#!/usr/bin/python # # run iperf to measure the effective throughput between two nodes when # n nodes are connected to a virtual wlan; run test for testsec # and repeat for minnodes <= n <= maxnodes with a step size of # nodestep import datetime import parser from core import load_logging_config from core.emulator.coreemu import CoreEmu from core.emulator.emudata import IpPrefixes from core.enumerations import NodeTypes, EventTypes load_logging_config() def example(options): # ip generator for example prefixes = IpPrefixes(ip4_prefix="10.83.0.0/16") # create emulator instance for creating sessions and utility methods coreemu = CoreEmu() session = coreemu.create_session() # must be in configuration state for nodes to start, when using "node_add" below session.set_state(EventTypes.CONFIGURATION_STATE) # create switch network node switch = session.add_node(_type=NodeTypes.SWITCH) # create nodes for _ in xrange(options.nodes): node = session.add_node() interface = prefixes.create_interface(node) session.add_link(node.objid, switch.objid, interface_one=interface) # instantiate session session.instantiate() # get nodes to run example first_node = session.get_object(2) last_node = session.get_object(options.nodes + 1) print "starting iperf server on node: %s" % first_node.name first_node.cmd(["iperf", "-s", "-D"]) first_node_address = prefixes.ip4_address(first_node) print "node %s connecting to %s" % (last_node.name, first_node_address) last_node.client.icmd(["iperf", "-t", str(options.time), "-c", first_node_address]) first_node.cmd(["killall", "-9", "iperf"]) # shutdown session coreemu.shutdown() def main(): options = parser.parse_options("switch") start = datetime.datetime.now() print "running switch example: nodes(%s) time(%s)" % (options.nodes, options.time) example(options) print "elapsed time: %s" % (datetime.datetime.now() - start) if __name__ == "__main__": main()