Show Commands Related to VNF Deployments

show datapath-config

This command displays the current DPDK-based settings for the datapath. The command has no arguments.

Syntax

show datapath-config

Output Example

As shown below, this command displays key core and memory configuration of the deployment. Exact output is dependent on your environment.

For example, you may or may not be using hyperthreading, which establishes physical vs. logical CPU considerations. Some hypervisors do not present physical and logical cores such that the SBC can differentiate between CPU types using uppercase and lowercase letters. In these conditions, the SBC displays all CPUs with uppercase letters. When supported by the platform, however, the SBC displays a second logical core of each physical core using lowercase lettering.

Bear in mind that the second, logical core of a physical core cannot be assigned to any DPDK function. The system automatically sets them to signaling.

A VM with 8 vCPUs and hyper-threading enabled assigns the pairing of the cores as follows:

  • Cores (0,4)
  • Cores (1,5)
  • Cores (2,6)
  • Cores (3,7)
NFV-1# show datapath-config
 Number of cores assigned to VM: 8
        Current core assignment: S-F-D-X-s-s-s-s
            Requested Page size: 1 GB
              Current Page size: 2 MB
           Number of 1 GB pages: 0
           Number of 2 MB pages: 10
            Total system memory: 3841 MB
   Memory reserved for datapath: 1020 MB
  Memory requested for datapath: 2048 MB
Field Description
Number of cores assigned to VM The number of cores that this VM can use.
Current core assignment The core assignment, based on function type:
  • S - signaling
  • D - DoS
  • F - Forwarding
  • X - Transcoding

The position of the function indicates the core number.

Requested Page size Configured page size.
Current Page size Actual page size.
Number of 1 GB pages Number of 1GB Hugepages allocated.
Number of 2 MB pages Number of 1GB Hugepages allocated.
Total system memory Total DPDK System Memory.
Memory reserved for datapath Actual memory reserved for datapath.
Memory requested for datapath Configured memory reserved for datapath.

show platform limits

This command displays the current limits for a variety of operating capacities. The output of show platform limits is based on the platform this command is executed from and the software version running. The command has no arguments.

Syntax

Sample output is displayed below.

ORACLE# show platform limits               
Maximum number of sessions:3000               
Maximum number of ACLS: 60000 
Maximum number of common PAC buffers: 8000       
Maximum number of kernel-rules: 216256                     
Maximum CPS rate: 300    
Maximum number of TCP Connections: 60000        
Maximum number of TLS Connections: 10     
Maximum number of packet buffers: 30000               
Maximum Signaling rate: 4000     
Maximum number of session agents: 125        
Maximum number of System ACLs: 256              
Maximum number of VLANs: 4096                   
Maximum number of ARPs: 4104        
Maximum number of INTFC Flows: 4096 
Maximum number of Static Trusted Entries: 8192      
Maximum number of Untrusted Entries: 4096          
Maximum number of Media Entries: 6000           
Maximum number of Deny Entries: 8192     
Maximum number of Internal Flows: 32   
Maximum number of Sip Rec Sessions: 512     
Maximum number of RFC 2833 Flows: 6000      
Maximum number of SRTP Sessions: 500       
Maximum number of QoS Sessions: 3000    
Maximum number of Xcoded Sessions: 100          
Maximum number of HMU Flows: 6000 
Maximum number of Transport Sessions: 0      
Maximum number of MSRP Sessions: 0        
Maximum number of SLB Tunnels: 0      
Maximum number of SLB Endpoints: 0          
Maximum number of IPSec SAs: 0            
Maximum Licensed Capacity: 256000