Installing and Executing OpenNSL

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The following page explain how to Install and Execute OpenNSL on x86 based CPU platforms.

Install and Execute OpenNSL on x86 based CPU platforms

Downloading Sample Applications and Basic Setup

The OpenNSL target deliverables are available in opennsl_root/bin/<platform> directory.

Use the following commands to install OpenNSL Linux kernel modules

• Execute "lsmod" to list the installed Linux kernel modules.
• Remove the Linux kernel and user modules by using "rmmod" command.
• Install Linux kernel modules:

     # mknod /dev/linux-kernel-bde c 127 0
     # mknod /dev/linux-user-bde c 126 0
     # mknod /dev/linux-bcm-knet c 122 0
     # insmod linux-kernel-bde.ko
     # insmod linux-user-bde.ko
     # insmod linux-bcm-knet.ko
  

Install OpenNSL shared library. The destination directory to install the shared library depends on the host environment configuration. Install the library files in a location included in the system's library search path.

   # mv libopennsl.so.1 /usr/lib
   # cd /usr/lib
   # ln -sf libopennsl.so.1 libopennsl.so

Executing OpenNSL Examples

cd to target deliverables directory and run example applications

    # chmod +x example_l2_firewall
    #./example_l2_firewall

Issue "example_l2_firewall –help" for usage of the application.

Application support matrix

The following table lists the support of sample applications on various platforms.

Application	Platforms
Buffer Statistics (BST)	Platforms with Trident2 and Tomahawk silicons
Others	All platforms