PFRING.md

Install

yum install dkms
wget http://packages.ntop.org/rpm7/x64/PF_RING/pfring-6.7.0-1207.x86_64.rpm
wget http://packages.ntop.org/rpm7/noarch/PF_RING-dkms/pfring-dkms-6.7.0-1207.noarch.rpm
rpm -ivh pfring-*rpm
systemctl start pf_ring

Sanity Check

[root@y137 ~]# zcount -i enp129s0f0
pfring_zc_create_cluster error [No buffer space available] Please check that pf_ring.ko is loaded and hugetlb fs is mounted

[root@y137 ~]# grep HugePages /proc/meminfo
AnonHugePages:  17176576 kB
HugePages_Total:      16
HugePages_Free:       16
HugePages_Rsvd:        0
HugePages_Surp:        0

Turn off 1GB THP

• ZC may not support 1GB pages; just 2MB.
• Undid 1 GB kernel params.
• Reboot

Enable 2MB

echo 1024 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages
mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/huge

Create License

• Please create your PF_RING ZC license(s) at the following address:
• URL: http://shop.ntop.org/mkzclicense/
• URL: http://packages.ntop.org/ (binary packages)

Validate License

[root@y137 ~]# zcount -i enp129s0f0 -C
License Ok