1 .. _tested_physical_topologies:
6 All :abbr:`FD.io (Fast Data Input/Ouput)` :abbr:`CSIT (Continuous System
7 Integration and Testing)` performance testing listed in this report are
8 executed on physical testbeds built with bare-metal servers hosted by
9 :abbr:`LF (Linux Foundation)` FD.io project.
11 Two testbed topologies are used:
13 - **3-Node Topology**: Consisting of two servers acting as SUTs
14 (Systems Under Test) and one server as TG (Traffic Generator), all
15 connected in ring topology. Used for executing all of the data plane
16 tests including overlay tunnels and IPSec tests.
17 - **2-Node Topology**: Consisting of one server acting as SUTs (Systems
18 Under Test) and one server as TG (Traffic Generator), both connected
19 in ring topology. Used for execution of tests without any overlay
20 tunnel encapsulations. Added in CSIT rls18.07.
22 Current FD.io production testbeds are built with servers based on two
23 processor generations of Intel Xeons: Haswell-SP (E5-2699v3) and Skylake
24 (Platinum 8180). Testbeds built with servers based on Arm processors are
25 in the process of being added to FD.io production.
27 Server SUT and DUT performance depends on server and processor type,
28 hence results for testbeds based on different servers must be reported
29 separately, and compared if appropriate.
31 Following sections describe existing production testbed types.
33 3-Node Xeon Haswell (3n-hsw)
34 ----------------------------
36 3n-hsw testbed is based on three Cisco UCS-c240m3 servers each equipped
37 with two Intel Xeon Haswell-SP E5-2699v3 2.3 GHz 18 core processors.
38 Physical testbed topology is depicted in a figure below.
46 \graphicspath{{../_tmp/src/introduction/}}
47 \includegraphics[width=0.90\textwidth]{testbed-3n-hsw}
48 \label{fig:testbed-3n-hsw}
53 .. figure:: testbed-3n-hsw.svg
57 SUT1 and SUT2 servers are populated with the following NIC models:
59 #. NIC-1: VIC 1385 2p40GE Cisco.
60 #. NIC-2: NIC x520 2p10GE Intel.
62 #. NIC-4: NIC xl710-QDA2 2p40GE Intel.
63 #. NIC-5: NIC x710-DA2 2p10GE Intel.
64 #. NIC-6: QAT 8950 50G (Walnut Hill) Intel.
66 TG servers run T-Rex application and are populated with the following
69 #. NIC-1: NIC xl710-QDA2 2p40GE Intel.
70 #. NIC-2: NIC x710-DA2 2p10GE Intel.
72 #. NIC-4: NIC xl710-QDA2 2p40GE Intel.
73 #. NIC-5: NIC x710-DA2 2p10GE Intel.
74 #. NIC-6: NIC x710-DA2 2p10GE Intel. (For self-tests.)
76 All Intel Xeon Haswell servers run with Intel Hyper-Threading disabled,
77 making the number of logical cores exposed to Linux match the number of
78 18 physical cores per processor socket.
80 Complete 3n-hsw testbeds specification is available on
81 `CSIT LF testbed <https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT/CSIT_LF_testbed>`_
84 Total of three 3n-hsw testbeds are in operation in FD.io labs.
86 3-Node Xeon Skylake (3n-skx)
87 ----------------------------
89 3n-skx testbed is based on three SuperMicro SYS-7049GP-TRT servers each
90 equipped with two Intel Xeon Skylake Platinum 8180 2.5 GHz 28 core
91 processors. Physical testbed topology is depicted in a figure below.
99 \graphicspath{{../_tmp/src/introduction/}}
100 \includegraphics[width=0.90\textwidth]{testbed-3n-skx}
101 \label{fig:testbed-3n-skx}
106 .. figure:: testbed-3n-skx.svg
110 SUT1 and SUT2 servers are populated with the following NIC models:
112 #. NIC-1: x710-DA4 4p10GE Intel.
113 #. NIC-2: xxv710-DA2 2p25GE Intel.
114 #. NIC-3: empty, future expansion.
115 #. NIC-4: empty, future expansion.
116 #. NIC-5: empty, future expansion.
117 #. NIC-6: empty, future expansion.
119 TG servers run T-Rex application and are populated with the following
122 #. NIC-1: x710-DA4 4p10GE Intel.
123 #. NIC-2: xxv710-DA2 2p25GE Intel.
124 #. NIC-3: empty, future expansion.
125 #. NIC-4: empty, future expansion.
126 #. NIC-5: empty, future expansion.
127 #. NIC-6: x710-DA4 4p10GE Intel. (For self-tests.)
129 All Intel Xeon Skylake servers run with Intel Hyper-Threading enabled,
130 doubling the number of logical cores exposed to Linux, with 56 logical
131 cores and 28 physical cores per processor socket.
133 Complete 3n-skx testbeds specification is available on
134 `CSIT LF lab extension <https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT/fdio_csit_lab_ext_lld_draft>`_
137 Total of two 3n-skx testbeds are in operation in FD.io labs.
139 2-Node Xeon Skylake (2n-skx)
140 ----------------------------
142 2n-skx testbed is based on two SuperMicro SYS-7049GP-TRT servers each
143 equipped with two Intel Xeon Skylake Platinum 8180 2.5 GHz 28 core
144 processors. Physical testbed topology is depicted in a figure below.
152 \graphicspath{{../_tmp/src/introduction/}}
153 \includegraphics[width=0.90\textwidth]{testbed-2n-skx}
154 \label{fig:testbed-2n-skx}
159 .. figure:: testbed-2n-skx.svg
163 SUT servers are populated with the following NIC models:
165 #. NIC-1: x710-DA4 4p10GE Intel.
166 #. NIC-2: xxv710-DA2 2p25GE Intel.
167 #. NIC-3: mcx556a-edat ConnectX5 2p100GE Mellanox. (Not used yet.)
168 #. NIC-4: empty, future expansion.
169 #. NIC-5: empty, future expansion.
170 #. NIC-6: empty, future expansion.
172 TG servers run T-Rex application and are populated with the following
175 #. NIC-1: x710-DA4 4p10GE Intel.
176 #. NIC-2: xxv710-DA2 2p25GE Intel.
177 #. NIC-3: mcx556a-edat ConnectX5 2p100GE Mellanox. (Not used yet.)
178 #. NIC-4: empty, future expansion.
179 #. NIC-5: empty, future expansion.
180 #. NIC-6: x710-DA4 4p10GE Intel. (For self-tests.)
182 All Intel Xeon Skylake servers run with Intel Hyper-Threading enabled,
183 doubling the number of logical cores exposed to Linux, with 56 logical
184 cores and 28 physical cores per processor socket.
186 Complete 2n-skx testbed specification is available on
187 `CSIT/Testbeds: Xeon Skx, Arm, Atom
188 <https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT/Testbeds:_Xeon_Skx,_Arm,_Atom.>`_ wiki page.
190 Total of four 2n-skx testbeds are in operation in FD.io labs.