#!/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 <-> sN+1 <-> sN+2 .. sN+N-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 flush = sys.stdout.flush from mininet.net import init, Mininet # from mininet.node import KernelSwitch from mininet.node import UserSwitch, OVSKernelSwitch from mininet.topo import Topo, Node from mininet.log import lg class LinearTestTopo( Topo ): "Topology for a string of N hosts and N-1 switches." def __init__( self, N ): # Add default members to class. super( LinearTestTopo, self ).__init__() # Create switch and host nodes hosts = range( 1, N + 1 ) switches = range( N + 1 , N + N ) for h in hosts: self.add_node( h, Node( is_switch=False ) ) for s in switches: self.add_node( s, Node( is_switch=True ) ) # Wire up switches for s in switches[ :-1 ]: self.add_edge( s, s + 1 ) # Wire up hosts self.add_edge( hosts[ 0 ], switches[ 0 ] ) for h in hosts[ 1: ]: self.add_edge( h, h + N - 1 ) # Consider all switches and hosts 'on' self.enable_all() def linearBandwidthTest( lengths ): "Check bandwidth at various lengths along a switch chain." results = {} switchCount = max( lengths ) hostCount = switchCount + 1 switches = { # 'reference kernel': KernelSwitch, 'reference user': UserSwitch, 'Open vSwitch kernel': OVSKernelSwitch } for datapath in switches.keys(): print "*** testing", datapath, "datapath" Switch = switches[ datapath ] results[ datapath ] = [] net = Mininet( topo=LinearTestTopo( hostCount ), switch=Switch ) net.start() print "*** testing basic connectivity" for n in lengths: net.ping( [ net.hosts[ 0 ], net.hosts[ n ] ] ) print "*** testing bandwidth" for n in lengths: src, dst = net.hosts[ 0 ], net.hosts[ n ] print "testing", src.name, "<->", dst.name, bandwidth = net.iperf( [ src, dst ] ) print bandwidth flush() results[ datapath ] += [ ( n, bandwidth ) ] net.stop() for datapath in switches.keys(): print print "*** Linear network results for", datapath, "datapath:" print result = results[ datapath ] print "SwitchCount\tiperf Results" for switchCount, bandwidth in result: print switchCount, '\t\t', print bandwidth[ 0 ], 'server, ', bandwidth[ 1 ], 'client' print print if __name__ == '__main__': lg.setLogLevel( 'info' ) init() sizes = [ 1, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 ] print "*** Running linearBandwidthTest", sizes linearBandwidthTest( sizes )