Network Working Group V. Vassilev
Internet-Draft Transpacket
Intended status: Standards Track September 4, 2019
Expires: March 7, 2020
A YANG Data Model for Network Interconnect Tester Management
draft-vassilev-bmwg-network-interconnect-tester-01
Abstract
This document introduces new YANG model for use in network
interconnect testing containing modules for traffic generator and
traffic analyzer.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1.1. Definitions and Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1.2. Tree Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. Problem Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3. Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Using the network interconnect tester model . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Traffic Generator Module Tree Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. Traffic Analyzer Module Tree Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5. Traffic Generator Module YANG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6. Traffic Analyzer Module YANG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7.1. URI Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
7.2. YANG Module Name Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Appendix A. Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
A.1. Basic Test Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
A.2. Generating RFC2544 Testframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
1. Introduction
There is a need for standard mechanism to allow the specification and
implementation of the transactions part of network tests. The
mechanism should allow the control and monitoring of the data plane
traffic in a transactional way. This document defines YANG modules
for test traffic generator, analyzer and internal interface loopback.
1.1. Terminology
The keywords "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
14, [RFC2119].
1.1.1. Definitions and Acronyms
DUT: Device Under Test
TA: Traffic Analyzer
TG: Traffic Generator
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1.1.2. Tree Diagram
For a reference to the annotations used in tree diagrams included in
this draft, please see YANG Tree Diagrams [RFC8340].
1.2. Problem Statement
Network interconnect tests require active network elements part of
the tested network that generate test traffic and network elements
that analyze the test traffic at one or more points of its path. A
network interconnect tester is a device that can either generate test
traffic, analyze test traffic or both. Here is a figure borrowed
from [RFC2544] representing the horseshoe test setup topology
consisting of a single tester and a single DUT connected in a network
interconnect loop.
+------------+
| |
+------------| tester |<-------------+
| | | |
| +------------+ |
| |
| +------------+ |
| | | |
+----------->| DUT |--------------+
| |
+------------+
This document attempts to address the problem of defining YANG model
of a network interconnect tester that can be used for development of
vendor independent network interconnect tests and utilize the
advantages of transactional management using standard protocols like
NETCONF.
1.3. Solution
The proposed model splits the design into 3 modules - 1) Traffic
Generator module (TG), 2) Traffic Analyzer module (TA). The modules
are implemented as augmentations of the ietf-interfaces module adding
configuration and state data that models the functionality of a
tester. The TA and TG modules concept is illustrated with the
following diagram of a tester with two interfaces (named e0 and e1)
conected in a loop with single DUT:
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+----------------+
e0.egress | | e1.ingress
+------------| TG tester TA |<-------------+
| | | |
| +----------------+ |
| |
| +------------+ |
| | | |
+------------->| DUT |----------------+
| |
+------------+
2. Using the network interconnect tester model
Basic example of how the model can be used in transactional network
test API to control the testers part of a network and report countrer
statistics and timing measurement data is presented in Appendix A.
One of the examples demonstrates the use of the [RFC2544] defined
testframe packet.
3. Traffic Generator Module Tree Diagram
module: ietf-traffic-generator
augment /if:interfaces/if:interface:
+--rw traffic-generator {egress-direction}?
| +--rw (type)?
| | +--:(single-stream)
| | | +--rw frame-size uint32
| | | +--rw (frame-data-type)?
| | | | +--:(raw-frame-data)
| | | | +--rw frame-data? string
| | | +--rw interframe-gap uint32
| | | +--rw interburst-gap? uint32
| | | +--rw frames-per-burst? uint32
| | | +--rw src-mac-address? yang:mac-address {ethernet}?
| | | +--rw dst-mac-address? yang:mac-address {ethernet}?
| | | +--rw ether-type? uint16 {ethernet}?
| | | +--rw (encapsulation)? {ethernet}?
| | | +--:(vlan)
| | | +--rw vlan {ethernet-vlan}?
| | | +--rw id uint16
| | | +--rw tpid? uint16
| | | +--rw pcp? uint8
| | | +--rw cfi? uint8
| | +--:(multi-stream)
| | +--rw streams
| | +--rw stream* [id]
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| | +--rw id uint32
| | +--rw frame-size uint32
| | +--rw (frame-data-type)?
| | | +--:(raw-frame-data)
| | | +--rw frame-data? string
| | +--rw interframe-gap uint32
| | +--rw interburst-gap? uint32
| | +--rw frames-per-burst? uint32
| | +--rw frames-per-stream uint32
| | +--rw interstream-gap uint32
| | +--rw src-mac-address? yang:mac-address {ethernet}?
| | +--rw dst-mac-address? yang:mac-address {ethernet}?
| | +--rw ether-type? uint16 {ethernet}?
| | +--rw (encapsulation)? {ethernet}?
| | +--:(vlan)
| | +--rw vlan {ethernet-vlan}?
| | +--rw id uint16
| | +--rw tpid? uint16
| | +--rw pcp? uint8
| | +--rw cfi? uint8
| +--rw total-frames? uint64
+--rw traffic-generator-ingress {ingress-direction}?
+--rw (type)?
| +--:(single-stream)
| | +--rw frame-size uint32
| | +--rw (frame-data-type)?
| | | +--:(raw-frame-data)
| | | +--rw frame-data? string
| | +--rw interframe-gap uint32
| | +--rw interburst-gap? uint32
| | +--rw frames-per-burst? uint32
| | +--rw src-mac-address? yang:mac-address {ethernet}?
| | +--rw dst-mac-address? yang:mac-address {ethernet}?
| | +--rw ether-type? uint16 {ethernet}?
| | +--rw (encapsulation)? {ethernet}?
| | +--:(vlan)
| | +--rw vlan {ethernet-vlan}?
| | +--rw id uint16
| | +--rw tpid? uint16
| | +--rw pcp? uint8
| | +--rw cfi? uint8
| +--:(multi-stream)
| +--rw streams
| +--rw stream* [id]
| +--rw id uint32
| +--rw frame-size uint32
| +--rw (frame-data-type)?
| | +--:(raw-frame-data)
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| | +--rw frame-data? string
| +--rw interframe-gap uint32
| +--rw interburst-gap? uint32
| +--rw frames-per-burst? uint32
| +--rw frames-per-stream uint32
| +--rw interstream-gap uint32
| +--rw src-mac-address? yang:mac-address {ethernet}?
| +--rw dst-mac-address? yang:mac-address {ethernet}?
| +--rw ether-type? uint16 {ethernet}?
| +--rw (encapsulation)? {ethernet}?
| +--:(vlan)
| +--rw vlan {ethernet-vlan}?
| +--rw id uint16
| +--rw tpid? uint16
| +--rw pcp? uint8
| +--rw cfi? uint8
+--rw total-frames? uint64
augment /if:interfaces-state/if:interface/if:statistics:
+--ro generated-pkts? yang:counter64
+--ro generated-octets? yang:counter64
+--ro generated-ingress-pkts? yang:counter64 {ingress-direction}?
+--ro generated-ingress-octets? yang:counter64 {ingress-direction}?
4. Traffic Analyzer Module Tree Diagram
module: ietf-traffic-analyzer
augment /if:interfaces/if:interface:
+--rw traffic-analyzer! {ingress-direction}?
| +--rw filter! {filter}?
| | +--rw type identityref
| | +--rw ether-type? uint16
| +--ro state
| +--ro pkts? yang:counter64
| +--ro errors? yang:counter64
| +--ro testframe-stats
| | +--ro testframe-pkts? yang:counter64
| | +--ro sequence-errors? yang:counter64
| | +--ro payload-errors? yang:counter64
| | +--ro latency
| | +--ro samples? uint64
| | +--ro min? uint64
| | +--ro max? uint64
| | +--ro average? uint64
| | +--ro latest? uint64
| +--ro capture {capture}?
| +--ro frame* [sequence-number]
| +--ro sequence-number uint64
| +--ro timestamp? yang:date-and-time
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| +--ro length? uint32
| +--ro preceding-interframe-gap? uint32
| +--ro data? string
+--rw traffic-analyzer-egress! {egress-direction}?
+--rw filter! {filter}?
| +--rw type identityref
+--ro state
+--ro pkts? yang:counter64
+--ro errors? yang:counter64
+--ro testframe-stats
| +--ro testframe-pkts? yang:counter64
| +--ro sequence-errors? yang:counter64
| +--ro payload-errors? yang:counter64
| +--ro latency
| +--ro samples? uint64
| +--ro min? uint64
| +--ro max? uint64
| +--ro average? uint64
| +--ro latest? uint64
+--ro capture {capture}?
+--ro frame* [sequence-number]
+--ro sequence-number uint64
+--ro timestamp? yang:date-and-time
+--ro length? uint32
+--ro preceding-interframe-gap? uint32
+--ro data? string
augment /if:interfaces-state/if:interface/if:statistics:
+--ro testframe-pkts? yang:counter64 {ingress-direction}?
+--ro testframe-sequence-errors? yang:counter64 {ingress-direction}?
+--ro testframe-payload-errors? yang:counter64 {ingress-direction}?
augment /if:interfaces-state/if:interface/if:statistics:
+--ro testframe-egress-pkts? yang:counter64 {egress-direction}?
+--ro testframe-egress-sequence-errors? yang:counter64 {egress-direction}?
+--ro testframe-egress-payload-errors? yang:counter64 {egress-direction}?
5. Traffic Generator Module YANG
<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-traffic-generator@2019-09-05.yang"
module ietf-traffic-generator {
yang-version 1.1;
namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-traffic-generator";
prefix tg;
import ietf-interfaces {
prefix if;
}
import ietf-yang-types {
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prefix yang;
}
import iana-if-type {
prefix ianaift;
}
organization
"IETF Benchmarking Methodology Working Group";
contact
"WG Web: <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/bmwg/>
WG List: <mailto:bmwg@ietf.org>
Editor: Vladimir Vassilev
<mailto:vladimir@transpacket.com>";
description
"This module contains a collection of YANG definitions for
description and management of network interconnect testers.
Copyright (c) 2019 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
authors of the code. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject
to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD License
set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions
Relating to IETF Documents
(http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).
This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX; see
the RFC itself for full legal notices.";
revision 2019-09-05 {
description
"Initial revision.";
reference "RFC XXXX: Network Interconnect Tester";
}
feature egress-direction {
description
"The device can generate traffic in the egress direction.";
}
feature ingress-direction {
description
"The device can generate traffic in the ingress direction.";
}
feature multi-stream {
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description
"The device can generate multi-stream traffic.";
}
feature ethernet {
description
"The device can generate ethernet traffic.";
}
feature ethernet-vlan {
if-feature "ethernet";
description
"The device can generate vlan tagged ethernet traffic.";
}
grouping traffic-generator-burst-data {
leaf frame-size {
type uint32;
description
"Size of the frames generated. For example for
ethernet interfaces the following definition
applies:
Ethernet frame-size in octets includes:
* Destination Address (6 octets),
* Source Address (6 octets),
* Frame Type (2 octets),
* Data (min 46 octets or 42 octets + 4 octets 802.1Q tag),
* CRC Checksum (4 octets).
Ethernet frame-size does not include:
* Preamble (dependent on MAC configuration
by default 7 octets),
* Start of frame delimeter (1 octet)
Minimum standard ethernet frame-size is 64 bytes but
generators might support smaller sizes for validation.";
mandatory true;
}
choice frame-data-type {
case raw-frame-data {
leaf frame-data {
type string {
pattern '([0-9A-F]{2})*';
}
must 'string-length(.)<=(../frame-size*2)';
description
"The raw frame data specified as hexadecimal string.
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The specified data can be shorter then the ../frame-size
value specifying only the header or the header and the
payload without for example the 4 byte CRC Checksum
in the case of a Ethernet frame.";
}
}
}
leaf interframe-gap {
type uint32;
description
"Length of the idle period between generated frames.
For example for ethernet interfaces the following
definition applies:
Ethernet interframe-gap between transmission of frames
known as the interframe gap (IFG). A brief recovery time
between frames allows devices to prepare for
reception of the next frame. The minimum
interframe gap is 96 bit times (12 octet times) (the time it
takes to transmit 96 bits (12 octets) of raw data on the
medium). However the preamble (7 octets) and start of
frame delimeter (1 octet) are considered a constant gap that
should be included in the interframe-gap. Thus the minimum
value for standard ethernet transmission should be considered
20 octets.";
mandatory true;
}
leaf interburst-gap {
type uint32;
description
"Similar to the interframe-gap but takes place between
any two bursts of the stream.";
}
leaf frames-per-burst {
type uint32;
description
"Number of frames contained in a burst";
}
}
grouping traffic-generator-multi-stream-data {
container streams {
list stream {
key "id";
leaf id {
type uint32;
description
"Number specifying the order of the stream.";
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}
uses traffic-generator-burst-data;
leaf frames-per-stream {
type uint32;
description
"The count of frames to be generated before
generation of the next stream is started.";
mandatory true;
}
leaf interstream-gap {
type uint32;
description
"Idle period after the last frame of the last burst.";
mandatory true;
}
}
}
}
augment "/if:interfaces/if:interface" {
container traffic-generator {
if-feature "egress-direction";
choice type {
case single-stream {
uses traffic-generator-burst-data;
}
case multi-stream {
uses traffic-generator-multi-stream-data;
}
}
leaf total-frames {
type uint64;
description
"If this leaf is present the stream generation will stop
after the specified number of frames are generated.";
}
}
container traffic-generator-ingress {
if-feature "ingress-direction";
choice type {
case single-stream {
uses traffic-generator-burst-data;
}
case multi-stream {
uses traffic-generator-multi-stream-data;
}
}
leaf total-frames {
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type uint64;
description
"If this leaf is present the stream generation will stop
after the specified number of frames are generated.";
}
}
}
augment "/if:interfaces-state/if:interface/if:statistics" {
description
"Counters of generated traffic octets and packets.";
leaf generated-pkts {
type yang:counter64;
description
"Traffic generator packets sent.";
}
leaf generated-octets {
type yang:counter64;
description
"Traffic generator octets sent.";
}
leaf generated-ingress-pkts {
if-feature "ingress-direction";
type yang:counter64;
description
"Traffic generator packets generated in ingress mode.";
}
leaf generated-ingress-octets {
if-feature "ingress-direction";
type yang:counter64;
description
"Traffic generator octets generated in ingress mode.";
}
}
grouping ethernet-data {
leaf src-mac-address {
type yang:mac-address;
}
leaf dst-mac-address {
type yang:mac-address;
}
leaf ether-type {
type uint16;
description
"The Ethernet Type (or Length) value
defined by IEEE 802.";
reference "IEEE 802-2014 Clause 9.2";
}
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choice encapsulation {
case vlan {
container vlan {
if-feature "ethernet-vlan";
leaf id {
type uint16 {
range "0..4095";
}
mandatory true;
}
leaf tpid {
type uint16;
default "33024";
description
"Configures the Tag Protocol Identifier (TPID)
of the 802.1q VLAN tag sent. This value is used
together whith the vlan id for filtering incoming
vlan tagged packets.";
}
leaf pcp {
type uint8 {
range "0..7";
}
default "0";
description
"Configures the IEEE 802.1p Priority Code Point (PCP) value
of the transmitted 802.1q VLAN tag.";
}
leaf cfi {
type uint8 {
range "0..1";
}
default "0";
description
"Configures the Canonical Format Identifier (CFI) field
(shall be 0 for Ethernet switches) of the transmitted
802.1q VLAN tag.";
}
}
}
}
}
augment "/if:interfaces/if:interface/tg:traffic-generator/tg:type/"
+ "tg:single-stream" {
if-feature "ethernet";
when "derived-from-or-self(../if:type, 'ianaift:ethernetCsmacd')" {
description
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"Ethernet interface type.";
}
uses ethernet-data;
}
augment "/if:interfaces/if:interface/tg:traffic-generator/tg:type/"
+ "tg:multi-stream/tg:streams/tg:stream" {
if-feature "ethernet";
when "derived-from-or-self(../../../if:type, 'ianaift:ethernetCsmacd')" {
description
"Ethernet interface type.";
}
uses ethernet-data;
}
augment "/if:interfaces/if:interface/tg:traffic-generator-ingress/tg:type/"
+ "tg:single-stream" {
if-feature "ethernet";
when "derived-from-or-self(../if:type, 'ianaift:ethernetCsmacd')" {
description
"Ethernet interface type.";
}
uses ethernet-data;
}
augment "/if:interfaces/if:interface/tg:traffic-generator-ingress/tg:type/"
+ "tg:multi-stream/tg:streams/tg:stream" {
if-feature "ethernet";
when "derived-from-or-self(../../../if:type, 'ianaift:ethernetCsmacd')" {
description
"Ethernet interface type.";
}
uses ethernet-data;
}
}
<CODE ENDS>
6. Traffic Analyzer Module YANG
<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-traffic-analyzer@2019-09-05.yang"
module ietf-traffic-analyzer {
yang-version 1.1;
namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-traffic-analyzer";
prefix ta;
import ietf-interfaces {
prefix if;
}
import ietf-yang-types {
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prefix yang;
}
organization
"IETF Benchmarking Methodology Working Group";
contact
"WG Web: <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/bmwg/>
WG List: <mailto:bmwg@ietf.org>
Editor: Vladimir Vassilev
<mailto:vladimir@transpacket.com>";
description
"This module contains a collection of YANG definitions for
description and management of network interconnect testers.
Copyright (c) 2019 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
authors of the code. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject
to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD License
set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions
Relating to IETF Documents
(http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).
This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX; see
the RFC itself for full legal notices.";
revision 2019-09-05 {
description
"Initial revision.";
reference "RFC XXXX: Network Interconnect Tester";
}
feature egress-direction {
description
"The device can analyze traffic from the egress direction.";
}
feature ingress-direction {
description
"The device can generate traffic from the ingress direction.";
}
feature filter {
description
"This feature indicates that the device implements
filter that can specify a subset of packets to be
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analyzed when filtering is enabled.";
}
feature capture {
description
"This feature indicates that the device implements
packet capture functionality.";
}
identity filter {
description
"Base filter identity.";
}
identity ethernet {
base ta:filter;
}
grouping statistics-data {
leaf pkts {
type yang:counter64;
}
leaf errors {
type yang:counter64;
}
container testframe-stats {
leaf testframe-pkts {
type yang:counter64;
}
leaf sequence-errors {
type yang:counter64;
}
leaf payload-errors {
type yang:counter64;
}
container latency {
leaf samples {
type uint64;
}
leaf min {
units "nanoseconds";
type uint64;
}
leaf max {
units "nanoseconds";
type uint64;
}
leaf average {
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description
"The sum of all sampled latencies divided
by the number of samples.";
units "nanoseconds";
type uint64;
}
leaf latest {
units "nanoseconds";
type uint64;
}
}
}
}
grouping capture-data {
container capture {
if-feature "capture";
list frame {
key "sequence-number";
leaf sequence-number {
type uint64;
}
leaf timestamp {
type yang:date-and-time;
}
leaf length {
type uint32;
}
leaf preceding-interframe-gap {
type uint32;
}
leaf data {
type string {
pattern '([0-9A-F]{2})*';
}
}
}
}
}
grouping filter-data {
container filter {
presence
"When present ingress packets are
filtered before analyzed according
to the filter type";
if-feature "filter";
leaf type {
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mandatory true;
type identityref {
base ta:filter;
}
}
}
}
augment "/if:interfaces/if:interface" {
container traffic-analyzer {
if-feature "ingress-direction";
presence "Enables the traffic analyzer for ingress traffic.";
uses filter-data;
container state {
config false;
uses statistics-data;
uses capture-data;
}
}
container traffic-analyzer-egress {
if-feature "egress-direction";
presence "Enables the traffic analyzer for egress traffic.";
uses filter-data;
container state {
config false;
uses statistics-data;
uses capture-data;
}
}
}
augment "/if:interfaces/if:interface/ta:traffic-analyzer/ta:filter" {
when "ta:type = 'ta:ethernet'";
leaf ether-type {
type uint16;
description
"The Ethernet Type (or Length) value
defined by IEEE 802.";
reference "IEEE 802-2014 Clause 9.2";
}
}
augment "/if:interfaces-state/if:interface/if:statistics" {
if-feature "ingress-direction";
description
"Counters implemented by ports with analyzers.";
leaf testframe-pkts {
type yang:counter64;
description
"Testframe packets recognized by the traffic analyzer.";
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leaf testframe-sequence-errors {
type yang:counter64;
description
"Testframe packets part of the recognized total
but with unexpected sequence number.";
}
leaf testframe-payload-errors {
type yang:counter64;
description
"Testframe packets part of the recognized total
but with payload errors.";
}
}
augment "/if:interfaces-state/if:interface/if:statistics" {
if-feature "egress-direction";
description
"Counters implemented by ports with egress analyzers.";
leaf testframe-egress-pkts {
type yang:counter64;
description
"Testframe egress packets recognized by the traffic analyzer.";
}
leaf testframe-egress-sequence-errors {
type yang:counter64;
description
"Testframe egress packets part of the recognized total
but with unexpected sequence number.";
}
leaf testframe-egress-payload-errors {
type yang:counter64;
description
"Testframe egress packets part of the recognized total
but with payload errors.";
}
}
}
<CODE ENDS>
7. IANA Considerations
This document registers three URIs and three YANG modules.
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7.1. URI Registration
This document registers three URIs in the IETF XML registry
[RFC3688]. Following the format in RFC 3688, the following
registration is requested to be made:
URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-traffic-generator
URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-traffic-analyzer
URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-loopback
Registrant Contact: The IESG.
XML: N/A, the requested URI is an XML namespace.
7.2. YANG Module Name Registration
This document registers three YANG module in the YANG Module Names
registry YANG [RFC6020].
name: ietf-traffic-generator
namespace: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-traffic-generator
prefix: tg
reference: RFC XXXX
name: ietf-traffic-analyzer
namespace: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-traffic-analyzer
prefix: ta
reference: RFC XXXX
8. Security Considerations
This document does not introduce any new security concerns in
addition to those specified in [RFC7950], section 15.
9. References
9.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC6020] Bjorklund, M., Ed., "YANG - A Data Modeling Language for
the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6020,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6020, October 2010,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6020>.
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[RFC7950] Bjorklund, M., Ed., "The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language",
RFC 7950, DOI 10.17487/RFC7950, August 2016,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7950>.
9.2. Informative References
[RFC2544] Bradner, S. and J. McQuaid, "Benchmarking Methodology for
Network Interconnect Devices", RFC 2544,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2544, March 1999,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2544>.
[RFC3688] Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688,
DOI 10.17487/RFC3688, January 2004,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3688>.
[RFC8340] Bjorklund, M. and L. Berger, Ed., "YANG Tree Diagrams",
BCP 215, RFC 8340, DOI 10.17487/RFC8340, March 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8340>.
Appendix A. Examples
The following topology will be used for the examples in this section:
+-------------+ +------------+ +------------+
| | e0 e0 | | e1 e0 | |
| tester0 TG|>-------->| dut0 |>------->|TA tester1 |
| | | | | |
+-------------+ +------------+ +------------+
A.1. Basic Test Program
This program based on transactional network test API shows how the
modules can be used:
#Connect to network
net=tntapi.connect("topology.xml")
# Configure DUTs and enable traffic-analyzers
net.node("dut0").edit( \
"create /interfaces/interface[name='e0'] -- type=ethernetCsmacd")
net.node("dut0").edit(
"create /interfaces/interface[name='e1'] -- type=ethernetCsmacd")
net.node("dut0").edit(
"create /flows/flow[id='t0'] -- match/in-port=e0 "
"actions/action[order='0']/output-action/out-port=e0")
net.node("tester1").edit(
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"create /interfaces/interface[name='e0']/traffic-analyzer")
net.commit()
#Get network state - before
before=net.get()
# Start traffic
net.node("tester0).edit(
"create /interfaces/interface[name='e0']/traffic-generator -- "
"frame-size=64 interframe-gap=20")
net.commit()
time.sleep(60)
# Stop traffic
net.node("tester1").edit("delete /interfaces/interface[name='e0']/"
"traffic-generator")
net.commit()
#Get network state - after
after=net.get()
#Report
sent_pkts=delta("tester0",before,after,
"/interfaces/interface[name='e0']/statistics/out-unicast-pkts")
received_pkts=delta("tester1",before,after,
"/interfaces/interface[name='e0']/statistics/in-unicast-pkts")
latency_max=absolute(after,
"/interfaces/interface[name='e0']/traffic-analyzer/state/"
"testframe-stats/latency/max")
#Cleanup
net.node("tester1").edit(
"delete /interfaces/interface/traffic-analyzer")
net.node("dut0").edit("delete /flows")
net.node("dut0").edit("delete /interfaces")
net.commit()
A.2. Generating RFC2544 Testframes
In sec. C.2.6.4 Test Frames a detailed format is specified. The
frame-data leaf allows full control over the generated frames
payload.
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net.node("tester1").edit(
"merge /interfaces/interface[name='e0']/"
"traffic-generator -- frame-data="
"6CA96F0000026CA96F00000108004500"
"002ED4A500000A115816C0000201C000"
"0202C0200007001A0000010203040506"
"0708090A0B0C0D0E0F101112")
...
Author's Address
Vladimir Vassilev
Transpacket
Email: vladimir@transpacket.com
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