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+CSIT Test Naming
+================
+
+Background
+----------
+
+CSIT |release| follows a common structured naming convention for all
+performance and system functional tests, introduced in CSIT |release-1|.
+
+The naming should be intuitive for majority of the tests. Complete
+description of CSIT test naming convention is provided on
+`CSIT test naming wiki page <https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT/csit-test-naming>`_.
+Below few illustrative examples of the naming usage for test suites across CSIT
+performance, functional and Honeycomb management test areas.
+
+Naming Convention
+-----------------
+
+The CSIT approach is to use tree naming convention and to encode following
+testing information into test suite and test case names:
+
+#. packet network port configuration
+
+ * port type, physical or virtual;
+ * number of ports;
+ * NIC model, if applicable;
+ * port-NIC locality, if applicable;
+
+#. packet encapsulations;
+
+#. VPP packet processing
+
+ * packet forwarding mode;
+ * packet processing function(s);
+
+#. packet forwarding path
+
+ * if present, network functions (processes, containers, VMs) and their
+ topology within the computer;
+
+#. main measured variable, type of test.
+
+Proposed convention is to encode ports and NICs on the left (underlay),
+followed by outer-most frame header, then other stacked headers up to the
+header processed by vSwitch-VPP, then VPP forwarding function, then encap on
+vhost interface, number of vhost interfaces, number of VMs. If chained VMs
+present, they get added on the right. Test topology is expected to be
+symmetric, in other words packets enter and leave SUT through ports specified
+on the left of the test name. Here some examples to illustrate the convention
+followed by the complete legend, and tables mapping the new test filenames to
+old ones.
+
+Naming Examples
+---------------
+
+CSIT test suite naming examples (filename.robot) for common tested VPP
+topologies:
+
+1. **Physical port to physical port - a.k.a. NIC-to-NIC, Phy-to-Phy, P2P**
+
+ * *PortNICConfig-WireEncapsulation-PacketForwardingFunction-
+ PacketProcessingFunction1-...-PacketProcessingFunctionN-TestType*
+ * *10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrdisc.robot* => 2 ports of 10GE on Intel
+ x520 NIC, dot1q tagged Ethernet, L2 bridge-domain baseline switching with
+ MAC learning, NDR throughput discovery.
+ * *10ge2p1x520-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrchk.robot* => 2 ports of 10GE on
+ Intel x520 NIC, IPv4 VXLAN Ethernet, L2 bridge-domain baseline switching
+ with MAC learning, NDR throughput discovery.
+ * *10ge2p1x520-ethip4-ip4base-ndrdisc.robot* => 2 ports of 10GE on Intel x520
+ NIC, IPv4 baseline routed forwarding, NDR throughput discovery.
+ * *10ge2p1x520-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrdisc.robot* => 2 ports of 10GE on Intel
+ x520 NIC, IPv6 scaled up routed forwarding, NDR throughput discovery.
+ * *10ge2p1x520-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc.robot* => 2 ports of 10GE on
+ Intel x520 NIC, IPv4 baseline routed forwarding, ingress Access Control
+ Lists baseline matching on destination, NDR throughput discovery.
+ * *40ge2p1vic1385-ethip4-ip4base-ndrdisc.robot* => 2 ports of 40GE on Cisco
+ vic1385 NIC, IPv4 baseline routed forwarding, NDR throughput discovery.
+ * *eth2p-ethip4-ip4base-func.robot* => 2 ports of Ethernet, IPv4 baseline
+ routed forwarding, functional tests.
+
+2. **Physical port to VM (or VM chain) to physical port - a.k.a. NIC2VM2NIC,
+ P2V2P, NIC2VMchain2NIC, P2V2V2P**
+
+ * *PortNICConfig-WireEncapsulation-PacketForwardingFunction-
+ PacketProcessingFunction1-...-PacketProcessingFunctionN-VirtEncapsulation-
+ VirtPortConfig-VMconfig-TestType*
+ * *10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot* => 2 ports
+ of 10GE on Intel x520 NIC, dot1q tagged Ethernet, L2 bridge-domain switching
+ to/from two vhost interfaces and one VM, NDR throughput discovery.
+ * *10ge2p1x520-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot* => 2
+ ports of 10GE on Intel x520 NIC, IPv4 VXLAN Ethernet, L2 bridge-domain
+ switching to/from two vhost interfaces and one VM, NDR throughput discovery.
+ * *10ge2p1x520-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-4vhost-2vm-ndrdisc.robot* => 2
+ ports of 10GE on Intel x520 NIC, IPv4 VXLAN Ethernet, L2 bridge-domain
+ switching to/from four vhost interfaces and two VMs, NDR throughput
+ discovery.
+ * *eth2p-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-func.robot* => 2 ports of
+ Ethernet, IPv4 VXLAN Ethernet, L2 bridge-domain switching to/from two vhost
+ interfaces and one VM, functional tests.
+
+3. **API CRUD tests - Create (Write), Read (Retrieve), Update (Modify), Delete
+ (Destroy) operations for configuration and operational data**
+
+ * *ManagementTestKeyword-ManagementOperation-ManagedFunction1-...-
+ ManagedFunctionN-ManagementAPI1-ManagementAPIN-TestType*
+ * *mgmt-cfg-lisp-apivat-func* => configuration of LISP with VAT API calls,
+ functional tests.
+ * *mgmt-cfg-l2bd-apihc-apivat-func* => configuration of L2 Bridge-Domain with
+ Honeycomb API and VAT API calls, functional tests.
+ * *mgmt-oper-int-apihcnc-func* => reading status and operational data of
+ interface with Honeycomb NetConf API calls, functional tests.
+ * *mgmt-cfg-int-tap-apihcnc-func* => configuration of tap interfaces with
+ Honeycomb NetConf API calls, functional tests.
+ * *mgmt-notif-int-subint-apihcnc-func* => notifications of interface and
+ sub-interface events with Honeycomb NetConf Notifications, functional tests.
+
+For complete description of CSIT test naming convention please refer to `CSIT
+test naming wiki page <https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT/csit-test-naming>`_.
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