fw ctl bench

Description

The benchmark mechanism provides a way to measure the time spent in the code between two points.

This command runs the CPU benchmark tests that collect these statistics:

FireWall Lock Statistics
Outbound Packets Statistics
Inbound Packets Statistics.

Note - This command writes the output of these tests to the dmesg.

Syntax

fw [-d] ctl bench

-h

lock

[{ioctl | packet} [<Limit>]]

[stop]

packet [{<Limit> | stop}]

Parameters

Parameter

Description

-d

Runs the command in debug mode.

Use only if you troubleshoot the command itself.

Best Practice - If you use this parameter, then redirect the output to a file, or use the script command to save the entire CLI session.

-h

Shows the built-in help.

lock

[ioctl[ <Limit>]]

[packet [<Limit>]]

[stop]

Runs the lock benchmark that collects the FireWall Lock Statistics.

Available options:

No parameters - Starts the lock benchmark.
ioctl - Calculates the IOCTL flow statistics.
packet - Calculates the packet flow statistics.
<Limit> - Specifies the time limit (in seconds) for the benchmark to run. Default is 10 seconds. Maximum is 200 seconds.
stop - Stops the current lock benchmark.

packet [{<Limit> | stop}]

Runs the packet benchmark test that collects these statistics:

Outbound Packets Statistics
Inbound Packets Statistics

Available options:

No parameters - Starts the packet benchmark.
<Limit> - Specifies the time limit (in seconds) for the benchmark to run. Default is 10 seconds. Maximum is 200 seconds.
stop - Stops the current packet benchmark.

Examples

Lock benchmark

[Expert@MyGW:0]# dmesg -c

... ... ...

[Expert@MyGW:0]#

[Expert@MyGW:0]# fw ctl bench lock 5

starting to collect statistics for 5 seconds

[Expert@MyGW:0]#

[Expert@MyGW:0]# dmesg

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];BENCHMARKER

[fw4_1];===================================

[fw4_1];Type: FW LOCK STATISTICS

[fw4_1];General info

[fw4_1];-------------

[fw4_1];TU = Time Units

[fw4_1];Calibration: number of TU in one second   2401506325

[fw4_1];Testing period in TU:  11998021084

[fw4_1];Number of samples taken: 18476

[fw4_1];Interval Name                            % of total cpu       Total TU        Average TU      Max TU sampled

[fw4_1];-----------------------------------      ---------------      ---------       -----------     ---------------

[fw4_1];lock                                               0          91646831              4960         4724016

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];BENCHMARKER

[fw4_2];===================================

[fw4_2];Type: FW LOCK STATISTICS

[fw4_2];General info

[fw4_2];-------------

[fw4_2];TU = Time Units

[fw4_2];Calibration: number of TU in one second   2398783828

[fw4_2];Testing period in TU:  11999333782

[fw4_2];Number of samples taken: 8624

[fw4_0];

[fw4_2];Interval Name                            % of total cpu       Total TU        Average TU      Max TU sampled

[fw4_0];BENCHMARKER

[fw4_0];===================================

[fw4_0];Type: FW LOCK STATISTICS

[fw4_0];General info

[fw4_0];-------------

[fw4_0];TU = Time Units

[fw4_2];-----------------------------------      ---------------      ---------       -----------     ---------------

[fw4_2];lock                                               0          46269343              5365         2978418

[fw4_0];Calibration: number of TU in one second   2399455273

[fw4_0];Testing period in TU:  11999522911

[fw4_0];Number of samples taken: 8911

[fw4_0];Interval Name                            % of total cpu       Total TU        Average TU      Max TU sampled

[fw4_0];-----------------------------------      ---------------      ---------       -----------     ---------------

[fw4_0];lock                                               0          40686039              4565         2973453

[Expert@MyGW:0]#

Packet benchmark

[Expert@MyGW:0]# dmesg -c

... ... ...

[Expert@MyGW:0]#

[Expert@MyGW:0]# fw ctl bench packet

starting to collect statistics for 10 seconds

[Expert@MyGW:0]#

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];BENCHMARKER

[fw4_1];===================================

[fw4_1];Type: OUTBOUND PACKETS STATISCITCS

[fw4_1];General info

[fw4_1];-------------

[fw4_1];TU = Time Units

[fw4_1];Calibration: number of TU in one second   2401506325

[fw4_1];Testing period in TU:  23998127929

[fw4_1];Number of samples taken: 3

[fw4_1];Interval Name                            % of total cpu       Total TU        Average TU      Max TU sampled

[fw4_1];-----------------------------------      ---------------      ---------       -----------     ---------------

[fw4_1];fw_filter - first chain module (out)               0             27534              9178           13695

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];IP Options Strip (out)                             0              1119               373             543

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];TCP streaming (out)                                0             16650              5550            8886

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];passive streaming (out)                            0              4137              1379            2082

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];Stateless verifications (out)                      0              2547               849            1482

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];fw VM outbound                                     0             21603              7201           10692

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];fw post VM outbound                                0             14574              4858            7545

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];QoS outbound offload chain modul                   0              9051              3017            4689

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];QoS slowpath outbound chain mod                    0             95691             31897           38586

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];fw accounting outbound                             0              1080               360             456

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];TCP streaming post VM                              0              3864              1288            2070

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];IP Options Restore (out)                           0              1263               421             627

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];BENCHMARKER

[fw4_1];===================================

[fw4_1];Type: INBOUND PACKETS STATISCITCS

[fw4_1];General info

[fw4_1];-------------

[fw4_1];TU = Time Units

[fw4_1];Calibration: number of TU in one second   2401506325

[fw4_1];Testing period in TU:  23998363528

[fw4_1];Number of samples taken: 2

[fw4_1];Interval Name                            % of total cpu       Total TU        Average TU      Max TU sampled

[fw4_1];-----------------------------------      ---------------      ---------       -----------     ---------------

[fw4_1];fw_filter - first chain module (in)                0             33612             16806           27489

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];IP Options Strip (in)                              0               981               490             732

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];Stateless verifications (in)                       0              1995               997            1416

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];fw multik misc proto forwarding                    0             17040              8520            9366

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];fw VM inbound                                      0             25701             12850           16110

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];fw SCV inbound                                     0               570               285             300

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];QoS inbound offload chain module                   0              2499              1249            1851

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];fw offload inbound                                 0              1458               729             738

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];fw post VM inbound                                 0             10275              5137            7584

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];fw accounting inbound                              0               483               241             300

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];QoS slowpath inbound chain mod                     0             64650             32325           39846

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];passive streaming (in)                             0              4272              2136            3072

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];TCP streaming (in)                                 0              5577              2788            3363

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];IP Options Restore (in)                            0               441               220             312

[fw4_1];

[fw4_1];Cluster Late Correction                            0              2010              1005            1038

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];BENCHMARKER

[fw4_2];===================================

[fw4_2];Type: INBOUND PACKETS STATISCITCS

[fw4_2];General info

[fw4_2];-------------

[fw4_2];TU = Time Units

[fw4_2];Calibration: number of TU in one second   2398783828

[fw4_2];Testing period in TU:  23995572652

[fw4_2];Number of samples taken: 100

[fw4_2];Interval Name                            % of total cpu       Total TU        Average TU      Max TU sampled

[fw4_2];-----------------------------------      ---------------      ---------       -----------     ---------------

[fw4_2];fw_filter - first chain module (in)                0           1948305             19483           65454

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];IP Options Strip (in)                              0            125625              1256           64737

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];Stateless verifications (in)                       0             60024               600            1116

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];fw multik misc proto forwarding                    0            698478              6984           10260

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];fw VM inbound                                      0           1885545             18855           42528

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];fw SCV inbound                                     0             32229               322             984

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];QoS inbound offload chain module                   0            170295              1702            2682

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];fw offload inbound                                 0             93720               937            2958

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];fw post VM inbound                                 0            366336              3663           18180

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];fw accounting inbound                              0             51537               515            1182

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];QoS slowpath inbound chain mod                     0           4392585             43925           82623

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];passive streaming (in)                             0            289659              2896            5013

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];TCP streaming (in)                                 0             66417               664            2766

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];IP Options Restore (in)                            0             31596               315            1215

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];Cluster Late Correction                            0            172422              1724           10737

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];BENCHMARKER

[fw4_0];===================================

[fw4_0];Type: OUTBOUND PACKETS STATISCITCS

[fw4_0];General info

[fw4_0];-------------

[fw4_0];TU = Time Units

[fw4_0];Calibration: number of TU in one second   2399455273

[fw4_0];Testing period in TU:  23995636055

[fw4_0];Number of samples taken: 7

[fw4_0];Interval Name                            % of total cpu       Total TU        Average TU      Max TU sampled

[fw4_0];-----------------------------------      ---------------      ---------       -----------     ---------------

[fw4_0];fw_filter - first chain module (out)               0             52110              7444           30537

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];IP Options Strip (out)                             0              2496               356            1152

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];TCP streaming (out)                                0             21528              3075            9399

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];passive streaming (out)                            0              6240               891            2829

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];Stateless verifications (out)                      0              3558               508            1272

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];fw VM outbound                                     0             29139              4162           13431

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];fw post VM outbound                                0             19554              2793            8079

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];QoS outbound offload chain modul                   0             12984              1854            5478

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];QoS slowpath outbound chain mod                    0            138486             19783           43347

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];fw accounting outbound                             0              1812               453             576

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];TCP streaming post VM                              0              6210              1552            2235

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];IP Options Restore (out)                           0              1839               459             762

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];BENCHMARKER

[fw4_0];===================================

[fw4_0];Type: INBOUND PACKETS STATISCITCS

[fw4_0];General info

[fw4_0];-------------

[fw4_0];TU = Time Units

[fw4_0];Calibration: number of TU in one second   2399455273

[fw4_0];Testing period in TU:  23997573677

[fw4_0];Number of samples taken: 7

[fw4_0];Interval Name                            % of total cpu       Total TU        Average TU      Max TU sampled

[fw4_0];-----------------------------------      ---------------      ---------       -----------     ---------------

[fw4_0];fw_filter - first chain module (in)                0             23706              3386            5688

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];IP Options Strip (in)                              0              1494               213             612

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];Stateless verifications (in)                       0              2166               309             519

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];fw multik misc proto forwarding                    0              2703               386             858

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];fw VM inbound                                      0             37902              5414           10083

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];fw SCV inbound                                     0               999               142             279

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];QoS inbound offload chain module                   0              2328               332             621

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];fw offload inbound                                 0              2400               342             777

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];fw post VM inbound                                 0             11742              1677            2820

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];fw accounting inbound                              0               597                85             153

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];QoS slowpath inbound chain mod                     0            118860             16980           27087

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];passive streaming (in)                             0              4194               838            1371

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];TCP streaming (in)                                 0              8826              1765            3231

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];IP Options Restore (in)                            0               405                81              99

[fw4_0];

[fw4_0];Cluster Late Correction                            0              3825               765            1374

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];BENCHMARKER

[fw4_2];===================================

[fw4_2];Type: OUTBOUND PACKETS STATISCITCS

[fw4_2];General info

[fw4_2];-------------

[fw4_2];TU = Time Units

[fw4_2];Calibration: number of TU in one second   2398783828

[fw4_2];Testing period in TU:  24000292567

[fw4_2];Number of samples taken: 1

[fw4_2];Interval Name                            % of total cpu       Total TU        Average TU      Max TU sampled

[fw4_2];-----------------------------------      ---------------      ---------       -----------     ---------------

[fw4_2];fw_filter - first chain module (out)               0              5418              5418            5418

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];IP Options Strip (out)                             0               375               375             375

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];TCP streaming (out)                                0             30435             30435           30435

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];passive streaming (out)                            0              1296              1296            1296

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];Stateless verifications (out)                      0              2508              2508            2508

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];fw VM outbound                                     0            393270            393270          393270

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];fw post VM outbound                                0              9345              9345            9345

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];QoS outbound offload chain modul                   0             47829             47829           47829

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];QoS slowpath outbound chain mod                    0             10530             10530           10530

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];fw accounting outbound                             0               441               441             441

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];TCP streaming post VM                              0              1533              1533            1533

[fw4_2];

[fw4_2];IP Options Restore (out)                           0               402               402             402

[Expert@MyGW:0]#