Oflops

From OpenFlow Wiki

What

This package provides two OpenFlow debugging tools:

• OFlops (OpenFLow Operations Per Second) is a standalone controller that benchmarks various aspects of an OpenFlow switch. Oflops implements a modular framework for adding and running implementation-agnostic tests to quantify an switch's performance.
• Cbench (controller benchmarker) is a program for testing OpenFlow controllers by generating packet-in events for new flows. Cbench emulates a bunch of switches which connect to a controller, send packet-in messages, and watch for flow-mods to get pushed down.

Documentation

1. Read the User File:Manual.pdf (direct link [1]

Benchmarks

Current Benchmarks

1. maximum supported packet_in message generate rate
   • also calculates the delay between packet arrival and corresponding packet_in
2. maximum supported port status messages rate
   • also calculates processing delay

Coming Soon

1. maximum flow stats handling rate
   • as a function of populated flow entries
2. maximum aggregate stats handling rate

Download

This code is still considered alpha quality 

• git clone git://gitosis.stanford.edu/oflops.git
  • If you would like to contribute a patch or a new test, please contact the authors for write access to the repository

Authors

• Rob Sherwood
• Kok-Kiong "KK" Yap