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, Arm, Intel Atom. More detailed
-description is provided in
+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`.
---------------------
Complete technical specifications of compute servers used in CSIT
-physical testbeds are maintained on FD.io wiki pages: `CSIT/Testbeds:
-Xeon Hsw, VIRL
-<https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT/Testbeds:_Xeon_Hsw,_VIRL.#FD.io_CSIT_testbeds_-_Xeon_Haswell.2C_VIRL>`_
-and `CSIT Testbeds: Xeon Skx, Arm, Atom
-<https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT/Testbeds:_Xeon_Skx,_Arm,_Atom.#Server_Specification>`_.
+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`_.
Pre-Test Server Calibration
---------------------------
is part of FD.io CSIT pre-test activities, and includes measuring and
reporting following:
-#. System level core jitter – measure duration of core interrupts by
+#. System level core jitter - measure duration of core interrupts by
Linux in clock cycles and how often interrupts happen. Using
`CPU core jitter tool <https://git.fd.io/pma_tools/tree/jitter>`_.
-#. Memory bandwidth – measure bandwidth with `Intel MLC tool
+#. Memory bandwidth - measure bandwidth with `Intel MLC tool
<https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intelr-memory-latency-checker>`_.
-#. Memory latency – measure memory latency with Intel MLC tool.
+#. Memory latency - measure memory latency with Intel MLC tool.
-#. Cache latency at all levels (L1, L2, and Last Level Cache) – measure
+#. Cache latency at all levels (L1, L2, and Last Level Cache) - measure
cache latency with Intel MLC tool.
Measured values of listed parameters are especially important for
system instances. Generally they come useful as a background data for
comparing data plane performance results across disparate servers.
-Following sections include measured calibration data for Intel Xeon
-Haswell and Intel Xeon Skylake testbeds.
+Following sections include measured calibration data for testbeds.