Yes. You can configure the promiscuous mode to let it work, and I can check you mentioned for auto assigned MAC.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Sampath, Amrutha > Sent: Monday, September 16, 2019 10:46 AM > To: Zhang, Xiao <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Subject: RE: no traffic sent/received while testing XL710 with Traffic > generator > on VM > > Once I assigned static MAC address for FVL VF's , it worked. > I'm wondering why it didn't work for auto assigned MAC. Should I explicitly > configure promiscuous mode for it to work? > > Thanks > > -----Original Message----- > From: Zhang, Xiao > Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2019 7:42 PM > To: Sampath, Amrutha <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Subject: RE: no traffic sent/received while testing XL710 with Traffic > generator > on VM > > Hi Amrutha, > > Did you configure the vf to promiscuous mode? > You need to configure it to promiscuous mode to get packets with destination > not the same as mac of vf. > The command is: ip link set dev vf 0 trust on > > BR, > Xiao > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: users [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sampath, > > Amrutha > > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 10:10 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [dpdk-users] no traffic sent/received while testing XL710 > > with Traffic generator on VM > > > > Hi All, > > > > I have VF's created for the XL710. > > I'm using i40e driver version: 2.9.21 and iavf driver: 3.7.53 > > > > I then run this command , whitelisting XL710 ports. > > > > /home/userx/dpdk/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/testpmd -c 0x00007 -n > > 6 -w > > 0000:00:08.0 -w 0000:00:09.0 --socket-mem=1024 -- --socket-num=0 --nb- > > cores=2 --coremask=0x0006 --rxq=1 --txq=1 -i --mbcache=512 --burst=64 > > -- > > rxd=2048 --txd=2048 --forward-mode=mac --portmask=0x3 > > > > > > > > I see port as up in traffic generator (both ixia and spirent) and > > start traffic, but I only see tx on traffic generator end no statistics(rx > > or tx) on > XL710 VF side. > > > > > > > > Is there anything I'm missing? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > >
