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diff --git a/docs/system/option.rst b/docs/system/option.rst deleted file mode 100644 index e7661492..00000000 --- a/docs/system/option.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,94 +0,0 @@ -.. _system_option: - -####### -Options -####### - -This chapter describe the possibilities of advanced system behavior. - -******* -General -******* - -.. cfgcmd:: set system option ctrl-alt-delete <ignore | reboot | poweroff> - - Action which will be run once the ctrl-alt-del keystroke is received. - -.. cfgcmd:: set system option reboot-on-panic - - Automatically reboot system on kernel panic after 60 seconds. - -.. cfgcmd:: set system option startup-beep - - Play an audible beep to the system speaker when system is ready. - -*********** -HTTP client -*********** - -.. cfgcmd:: set system option http-client source-address <address> - - Several commands utilize curl to initiate transfers. Configure the local - source IPv4/IPv6 address used for all CURL operations. - -.. cfgcmd:: set system option http-client source-interface <interface> - - Several commands utilize curl to initiate transfers. Configure the local - source interface used for all CURL operations. - -.. note:: `source-address` and `source-interface` can not be used at the same time. - -*************** -Keyboard Layout -*************** - -When starting a VyOS live system (the installation CD) the configured keyboard -layout defaults to US. As this might not suite everyones use case you can adjust -the used keyboard layout on the system console. - -.. cfgcmd:: set system option keyboard-layout <us | fr | de | fi | no | dk> - - Change system keyboard layout to given language. - - Defaults to ``us``. - - .. note:: Changing the keymap only has an effect on the system console, using - SSH oder Serial remote access to the device is not affected as the keyboard - layout here corresponds to your access system. - -.. _system_options_performance: - -*********** -Performance -*********** - -As more and more routers run on Hypervisors, expecially with a :abbr:`NOS -(Network Operating System)` as VyOS, it makes fewer and fewer sense to use -static resource bindings like ``smp-affinity`` as present in VyOS 1.2 and -earlier to pin certain interrupt handlers to specific CPUs. - -We now utilize `tuned` for dynamic resource balancing based on profiles. - - .. seealso:: https://access.redhat.com/sites/default/files/attachments/201501-perf-brief-low-latency-tuning-rhel7-v2.1.pdf - -.. cfgcmd:: set system option performance < throughput | latency > - - Configure one of the predefined system performance profiles. - - * ``throughput``: A server profile focused on improving network throughput. - This profile favors performance over power savings by setting ``intel_pstate`` - and ``max_perf_pct=100`` and increasing kernel network buffer sizes. - - It enables transparent huge pages, and uses cpupower to set the performance - cpufreq governor. It also sets ``kernel.sched_min_granularity_ns`` to 10 us, - ``kernel.sched_wakeup_granularity_ns`` to 15 uss, and ``vm.dirty_ratio`` to - 40%. - - * ``latency``: A server profile focused on lowering network latency. - This profile favors performance over power savings by setting ``intel_pstate`` - and ``min_perf_pct=100``. - - It disables transparent huge pages, and automatic NUMA balancing. It also - uses cpupower to set the performance cpufreq governor, and requests a - cpu_dma_latency value of 1. It also sets busy_read and busy_poll times to - 50 us, and tcp_fastopen to 3. |