``--vdev`` parameter to the EAL when starting the application. The device name
must start with the *net_failsafe* prefix, followed by numbers or letters. This
name must be unique for each device. Each fail-safe instance must have at least one
-sub-device, up to ``RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS-1``.
+sub-device, and at most two.
A sub-device can be any DPDK device, including possibly another fail-safe device.
#. Start testpmd, automatically probing the device 84:00.0 and using it with
the fail-safe.
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+
.. code-block:: console
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+
$RTE_TARGET/build/app/testpmd -c 0xff -n 4 \
--vdev 'net_failsafe0,dev(0000:84:00.0),dev(net_ring0)' -- -i