Hello
My goal is to run TRex 4.5.6 GUI, and therefore I have stuck with Trex 2.87 has the last version that still support that API for the GUI.
OS is CentOS 7.6.1810 (64bit) -
I ran an update to reach CentOS 7.9 and same problem persists.
However, neither the 2.86 and 2.87 versions will start up, complaining about my VMWare vmxnet adapters.
The strange thing is, that the latest TRex 2.93 has no issues. But I cannot use 2.93 with the GUI due to the API incompatibility.
Any ideas what this means?
[root@trex02 v2.87]# ./t-rex-64 -i
Starting Scapy server..... Scapy server is started
The ports are bound/configured.
Starting TRex v2.87 please wait ...
set driver name net_vmxnet3
driver capability : TSO
set dpdk queues mode to ONE_QUE
Number of ports found: 4
zmq publisher at: tcp://*:4500
vmxnet3_v4_rss_configure(): Set RSS fields (v4) failed: 1
vmxnet3_dev_start(): Failed to configure v4 RSS
vmxnet3_dev_start(): Device activation: UNSUCCESSFUL
vmxnet3_dev_start(): Device activation: UNSUCCESSFUL
vmxnet3_dev_start(): Device activation: UNSUCCESSFUL
vmxnet3_dev_start(): Device activation: UNSUCCESSFUL
vmxnet3_dev_start(): Device activation: UNSUCCESSFUL
vmxnet3_dev_start(): Device activation: UNSUCCESSFUL
vmxnet3_dev_start(): Device activation: UNSUCCESSFUL
vmxnet3_dev_start(): Device activation: UNSUCCESSFUL
vmxnet3_dev_start(): Device activation: UNSUCCESSFUL
EAL: Error - exiting with code: 1
Cause: rte_eth_dev_start: err=-22, port=0
Killing Scapy server... Scapy server is killed
[root@trex02 v2.87]#
The Hypervisor is a UCS C220 M5 and we have a VIC 1457 (with port-channel removed) and 4 virtual interfaces.
The adapters are presented to ESXi 7.0.1 as 4 x VMXNET3 adapters and DPDK detection works:
[root@trex02 v2.87]# ./dpdk_setup_ports.py -s
Network devices using DPDK-compatible driver
============================================
0000:04:00.0 'VMXNET3 Ethernet Controller' drv=igb_uio unused=vmxnet3,vfio-pci,uio_pci_generic
0000:0c:00.0 'VMXNET3 Ethernet Controller' drv=igb_uio unused=vmxnet3,vfio-pci,uio_pci_generic
0000:13:00.0 'VMXNET3 Ethernet Controller' drv=igb_uio unused=vmxnet3,vfio-pci,uio_pci_generic
0000:1b:00.0 'VMXNET3 Ethernet Controller' drv=igb_uio unused=vmxnet3,vfio-pci,uio_pci_generic
Network devices using kernel driver
===================================
0000:0b:00.0 'VMXNET3 Ethernet Controller' if=ens192 drv=vmxnet3 unused=igb_uio,vfio-pci,uio_pci_generic *Active*
Other network devices
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[root@trex02 v2.87]#
On the same CentOS I can get the TRex 2.93 version to work just fine
[root@trex02 v2.93]# ./t-rex-64 -i
Starting Scapy server.... Scapy server is started
The ports are bound/configured.
Starting TRex v2.93 please wait ...
set driver name net_vmxnet3
driver capability : TSO
set dpdk queues mode to ONE_QUE
Number of ports found: 4
zmq publisher at: tcp://*:4500
wait 1 sec .
port : 0
------------
link : link : Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex
promiscuous : 0
port : 1
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link : link : Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex
promiscuous : 0
port : 2
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link : link : Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex
promiscuous : 0
port : 3
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link : link : Link Up - speed 10000 Mbps - full-duplex
promiscuous : 0
number of ports : 4
max cores for 2 ports : 1
tx queues per port : 3
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