Changes in |csit-release|
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-#. **DPDK release version change**
+#. TEST FRAMEWORK
- - |csit-release| tested DPDK-18.05, as used by |vpp-release|.
+ - **Upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS**: Re-installed base operating system
+ to Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS. Upgrade included also baseline Docker
+ containers used for spawning topology.
-#. **DPDK performance tests**
+ - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 7, see
+ :ref:`test_environment_versioning`.
- - **MRR Throughput**: MRR (Maximum Receive Rate) test code has now
- configurable trial duration and number of consecutive executions.
- Coverage of MRR tests has been extended across more test
- scenarios. MRR tests are used for continuous performance trending.
+#. DPDK RELEASE VERSION CHANGE
- - **MLRsearch Throughput**: MLRsearch algorithm has been introduced
- for all NDR and PDR throughput tests. All tests that previously
- used binary search got converted to MLRsearch. Coverage of NDR/PDR
- tests has been extended across more test scenarios.
+ - |csit-release| tested |dpdk-release|, as used by |vpp-release|.
- - **2-Node Tests**: A new set of 2-node tests covering DPDK Testpmd
- and L3fwd, running on new Xeon Skylake testbeds.
-
- - **More NICs**: Increased coverage of NIC models tested: Intel-
- xxv710-da2, Intel-x710-da4.
-
- - **Generated tests**: Simplified and unified test structure, semi-
- autogenerated by generator script. Test generator is currently
- able to create test combinations with various frame size and
- cores combinations. All existing test cases were converted to new
- format.
-
-#. **Presentation and Analytics Layer**
-
- - **Performance trending**: Added continuous performance trending with
- anomaly detection and analysis for DPDK.
+.. _dpdk_known_issues:
Known Issues
------------
-No known issues.
+List of known issues in |csit-release| for DPDK performance tests:
+
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+| # | JiraID | Issue Description |
++====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
+| 1 | `CSIT-1762 | TRex reports link DOWN in case of dpdk testpmd tests on FD.io CSIT Denverton systems (2n-dnv and 3n-dnv). |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1762>`_ | |
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