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 +====== IPSec performance lab of a PC Engines APU2 ======
 +{{description>IPSec performance lab of a PC Engines APU2}}
 +===== Hardware detail =====
 +
 +This lab will test a [[http://www.pcengines.ch/apu2.htm|PC Engines APU 2C4]] ([[PC Engines APU2|dmesg]]):
 +   * Quad core [[https://www.amd.com/Documents/AMDGSeriesSOCProductBrief.pdf|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: [[documentation:examples:Setting up a forwarding performance benchmark lab]] (switch configuration, etc.).
 +==== Diagram ====
 +
 +<code>
 ++---------------------+   +-------------------------------------+    +----------------------------------------+
 +|          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                  |
 +|                                                              |                                        |
 +|                                    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             |
 ++---------------------+   +-------------------------------------+    +----------------------------------------+
 +          ||                                                                           ||
 +   ==================================<============================================
 +</code>
 +
 +===== Devices configuration =====
 +
 +
 +==== APU2 (DUT) ====
 +
 +Disable fastforwarding (not compliant with IPSec), configure IP address, routes and static IPSec:
 +
 +/etc/rc.conf:
 +<code>
 +# 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"
 +</code>
 +
 +/etc/ipsec.conf
 +
 +<code>
 +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";
 +</code>
 +
 +==== R3 (Reference device) ====
 +
 +Disable fastforwarding (not compliant with IPSec), configure IP address, routes and static IPSec:
 +<code>
 +# 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"
 +</code>
 +
 +/etc/ipsec.conf
 +
 +<code>
 +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";
 +</code>
 +
 +
 +===== 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 [[IPSec performance lab of an IBM System x3550 M3 with Intel 82580|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.
 +
 +<code>
 +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)
 +</code>
 +
 +And it reach a maximum of 359Mb/s.
 +
 +==== Graph ====
 +
 +{{bench.ipsec.on.pc.engines.apu2.png|IPSec  throughput with a PC Engines APU2C2 running FreeBSD 11.0}}
  
documentation/examples/ipsec_performance_of_a_pc_engines_apu2.txt · Last modified: 2020/09/24 09:18 by olivier

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