-CSIT TAGs
+CSIT Tags
=========
All CSIT test cases are labelled with Robot Framework tags used to allow for
easy test case type identification, test case grouping and selection for
-execution. Following sections list currently used CSIT TAGs and their
-documentation.
+execution. Following sections list currently used CSIT tags and their
+descriptions.
-Topology TAGs
--------------
+Testbed Topology Tags
+---------------------
.. topic:: 2_NODE_DOUBLE_LINK_TOPO
3 nodes connected in a circular topology with at least one link
interconnecting devices.
-Objective TAGs
+Objective Tags
--------------
.. topic:: SKIP_PATCH
Test case(s) marked to not run in case of vpp-csit-verify (i.e. VPP patch).
-Environment TAGs
+Environment Tags
----------------
.. topic:: HW_ENV
DUTs with VPP and capable of running Virtual Machine.
-NIC model tags
+NIC Model Tags
--------------
.. topic:: NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
VIC-1385 by Cisco.
-Scaling TAGs
+Scaling Tags
------------
.. topic:: FIB_20K
Traffic stream with 100 000 unique flows (100 IPs/users x 1000 UDP ports) in
one direction.
-Tags marking functional vs. performance of tests
-------------------------------------------------
+Test Category Tags
+------------------
.. topic:: FUNCTEST
All performance test cases.
-Performance testing tags
-------------------------
+Performance Type Tags
+---------------------
.. topic:: NDRPDR
and reports total sent/received packets over trial duration.
The result is an average of 10 trials of 1 second duration.
-Ethernet frame size tags for performance tests
-----------------------------------------------
+.. topic:: SOAK
+
+ Performance tests using PLRsearch to find the critical load.
+
+Ethernet Frame Size Tags
+------------------------
.. topic:: 64B
9000B frames used for test.
-Test type tags
+Test Type Tags
--------------
.. topic:: BASE
Tests which use HTTP.
-Forwarding mode tags
+.. topic:: NF_DENSITY
+
+ Performance tests that measure throughput of multiple VNF and CNF
+ service topologies at different service densities.
+
+NF Service Density Tags
+-----------------------
+
+.. topic:: CHAIN
+
+ NF service density tests with VNF or CNF service chain topology(ies).
+
+.. topic:: PIPE
+
+ NF service density tests with CNF service pipeline topology(ies).
+
+.. topic:: NF_L3FWDIP4
+
+ NF service density tests with DPDK l3fwd IPv4 routing as NF workload.
+
+.. topic:: NF_VPPIP4
+
+ NF service density tests with VPP IPv4 routing as NF workload.
+
+.. topic:: {r}R{c}C
+
+ Service density matrix locator {r}R{c}C, {r}Row denoting number of
+ service instances, {c}Column denoting number of NFs per service
+ instance. {r}=(1,2,4,6,8,10), {c}=(1,2,4,6,8,10).
+
+Forwarding Mode Tags
--------------------
.. topic:: L2BDMACSTAT
VPP IPv6 routed forwarding.
-Underlay tags
+Underlay Tags
-------------
.. topic:: IP4UNRLAY
MPLS underlay.
-Overlay tags
+Overlay Tags
------------
.. topic:: L2OVRLAY
IPv6 overlay (IPv6 payload).
-Tagging tags
+Tagging Tags
------------
.. topic:: DOT1Q
All test cases with dot1ad.
-Encapsulation tags
+Encapsulation Tags
------------------
.. topic:: ETH
All test cases with Segment routing over IPv6 dataplane.
-Interface tags
+Interface Tags
--------------
.. topic:: PHY
devices. In essence, today this driver can be used only with Intel
XL710 / X710 / XXV710 adapters.
-Feature tags
+Feature Tags
------------
.. topic:: IACLDST
SRv6 endpoint to SR-unaware appliance via masquerading proxy.
-Encryption tags
+Encryption Tags
---------------
.. topic:: IPSECSW
IPSec in tunnel mode.
-Client-workload tags
+Client-Workload Tags
--------------------
.. topic:: VM
All test cases which use Linux container and LXC utils.
+.. topic:: DRC
+
+ All test cases which use at least one Docker container.
+
.. topic:: DOCKER
All test cases which use Docker as container manager.
All test cases with specific APP use.
-Container orchestration tags
+Container Orchestration Tags
----------------------------
.. topic:: K8S
4 VPP running in 4 Docker containers acting as VNF work load.
-Multi-threading tags
+Multi-Threading Tags
--------------------
.. topic:: STHREAD
physical cores. 4 receive queues per interface. Main thread pinned to core
1.
-Honeycomb tags
+Honeycomb Tags
--------------
.. topic:: HC_FUNC