Research Article
Virtual Network Resource Optimization Model for Network Function Virtualization
Table 3
DuT, VNF, and emulator setup.
| Host (DuT) | | CPU | Intel(R) Xeon(R) W-2145 CPU @ 3.70 GHz, 8 cores, HT off, Turbo boost off, C-state disabled | RAM | Dual channel , 2666 MHz | OS | Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS | NIC1/2 | 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ | Network driver | ixgbe 4.2.1 | Forwarding engine | OVS 2.5.5 | NF | OVS 2.5.5 | I/O framework | NAPI | Hypervisor | QEMU 2.5 | Kernel settings |
| Driver/NIC settings |
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| VNF | | vCPU | 2 cores, HT off | RAM | 4 GB | OS | Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS | vNIC1/2 | vhost-net | Network driver | virtio-net 1.0 | VNF | OVS 2.5 | I/O framework | NAPI | Kernel settings |
| Driver/NIC settings |
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| Emulator | | CPU | Intel(R) Xeon(R) W-2145 CPU @ 3.70 GHz | RAM | Dual channel , 2666 MHz | OS | Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS | Traffic generator | MoonGen | NIC1/2 | 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ | I/O framework | DPDK |
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