docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst

   1 CSIT Release Notes\r
   2 ==================\r
   3 \r
   4 Changes in CSIT |release|\r
   5 -------------------------\r
   6 \r
   7 #. VPP performance test environment changes\r
   8 \r
   9     - Further VM and vhost-user test environment optimizations - Qemu virtio\r
  10       queue size increased from default value of 256 to 1024.\r
  11     - Addition of HW cryptodev devices in all three LF FD.io physical testbeds.\r
  12 \r
  13 #. Added tests\r
  14 \r
  15     - CGNAT\r
  16 \r
  17       - Carrier Grade Network Address Translation tests with varying number\r
  18         of users and ports per user: 1u-15p, 10u-15p, 100u-15p, 1000u-15p,\r
  19         2000u-15p, 4000u-15p - with Intel x520 NIC.\r
  20 \r
  21     - vhost-user tests with one VM\r
  22 \r
  23       - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x710 NIC, Intel x520 NIC,\r
  24         Intel xl710 NIC.\r
  25       - VXLAN and L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC.\r
  26 \r
  27     - vhost-user tests with two VM service chain\r
  28 \r
  29       - L2 cross-connect switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC, Intel xl710 NIC.\r
  30       - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC, Intel xl710 NIC.\r
  31       - IPv4 routed-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC, Intel xl710 NIC.\r
  32 \r
  33     - IPSec encryption with\r
  34 \r
  35       - AES-GCM, CBC-SHA1 ciphers, in combination with IPv4 routed-forwarding\r
  36         with Intel xl710 NIC.\r
  37       - CBC-SHA1 ciphers, in combination with LISP-GPE overlay tunneling for\r
  38         IPv4-over-IPv4 with Intel xl710 NIC.\r
  39 \r
  40 Performance Improvements\r
  41 ------------------------\r
  42 \r
  43 Some performance improvements in measured packet throughput have been observed\r
  44 in a number of CSIT |release| tests listed below. Relative improvements are\r
  45 calculated against the test results in CSIT rls1701 report. VPP-16.09 and\r
  46 VPP-17.01 numbers are provided for reference.\r
  47 \r
  48 NDR Throughput\r
  49 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
  50 \r
  51 Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests:\r
  52 \r
  53 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  54 | VPP Functionality | Test Name                                                       | VPP-16.09  | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04  |\r
  55 |                   |                                                                 |   [Mpps]   |  [Mpps]   |   [Mpps]  | Relative Change |\r
  56 +===================+=================================================================+============+===========+===========+=================+\r
  57 | L2XC              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc                      | 9.4        | 12.7      | 13.4      | 6%              |\r
  58 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  59 | L2XC              | 10ge2p1xl710: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc                     | 9.5        | 12.2      | 12.4      | 2%              |\r
  60 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  61 | L2XC dot1ad       | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-ndrdisc                   | 7.4        | 8.8       | 9.3       | 6%              |\r
  62 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  63 | L2XC dot1q        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-ndrdisc                    | 7.5        | 8.8       | 9.2       | 5%              |\r
  64 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  65 | L2XC VxLAN        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-ndrdisc              | 5.4        | 6.5       | 6.8       | 5%              |\r
  66 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  67 | L2XC-vhost-VM     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc       | 0.5        | 2.8       | 3.2       | 14%             |\r
  68 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  69 | L2BD              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrdisc                | 7.8        | 10.4      | 10.8      | 4%              |\r
  70 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  71 | L2BD-vhost-VM     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.4        | 2.7       | 3.4       | 26%             |\r
  72 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  73 | IPv4              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrdisc                    | 8.7        | 9.7       | 10.6      | 9%              |\r
  74 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  75 | IPv4 COP          | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc     | 7.1        | 8.3       | 9.0       | 8%              |\r
  76 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  77 | IPv4 iAcl         | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc        | 6.9        | 7.6       | 8.3       | 9%              |\r
  78 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  79 | IPv4 vhost        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc     | 0.3        | 2.6       | 3.1       | 19%             |\r
  80 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  81 | IPv6              | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrdisc                    | 3.0        | 7.3       | 8.1       | 11%             |\r
  82 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  83 \r
  84 PDR Throughput\r
  85 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
  86 \r
  87 Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%:\r
  88 \r
  89 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  90 | VPP Functionality | Test Name                                                       | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04  |\r
  91 |                   |                                                                 |   [Mpps]  |  [Mpps]   |   [Mpps]  | Relative Change |\r
  92 +===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=================+\r
  93 | L2XC              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-pdrdisc                      | 9.4       | 12.7      | 13.4      | 6%              |\r
  94 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  95 | L2XC dot1ad       | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-pdrdisc                   | 7.4       | 8.8       | 9.3       | 6%              |\r
  96 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  97 | L2XC dot1q        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-pdrdisc                    | 7.5       | 8.8       | 9.5       | 8%              |\r
  98 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  99 | L2XC VxLAN        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-pdrdisc              | 5.4       | 6.5       | 6.8       | 5%              |\r
 100 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 101 | L2XC-vhost-VM     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc       | 2.6       | 3.2       | 3.2       | 0%              |\r
 102 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 103 | L2BD              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc                | 7.8       | 10.6      | 11.1      | 5%              |\r
 104 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 105 | L2BD-vhost-VM     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.1       | 2.9       | 3.2       | 10%             |\r
 106 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 107 | IPv4              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-pdrdisc                    | 8.7       | 9.7       | 10.6      | 9%              |\r
 108 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 109 | IPv4 COP          | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc     | 7.1       | 8.3       | 9.2       | 11%             |\r
 110 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 111 | IPv4 iAcl         | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc        | 7.1       | 7.6       | 8.3       | 9%              |\r
 112 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 113 | IPv4 vhost        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc     | 2.0       | 2.7       | 3.2       | 19%             |\r
 114 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 115 | IPv6              | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-pdrdisc                    | 7.7       | 7.3       | 8.1       | 11%             |\r
 116 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 117 \r
 118 Measured improvements are in line with VPP code optimizations listed in\r
 119 `VPP-17.04 release notes\r
 120 <https://docs.fd.io/vpp/17.04/release_notes_1704.html>`_.\r
 121 \r
 122 Additionally, vhost-VM performance improvements are due to both VPP code\r
 123 optimizations as well as due to the FD.io CSIT Linux KVM test environment\r
 124 optimizations for vhost-VM tests - see section "2.1.7. Methodology: KVM VM\r
 125 vhost".\r
 126 \r
 127 \r
 128 Other Performance Changes\r
 129 -------------------------\r
 130 \r
 131 Other changes in measured packet throughput, with either minor relative\r
 132 increase or decrease, have been observed in a number of CSIT |release| tests\r
 133 listed below. Relative changes are calculated against the test results in CSIT\r
 134 rls1701 report.\r
 135 \r
 136 NDR Throughput\r
 137 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
 138 \r
 139 Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests:\r
 140 \r
 141 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 142 | VPP Functionality | Test Name                                                       | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04  |\r
 143 |                   |                                                                 |   [Mpps]  |  [Mpps]   |   [Mpps]  | Relative Change |\r
 144 +===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=================+\r
 145 | IPv4 FIB 200k     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-ndrdisc               | 8.5       | 9.0       | 9.7       | 8%              |\r
 146 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 147 | IPv4 FIB 20k      | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-ndrdisc                | 8.5       | 9.0       | 9.4       | 4%              |\r
 148 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 149 | IPv4 FIB 2M       | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-ndrdisc                 | 8.5       | 7.8       | 8.1       | 4%              |\r
 150 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 151 | IPv4 Policer      | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-ndrdisc    | 6.9       | 7.4       | 8.1       | 9%              |\r
 152 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 153 | IPv4 LISP         | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-ndrdisc             | 4.4       | 4.8       | 5.5       | 15%             |\r
 154 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 155 | IPv6 COP          | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc     | 6.1       | 6.1       | 6.9       | 13%             |\r
 156 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 157 | IPv6 FIB 200k     | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrdisc               | 6.5       | 5.3       | 5.3       | 0%              |\r
 158 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 159 | IPv6 FIB 20k      | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrdisc                | 6.9       | 6.5       | 6.9       | 6%              |\r
 160 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 161 | IPv6 FIB 2M       | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrdisc                 | 5.3       | 4.2       | 4.6       | 10%             |\r
 162 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 163 | IPv6 iAcl         | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc        | 6.5       | 6.1       | 6.9       | 13%             |\r
 164 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 165 \r
 166 PDR Throughput\r
 167 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
 168 \r
 169 Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%:\r
 170 \r
 171 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 172 | VPP Functionality | Test Name                                                       | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04  |\r
 173 |                   |                                                                 |   [Mpps]  |  [Mpps]   |   [Mpps]  | Relative Change |\r
 174 +===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=================+\r
 175 | IPv4 FIB 200k     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-pdrdisc               | 8.5       | 9.0       | 9.7       | 8%              |\r
 176 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 177 | IPv4 FIB 20k      | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-pdrdisc                | 8.5       | 9.0       | 9.7       | 8%              |\r
 178 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 179 | IPv4 FIB 2M       | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-pdrdisc                 | 8.3       | 8.1       | 8.3       | 2%              |\r
 180 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 181 | IPv4 Policer      | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-pdrdisc    | 7.1       | 7.4       | 8.1       | 9%              |\r
 182 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 183 | IPv4 LISP         | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-pdrdisc             | 4.6       | 4.8       | 5.5       | 15%             |\r
 184 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 185 | IPv6 COP          | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc     | 6.1       | 6.1       | 6.9       | 13%             |\r
 186 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 187 | IPv6 FIB 200k     | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-pdrdisc               | 6.9       | 5.3       | 5.3       | 0%              |\r
 188 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 189 | IPv6 FIB 20k      | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-pdrdisc                | 6.9       | 6.5       | 6.9       | 6%              |\r
 190 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 191 | IPv6 FIB 2M       | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-pdrdisc                 | 5.3       | 4.2       | 4.6       | 10%             |\r
 192 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 193 | IPv6 iAcl         | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc        | 6.5       | 6.1       | 6.9       | 13%             |\r
 194 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 195 \r
 196 Known Issues\r
 197 ------------\r
 198 \r
 199 Here is the list of known issues in CSIT |release| for VPP performance tests:\r
 200 \r
 201 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 202 | # | Issue                                           | Jira ID    | Description                                                     |\r
 203 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 204 | 1 | NDR discovery test failures 1518B frame size    | VPP-663    | VPP reporting errors: dpdk-input Rx ip checksum errors.         |\r
 205 |   | for ip4scale200k, ip4scale2m scale IPv4 routed- |            | Observed frequency: all test runs.                              |\r
 206 |   | forwarding tests. ip4scale20k tests are fine.   |            |                                                                 |\r
 207 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 208 | 2 | VAT API timeouts during ip6scale2m scale IPv6   |            | Needs fixing VPP VAT API timeouts for large volume of IPv6      |\r
 209 |   | routed-forwarding tests when volume adding IPv6 | VPP-?      | routes.                                                         |\r
 210 |   | routes - 2M in this case. ip6scale2kk works.    |            |                                                                 |\r
 211 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 212 | 3 | Vic1385 and Vic1227 low performance             | CSIT-?     | Low NDR performance.                                            |\r
 213 |   |                                                 |            |                                       .                         |\r
 214 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 215 | 4 | Sporadic NDR discovery test failures on x520    | CSIT-?     | Suspected issue with HW settings (BIOS, FW) in LF               |\r
 216 |   |                                                 |            | infrastructure. Issue can't be replicated outside LF.           |\r
 217 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 218 | 5 | Testpmd - Non-repeatible zig-zagging NDR        | CSIT-?     | Suspected NIC firmware or driver issue affecting NDR            |\r
 219 |   | throughput in multi-thread/-core tests          |            | in multi-thread/-core operation. Need to update to latest       |\r
 220 |   | - 2t2c - for some tested NICs.                  |            | firmware in NICs. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs.               |\r
 221 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 222 | 6 | VPP - Non-repeatible zig-zagging NDR            | CSIT-?     | Suspected NIC firmware or driver issue affecting NDR            |\r
 223 |   | throughput in multi-thread/-core tests          |            | in multi-thread/-core operation. Need to update to latest       |\r
 224 |   | - 2t2c - for some tested NICs.                  |            | firmware in NICs. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs.               |\r
 225 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 226 \r