1RSTREAM(1) librdmacm RSTREAM(1)
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6 rstream - streaming over RDMA ping-pong test.
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9 rstream [-s server_address] [-b bind_address] [-f address_format]
10 [-B buffer_size] [-I iterations] [-C transfer_count]
11 [-S transfer_size] [-p server_port] [-T test_option]
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14 Uses the streaming over RDMA protocol (rsocket) to connect and exchange
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19 The network name or IP address of the server system listening
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24 The local network address to bind to.
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27 Supported address formats are ip, ipv6, gid, or name.
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30 Indicates the size of the send and receive network buffers.
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33 The number of times that the specified number of messages will
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37 The number of messages to transfer from the client to the server
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41 The size of each send transfer, in bytes. (default 1000) If
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46 The server's port number.
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49 Specifies test parameters. Available options are:
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66 Basic usage is to start rstream on a server system, then run rstream -s
67 server_name on a client system. By default, rstream will run a series
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