X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Freport%2Fintroduction%2Ftest_environment_intro.rst;h=4f96c6237be9c8bb6dc6ba224ca1c8150eaf5d43;hb=38c3ff73f5cbc0124782c7c7d235ba36f57872ae;hp=c1ab7ea6ad8569d35f27ce30864556336ab4646a;hpb=2072a56eeca53f00cff1b5d888d24f7271ae1fb4;p=csit.git diff --git a/docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst b/docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst index c1ab7ea6ad..4f96c6237b 100644 --- a/docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst +++ b/docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst @@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ Any benchmark anomalies (progressions, regressions) between releases of 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 @@ -32,12 +35,12 @@ included in the CSIT environment versioning include: `_. - **Linux** Server Linux OS version and configuration, tracked in CSIT Reports in `SUT Settings - `_ + `_ and `Pre-Test Server Calibration - `_. + `_. - **TRex** TRex Traffic Generator version, drivers and configuration tracked in `TG Settings - `_. + `_. - **CSIT** CSIT framework code tracked in CSIT release branches. Following is the list of CSIT versions to date: @@ -81,45 +84,41 @@ Following is the list of CSIT versions to date: `increase from 2.82 to 2.86 `_. - Ver. 7 associated with CSIT rls2106 branch (`HW `_, `Linux - `_, + `_, `TRex - `_, + `_, `CSIT `_). - TRex version upgrade: `increase from 2.86 to 2.88 `_. - Ubuntu upgrade: `upgrade from 18.04 LTS to 20.04.2 LTS `_. +- Ver. 8 associated with CSIT rls2110 branch (`HW + `_, `Linux + `_, + `TRex + `_, + `CSIT `_). + + - Intel NIC 700/800 series firmware upgrade based on DPDK compatibility + matrix. +- Ver. 9 associated with CSIT rls2202 branch (`HW + `_, `Linux + `_, + `TRex + `_, + `CSIT `_). + + - Intel NIC 700/800 series firmware upgrade based on DPDK compatibility + matrix. +- Ver. 10 associated with CSIT rls2206 branch (`HW + `_, `Linux + `_, + `TRex + `_, + `CSIT `_). -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 -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`_. \ No newline at end of file + - Intel NIC 700/800 series firmware upgrade based on DPDK compatibility + matrix. + - Mellanox 556A series firmware upgrade based on DPDK compatibility + matrix. \ No newline at end of file