C-GEP 100 Monitoring application user manual
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1. AITIA C GEP 100 Monitoring application user manual Live Time Alarms and events Settings System Administration CFP 100G Traffic speed XFP 1 10G Traffic speed XFP 2 10G Traffic speed XFP 3 10G Traffic speed XFP 4 10G Traffic speed CFP Statistics XFP 1 62406 Mbit s 9166 Mbit s 9178 Mbit s 9211 Mbit s 9221 Mbit s XFP 2 1 Introduction C GEP is a very versatile platform for network monitoring applications The ever growing need for network bandwith like HD video streaming and downloads results in higher and higher backbone link speeds Therefore 100 Gb s links may become widespread in the near future Deep traffic analysis requires high processing powers even on 10 Gb s so a hardware aided solution for handling 100 Gb s solution may gets unavoidable 2 Monitoring architecture Handling 100 Gb s requires a distributed scalable monitoring system consisting of many processing Stages to divide traffic into smaller units of coherent data Typically Layer 3 4 flow classification fe packets with the same IP governor parameters get forwarded to the same output interface or other protocol dependant classification rules are used like GTP The monitoring architecture contains the following components as shown below C GEP 100 monitoring device programmed with the monitoring firmware and application SGA ClockCard timing synchronization for monitoring devices C GEP 20 SGA10GD cards2. interface MOO AFP 0 Traffic distribution to interface MO1 AFP 1 Link ID LOO only in single interface mode Catch all packets Filter mode Pass Filter rule Normal mode source IP from 10 0 0 1 source IP to Destination IP from 10 0 0 2 Destination IP to 10 0 0 113 IP protocol Udp source port Destination part Truncate 256 Save 4 3 2 Packet Steering Packets with the same governing parameter are forwarded to the same output interface This process is called packet steering Governing parameters can mean an IP flow Source Destination IP addresses protocol and port values or other protocol specific values By default we offer an IP Fragment steering setting to ease fragmented IP packet assembly and GTP U GPRS Tunneling protocol User plane steering used in mobile networks CGEP 100 IP Fragments steering settings IP Fragment steerig status enabled Interface from MOO SFP 0 Interface to M01 SFP 1 CGEP 100 GTP U steering settings GTPU steerig status enabled Interface from M02 SFP 2 Interface to M03 SFP 3 Save Reload configuration 4 3 3 Simple Packet Generator The Packet Generator submenu contains settings for a simple 100 Gb s ethernet frame IP packet generator for equipment stress testing and other purposes Besides the basic frame level settings like frame length and interframe space you can specify frame data and s
3. shows the saved values selectable by date and time 4 2 Alarms and events The Alarms and events menu shows the important occurences like link loss or packet loss and informations regarding the operation of the C GEP board Also events are sent to a central event manager server by a program called C GEP poller Log out admin Device ID cgep 20G2X 001 Logged in user admin Session remaining time 00 29 43 Statistics Al d t Alarms and events d amp Export Settings Date nt 2015 06 3 to 2015 06 3 Type All w o info Filter System Administration Alarms and events potet Poller Connected to 10 0 0 120 2015 06 30 09 12 05 XFP connected XFP 1 2015 06 30 09 12 05 100 Gb signal OK CFP 2015 06 30 09 12 01 XFP connected XFP 1 2015 06 30 09 12 01 100 Gb signal OK CFP T CGEP 20 has been restarted d Vere WARNING Poller Disconnected from 10 0 0 120 09 11 02 BU ERROR CGEP 100 malfunction has been detected ede Ra CGEP 20 has been restarted 2015 06 30 08 39 34 CGEP 100 shutdown tea Filter configuration has been set etra Filter settings has been changed ea Filter configuration has been set oo Filter settings has been changed 4 3 Settings This menu controls the main functionalities of the C GEP device 4 3 1 Filter settings The Filters submenu is used to set up the 64 filtersets of the C GEP monitor core CGEP 100 filter settings Reload configuration Parameter Distr
4. 0G applications FIFO function DDR3 host controller for 100G to 1G applications FIFO function PCI express application layer for register I O and busmaster DMA 1G TCP IP implementation for sending monitor data NTP time synchronization module for precise timestamping PTP time synchronization module for more precise timestamping SGA ClockCard interface for centrally synchronized timstamp source of all SGA devices application level data processing modules 100G packet processor module Protocol decoder ethernet layer 3 application specific and custom protocols Configurable packet filter with header chunker and output interface selector Packet head injector add timestamp and other information 100G traffic generator modules generate ethernet traffic with static or dynamic parameters generate traffic with configurable data pattern and packet sequence statistics modules counters for received filtered bad frames etc speed measurements fe Incloming interface data throughput in KB s or pck sec event modules interface events error reporting internal processing events fe packet loss no traffic time sync error etc Passive Optical Splitter NI 00 Gbit s 1 Gbit s Local Time Gbit PCle Controller Manager 0 Management timestamping PMA PCS MA as or anc Statistics PTP GPS sync ut selec Events Monitoring Static C GEP 100 Header Dyna
5. ans that an event is generated if no traffic is received in x minutes The Poller interval means the event polling frequency The Critical core temperature means that if the FPGA core temperature reaches this value then an event is generated and the device is shut down to prevent damage CGEP 100 Poller settings Main interface ID XAA Poller IP address 12 12 12 12 Poller port F000 Poller interval No traffic alarm interval 5 Keep alive 2 Critical core temperature 86 Save 4 3 6 Export Import settings All device setting can be exported into a structured xml file Also you can import the settings from a previously saved or edited xml Export settings to file kd Download configuration Import settings from file Select file Tall z s Nincs kijel lve f jl Upload 4 4 System menu This menu contains the main controls of the device and its interfaces 4 4 1 Interface control You can individually enable or disable the input 100 Gb s and output 10 Gb s interfaces here 4 4 2 C GEP 100 ID and IP The Devices name and management IP Address can be specified here 4 4 3 Reset Reload config Reset the whole FPGA core necessary only after firmware change or the interface settings only filter settings 4 4 4 Shutdown Reboot Shut down or reboot the device by issuing a halt or reboot command to the Linux OS 4 4 5 Temperatures The FPGA core temperature or the managem
6. ant monitoring counters are shown CGEP_1C4X management Mozilla Firefox aa J CGEP_1C4X managem x Ve amp 10 0 0 168 statistics v Q Keres s ZA A 4 v el Log out admin Device ID cgep 20G2X 001 Logged in user admin Session remaining time 00 29 55 Statistics Current CGEP 100 statistics Live Monitor status Time Archived Alarms and events Settings System Administration PETE rary rae CFP Main counters Received frames 35945181 Filtered frames 35945182 Errored frames 0 CFP Debug counters Lost in DDR3 FIFOs Lost frames 0 Filtered frames CGEP 100 management v0 1 Link indicator leds red interface module not present CFP XFP SFP orange interface module present no link green receive signal present link ok The Live graph submenu shows the current traffic load on the 100 Gb s CFP input and the output load after processing on the 10 Gb s XFP interfaces Statistics C GEP live statistics Current Live Statistics Monitor status CFP 100G Traffic speed 59891 Mbit s Time XFP 1 10G Traffic speed 9168 Mbit s Archived XFP 2 10G Traffic speed 9159 Mbit s Alarms and events XFP 3 10G Traffic speed 0 Mbit s Settings XFP 4 10G Traffic speed 0 Mbit s System CFP XFP 1 XFP 2 Administration Live speed on CFP TO 60 50 40 30 e o w e O The traffic counters are saved and reseted in every 15 minutes The archived menu
7. ent PC s temperature can be observed here 4 4 6 Firmware Firmware upload is handled by the built in JTAG programmer You have to specify the new firmware file and push the Start button to begin the upload process Also you can view the current firmware release date and last upload date here During firmware upload the device is not operational and does not take any new commands When firmare upload is finished you have to make a full reset by menu or restart the system CGEP 100 FPGA firmware relase date FPGA CGEP 100 firmware upload status Last response Date New firmware uploading Select file 4 5 Administration Change password for the currently logged in user Date 2015 04 02 13h INFO Upload completed Tue Mar 24 11 03 00 CET 2015 Tall z s Nincs kijel lve f jl Start
8. equence of frames to transmit too As soon as you push the Start button the generator Starts to transmit frames according the configuration specified and repeats the sequence until you press the Stop button A wide range of transmit functions and applications can be built on this platform including traffic reproduction from DDR3 memory or PCI express DMA based replaying C GEP Simple Packet Generator Generator control Start stop Manual generator parameters Frame Length From To bytes Inter Frame Space From To bytes Packet type From To Random Packet generator 512 1012 10 100 0 3 x Update Generator parameters from file Packet Sequence file Packet Data file 4 3 4 Time synchronization settings Tall z s Nincs kijel lve f jl Tall z s Nincs kijel lve f jl Update The time synchronization used in C GEP 100 is the PTP version 1 which is a high precision timing synchronization protocol designed for low latency ethernet networks NTP and SGA ClockCard synchronization is available too CGEP 100 PTF settings PTP server IP address Gateway address subnet mask PTP client IP address Refresh interval sec 10 0 0 135 10 0 0 254 255 255 255 10 0 0 52 16 sec Save Reload configuration 4 3 5 Poller settings C GEP events are sent to a central event collector server This settings are responsible for the connection The No traffic alarm me
9. ibution from Value MOO XFP 0 EE Distribution to M01 AFP 1 x Link ID LOO a source IP 10 0 0 1 Destination IP 10 0 0 2 Destination IP to 10 0 0 113 IP protocol Udp Truncate 256 Filter mode is Pass Distribution from M02 AFP 2 E Distribution to M03 AFP 3 x Link ID L01 n IP protocol Tcp Destination port 80 Filter mode is Pass The default page shows an overview of the filter values By opening a specific filter you can configure the output interface to forward packets the rule fits it can be a range too for specifying packet distribution The Link ID written into the packets header optional All packets pass the filter if the Catch all packets is checked Filter mode you can select to accept or drop the packet when the rule fits Filter rule in IP src and Dst swapping mode source and destination IP addresses A gt B and the opposite direction of addresses B A are examined too P Addresses You can specify a single address or an arbitrary IP Address range P protocol not specified or TCP UDP if needed other protocols can be selected too Port numbers Truncate A maximum of this many bytes are captured from every packet matching the given rule After configuring the filter setting you have to press the Reload configuration button to upload the new ruleset to the device Edit filter settings 0 Traffic distribution from
10. mic inserter Chunker The picture above shows the basic architecture and functionalities of the 100 Gb s monitoring core 3 2 Monitor header insertion The current firmware configuration injects a monitoring header into the ethernet frame by overwriting the ethernet headers and the CRC checksum at the end of the frame This method has the advantage that no additional overhead is created data throughput remains the same Also except from the ethernet header the protocol stack remains unchanged packet processors can decode the packet software change is only needed at the end of the chain to interprete the injected information like the original 100G reception timestamp We can add an external header before or after the packet too if the application requires the original frame content unchanged Dst MAC address Src MAC address Eth type DATA IP DATA AORO Ethernet 2 frame Caplen Frlen Timestamp low Timestamp high Eth type DATA IP DATA MAGIC code C GEP 100 Monitor packet 4 The Web based User interface for 100 Gbit s monitoring application C GEP 100 has a web UI management surface accessible from any web browser for controlling functionalities make setting changes or check the state of the device 4 1 Statistics menu The Current statistics submenu shows the current counter values and state indicators of the device Besides interface link states generic receive counters and other import
11. receiving preprocessed traffic from C GEP 100 devices and forwarding it to monitoring PC s CGEP 100 monitoring system z x E M NM HN A g 1 Gb s links cw Management _ amp evaluation Database a 2 A E EJ Monitor Monitor t T P PC p PC 3 Monitoring firmware services The firmware running on the Virtex 6 FPGA processor of the C GEP 100 determines the functionalities of the monitoring applications Depending on the needs special functions can be integrated besides the basic services of the firmware The default C GEP 100 firmware modules offer a high speed on the fly and lossless packet processing Monitored data buffering assures that short bursts of packet trains exceeding output interface capacities are not dropped 3 1 Main functions physical interface controllers 1Gb s PCS PMA and MAC layer implementation 10Gb s PCS PMA and MAC layer implementation 100Gb s PCS PMA and MAC layer implementation XAUI to XFI converter chip controller over MDIO SFP XFP CFP module controllers over MDIO and I2C 1G 10G 100G interface status ucontrollers over RS232 PCT express v2 0 base controller basic DDR3 module controller chip scale atomic clock system monitor monitor FPGA specific variables fe core temperature status leds application level interface controllers DDR3 host controller for 100G to 1
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