Test Applications (pktgen and testpmd)

The pktgen application is traffic generator powered by DPDK. It is capable of generating traffic at wire rate. For more information on the pktgen application, see:

https://pktgen-dpdk.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Testpmd is another reference application distributed with the DPDK package. Its main purpose is to forward packets between Ethernet ports on a network interface. The testpmd application provides a number of different throughput tests and access NIC hardware features, such as Intel® Flow Director. For more information on the testpmd application, see:

https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/testpmd_app_ug/index.html