Intel® DPDK vSwitch provides a number of reference applications for guests. These can be found in the guest subdirectory of the Intel® DPDK vSwitch package. Each application is detailed in this section.
ovs_client is a simple reference application which demonstrates the performance benefits of IVSHM-based I/O. Each instance of the application running within a guest connects to a CLIENT port on the switch, and simply returns any traffic it receives from that port to the switch.
The ovs_client application can be executed as follows:
./ovs_client [eal] -- -p <client port name>The EAL parameters are fully documented in the Intel® Data Plane Development Kit (Intel DPDK) - Getting Started Guide.
After the EAL arguments, the following application-specific arguments are supported:
-p <client port name>Name of aCLIENTport to bind to.
To "bind" to an IVSHM port called clientport0:
./ovs_client –c 0xf -n 4 -- -p clientport0© 2014, Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved