1 /*! \page pls Packet level simulation
3 It is possible to use a packet-level network simulator
4 instead of the default flow-based simulation. You may want to use such
5 an approach if you have doubts about the validity of the default model
6 or if you want to perform some validation experiments. At the moment,
7 we support the GTNetS simulator and since version 3.6.2, ns-3.
10 \section pls_simgrid_configuration_gtnets Using GTNetS
14 To enable GTNetS model inside SimGrid it is needed to patch the GTNetS simulator source code
15 and build/install it from scratch
18 - <b>Download and enter the recent downloaded GTNetS directory</b>
21 svn checkout svn://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/simgrid/contrib/trunk/GTNetS/
26 - <b>Use the following commands to unzip and patch GTNetS package to work within SimGrid.</b>
29 unzip gtnets-current.zip
30 tar zxvf gtnets-current-patch.tgz
32 cat ../00*.patch | patch -p1
35 - <b>OPTIONALLY</b> you can use a patch for itanium 64bit processor family.
38 cat ../AMD64-FATAL-Removed-DUL_SIZE_DIFF-Added-fPIC-compillin.patch | patch -p1
41 - <b>Compile GTNetS</b>
43 Due to portability issues it is possible that GTNetS does not compile in your architecture. The patches furnished in SimGrid SVN repository are intended for use in Linux architecture only. Unfortunately, we do not have the time, the money, neither the manpower to guarantee GTNetS portability. We advice you to use one of GTNetS communication channel to get more help in compiling GTNetS.
47 ln -sf Makefile.linux Makefile
48 sed -i 's/-fPIC/-fPIC -fpermissive/g' Makefile
54 - <b>NOTE</b> A lot of warnings are expected but the application should compile
55 just fine. If the makefile insists in compiling some QT libraries
56 please try a make clean before asking for help.
59 - <b>To compile optimized version</b>
66 - <b>Installing GTNetS</b>
68 It is important to put the full path of your libgtsim-xxxx.so file when creating the symbolic link. Replace < userhome > by some path you have write access to.
71 ln -sf /<absolute_path>/gtnets_current/libgtsim-debug.so /<userhome>/usr/lib/libgtnets.so
72 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/<userhome>/usr/lib/libgtnets.so
73 mkdir /<userhome>/usr/include/gtnets
74 cp -fr SRC/*.h /<userhome>/usr/include/gtnets
78 - <b>Enable GTNetS support in SimGrid</b>
80 In order to enable gtnets with simgrid you have to give where is gtnets. (path to \<gtnets_path\>/lib and \<gtnets_path\>/include)
83 cmake . -Denable_gtnets=ON -Dgtnets_path=/<userhome>/usr
86 - <b>Once you have followed all the instructions for compiling and
87 installing successfully you can activate this feature at
88 runntime with the following options:</b>
97 - <b>Or try the GTNetS model dogbone example with</b>
100 gtnets/gtnets gtnets/onelink-p.xml gtnets/onelink-d.xml --cfg=network_model:GTNets
104 A long version of this <a href="http://gforge.inria.fr/docman/view.php/12/6283/GTNetS HowTo.html">HowTo</a> it is available
107 More about GTNetS simulator at <a href="http://www.ece.gatech.edu/research/labs/MANIACS/GTNetS/index.html">GTNetS Website</a>
111 The patches provided by us worked successfully with GTNetS found
112 <a href="http://www.ece.gatech.edu/research/labs/MANIACS/GTNetS/software/gtnets-current.zip">here</a>,
113 dated from 12th June 2008. Due to the discontinuing development of
114 GTNetS it is impossible to precise a version number. We STRONGLY recommend you
115 to download and install the GTNetS version found in SimGrid repository as explained above.
117 \section pls_simgrid_configuration_ns3 Using NS3
119 It is possible to use discrete-event network simulator <a href="http://www.nsnam.org/">(ns-3)</a> for Internet systems
120 instead of the default one.
122 A ns-3 platform is created according to the platform file you provide in SimGrid format. However from this configuration, we had to set up some extra parameters :
126 First, whenever possible, we let default ns3 values and we don't changed it ; in case you have doubts on values for those parameters (TCP parameters for example), blame ns-3...
130 Second, routing used inside ns-3 is a global and static one, relying on a shortest path algorithm. We did so by using ns3::Ipv4GlobalRoutingHelper::PopulateRoutingTables.
134 Third, we also choose to restrict the way your platform is built : end hosts cannot have more than one interface card (so, only one <link> in your SimGrid platform should link
135 an end host to the platform ; if not, your end host will be considered as a router.
140 To use ns3 model inside SimGrid you have to install at least the version 3.10 of ns3 simulator.
143 - <b>Download and enter the lateast release (here the 3.12.1)</b>
146 http://www.nsnam.org/release/ns-allinone-3.12.1.tar.bz2
147 tar -xf ns-allinone-3.12.1.tar.bz2
148 cd ns-allinone-3.12.1/ns-3.12.1/
151 - <b>Configure, make and install ns3</b>
154 ./waf configure --prefix="ns-3_install_directory"
159 After install ns-3 you should have directories into your "ns-3_install_directory":
164 You also need to add to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "ns-3_install_directory/lib".
166 - <b>Enable ns-3 support on SimGrid</b>
168 In order to enable ns-3 with simgrid you have to give where is ns-3 to the simgrid configuration command. (path to \<ns3_path\>/lib and \<ns3_path\>/include)
171 cmake . -Denable_ns3=ON -Dns3_path=<ns3_path>
174 With the output of the configuration you can see if ns-3 is detected by included the directory to flags.
177 Configuration of package `simgrid' on arch (=4):
179 SITE : Linux_2.6.38-11-generic_x86_64
180 Release : simgrid-3.6.1
182 Compiler: c++ : /usr/bin/c++
184 Compiler: c : /usr/bin/gcc
187 CFlags : -O3 -finline-functions -funroll-loops -fno-strict-aliasing -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -I/usr/include
188 -L/home/navarrop/Install/ns3-3.10/lib -I/home/navarrop/Install/ns3-3.10/include -g3 -D_NS3_3_10
189 CPPFlags: -I/home/navarrop/Install/ns3-3.10/include -L/home/navarrop/Install/ns3-3.10/lib
192 Compile NS-3 : 1 ---------------------> Be sure this option is "1" otherwise ns-3 is not activated
194 NS-3 path : /home/navarrop/Install/ns3-3.10
208 Simgrid dependencies: -lm -lpcre -lpthread -lns3 -lrt
209 Gras dependencies : -lm -lpthread -lrt
212 INSTALL_PREFIX: /usr/local
215 -- Build files have been written to: /home/navarrop/workspace/simgrid/build
218 Now you can compile SimGrid
223 Then you can see if ns-3 is well activated by testing
230 Start 182: msg-ns3-thread
231 1/3 Test #182: msg-ns3-thread ................... Passed 0.35 sec
232 Start 183: msg-ns3-ucontext
233 2/3 Test #183: msg-ns3-ucontext ................. Passed 0.22 sec
234 Start 184: msg-ns3-raw
235 3/3 Test #184: msg-ns3-raw ...................... Passed 0.23 sec
238 More about ns-3 simulator <a href="http://www.nsnam.org/">(Official website)</a>