#. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS
- - **Service density 2n-skx tests**: Added higher density tests with dtc=0.5
- (2 NF each with 1 DT per physical core) with VPP as a VNF payload.
+ - CSIT test environment is versioned, see
+ :ref:`test_environment_versioning`.
- - **Experimental Soak Tests**: Added performamce soak tests framework
- code for extended time duration tests and throughput discovery
- at given PLR and at give total test time e.g. minutes, hours,
- days, weeks, months, years. See updated
- :ref:`test_methodology` section for more details.
+ - To identify performance changes due to VPP code changes from
+ v20.01.0 to v20.05.0, both have been tested in CSIT environment
+ ver. 4 and compared against each other. All substantial
+ progressions has been marked up with RCA analysis. See
+ :ref:`vpp_compare_current_vs_previous_release` and
+ :ref:`vpp_known_issues`.
#. TEST FRAMEWORK
- - **Qemu code refactor**: Complete code refactor of the key components
- QemuUtil.py and QemuManager.py (L1 and L2 KW counterparts). Added
- implementation of kernel-image-kvm based VM alongisde the previously used
- NestedVM images. Added ability to run VPP as a payload in VNF.
-
- - **CSIT PAPI Support**: Continue converting existing VAT L1 keywords to
- PAPI L1 KWs in CSIT using VPP Python bindings. Required for migrating away
- from VAT. Redesign of key components of PAPI Executor and PAPI history.
+ - **CSIT PAPI support**: Due to issues with PAPI performance, VAT is
+ still used in CSIT for all VPP scale tests. See known issues below.
- **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing RF keywords optimizations,
- removal of redundant RF keywords.
-
- - **Test suite generator**: Extend the test suite generator for ability to
- generate NIC permutation and search algorithm permutations from base
- suites.
-
- - **TOX verification**: Added verifications for test suite generator.
+ removal of redundant RF keywords and aligning of suite/test
+ setup/teardowns.
#. PRESENTATION AND ANALYTICS LAYER
- - **Graphs Layout Improvements**: Improved performance graphs layout
+ - **Graphs layout improvements**: Improved performance graphs layout
for better readibility and maintenance: test grouping, axis
labels, descriptions, other informative decoration.
-#. MISCELLANEOUS
-
- - **2n-dnv Tests (3rd Party)**: Published performance tests for 2n-
- dnv (2-Node Atom Denverton) from 3rd party testbeds running FD.io
- |csit-release| automated testing code.
- Only graphs for Packet Throughput and Speedup Multi-core and not
- for Packet Latency were published as there are no results for Packet
- Latency available.
-
.. raw:: latex
\clearpage
List of known issues in |csit-release| for VPP performance tests:
-+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| # | JiraID | Issue Description |
-+====+=========================================+=================================================================================================================================+
-| 1 | `CSIT-570 | Sporadic (1 in 200) NDR discovery test failures on x520. DPDK reporting rx-errors, indicating L1 issue. |
-| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-570>`_ | Suspected issue with HW combination of X710-X520 in LF testbeds. Not observed outside of LF testbeds. |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 2 | `CSIT-???? | IPSecHW interface AES-GBC tests failing due to traffic not passing. |
-| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-????>`_ | |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| # | JiraID | Issue Description |
++====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
+| 1 | `CSIT-570 | Sporadic (1 in 200) NDR discovery test failures on x520. DPDK reporting rx-errors, indicating L1 issue. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-570>`_ | Suspected issue with HW combination of X710-X520 in LF testbeds. Not observed outside of LF testbeds. |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 2 | `VPP-662 | 9000B packets not supported by NICs VIC1227 and VIC1387. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-662>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 3 | `VPP-1677 | 9000B ip4 nat44: VPP crash + coredump. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1677>`_ | VPP crashes very often in case that NAT44 is configured and it has to process IP4 jumbo frames (9000B). |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 4 | `CSIT-1591 | All CSIT scale tests can not use PAPI due to much slower performance compared to VAT/CLI (it takes much |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1499>`_ | longer to program VPP). This needs to be addressed on the PAPI side. |
+| +-----------------------------------------+ |
+| | `VPP-1763 | |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1763>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 5 | `VPP-1675 | IPv4 IPSEC 9000B packet tests are failing as no packet is forwarded. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1675>`_ | Reason: chained buffers are not supported. |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 6 | `CSIT-1593 | IPv4 AVF 9000B packet tests are failing on 3n-skx while passing on 2n-skx. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1593>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 7 | `CSIT-1679 | 2n-clx VPP ip4 tests with xxv710 and avf driver are sporadically failing. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1679>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+Root Cause Analysis for Performance Changes
+-------------------------------------------
+
+List of RCAs in |csit-release| for VPP performance changes:
+
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| # | JiraID | Issue Description |
++====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
+| 1 | `CSIT-1731 | Confirm the cause for ip4scale -rnd regressions. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1731>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 2 | `CSIT-1735 | Identify cause of ethip6-ip6scale2m progression. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1735>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 3 | `CSIT-1738 | Identify cause for vppl2xc CSIT progressions. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1738>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 4 | `CSIT-1739 | Identify cause of ACL regressions. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1739>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 5 | `CSIT-1740 | Identify cause for avf-eth-l2xcbase CSIT progression. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1740>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 6 | `CSIT-1741 | Identify cause for vppl2xc VPP regressions. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1741>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 7 | `CSIT-1742 | Identify cause of ipsec CSIT regression. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1742>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 8 | `CSIT-1744 | Identify cause of memif VPP progression. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1744>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 9 | `CSIT-1745 | Verify cause of l2bdscale10kmaclrn VPP progression. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1745>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 10 | `CSIT-1746 | Identify cause for avf-dot1q-ip6base VPP progression. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1746>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 11 | `CSIT-1747 | Identify cause of ip4base-nat44 VPP progression. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1747>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 12 | `CSIT-1748 | Identify cause of aes128cbc-hmac512sha VPP progression. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1748>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 13 | `CSIT-1749 | Identify cause for l2bdbasemaclrn VPP progression in tests with dpdk app in VM. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1749>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+