[SEBA-884] read config from file

Change-Id: I09c24f5c9504a51d804e68a99a2ac3a02d730573
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            Number of PON ports per OLT device to be emulated (default 1)
      -s_tag int
            S-Tag value (default 900)
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+``BBSim`` also looks for a configuration file in ``configs/bbsim.yaml`` from which it reads a number of default settings. The command line options listed above override the corresponding coniguration file settings. A sample configuration file is given below:
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+.. literalinclude:: ../../configs/bbsim.yaml