docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst

   1 CSIT Release Notes\r
   2 ==================\r
   3 \r
   4 Changes in CSIT |release| - to be updated\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 queue size increased from default value of 256 to 1024\r
  10     - addition of HW cryptodev devices in all three LF FD.io physical testbeds\r
  11 \r
  12 #. Added tests (to be updated)\r
  13 \r
  14     - NICs\r
  15 \r
  16       - Intel x710 (L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding, vhost-user)\r
  17       - Cisco VIC1385 (L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding)\r
  18       - Cisco VIC1227 (L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding)\r
  19 \r
  20     - vhost-user tests with VM\r
  21 \r
  22       - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x710 NIC\r
  23       - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with VxLAN and Intel x520 NIC\r
  24       - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel xl710 NIC\r
  25 \r
  26     - Tests with VxLAN\r
  27 \r
  28       - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC\r
  29       - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with vhost-user, VM and Intel x520\r
  30         NIC\r
  31 \r
  32 Performance Improvements - to be updated\r
  33 ------------------------\r
  34 \r
  35 Substantial improvements in measured packet throughput, with relative increase\r
  36 of double-digit percentage points, have been observed in a number of CSIT\r
  37 |release| tests listed below. Relative improvements are calculated against the\r
  38 test results in CSIT rls1701 report.\r
  39 \r
  40 NDR Throughput\r
  41 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
  42 \r
  43 Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests:\r
  44 \r
  45 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+----------------------------+\r
  46 | VPP Functionality | Test Name                                                       | VPP-16.09  | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04 |\r
  47 |                   |                                                                 |   [Mpps]   |  [Mpps]   |   [Mpps]  |  Improvement   |\r
  48 +===================+=================================================================+============+===========+===========+================+\r
  49 | L2XC              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc                      | 9.4        | 12.7      | 13.4      | 6%             |\r
  50 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+\r
  51 | L2XC              | 10ge2p1xl710: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc                     | 9.5        | 12.2      | 12.4      | 2%             |\r
  52 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+\r
  53 | L2XC dot1ad       | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-ndrdisc                   | 7.4        | 8.8       | 9.3       | 6%             |\r
  54 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+\r
  55 | L2XC dot1q        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-ndrdisc                    | 7.5        | 8.8       | 9.2       | 5%             |\r
  56 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+\r
  57 | L2XC VxLAN        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-ndrdisc              | 5.4        | 6.5       | 6.8       | 5%             |\r
  58 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+\r
  59 | L2XC-vhost-VM     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc       | 0.5        | 2.8       | 3.2       | 14%            |\r
  60 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+\r
  61 | L2BD              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrdisc                | 7.8        | 10.4      | 10.8      | 4%             |\r
  62 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+\r
  63 | L2BD-vhost-VM     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.4        | 2.7       | 3.4       | 26%            |\r
  64 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+\r
  65 | IPv4              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrdisc                    | 8.7        | 9.7       | 10.6      | 9%             |\r
  66 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+\r
  67 | IPv4 COP          | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc     | 7.1        | 8.3       | 9.0       | 8%             |\r
  68 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+\r
  69 | IPv4 iAcl         | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc        | 6.9        | 7.6       | 8.3       | 9%             |\r
  70 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+\r
  71 | IPv4 vhost        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc     | 0.3        | 2.6       | 3.1       | 19%            |\r
  72 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+\r
  73 | IPv6              | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrdisc                    | 3.0        | 7.3       | 8.5       | 16%            |\r
  74 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+\r
  75 \r
  76 PDR Throughput\r
  77 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
  78 \r
  79 Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%:\r
  80 \r
  81 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------------------+\r
  82 | VPP Functionality | Test Name                                                       | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | Relative    |\r
  83 |                   |                                                                 |   [Mpps]  |  [Mpps]   |   [Mpps]  | Improvement |\r
  84 +===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=============+\r
  85 | L2XC              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-pdrdisc                      | 9.4       | 12.7      | 13.4      |   %         |\r
  86 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
  87 | L2XC dot1ad       | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-pdrdisc                   | 7.4       | 8.8       | 9.3       |   %         |\r
  88 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
  89 | L2XC dot1q        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-pdrdisc                    | 7.5       | 8.8       | 9.5       |   %         |\r
  90 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
  91 | L2XC VxLAN        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-pdrdisc              | 5.4       | 6.5       | 6.8       |   %         |\r
  92 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
  93 | L2XC-vhost-VM     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc       | 2.6       | 3.2       | 3.2       |   %         |\r
  94 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
  95 | L2BD              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc                | 7.8       | 10.6      | 11.1      |   %         |\r
  96 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
  97 | L2BD-vhost-VM     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.1       | 2.9       | 3.2       |   %         |\r
  98 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
  99 | IPv4              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-pdrdisc                    | 8.7       | 9.7       | 10.6      |   %         |\r
 100 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 101 | IPv4 COP          | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc     | 7.1       | 8.3       | 9.2       |   %         |\r
 102 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 103 | IPv4 vhost        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc     | 2.0       | 2.7       | 3.2       |   %         |\r
 104 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 105 \r
 106 Measured improvements are in line with VPP code optimizations listed in\r
 107 `VPP-17.04 release notes\r
 108 <https://docs.fd.io/vpp/17.04/release_notes_1704.html>`_.\r
 109 \r
 110 Additionally, vhost-VM performance improvements are due to both VPP code\r
 111 optimizations as well as due to the FD.io CSIT Linux KVM test environment\r
 112 optimizations for vhost-VM tests - see section "2.1.7. Methodology: KVM VM\r
 113 vhost".\r
 114 \r
 115 \r
 116 Other Performance Changes - to be updated\r
 117 -------------------------\r
 118 \r
 119 Other changes in measured packet throughput, with either minor relative\r
 120 increase or decrease, have been observed in a number of CSIT |release| tests\r
 121 listed below. Relative changes are calculated against the test results in CSIT\r
 122 rls1701 report.\r
 123 \r
 124 NDR Throughput\r
 125 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
 126 \r
 127 Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests:\r
 128 \r
 129 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------------------+\r
 130 | VPP Functionality | Test Name                                                       | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | Relative    |\r
 131 |                   |                                                                 |   [Mpps]  |  [Mpps]   |   [Mpps]  | Change      |\r
 132 +===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=============+\r
 133 | IPv4 FIB 200k     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-ndrdisc               | 8.5       | 9.0       |           |  %          |\r
 134 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 135 | IPv4 FIB 20k      | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-ndrdisc                | 8.5       | 9.0       |           |  %          |\r
 136 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 137 | IPv4 FIB 2M       | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-ndrdisc                 | 8.5       | 7.8       |           |  %          |\r
 138 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 139 | IPv4 Policer      | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-ndrdisc    | 6.9       | 7.4       |           |  %          |\r
 140 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 141 | IPv4 LISP         | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-ndrdisc             | 4.4       | 4.8       |           |  %          |\r
 142 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 143 | IPv6 COP          | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc     | 6.1       | 6.1       |           |  %          |\r
 144 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 145 | IPv6 FIB 200k     | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrdisc               | 6.5       | 5.3       |           |  %          |\r
 146 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 147 | IPv6 FIB 20k      | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrdisc                | 6.9       | 6.5       |           |  %          |\r
 148 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 149 | IPv6 FIB 2M       | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrdisc                 | 5.3       | 4.2       |           |  %          |\r
 150 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 151 | IPv6 iAcl         | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc        | 6.5       | 6.1       |           |  %          |\r
 152 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 153 \r
 154 PDR Throughput\r
 155 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
 156 \r
 157 Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%:\r
 158 \r
 159 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------------------+\r
 160 | VPP Functionality | Test Name                                                       | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | Relative    |\r
 161 |                   |                                                                 |   [Mpps]  |  [Mpps]   |   [Mpps]  | Change      |\r
 162 +===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=============+\r
 163 | IPv4 FIB 200k     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-pdrdisc               | 8.5       | 9.0       |           |  %          |\r
 164 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 165 | IPv4 FIB 20k      | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-pdrdisc                | 8.5       | 9.0       |           |  %          |\r
 166 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 167 | IPv4 FIB 2M       | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-pdrdisc                 | 8.3       | 8.1       |           |  %          |\r
 168 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 169 | IPv4 iAcl         | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc        | 7.1       | 7.6       |           |  %          |\r
 170 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 171 | IPv4 Policer      | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-pdrdisc    | 7.1       | 7.4       |           |  %          |\r
 172 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 173 | IPv4 LISP         | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-pdrdisc             | 4.6       | 4.8       |           |  %          |\r
 174 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 175 | IPv6              | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-pdrdisc                    | 7.7       | 7.3       |           |  %          |\r
 176 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 177 | IPv6 COP          | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc     | 6.1       | 6.1       |           |  %          |\r
 178 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 179 | IPv6 FIB 200k     | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-pdrdisc               | 6.9       | 5.3       |           |  %          |\r
 180 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 181 | IPv6 FIB 20k      | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-pdrdisc                | 6.9       | 6.5       |           |  %          |\r
 182 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 183 | IPv6 FIB 2M       | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-pdrdisc                 | 5.3       | 4.2       |           |  %          |\r
 184 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 185 | IPv6 iAcl         | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc        | 6.5       | 6.1       |           |  %          |\r
 186 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
 187 \r
 188 Known Issues - to be updated\r
 189 ------------\r
 190 \r
 191 Here is the list of known issues in CSIT |release| for VPP performance tests: (to be updated)\r
 192 \r
 193 +---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 194 | # | Issue                                           | Description                                                     |\r
 195 +---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 196 | 1 | Sporadic IPv4 routed-forwarding NDR discovery   | Suspected issue with DPDK IPv4 checksum calculation.            |\r
 197 |   | test failures for 1518B frame size              | Observed frequency: sporadic, ca. 20% to 30% of test runs.      |\r
 198 +---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 199 | 3 | Vic1385 and Vic1227 performance                 | Low performance of NDR results. Big difference between NDR and  |\r
 200 |   |                                                 | PDR.                                  .                         |\r
 201 +---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 202 | 4 | Sporadic NDR discovery test failures on x520    | Suspected issue with HW settings (BIOS, FW) in LF               |\r
 203 |   |                                                 | infrastructure. Issue can't be replicated outside LF.           |\r
 204 +---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 205 | 5 | Non-repeatible zig-zagging NDR throughput       | Suspected NIC driver issue in multi-thread multi-core operation |\r
 206 |   | results for multi-thread multi-core tests       | affectin NDR throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs tested. |\r
 207 |   | - 2t2c, 4t4c - for some tested NICs.            |                                                                 |\r
 208 +---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 209 \r