X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Freport%2Fintroduction%2Ftest_environment_intro.rst;h=c1ab7ea6ad8569d35f27ce30864556336ab4646a;hb=HEAD;hp=3b7793f64499d8adbd4c879b16d3f603d91954e2;hpb=30a988b35c6d66a11b5ec2f2c77c741dc942594e;p=csit.git diff --git a/docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst b/docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 3b7793f644..0000000000 --- a/docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,71 +0,0 @@ -Test Environment -================ - -Environment Versioning ----------------------- - -In order to determine any benchmark anomalies (progressions, -regressions) between releases of a specific data-plane DUT application -(e.g. VPP, DPDK), the DUT needs to be tested in the same test -environment, to avoid test environment changes impacting the results and -clouding the picture. - -In order to enable test system evolution, a mirror scheme is required to -determine benchmarking anomalies between releases of specific test -system like CSIT. This is achieved by testing the same DUT application -version between releases of CSIT test system. - -CSIT test environment versioning scheme ensures integrity of all the -test system components, including their HW revisions, compiled SW code -versions and SW source code, within a specific CSIT version. Components -included in the CSIT environment versioning include: - -- Server hosts hardware firmware and BIOS (motherboard, processsor, - NIC(s), accelerator card(s)). -- Server host Linux operating system versions. -- Server host Linux configuration. -- TRex Traffic Generator version, drivers and configuration. -- CSIT framework code. - -Following is the list of CSIT versions to date: - -- Ver. 1 associated with CSIT rls1908 git branch as of 2019-08-21. -- Ver. 2 associated with CSIT rls2001 git branch as of 2020-03-27. -- Ver. 3 interim associated with master branch as of 2020-xx-xx. -- Ver. 4 associated with CSIT rls2005 git branch as of 2020-06-24. - -To identify performance changes due to VPP code changes from v20.01.0 to -v20.05.0, both have been tested in CSIT environment ver. 4 and compared -against each other. All substantial progressions has been marked up with -RCA analysis. See Current vs Previous Release and Known Issues. - -CSIT environment ver. 4 has been evaluated against the ver. 2 by -benchmarking VPP v20.01.0 in both environment versions. - -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`_.