X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Freport%2Fvpp_performance_tests%2Foverview.rst;h=bb2ff6cdf1d6e15c8996d75b7936421d8fc0927d;hb=77aab6dd6234975f7d9666b2d29b24e8cb7c4326;hp=7eb8235b8f0080af0ed1113fcaa981baa7a7a8af;hpb=903cb9f7dd664c5bc87f3295dd600d6cb23bf8ca;p=csit.git diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/overview.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/overview.rst index 7eb8235b8f..bb2ff6cdf1 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/overview.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/overview.rst @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ Overview ======== +VPP performance test results are reported for a range of processors. For description of physical testbeds used for VPP performance tests please refer to :ref:`tested_physical_topologies`. @@ -257,27 +258,32 @@ topologies and configurations: - One-Way Packet Latency: measured at different offered packet loads: - - 100% of discovered NDR throughput. - - 100% of discovered PDR throughput. + - 90% of discovered PDR throughput. + - 50% of discovered PDR throughput. + - 10% of discovered PDR throughput. + - Minimal offered load. - Maximum Receive Rate (MRR): measure packet forwarding rate under the maximum load offered by traffic generator over a set trial duration, regardless of packet loss. Maximum load for specified Ethernet frame - size is set to the bi-directional link rate. + size is set to the bi-directional link rate, unless there is a known + limitation preventing Traffic Generator from achieving the line rate. -|csit-release| includes following performance test areas covered across -a range of NIC drivers and NIC models: +|csit-release| includes following VPP data plane functionality +performance tested across a range of NIC drivers and NIC models: +-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ -| Test Area | Description | +| Functionality | Description | +=======================+==============================================+ | ACL | L2 Bridge-Domain switching and | | | IPv4and IPv6 routing with iACL and oACL IP | | | address, MAC address and L4 port security. | +-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ -| COP | IPv4 and IPv6 routing with COP address | +| ADL | IPv4 and IPv6 routing with ADL address | | | security. | +-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ +| GENEVE | GENEVE tunnels for IPv4 routing. | ++-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | IPv4 | IPv4 routing. | +-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | IPv6 | IPv6 routing. | @@ -288,7 +294,11 @@ a range of NIC drivers and NIC models: | IPv6 Scale | IPv6 routing with 20k, 200k and 2M FIB | | | entries. | +-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ -| IPSecHW | IPSec encryption with AES-GCM, CBC-SHA1 | +| IPSecAsyncHW | IPSec encryption with AES-GCM, CBC-SHA-256 | +| | ciphers in async mode, in combination with | +| | IPv4 routing. Intel QAT HW acceleration. | ++-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ +| IPSecHW | IPSec encryption with AES-GCM, CBC-SHA-256 | | | ciphers, in combination with IPv4 routing. | | | Intel QAT HW acceleration. | +-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ @@ -296,15 +306,11 @@ a range of NIC drivers and NIC models: | | combination with LISP-GPE overlay tunneling | | | for IPv4-over-IPv4. | +-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ -| IPSecSW | IPSec encryption with AES-GCM, CBC-SHA1 | +| IPSecSW | IPSec encryption with AES-GCM, CBC-SHA-256 | | | ciphers, in combination with IPv4 routing. | +-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ -| K8s Containers Memif | K8s orchestrated container VPP service chain | -| | topologies connected over the memif virtual | -| | interface. | -+-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | KVM VMs vhost-user | Virtual topologies with service | -| | chains of 1 and 2 VMs using vhost-user | +| | chains of 1 VM using vhost-user | | | interfaces, with different VPP forwarding | | | modes incl. L2XC, L2BD, VXLAN with L2BD, | | | IPv4 routing. | @@ -331,9 +337,10 @@ a range of NIC drivers and NIC models: | Memif | with different VPP forwarding modes incl. | | | L2XC, L2BD. | +-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ -| NAT | (Source) Network Address Translation tests | -| | with varying number of users and ports per | -| | user. | +| NAT44 | (Source) Network Address Translation | +| | deterministic mode and endpoint-dependent | +| | mode tests with varying number of users and | +| | ports per user for IPv4. | +-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | QoS Policer | Ingress packet rate measuring, marking and | | | limiting (IPv4). | @@ -343,6 +350,10 @@ a range of NIC drivers and NIC models: | VPP TCP/IP stack | Tests of VPP TCP/IP stack used with VPP | | | built-in HTTP server. | +-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ +| VTS | Virtual Topology System use case tests | +| | combining VXLAN overlay tunneling with L2BD, | +| | ACL and KVM VM vhost-user features. | ++-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ | VXLAN | VXLAN overlay tunnelling integration with | | | L2XC and L2BD. | +-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ @@ -356,7 +367,7 @@ Performance Tests Naming ------------------------ FD.io |csit-release| follows a common structured naming convention for -all performance and system functional tests, introduced in CSIT-17.01. +all performance and system functional tests. The naming should be intuitive for majority of the tests. Complete description of FD.io CSIT test naming convention is provided on