a DUT application (e.g. VPP, DPDK), are determined by testing it in the
same test environment, to avoid test environment changes clouding the
picture.
+To beter distinguish impact of test environment changes,
+we also execute tests without any SUT (just with TRex TG sending packets
+over a link looping back to TG).
A mirror approach is introduced to determine benchmarking anomalies due
to the test environment change. This is achieved by testing the same DUT
<https://git.fd.io/csit/tree/docs/lab/testbeds_sm_skx_hw_bios_cfg.md#n556>`_.
- **Linux** Server Linux OS version and configuration, tracked in CSIT
Reports in `SUT Settings
- <https://docs.fd.io/csit/master/report/vpp_performance_tests/test_environment.html#sut-settings-linux>`_
+ <https://s3-docs.fd.io/csit/master/report/vpp_performance_tests/test_environment.html#sut-settings-linux>`_
and `Pre-Test Server Calibration
- <https://docs.fd.io/csit/master/report/vpp_performance_tests/test_environment.html#pre-test-server-calibration>`_.
+ <https://s3-docs.fd.io/csit/master/report/vpp_performance_tests/test_environment.html#id21>`_.
- **TRex** TRex Traffic Generator version, drivers and configuration
tracked in `TG Settings
- <https://docs.fd.io/csit/master/report/vpp_performance_tests/test_environment.html#tg-settings-trex>`_.
+ <https://s3-docs.fd.io/csit/master/report/vpp_performance_tests/test_environment.html#tg-settings-trex>`_.
- **CSIT** CSIT framework code tracked in CSIT release branches.
Following is the list of CSIT versions to date:
- The main change is TRex version upgrade:
`increase from 2.82 to 2.86 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/c/csit/+/29980>`_.
-
-
-To identify performance changes due to VPP code development between previous
-and current VPP release version, both have been tested in CSIT environment of
-latest version and compared against each other. All substantial progressions and
-regressions have been marked up with RCA analysis. See
-:ref:`vpp_throughput_comparisons` and :ref:`vpp_known_issues`.
-
-Physical Testbeds
------------------
-
-FD.io CSIT performance tests are executed in physical testbeds hosted by
-:abbr:`LF (Linux Foundation)` for FD.io project. Two physical testbed
-topology types are used:
-
-- **3-Node Topology**: Consisting of two servers acting as SUTs
- (Systems Under Test) and one server as TG (Traffic Generator), all
- connected in ring topology.
-- **2-Node Topology**: Consisting of one server acting as SUTs and one
- server as TG both connected in ring topology.
-
-Tested SUT servers are based on a range of processors including Intel
-Xeon Haswell-SP, Intel Xeon Skylake-SP, Intel Xeon Cascade Lake-SP, Arm,
-Intel Atom. More detailed description is provided in
-:ref:`tested_physical_topologies`. Tested logical topologies are
-described in :ref:`tested_logical_topologies`.
-
-Server Specifications
----------------------
-
-Complete technical specifications of compute servers used in CSIT
-physical testbeds are maintained in FD.io CSIT repository:
-`FD.io CSIT testbeds - Xeon Cascade Lake`_,
-`FD.io CSIT testbeds - Xeon Skylake, Arm, Atom`_ and
-`FD.io CSIT Testbeds - Xeon Haswell`_.
+- Ver. 7 associated with CSIT rls2106 branch (`HW
+ <https://git.fd.io/csit/tree/docs/lab?h=rls2106>`_, `Linux
+ <https://s3-docs.fd.io/csit/rls2106/report/vpp_performance_tests/test_environment.html#sut-settings-linux>`_,
+ `TRex
+ <https://s3-docs.fd.io/csit/rls2106/report/vpp_performance_tests/test_environment.html#tg-settings-trex>`_,
+ `CSIT <https://git.fd.io/csit/tree/?h=rls2106>`_).
+
+ - TRex version upgrade:
+ `increase from 2.86 to 2.88 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/c/csit/+/31652>`_.
+ - Ubuntu upgrade:
+ `upgrade from 18.04 LTS to 20.04.2 LTS <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/c/csit/+/31290>`_.
+- Ver. 8 associated with CSIT rls2110 branch (`HW
+ <https://git.fd.io/csit/tree/docs/lab?h=rls2110>`_, `Linux
+ <https://s3-docs.fd.io/csit/rls2110/report/vpp_performance_tests/test_environment.html#sut-settings-linux>`_,
+ `TRex
+ <https://s3-docs.fd.io/csit/rls2110/report/vpp_performance_tests/test_environment.html#tg-settings-trex>`_,
+ `CSIT <https://git.fd.io/csit/tree/?h=rls2110>`_).
+
+ - Intel NIC 700/800 series firmware upgrade based on DPDK compatibility
+ matrix.
+- Ver. 9 associated with CSIT rls2202 branch (`HW
+ <https://git.fd.io/csit/tree/docs/lab?h=rls2202>`_, `Linux
+ <https://s3-docs.fd.io/csit/rls2202/report/vpp_performance_tests/test_environment.html#sut-settings-linux>`_,
+ `TRex
+ <https://s3-docs.fd.io/csit/rls2202/report/vpp_performance_tests/test_environment.html#tg-settings-trex>`_,
+ `CSIT <https://git.fd.io/csit/tree/?h=rls2202>`_).
+
+ - Intel NIC 700/800 series firmware upgrade based on DPDK compatibility
+ matrix.
+- Ver. 10 associated with CSIT rls2206 branch (`HW
+ <https://git.fd.io/csit/tree/docs/lab?h=rls2206>`_, `Linux
+ <https://s3-docs.fd.io/csit/rls2206/report/vpp_performance_tests/test_environment.html#sut-settings-linux>`_,
+ `TRex
+ <https://s3-docs.fd.io/csit/rls2206/report/vpp_performance_tests/test_environment.html#tg-settings-trex>`_,
+ `CSIT <https://git.fd.io/csit/tree/?h=rls2206>`_).
+
+ - Intel NIC 700/800 series firmware upgrade based on DPDK compatibility
+ matrix.
+ - Mellanox 556A series firmware upgrade based on DPDK compatibility
+ matrix.
+ - Intel IceLake all core turbo frequency turned off. Current base frequency
+ is 2.6GHz.
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