smc_run - Run a TCP socket program with the SMC protocol using a preloaded library

6.10 LPAR mode z/VM guest KVM guest

Use the smc_run command to start a TCP socket program that uses SMC as the networking protocol.

smc_run syntax

Where:

smc_run <program> <program_parameters>: Starts the specified TCP socket program with the specified parameters, using the SMC protocol.
-d: Optional: Display diagnostic messages while the program is running.
-h: displays help information for the command.
-r <size>: requests a receive buffer with a specific size. Specify the size in bytes, use a suffix (k or K) for kilobytes, or use a suffix (m or M) for megabytes.
-t <size>: requests a transmit buffer with a specific size. Specify the size in bytes, use a suffix (k or K) for kilobytes, or use a suffix (m or M) for megabytes.
-v: displays the version of the smc_run command.

Examples

To start a program called iperf3 with parameters "-s -p 12345":

# smc_run iperf3 -s -p 12345
-----------------------------------------------------------
Server listening on 12345
-----------------------------------------------------------
...

To start a program called iperf3 with parameters "-s -p 12345" and diagnostic messages:
```
# smc_run -d iperf3 -s -p 12345
```
To start a program called iperf3 with parameters "-s -p 12345", and with a request for a receive buffer of 16 KB and a transmit buffer of 512 KB:
```
# smc_run -r 16384 -t 512k iperf3 -s -p 12345
```

For command return codes, see the man page.