perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

["Uhl, George D. (GSFC-423.0)[SGT INC]" <>]

Hi,

 

I’m remembering what Mark Feit said a few months ago:

 

The JSON that goes into a pSConfig test template is the same JSON that the test spec that “pscheduler task --export throughput …” would produce.  Any parameter available for that test (or any other) is available for pSConfig, too.  The throughput test has a “reverse” option (see “pscheduler task throughput --help”) that can be put into a template:

 

{

    "dest": "{% address[1] %}",

    "reverse": true

}

 

This answers the question about defining single-ended tests in a psconfig template.  However will the results of a single-ended test be extractable from Esmond via a maddash dashboard or would I need to use a different Nagios check than the “check_throughput.pl”?  As I recall, the reverse option in a psconfig defined throughput test did not produce reverse direction throughput results from “check_throughput.pl” because the source and destination test nodes as defined in the test remain unchanged in the reverse test.

 

Thanks,

George

 

From: <> on behalf of <Uhl>, "George D. [SGT INC] (GSFC-423.0)" <>
Reply-To: "George.D.Uhl" <>
Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 9:32 AM
To: "" <>
Subject: [non-nasa source] [EXTERNAL] [perfsonar-user] FW: Defining single-ended throughput tests inside a psconfig template

 

Forwarding to perfsonar-user list.

 

From: "George.D.Uhl" <>
Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 5:11 PM
To: "" <>
Subject: Defining single-ended throughput tests inside a psconfig template

 

Hi,

 

I have a non-perfsonar test host that I am able run a single-ended throughput test with from one of my managed hosts by using pscheduler on the CLI.  I am able to test in the reverse direction using the –reverse option although at the cost of getting non-reported retransmits and current window values.  From the documentation I can’t determine if single-ended throughput testing is supported other than using the CLI.   Is it possible to include single-ended tests in a psconfig template?  If so, could the test results be stored in a measurement archive such that the throughput rates are stored in both the forward and reverse directions?  Would I be able to extract this data using a maddash dashboard?

 

Thanks,

George