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IPSec performance lab of a PC Engines APU2
IPSec performance lab of a PC Engines APU2
Hardware detail
This lab will test a PC Engines APU 2C4 (dmesg):
- Quad core AMD GX-412TC Processor (1 GHz and AESNI)
- 3 with Intel i210AT Gigabit
- 4Gb of RAM
Lab set-up
For more information about full setup of this lab: Setting up a forwarding performance benchmark lab (switch configuration, etc.).
Diagram
+---------------------+ +-------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------------+
| R1 | | PC Engines APU2 | | R3 |
| Packet generator | | Device under Test | | IPSec endpoint |
| and receiver | | | | (AES-NI) |
| | | | | |
|igb2: 198.18.0.201/24|=>=| igb1: 198.18.0.205/24 | | |
| 2001:2::201/64| | 2001:2::205/64 | | |
| 00:1b:21:d4:3f:2a| | 00:0d:b9:41:ca:3d | | |
| | | | | |
| | | igb2: 198.18.1.205/24 |==>=| igb2: 198.18.1.203/24 |
| | | 2001:2:0:1::205/64 | | 2001:2:0:1::203/64 |
| | | 00:0d:b9:41:ca:3e | | 00:1b:21:c4:95:7a |
| | | | | |
| | | vpn: 198.18.2.205/24 |....| vpn: 198.18.2.203/24 |
| | | 2001:2:0:2::205/64 | | 2001:2:0:2::203/64 |
| | | | | |
| | | static routes | | static routes |
| | | 198.19.0.0/16 => 198.18.1.203 | | 198.19.0.0/16 => 198.19.0.201 |
| | | 198.18.0.0/16 => 198.18.0.201 | | 198.18.0.0/16 => 198.18.1.205 |
| | | 2001:2::/49 => 2001:2::201 | | 2001:2::/49 => 2001:2:0:1::205 |
| | |2001:2:0:8000::/49 => 2001:2:0:1::203| | 2001:2:0:8000::/49=>2001:2:0:8000::201 |
| | | | | |
|igb3: 198.19.0.201/24| | | | igb3: 198.19.0.203/24 |
|2001:2:0:8000::201/64| | | | 2001:2:0:8000::203/64 |
| 00:1b:21:d4:3f:2b | | | | 00:1b:21:c4:95:7b |
+---------------------+ +-------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------------+
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Devices configuration
APU2 (DUT)
Disable fastforwarding (not compliant with IPSec), configure IP address, routes and static IPSec:
/etc/rc.conf:
# IPv4 router gateway_enable="YES" ifconfig_igb1="198.18.0.205/24 -tso4 -tso6 -lro" ifconfig_igb2="198.18.1.205/24 -tso4 -tso6 -lro" static_routes="generator receiver" route_generator="-net 198.18.0.0/16 198.18.0.201" route_receiver="-net 198.19.0.0/16 198.18.1.203" static_arp_pairs="receiver generator" static_arp_generator="198.18.0.201 00:1b:21:d4:3f:2a" static_arp_receiver="198.18.1.203 00:1b:21:c4:95:7a" # IPv6 router ipv6_gateway_enable="YES" ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" ifconfig_igb1_ipv6="inet6 2001:2::205 prefixlen 64" ifconfig_igb2_ipv6="inet6 2001:2:0:1::205 prefixlen 64" ipv6_static_routes="generator receiver" ipv6_route_generator="2001:2:: -prefixlen 49 2001:2::201" ipv6_route_receiver="2001:2:0:8000:: -prefixlen 49 2001:2:0:1::203" static_ndp_pairs="receiver generator" static_ndp_generator="2001:2::201 00:1b:21:d4:3f:2a" static_ndp_receiver="2001:2:0:1::203 00:1b:21:c4:95:7a" # Enabling IPSec ipsec_enable="YES" # Enabling AES-NI kld_list="aesni"
/etc/ipsec.conf
flush; spdflush; spdadd 198.18.0.0/16 198.19.0.0/16 any -P out ipsec esp/tunnel/198.18.1.205-198.18.1.203/require; spdadd 198.19.0.0/16 198.18.0.0/16 any -P in ipsec esp/tunnel/198.18.1.203-198.18.1.205/require; add 198.18.1.203 198.18.1.205 esp 0x1000 -E aes-gcm-16 "12345678901234567890"; add 198.18.1.205 198.18.1.203 esp 0x1001 -E aes-gcm-16 "12345678901234567890"; spdadd 2001:2::/49 2001:2:0:8000::/49 any -P out ipsec esp/tunnel/2001:2:0:1::205-2001:2:0:1::203/require; spdadd 2001:2:0:8000::/49 2001:2::/49 any -P in ipsec esp/tunnel/2001:2:0:1::203-2001:2:0:1::205/require; add 2001:2:0:1::203 2001:2:0:1::205 esp 0x1002 -E aes-gcm-16 "12345678901234567890"; add 2001:2:0:1::205 2001:2:0:1::203 esp 0x1003 -E aes-gcm-16 "12345678901234567890";
R3 (Reference device)
Disable fastforwarding (not compliant with IPSec), configure IP address, routes and static IPSec:
# IPv4 router gateway_enable="YES" ifconfig_igb2="inet 198.18.1.203/24" ifconfig_igb3="inet 198.19.0.203/24" static_routes="generator receiver" route_generator="-net 198.18.0.0/16 198.18.1.205" route_receiver="-net 198.19.0.0/16 198.19.0.201" static_arp_pairs="receiver generator" static_arp_generator="198.18.1.205 00:0d:b9:41:ca:3e" static_arp_receiver="198.19.0.201 00:1b:21:d4:3f:2b" # IPv6 router ipv6_gateway_enable="YES" ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" ifconfig_igb2_ipv6="inet6 2001:2:0:1::203 prefixlen 64" ifconfig_igb3_ipv6="inet6 2001:2:0:8000::203 prefixlen 64" ipv6_static_routes="generator receiver" ipv6_route_generator="2001:2:: -prefixlen 49 2001:2:0:1::205" ipv6_route_receiver="2001:2:0:8000:: -prefixlen 49 2001:2:0:8000::201" static_ndp_pairs="receiver generator" static_ndp_generator="2001:2:0:1::205 00:0d:b9:41:ca:3e" static_ndp_receiver="2001:2:0:8000::201 00:1b:21:d4:3f:2b" # Enabling IPSec kld_list="aesni" ipsec_enable="YES"
/etc/ipsec.conf
flush; spdflush; spdadd 198.18.0.0/16 198.19.0.0/16 any -P in ipsec esp/tunnel/198.18.1.205-198.18.1.203/require; spdadd 198.19.0.0/16 198.18.0.0/16 any -P out ipsec esp/tunnel/198.18.1.203-198.18.1.205/require; add 198.18.1.203 198.18.1.205 esp 0x1000 -E aes-gcm-16 "12345678901234567890"; add 198.18.1.205 198.18.1.203 esp 0x1001 -E aes-gcm-16 "12345678901234567890"; spdadd 2001:2::/49 2001:2:0:8000::/49 any -P in ipsec esp/tunnel/2001:2:0:1::205-2001:2:0:1::203/require; spdadd 2001:2:0:8000::/49 2001:2::/49 any -P out ipsec esp/tunnel/2001:2:0:1::203-2001:2:0:1::205/require; add 2001:2:0:1::203 2001:2:0:1::205 esp 0x1002 -E aes-gcm-16 "12345678901234567890"; add 2001:2:0:1::205 2001:2:0:1::203 esp 0x1003 -E aes-gcm-16 "12345678901234567890";
Using IPSec bench "Equilibrium throughput" method
Once done, we start using a fast method for measuring the “IPsec equilibrium throughput” of the DUT.
Notice that the reference device (IBM x3550-M3) used in front of the PC Engines APU2 has a equilibrium throughput of 843Mb/s. Then if the value measured during this bench is close to 843Mb/s we had to found a more powerful reference device.
root@pkt-gen # equilibrium -4 -u -d 00:0d:b9:41:ca:3d -t igb2 -r igb3 Benchmark tool using equilibrium throughput method - Benchmark mode: Bandwitdh (bps) for VPN gateway - UDP load = 500B, IPv4 packet size=528B, Ethernet frame size=542B - Link rate = 1000 Mb/s - Tolerance = 0.01 Iteration 1 - Offering load = 500 Mb/s - Step = 250 Mb/s - Measured forwarding rate = 359 Mb/s Iteration 2 - Offering load = 250 Mb/s - Step = 250 Mb/s - Trend = decreasing - Measured forwarding rate = 250 Mb/s Iteration 3 - Offering load = 375 Mb/s - Step = 125 Mb/s - Trend = increasing - Measured forwarding rate = 356 Mb/s Iteration 4 - Offering load = 313 Mb/s - Step = 62 Mb/s - Trend = decreasing - Measured forwarding rate = 313 Mb/s Iteration 5 - Offering load = 344 Mb/s - Step = 31 Mb/s - Trend = increasing - Measured forwarding rate = 344 Mb/s Iteration 6 - Offering load = 359 Mb/s - Step = 15 Mb/s - Trend = increasing - Measured forwarding rate = 351 Mb/s Iteration 7 - Offering load = 352 Mb/s - Step = 7 Mb/s - Trend = decreasing - Measured forwarding rate = 350 Mb/s Estimated Equilibrium Ethernet throughput= 350 Mb/s (maximum value seen: 359 Mb/s)
And it reach a maximum of 359Mb/s.
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