CSIT-902: Compare performance results before/after meltdown/spectre

[csit.git] / docs / report / vpp_performance_tests / overview.rst

diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/overview.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/overview.rst
index c130286..d835df4 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/overview.rst
+++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/overview.rst
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ performance labs to address larger scale multi-interface and multi-NIC
 performance testing scenarios.
 
 For test cases that require DUT (VPP) to communicate with
 performance testing scenarios.
 
 For test cases that require DUT (VPP) to communicate with

-VirtualMachines (VMs) / Containers (Linux or Docker Containers) over
+VirtualMachines (VMs) / Linux or Docker Containers (Ctrs) over

 vhost-user/memif interfaces, N of VM/Ctr instances are created on SUT1
 and SUT2. For N=1 DUT forwards packets between vhost/memif and physical
 interfaces. For N>1 DUT a logical service chain forwarding topology is
 vhost-user/memif interfaces, N of VM/Ctr instances are created on SUT1
 and SUT2. For N=1 DUT forwards packets between vhost/memif and physical
 interfaces. For N>1 DUT a logical service chain forwarding topology is


@@ -104,9 +104,14 @@ much higher dependency on intensive memory operations and sensitivity to Linux
 kernel scheduler settings and behaviour, this estimation may not always yield
 good enough accuracy.
 
 kernel scheduler settings and behaviour, this estimation may not always yield
 good enough accuracy.
 

-For detailed :abbr:`LF (Linux Foundation)` FD.io test bed specification and
-physical topology please refer to `LF FD.io CSIT testbed wiki page
-<https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT/CSIT_LF_testbed>`_.
+For detailed FD.io CSIT testbed specification and topology, as well as
+configuration and setup of SUTs and DUTs testbeds please refer to
+:ref:`test_environment`.
+
+Similar SUT compute node and DUT VPP settings can be arrived to in a
+standalone VPP setup by using a `vpp-config configuration tool
+<https://wiki.fd.io/view/VPP/Configuration_Tool>`_ developed within the
+VPP project using CSIT recommended settings and scripts.

 
 Performance Tests Coverage
 --------------------------
 
 Performance Tests Coverage
 --------------------------


@@ -157,7 +162,7 @@ CSIT |release| includes following performance test suites, listed per NIC type:
     number of users and ports per user.
   - **Container memif connections** - VPP memif virtual interface tests to
     interconnect VPP instances with L2XC and L2BD.
     number of users and ports per user.
   - **Container memif connections** - VPP memif virtual interface tests to
     interconnect VPP instances with L2XC and L2BD.

-  - **Container Orchestrated Topologies** - Container topologies connected over
+  - **Container K8s Orchestrated Topologies** - Container topologies connected over

     the memif virtual interface.
 
 - 2port40GE XL710 Intel
     the memif virtual interface.
 
 - 2port40GE XL710 Intel


@@ -170,10 +175,14 @@ CSIT |release| includes following performance test suites, listed per NIC type:
   - **VMs with vhost-user** - virtual topologies with 1 VM and service chains
     of 2 VMs using vhost-user interfaces, with VPP forwarding modes incl. L2
     Cross-Connect, L2 Bridge-Domain, VXLAN with L2BD, IPv4 routed-forwarding.
   - **VMs with vhost-user** - virtual topologies with 1 VM and service chains
     of 2 VMs using vhost-user interfaces, with VPP forwarding modes incl. L2
     Cross-Connect, L2 Bridge-Domain, VXLAN with L2BD, IPv4 routed-forwarding.

-  - **IPSec** - IPSec encryption with AES-GCM, CBC-SHA1 ciphers, in combination
-    with IPv4 routed-forwarding.
+  - **IPSecSW** - IPSec encryption with AES-GCM, CBC-SHA1 ciphers, in
+    combination with IPv4 routed-forwarding.
+  - **IPSecHW** - IPSec encryption with AES-GCM, CBC-SHA1 ciphers, in
+    combination with IPv4 routed-forwarding. Intel QAT HW acceleration.

   - **IPSec+LISP** - IPSec encryption with CBC-SHA1 ciphers, in combination
     with LISP-GPE overlay tunneling for IPv4-over-IPv4.
   - **IPSec+LISP** - IPSec encryption with CBC-SHA1 ciphers, in combination
     with LISP-GPE overlay tunneling for IPv4-over-IPv4.

+  - **VPP TCP/IP stack** - VPP builtin TCP based HTTP server. WRK traffic
+    generator is used.

 
 - 2port10GE X710 Intel
 
 
 - 2port10GE X710 Intel
 


@@ -394,7 +403,7 @@ TRex is installed and run on the TG compute node. The typical procedure is:
 - TRex is started in the background mode
   ::
 
 - TRex is started in the background mode
   ::
 

-  $ sh -c 'cd /opt/trex-core-2.25/scripts/ && sudo nohup ./t-rex-64 -i -c 7 --iom 0 > /dev/null 2>&1 &' > /dev/null
+  $ sh -c 'cd <t-rex-install-dir>/scripts/ && sudo nohup ./t-rex-64 -i -c 7 --iom 0 > /tmp/trex.log 2>&1 &' > /dev/null

 
 - There are traffic streams dynamically prepared for each test, based on traffic
   profiles. The traffic is sent and the statistics obtained using
 
 - There are traffic streams dynamically prepared for each test, based on traffic
   profiles. The traffic is sent and the statistics obtained using