How To Install perftest on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install perftest on CentOS 7. perftest is IB Performance Tests

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perftest on CentOS 7.

What is perftest

Perftest is a collection of simple test programs designed to utilize RDMA communications and provide performance numbers over those RDMA connections. It does not work on normal TCP/IP networks, only on RDMA networks.

We can use yum or dnf to install perftest on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perftest.

Install perftest on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install perftest using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perftest

Install perftest on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install perftest using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perftest

How To Uninstall perftest on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the perftest package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perftest

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perftest on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.