Fastcapa-Core Parameters

The core parameters are command-line parameters that define how Fastcapa interacts with DPDK.

These parameters are separated on the command line by a double dash (--).


Name	Command	Description	Default
Port Mask	-p PORT_MASK	A bit mask identifying which ports to bind.	0x01
Burst Size	-b BURST_SIZE	Maximum number of packets to receive at one time.	32
Receive Descriptors	-r NB_RX_DESC	The number of descriptors for each receive queue. Limited by the Ethernet device in use.	1024
Transmission Ring Size	-x TX_RING_SIZE	The size of each transmission ring. This must be a power of 2.	2048
Number Receive Queues	-q NB_RX_QUEUE	Number of receive queues to use for each port. Limited by the Ethernet device in use.	2
Kafka Topic	-t KAFKA_TOPIC	The name of the Kafka topic.	pcap
Configuration File	-c KAFKA_CONF	Path to a file containing configuration values.
Stats	-s KAFKA_STATS	Appends performance metrics in the form of JSON strings to the specified file.

For more information about Fastcapa-specific parameters, run the following command:.

                              fastcapa -- -h