matches the following regular expressions:

class 2\s+1:0\s+[1-9]\d*
Show output
Traffic control for interface 'eth0' - 'egress' mode

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ID   traffic control        type         parent  bytes sent  pkts sent  pkts dropped
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1:0  QDISC            htb                root      21178923      14014            22
1:1  QDISC            class 1            1:0             98          1             0
1:2  QDISC            class 2            1:0       21178067      14006             0
1:3  QDISC            class 3 (default)  1:0            758          7             0
2:0  -                fq_codel           1:1             98          1             0
3:0  -                fq_codel           1:2       21178067      14006            22
4:0  -                fq_codel           1:3            758          7             0

Step 9: Run command traffic control clear at DUT0 and expect this output: Step 10: Run command traffic control show at DUT0 and check if output matches the following regular expressions:

class 1\s+1:0\s+0
Show output
Traffic control for interface 'eth0' - 'egress' mode

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ID   traffic control        type         parent  bytes sent  pkts sent  pkts dropped
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1:0  QDISC            htb                root             0          0             0
1:1  QDISC            class 1            1:0              0          0             0
1:2  QDISC            class 2            1:0              0          0             0
1:3  QDISC            class 3 (default)  1:0              0          0             0
2:0  -                fq_codel           1:1              0          0             0
3:0  -                fq_codel           1:2              0          0             0
4:0  -                fq_codel           1:3              0          0             0

Step 11: Run command traffic control show at DUT0 and check if output matches the following regular expressions:

class 2\s+1:0\s+0
Show output
Traffic control for interface 'eth0' - 'egress' mode

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ID   traffic control        type         parent  bytes sent  pkts sent  pkts dropped
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1:0  QDISC            htb                root             0          0             0
1:1  QDISC            class 1            1:0              0          0             0
1:2  QDISC            class 2            1:0              0          0             0
1:3  QDISC            class 3 (default)  1:0              0          0             0
2:0  -                fq_codel           1:1              0          0             0
3:0  -                fq_codel           1:2              0          0             0
4:0  -                fq_codel           1:3              0          0             0

Step 12: Initiate a bandwidth test from DUT0 to DUT1

admin@DUT1$ monitor test performance server port 8080
admin@DUT0$ monitor test performance client 10.0.0.1 duration 5 port 8080 parallel 1
Expect this output in DUT0:
Connecting to host 10.0.0.1, port 8080
[  5] local 10.0.0.2 port 36968 connected to 10.0.0.1 port 8080
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  4.84 MBytes  40.6 Mbits/sec   62   41.0 KBytes
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  3.73 MBytes  31.3 Mbits/sec   23   45.2 KBytes
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  3.73 MBytes  31.3 Mbits/sec   63   36.8 KBytes
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  3.73 MBytes  31.3 Mbits/sec   37   31.1 KBytes
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  3.73 MBytes  31.3 Mbits/sec   18   45.2 KBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-5.00   sec  19.8 MBytes  33.1 Mbits/sec  203             sender
[  5]   0.00-5.00   sec  19.3 MBytes  32.3 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

Step 13: Run command traffic control show at DUT0 and check if output matches the following regular expressions:

class 1\s+1:0\s+0
Show output
Traffic control for interface 'eth0' - 'egress' mode

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ID   traffic control        type         parent  bytes sent  pkts sent  pkts dropped
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1:0  QDISC            htb                root      21179449      14005            20
1:1  QDISC            class 1            1:0              0          0             0
1:2  QDISC            class 2            1:0       21179449      14005             0
1:3  QDISC            class 3 (default)  1:0              0          0             0
2:0  -                fq_codel           1:1              0          0             0
3:0  -                fq_codel           1:2       21179449      14005            20
4:0  -                fq_codel           1:3              0          0             0

Step 14: Run command traffic control show at DUT0 and check if output matches the following regular expressions:

class 2\s+1:0\s+[1-9]\d*
Show output
Traffic control for interface 'eth0' - 'egress' mode

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ID   traffic control        type         parent  bytes sent  pkts sent  pkts dropped
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1:0  QDISC            htb                root      21179449      14005            20
1:1  QDISC            class 1            1:0              0          0             0
1:2  QDISC            class 2            1:0       21179449      14005             0
1:3  QDISC            class 3 (default)  1:0              0          0             0
2:0  -                fq_codel           1:1              0          0             0
3:0  -                fq_codel           1:2       21179449      14005            20
4:0  -                fq_codel           1:3              0          0             0