Software/Driver Configuration And Fine-Tuning; Running The Application - Chelsio Communications Terminator Series Installation And User Manual

Chapter VII. WD-TOE

Software/Driver Configuration and Fine-tuning

4.1.

Running the Application

i. Bring up the Chelsio interface to enable offload:
[root@host~]# ifconfig ethX <IP> up
ii. Run the application with WD-TOE using:
[root@host~]# PROT=TCP wdload <path to application>
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Netperf, sockperf and IPerf only supported.
Note
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Maximum of 10 connections supported.
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Abrupt killing of connections is not supported.
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Message size should be less than 1500.
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Short-lived connections not supported.
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Multi-threaded applications not supported.
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Jumbo frames not supported.
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Multiple adapters not supported.
Example: To run Netperf application with WD-TOE:
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Start netserver at the PEER:
[root@host~]# PROT=TCP wdload netserver –D -4
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On the Test machine, run netperf application.
[root@host~]# PROT=TCP wdload netperf -H <PEER_IP> -t TCP_RR -l 10
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