4 All CSIT test cases are labelled with Robot Framework tags used to allow for
5 easy test case type identification, test case grouping and selection for
6 execution. Following sections list currently used CSIT tags and their
12 .. topic:: 2_NODE_DOUBLE_LINK_TOPO
14 2 nodes connected in a circular topology with two links interconnecting
17 .. topic:: 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO
19 2 nodes connected in a circular topology with at least one link
20 interconnecting devices.
22 .. topic:: 3_NODE_DOUBLE_LINK_TOPO
24 3 nodes connected in a circular topology with two links interconnecting
27 .. topic:: 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO
29 3 nodes connected in a circular topology with at least one link
30 interconnecting devices.
37 Test case(s) marked to not run in case of vpp-csit-verify (i.e. VPP patch)
38 and csit-vpp-verify jobs (i.e. CSIT patch).
40 .. topic:: SKIP_VPP_PATCH
42 Test case(s) marked to not run in case of vpp-csit-verify (i.e. VPP patch).
49 DUTs and TGs are running on bare metal.
53 DUTs and TGs are running in virtual environment.
57 DUTs with VPP and capable of running Virtual Machine.
62 .. topic:: NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
66 .. topic:: NIC_Intel-XL710
70 .. topic:: NIC_Intel-X710
74 .. topic:: NIC_Intel-XXV710
78 .. topic:: NIC_Cisco-VIC-1227
82 .. topic:: NIC_Cisco-VIC-1385
91 2x10,000 entries in single fib table
95 2x100,000 entries in single fib table
99 2x1,000,000 entries in single fib table
103 Test with 1 L2 bridge domain.
107 Test with 10 L2 bridge domains.
111 Test with 100 L2 bridge domains.
115 Test with 1000 L2 bridge domains.
119 Test with 1 VLAN sub-interface.
123 Test with 10 VLAN sub-interfaces.
127 Test with 100 VLAN sub-interfaces.
131 Test with 1000 VLAN sub-interfaces.
135 Test with 1 VXLAN tunnel.
139 Test with 10 VXLAN tunnels.
143 Test with 100 VXLAN tunnels.
147 Test with 1000 VXLAN tunnels.
151 IPSec in tunnel mode - {t} tunnels.
153 .. topic:: SRC_USER_1
155 Traffic flow with 1 unique IP (users) in one direction.
157 .. topic:: SRC_USER_10
159 Traffic flow with 10 unique IPs (users) in one direction.
161 .. topic:: SRC_USER_100
163 Traffic flow with 100 unique IPs (users) in one direction.
165 .. topic:: SRC_USER_1000
167 Traffic flow with 1000 unique IPs (users) in one direction.
169 .. topic:: SRC_USER_2000
171 Traffic flow with 2000 unique IPs (users) in one direction.
173 .. topic:: SRC_USER_4000
175 Traffic flow with 4000 unique IPs (users) in one direction.
179 Traffic stream with 100 unique flows (10 IPs/users x 10 UDP ports) in one
184 Traffic stream with 10 000 unique flows (10 IPs/users x 1000 UDP ports) in
187 .. topic:: 100k_FLOWS
189 Traffic stream with 100 000 unique flows (100 IPs/users x 1000 UDP ports) in
192 .. topic:: HOSTS_1024
194 Stateless or stateful traffic stream with 1024 client source IP4 addresses,
195 usually with 63 flow differing in source port number. Could be UDP or TCP.
196 If NAT is used, the clients are inside. Outside IP range can differ.
198 .. topic:: HOSTS_4096
200 Stateless or stateful traffic stream with 4096 client source IP4 addresses,
201 usually with 63 flow differing in source port number. Could be UDP or TCP.
202 If NAT is used, the clients are inside. Outside IP range can differ.
204 .. topic:: HOSTS_16384
206 Stateless or stateful traffic stream with 16384 client source IP4 addresses,
207 usually with 63 flow differing in source port number. Could be UDP or TCP.
208 If NAT is used, the clients are inside. Outside IP range can differ.
210 .. topic:: HOSTS_65536
212 Stateless or stateful traffic stream with 65536 client source IP4 addresses,
213 usually with 63 flow differing in source port number. Could be UDP or TCP.
214 If NAT is used, the clients are inside. Outside IP range can differ.
216 .. topic:: HOSTS_262144
218 Stateless or stateful traffic stream with 262144 client source IP4 addresses
219 usually with 63 flow differing in source port number. Could be UDP or TCP.
220 If NAT is used, the clients are inside. Outside IP range can differ.
222 .. topic:: GENEVE4_1TUN
224 Test with 1 GENEVE IPv4 tunnel.
231 All functional test cases.
235 All performance test cases.
237 Performance Type Tags
238 ---------------------
242 Single test finding both No Drop Rate and Partial Drop Rate simultaneously.
243 The search is done by optimized algorithm which performs
244 multiple trial runs at different durations and transmit rates.
245 The results come from the final trials, which have duration of 30 seconds.
249 Performance tests where TG sends the traffic at maximum rate (line rate)
250 and reports total sent/received packets over trial duration.
251 The result is an average of 10 trials of 1 second duration.
255 Performance tests using PLRsearch to find the critical load.
259 Performance tests aimed to measure lost packets (time) when performing
260 reconfiguration while full throughput offered load is applied.
262 Ethernet Frame Size Tags
263 ------------------------
265 These are describing the traffic offered by Traffic Generator,
266 "primary" traffic in case of asymmetric load.
267 For traffic between DUTs, or for "secondary" traffic, see ${overhead} value.
271 64B frames used for test. Generic ethernet or IPv4.
275 78B frames used for test. Ipv6.
279 114B frames used for test. IPv4+vxlan.
283 118B frames used for test. Dot1q+IPv4+vxlan.
287 IMIX frame sequence (28x 64B, 16x 570B, 4x 1518B) used for test.
291 1460B frames used for test.
295 1480B frames used for test.
299 1514B frames used for test.
303 1518B frames used for test.
307 9000B frames used for test.
314 Baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in tests.
315 No scaling whatsoever, beyond minimum needed for RSS.
319 IPv4 baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in
320 tests. Minimal number of routes. Other quantities may be scaled.
324 IPv6 baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in
329 L2XC baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in
334 L2BD baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in
339 L2PATCH baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in
344 Scale test cases. Other tags specify which quantities are scaled.
345 Also applies if scaling is set on TG only (e.g. DUT works as IP4BASE).
349 Test cases where encapsulation is used. Use also encapsulation tag(s).
353 At least one feature is configured in test cases. Use also feature tag(s).
357 Tests which use any kind of UDP traffic (STL or ASTF profile).
361 Tests which use any kind of TCP traffic (STL or ASTF profile).
364 TODO: Should we define tags STL and ASTF?
368 Tests which use unidirectional UDP traffic (STL profile only).
372 Tests which use bidirectional UDP traffic (STL profile only).
376 Tests which measure connections per second on minimal UDP pseudoconnections.
377 This implies ASTF traffic profile is used.
378 This tag selects specific output processing in PAL.
382 Tests which measure connections per second on empty TCP connections.
383 This implies ASTF traffic profile is used.
384 This tag selects specific output processing in PAL.
388 Tests which measure packets per second on lightweight UDP transactions.
389 This implies ASTF traffic profile is used.
390 This tag selects specific output processing in PAL.
394 Tests which measure packets per second on lightweight TCP transactions.
395 This implies ASTF traffic profile is used.
396 This tag selects specific output processing in PAL.
400 Tests which use traffic formed of valid HTTP requests (and responses).
403 TODO: Add HTTP tag to the current hoststack tests.
404 TODO: Document other tags already used by hoststack tests.
406 .. topic:: NF_DENSITY
408 Performance tests that measure throughput of multiple VNF and CNF
409 service topologies at different service densities.
411 NF Service Density Tags
412 -----------------------
416 NF service density tests with VNF or CNF service chain topology(ies).
420 NF service density tests with CNF service pipeline topology(ies).
422 .. topic:: NF_L3FWDIP4
424 NF service density tests with DPDK l3fwd IPv4 routing as NF workload.
428 NF service density tests with VPP IPv4 routing as NF workload.
432 Service density matrix locator {r}R{c}C, {r}Row denoting number of
433 service instances, {c}Column denoting number of NFs per service
434 instance. {r}=(1,2,4,6,8,10), {c}=(1,2,4,6,8,10).
438 Service density {n}VM{t}T, {n}Number of NF Qemu VMs, {t}Number of threads
443 Service density {n}DCR{t}T, {n}Number of NF Docker containers, {t}Number of
446 .. topic:: {n}_ADDED_CHAINS
448 {n}Number of chains (or pipelines) added (and/or removed)
454 .. topic:: L2BDMACSTAT
456 VPP L2 bridge-domain, L2 MAC static.
458 .. topic:: L2BDMACLRN
460 VPP L2 bridge-domain, L2 MAC learning.
464 VPP L2 point-to-point cross-connect.
468 VPP IPv4 routed forwarding.
472 VPP IPv6 routed forwarding.
474 .. topic:: LOADBALANCER_MAGLEV
476 VPP Load balancer maglev mode.
478 .. topic:: LOADBALANCER_L3DSR
480 VPP Load balancer l3dsr mode.
482 .. topic:: LOADBALANCER_NAT4
484 VPP Load balancer nat4 mode.
497 .. topic:: MPLSUNRLAY
510 IPv4 overlay (IPv4 payload).
514 IPv6 overlay (IPv6 payload).
521 All test cases with dot1q.
525 All test cases with dot1ad.
532 All test cases with base Ethernet (no encapsulation).
536 All test cases with LISP.
540 All test cases with LISP-GPE.
542 .. topic:: LISP_IP4o4
544 All test cases with LISP_IP4o4.
546 .. topic:: LISPGPE_IP4o4
548 All test cases with LISPGPE_IP4o4.
550 .. topic:: LISPGPE_IP6o4
552 All test cases with LISPGPE_IP6o4.
554 .. topic:: LISPGPE_IP4o6
556 All test cases with LISPGPE_IP4o6.
558 .. topic:: LISPGPE_IP6o6
560 All test cases with LISPGPE_IP6o6.
564 All test cases with Vxlan.
568 All test cases with VXLAN-GPE.
572 All test cases with GRE.
576 All test cases with IPSEC.
580 All test cases with Segment routing over IPv6 dataplane.
584 All SRv6 test cases with single SID.
586 .. topic:: SRv6_2SID_DECAP
588 All SRv6 test cases with two SIDs and with decapsulation.
590 .. topic:: SRv6_2SID_NODECAP
592 All SRv6 test cases with two SIDs and without decapsulation.
596 All test cases with GENEVE.
598 .. topic:: GENEVE_L3MODE
600 All test cases with GENEVE tunnel in L3 mode.
607 All test cases which use physical interface(s).
611 All test cases which uses Generic Segmentation Offload.
615 All test cases which uses VHOST.
617 .. topic:: VHOST_1024
619 All test cases which uses VHOST DPDK driver with qemu queue size set
624 All test cases which uses VIRTIO native VPP driver.
626 .. topic:: VIRTIO_1024
628 All test cases which uses VIRTIO native VPP driver with qemu queue size set
633 All test cases which uses VM with optimised scheduler policy.
637 All test cases which uses TUN and TAP.
641 All test cases which uses AFPKT.
645 All test cases which uses Netmap.
649 All test cases which uses Memif.
651 .. topic:: SINGLE_MEMIF
653 All test cases which uses only single Memif connection per DUT. One DUT
654 instance is running in container having one physical interface exposed to
659 All test cases which uses link bonding (BondEthernet interface).
661 .. topic:: LBOND_DPDK
663 All test cases which uses DPDK link bonding.
667 All test cases which uses VPP link bonding.
669 .. topic:: LBOND_MODE_XOR
671 All test cases which uses link bonding with mode XOR.
673 .. topic:: LBOND_MODE_LACP
675 All test cases which uses link bonding with mode LACP.
677 .. topic:: LBOND_LB_L34
679 All test cases which uses link bonding with load-balance mode l34.
683 All test cases which uses one link for link bonding.
687 All test cases which uses two links for link bonding.
691 All test cases which uses Intel Adaptive Virtual Function (AVF) device
692 plugin for VPP. This plugins provides native device support for Intel AVF.
693 AVF is driver specification for current and future Intel Virtual Function
694 devices. In essence, today this driver can be used only with Intel
695 XL710 / X710 / XXV710 adapters.
697 .. topic:: DRV_VFIO_PCI
699 All test cases which uses vfio-pci device driver. It supports variety of NIC
702 .. topic:: DRV_RDMA_CORE
704 All test cases which uses rdma-core device driver. It supports Mellanox
707 .. topic:: RXQ_SIZE_{n}
709 All test cases which RXQ size (RX descriptors) are set to {n}. Default is 0,
710 which means VPP (API) default.
712 .. topic:: TXQ_SIZE_{n}
714 All test cases which TXQ size (TX descriptors) are set to {n}. Default is 0,
715 which means VPP (API) default.
730 NAT44 configured and tested.
734 NAT44 configured and tested.
738 ACL plugin configured and tested.
742 ACL plugin configured and tested on input path.
746 ACL plugin configured and tested on output path.
748 .. topic:: ACL_STATELESS
750 ACL plugin configured and tested in stateless mode (permit action).
752 .. topic:: ACL_STATEFUL
754 ACL plugin configured and tested in stateful mode (permit+reflect action).
758 ACL plugin configured and tested with 1 not-hitting ACE.
762 ACL plugin configured and tested with 10 not-hitting ACEs.
766 ACL plugin configured and tested with 50 not-hitting ACEs.
768 .. topic:: SRv6_PROXY
770 SRv6 endpoint to SR-unaware appliance via proxy.
772 .. topic:: SRv6_PROXY_STAT
774 SRv6 endpoint to SR-unaware appliance via static proxy.
776 .. topic:: SRv6_PROXY_DYN
778 SRv6 endpoint to SR-unaware appliance via dynamic proxy.
780 .. topic:: SRv6_PROXY_MASQ
782 SRv6 endpoint to SR-unaware appliance via masquerading proxy.
797 IPSec in transport mode.
801 IPSec in tunnel mode.
805 IPSec in interface mode.
809 IPSec using AES algorithms.
811 .. topic:: AES_128_CBC
813 IPSec using AES 128 CBC algorithms.
815 .. topic:: AES_128_GCM
817 IPSec using AES 128 GCM algorithms.
819 .. topic:: AES_256_GCM
821 IPSec using AES 256 GCM algorithms.
825 IPSec using HMAC integrity algorithms.
827 .. topic:: HMAC_SHA_256
829 IPSec using HMAC SHA 256 integrity algorithms.
831 .. topic:: HMAC_SHA_512
833 IPSec using HMAC SHA 512 integrity algorithms.
840 All test cases which use at least one virtual machine.
844 All test cases which use Linux container and LXC utils.
848 All test cases which use at least one Docker container.
852 All test cases which use Docker as container manager.
856 All test cases with specific APP use.
858 Container Orchestration Tags
859 ----------------------------
863 VPP running in Docker container acting as VSWITCH.
867 1 VPP running in Docker container acting as VNF work load.
871 2 VPP running in 2 Docker containers acting as VNF work load.
875 4 VPP running in 4 Docker containers acting as VNF work load.
883 All test cases using single poll mode thread.
888 All test cases using more then one poll mode driver thread.
892 All test cases with packet processing on single socket.
896 All test cases with packet processing on two sockets.
900 1 worker thread pinned to 1 dedicated physical core; or if HyperThreading is
901 enabled, 2 worker threads each pinned to a separate logical core within 1
902 dedicated physical core. Main thread pinned to core 1.
906 2 worker threads pinned to 2 dedicated physical cores; or if HyperThreading
907 is enabled, 4 worker threads each pinned to a separate logical core within 2
908 dedicated physical cores. Main thread pinned to core 1.
912 4 worker threads pinned to 4 dedicated physical cores; or if HyperThreading
913 is enabled, 8 worker threads each pinned to a separate logical core within 4
914 dedicated physical cores. Main thread pinned to core 1.
919 1 worker thread pinned to 1 dedicated physical core. 1 receive queue per
920 interface. Main thread pinned to core 1.
925 2 worker threads pinned to 2 dedicated physical cores. 1 receive queue per
926 interface. Main thread pinned to core 1.
931 4 worker threads pinned to 4 dedicated physical cores. 2 receive queues per
932 interface. Main thread pinned to core 1.
937 2 worker threads each pinned to a separate logical core within 1 dedicated
938 physical core. 1 receive queue per interface. Main thread pinned to core 1.
943 4 worker threads each pinned to a separate logical core within 2 dedicated
944 physical cores. 2 receive queues per interface. Main thread pinned to core
950 8 worker threads each pinned to a separate logical core within 4 dedicated
951 physical cores. 4 receive queues per interface. Main thread pinned to core