Hi,

you have a port of iperf 2 for AIX 7.2 but it looks like it's fallen out for AIX 7.3.  in any case, it's being actively maintained and there are several very important features it has that which desirable and these are features that iperf 3 lacks.  namely, iperf 2 will multi-thread across processors and NICs (if the NICs are setup the right way) which allows for testing of LACP (802.3ad) in ways that iperf 3 cannot. 

to be clear iperf 2 and iperf 3 are not really generational projects, rather, 2 has things that are desirable that 3 does not have and 3 has things that 2 doesn't have that might be desirable to some (but not me at the moment).

in short, we would really appreciate it if you would update your iperf 2 offering in the repo to the latest and maintain it.  here's the source code:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/iperf2/files/

Thanks,
Mike

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Michael Metts
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Hi Michael,

We never had iperf2 on AIX toolbox ? 
From where did you install iperf2 on AIX ? 
If this is an rpm can you check "rpm -qi <pkg>"


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SANKET RATHI
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Original Message:
Sent: Fri April 29, 2022 11:46 AM
From: Michael Metts
Subject: Please update iperf 2 port

Hi,

you have a port of iperf 2 for AIX 7.2 but it looks like it's fallen out for AIX 7.3.  in any case, it's being actively maintained and there are several very important features it has that which desirable and these are features that iperf 3 lacks.  namely, iperf 2 will multi-thread across processors and NICs (if the NICs are setup the right way) which allows for testing of LACP (802.3ad) in ways that iperf 3 cannot. 

to be clear iperf 2 and iperf 3 are not really generational projects, rather, 2 has things that are desirable that 3 does not have and 3 has things that 2 doesn't have that might be desirable to some (but not me at the moment).

in short, we would really appreciate it if you would update your iperf 2 offering in the repo to the latest and maintain it.  here's the source code:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/iperf2/files/

Thanks,
Mike

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Michael Metts
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Hi Sanket,

Oops.  You're right it was Perzl.  So, I'd like to nominate the current version be ported and put in the toolbox.  As I mentioned above it super handy for testing multi-interface network configurations.  In fact, it is super handy where iperf3 is actually totally useless by design so I consider iperf 2 to be a critical tool for us.

Thanks,
Mike

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Michael Metts
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Original Message:
Sent: Mon May 02, 2022 11:52 AM
From: SANKET RATHI
Subject: Please update iperf 2 port

Hi Michael,

We never had iperf2 on AIX toolbox ? 
From where did you install iperf2 on AIX ? 
If this is an rpm can you check "rpm -qi <pkg>"


------------------------------
SANKET RATHI

Original Message:
Sent: Fri April 29, 2022 11:46 AM
From: Michael Metts
Subject: Please update iperf 2 port

Hi,

you have a port of iperf 2 for AIX 7.2 but it looks like it's fallen out for AIX 7.3.  in any case, it's being actively maintained and there are several very important features it has that which desirable and these are features that iperf 3 lacks.  namely, iperf 2 will multi-thread across processors and NICs (if the NICs are setup the right way) which allows for testing of LACP (802.3ad) in ways that iperf 3 cannot. 

to be clear iperf 2 and iperf 3 are not really generational projects, rather, 2 has things that are desirable that 3 does not have and 3 has things that 2 doesn't have that might be desirable to some (but not me at the moment).

in short, we would really appreciate it if you would update your iperf 2 offering in the repo to the latest and maintain it.  here's the source code:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/iperf2/files/

Thanks,
Mike

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Michael Metts
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Hi Michael,

We will evaluate your request and will see if this is possible.

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SANKET RATHI
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Original Message:
Sent: Mon May 02, 2022 12:07 PM
From: Michael Metts
Subject: Please update iperf 2 port

Hi Sanket,

Oops.  You're right it was Perzl.  So, I'd like to nominate the current version be ported and put in the toolbox.  As I mentioned above it super handy for testing multi-interface network configurations.  In fact, it is super handy where iperf3 is actually totally useless by design so I consider iperf 2 to be a critical tool for us.

Thanks,
Mike

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Michael Metts

Original Message:
Sent: Mon May 02, 2022 11:52 AM
From: SANKET RATHI
Subject: Please update iperf 2 port

Hi Michael,

We never had iperf2 on AIX toolbox ? 
From where did you install iperf2 on AIX ? 
If this is an rpm can you check "rpm -qi <pkg>"


------------------------------
SANKET RATHI

Original Message:
Sent: Fri April 29, 2022 11:46 AM
From: Michael Metts
Subject: Please update iperf 2 port

Hi,

you have a port of iperf 2 for AIX 7.2 but it looks like it's fallen out for AIX 7.3.  in any case, it's being actively maintained and there are several very important features it has that which desirable and these are features that iperf 3 lacks.  namely, iperf 2 will multi-thread across processors and NICs (if the NICs are setup the right way) which allows for testing of LACP (802.3ad) in ways that iperf 3 cannot. 

to be clear iperf 2 and iperf 3 are not really generational projects, rather, 2 has things that are desirable that 3 does not have and 3 has things that 2 doesn't have that might be desirable to some (but not me at the moment).

in short, we would really appreciate it if you would update your iperf 2 offering in the repo to the latest and maintain it.  here's the source code:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/iperf2/files/

Thanks,
Mike

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Michael Metts
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