8. Security Performance Tool

The dpdk-test-security-perf tool is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) utility to test rte_security session create/destroy rates. Test covers supported combinations of cipher and auth algorithms.

8.1. Limitations

• Test only ESP tunnel mode with IPv4.

8.2. Running the Application

8.2.1. EAL Command-line Options

Please refer to EAL parameters (Linux) or EAL parameters (FreeBSD) for a list of available EAL command-line options.

8.2.2. Security Performance Options

The following are the command-line options for the security performance application. They must be separated from the EAL options, shown in the previous section, with a -- separator:

sudo ./dpdk-test-security-perf -- --nb-sess=163840 --inbound

The command-line options are:

--help

Display a help message and quit.

--nb-sess

Set the number of sessions to be created, default value is 163840.

--inbound

IPsec SA direction to be tested with. By default if this option is not provided, outbound direction will be tested.