OFLOPS: OpenFlow Operations Per Second

A benchmarking suite for openflow switches.  If you are looking
to benchmark controllers, check out ./cbench included with this package.

-------------------          SUMMARY               --------------------

Oflops is a modular framework for testing and benchmarking openflow
switches.  It uses libpcap and raw packet writing to simultaneously
emulate an openflow controller and client traffic.  It ships with
an existing suite of tests and users are encouraged to develop their
own tests.

-------------------       QUICK INSTALL            --------------------
debian:
    % sudo apt-get install libsnmp-dev libpcap-dev
fedora/centos:
    % sudo yum install net-snmp-devel libpcap-devel

TODO: make snmp utilities optional!

% sh boot.sh          #   if no ./configure file
% ./configure --with-openflow-src-dir=/path/to/openflow
% make
% make docs           # build API documentation in ./doc
% make install



-------------------  QUICK RUN : local software switch --------------------


1) Setup your software openflow switch
    a) Make sure that any program that broadcasts on all interfaces,
         is *off*, e.g., IPv6 routing.  See OpenFlow README for more examples.
    b) Bring up some virtual interfaces:
       
        ip link add type veth           # add veth0,veth1
        ip link add type veth           # add veth2,veth3
        ip link add type veth           # add veth3,veth4
        for p in 0 1 2 3 4 5 ; do
                ifconfig veth$p up
                done
    c) Start the software switch:
        ofdatapath punix:/var/run/dp0.sock -i veth0,eth2 &
        ofprotocol tcp:localhost:6633 unix:/var/run/dp0.sock
        [see openflow reference implementation INSTALL file for more detail]

2) become root
    oflops uses libpcap and raw sockets, so you need privs

3) Run oflops with lo as the "control" interface and the other half of the
        vethXX links as two "data" interfaces

    oflops -c lo -d veth1 -d veth3 /path/to/test/module

3a) Running oflops directly from the source directory is a PITA because of
        libtool.  The following is a sample invocation for inside the src directory.

    ./oflops -c lo -d veth1 -d veth3 ./example_modules/openflow_packet_in/.libs/libof_packet_in.so

-------------------  QUICK RUN : hardware switch --------------------

1) Setup your hardware switch
    a) physically connect at least one ethernet cable from your switch to a dedicated
        ethernet interface on the box where you will run oflops, e.g., eth1.  In
        this context, dedicated means that no other applications are using that interface.
        Also, some tests may require more than one data channel, so it is may be necesary
        to connect more cables to more interfaces, e.g., eth2.
    b) point your switch's controller connection to the IP oflops machine on a free port,
            e.g., 6633.   Note the interface matching the IP address, e.g., eth0.
            Note that this cannot be the same interface as in (1a) unless you're doing
            in-band control

2) become root

3) Run oflops with eth0 as the "control" interface and eth1 and eth2 as "data" interfaces

    oflops -c eth0 -d eth1 -d eth2 /path/to/test/module

-------------------- Existing Modules -----------------------------

1) packet_in timing: calculate the time between when data packet arrives
    and corresponding packet_in is received
2) port stats rtt: calculate time between port stats request and response.

-------------------- Writing New Modules -----------------------------

1) Start by reading code in example_modules/*
2) Use ./doc/* for reference (did you `make docs`?)
3) Contribute them back to oflops :-)

--------------------   Contact            -----------------------------

Currently oflops does not have its own mailing list.  Please send
questions or comments to the authors directly or [email protected]