Python OO API for Xena Valkyrie traffic generator.

Functionality

The current version supports the following test flow:

• Load/Build configuration -> Change configuration -> Start/Stop traffic -> Get statistics/capture

Supported operations:

• Login, connect to chassis and reserve ports
• Load existing configuration file
• Build configuration from scratch
• Get/set attributes
• Start/Stop - transmit, capture
• Statistics - ports, streams (end to ends) and TPLDs
• Capture - get captured packets
• Release ports and disconnect

Migrate from pyxenamanager

• Package renamed from xenamanager to xenavalkyrie
• XenaStreamsStats.statistics['rx']:
  Returns all RX statistics indexed by RX port instead of TPLD object.

Installation

pip install xenavalkyrie

Getting started

Under xenavalkyrie.test.xena_samples you will find some basic samples.
See inside for more info.

Documentation

http://pyxenavalkyrie.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Usage notes

• Do not create XenaManager manually but use the init_xena factory
• When loading configuration files, first load all files only then manipulate the configuration.

Related works

The package replaces pyxenamanager - https://github.com/xenadevel/PyXenaManager

Contact

Feel free to contact me with any question or feature request at yoram@ignissoft.com