Networkload

This Python module encompasses functions used to generate workloads for networks. There is a distinction between topology and schedule generation.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. (see also the MIT License in ./LICENSE).

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. (see also the Apache License v2.0 in ./LICENSE).

Installation

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• pip install numpy

Option 1

$ pip install git+https://github.com/snkas/networkload.git

You can now include it using: import networkload

Option 2

Clone/download this Git repository. Then, execute the following to install the package locally:

$ bash install_local.sh

You can now include it using: import networkload

Getting started

1. Go to example directory: cd example
2. Run example: python example.py
3. This will generate two files: topology.properties and schedule.csv

Current state

Topologies

• Fat-tree (symmetric or asymmetric aggregation-core links)
• Leaf-spine
• Plus-grid

Schedule

• From-to all-to-all
• From-to random-pairing
• Poisson arrival
• Constant arrival
• Constant flow size
• Flow size from CDF. The CDF database includes an interpretation of pFabric web search and pFabric data mining CDFs. These CDFs and the corresponding generator are licensed under Apache License v2.0 by pFabric/DCTCP/VL2's authors, see also:
  • https://github.com/datacenter/empirical-traffic-gen
  • https://github.com/snkas/networkload/blob/master/networkload/schedule/draw_from_cdf.py
  • https://github.com/snkas/networkload/blob/master/networkload/schedule/flowsize/flow_size_cdf_database.py

Formats

Topology format (.properties)

num_nodes=<n, e.g. 5>
num_undirected_edges=<m, e.g., 4>
switches=set(<comma-separated list of node identifiers [0, n), e.g. 1,2,3>)
switches_which_are_tors=set(<comma-separated list of node identifiers [0, n), e.g. 1,3>)
servers=set(<comma-separated list of node identifiers [0, n), e.g. 0,4>)
undirected_edges=set(<comma-separated list of edges as a-b, e.g. 0-1,1-2,2-3,3-4>)

... with the following rules:

• A node must be either a switch or a server
• A switch can be a ToR
• A server must have exactly one connection to a ToR
• If there are no servers, only ToRs are valid endpoints for flows, else only servers are

Schedule format (.csv)

flow_id,from_node_id,to_node_id,size_byte,start_time_ns,additional_parameters,metadata

Testing

Run all tests (local version):

$ python -m pytest

Run all tests (global pip-installed version):

$ pytest

Calculate coverage locally (output in htmlcov/):

$ bash calculate_coverage.sh