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 optimizations of VM and vhost-user test environment - Qemu virtio\r
  10       queue size increased from default value of 256 to 1024.\r
  11     - Addition of HW cryptodev devices - Intel QAT 8950 50G - in all three\r
  12       LF FD.io physical testbeds.\r
  13 \r
  14 #. VPP performance test framework changes\r
  15 \r
  16     - Added VAT command history collection for every test case as part of teardown.\r
  17 \r
  18 #. Added VPP performance tests\r
  19 \r
  20     - **CGNAT**\r
  21 \r
  22       - Carrier Grade Network Address Translation tests with varying number\r
  23         of users and ports per user: 1u-15p, 10u-15p, 100u-15p, 1000u-15p,\r
  24         2000u-15p, 4000u-15p - with Intel x520 NIC.\r
  25 \r
  26     - **vhost-user tests with one VM**\r
  27 \r
  28       - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x710 NIC, Intel x520 NIC,\r
  29         Intel xl710 NIC.\r
  30       - VXLAN and L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC.\r
  31 \r
  32     - **vhost-user tests with two VMs service chain**\r
  33 \r
  34       - L2 cross-connect switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC, Intel xl710 NIC.\r
  35       - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC, Intel xl710 NIC.\r
  36       - IPv4 routed-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC, Intel xl710 NIC.\r
  37 \r
  38     - **IPSec encryption with**\r
  39 \r
  40       - AES-GCM, CBC-SHA1 ciphers, in combination with IPv4 routed-forwarding\r
  41         with Intel xl710 NIC.\r
  42       - CBC-SHA1 ciphers, in combination with LISP-GPE overlay tunneling for\r
  43         IPv4-over-IPv4 with Intel xl710 NIC.\r
  44 \r
  45 Performance Improvements\r
  46 ------------------------\r
  47 \r
  48 Some performance improvements in measured packet throughput have been observed\r
  49 in a number of CSIT |release| tests listed below. Relative improvements are\r
  50 calculated against the test results in CSIT rls1701 report. VPP-16.09 and\r
  51 VPP-17.01 numbers are provided for reference.\r
  52 \r
  53 NDR Throughput\r
  54 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
  55 \r
  56 Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests:\r
  57 \r
  58 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  59 | VPP Functionality | Test Name                                                       | VPP-16.09  | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04  |\r
  60 |                   |                                                                 |   [Mpps]   |  [Mpps]   |   [Mpps]  | Relative Change |\r
  61 +===================+=================================================================+============+===========+===========+=================+\r
  62 | L2XC              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc                      | 9.4        | 12.7      | 13.4      | 6%              |\r
  63 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  64 | L2XC              | 10ge2p1xl710: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc                     | 9.5        | 12.2      | 12.4      | 2%              |\r
  65 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  66 | L2XC dot1ad       | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-ndrdisc                   | 7.4        | 8.8       | 9.3       | 6%              |\r
  67 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  68 | L2XC dot1q        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-ndrdisc                    | 7.5        | 8.8       | 9.2       | 5%              |\r
  69 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  70 | L2XC VxLAN        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-ndrdisc              | 5.4        | 6.5       | 6.8       | 5%              |\r
  71 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  72 | L2XC-vhost-VM     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc       | 0.5        | 2.8       | 3.2       | 14%             |\r
  73 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  74 | L2BD              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrdisc                | 7.8        | 10.4      | 10.8      | 4%              |\r
  75 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  76 | L2BD-vhost-VM     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.4        | 2.7       | 3.4       | 26%             |\r
  77 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  78 | IPv4              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrdisc                    | 8.7        | 9.7       | 10.6      | 9%              |\r
  79 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  80 | IPv4 COP          | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc     | 7.1        | 8.3       | 9.0       | 8%              |\r
  81 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  82 | IPv4 iAcl         | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc        | 6.9        | 7.6       | 8.3       | 9%              |\r
  83 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  84 | IPv4 vhost        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc     | 0.3        | 2.6       | 3.1       | 19%             |\r
  85 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  86 | IPv6              | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrdisc                    | 3.0        | 7.3       | 8.1       | 11%             |\r
  87 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  88 \r
  89 PDR Throughput\r
  90 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
  91 \r
  92 Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%:\r
  93 \r
  94 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
  95 | VPP Functionality | Test Name                                                       | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04  |\r
  96 |                   |                                                                 |   [Mpps]  |  [Mpps]   |   [Mpps]  | Relative Change |\r
  97 +===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=================+\r
  98 | L2XC              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-pdrdisc                      | 9.4       | 12.7      | 13.4      | 6%              |\r
  99 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 100 | L2XC dot1ad       | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-pdrdisc                   | 7.4       | 8.8       | 9.3       | 6%              |\r
 101 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 102 | L2XC dot1q        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-pdrdisc                    | 7.5       | 8.8       | 9.5       | 8%              |\r
 103 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 104 | L2XC VxLAN        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-pdrdisc              | 5.4       | 6.5       | 6.8       | 5%              |\r
 105 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 106 | L2XC-vhost-VM     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc       | 2.6       | 3.2       | 3.2       | 0%              |\r
 107 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 108 | L2BD              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc                | 7.8       | 10.6      | 11.1      | 5%              |\r
 109 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 110 | L2BD-vhost-VM     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.1       | 2.9       | 3.2       | 10%             |\r
 111 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 112 | IPv4              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-pdrdisc                    | 8.7       | 9.7       | 10.6      | 9%              |\r
 113 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 114 | IPv4 COP          | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc     | 7.1       | 8.3       | 9.2       | 11%             |\r
 115 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 116 | IPv4 iAcl         | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc        | 7.1       | 7.6       | 8.3       | 9%              |\r
 117 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 118 | IPv4 vhost        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc     | 2.0       | 2.7       | 3.2       | 19%             |\r
 119 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 120 | IPv6              | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-pdrdisc                    | 7.7       | 7.3       | 8.1       | 11%             |\r
 121 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 122 \r
 123 Measured improvements are in line with VPP code optimizations listed in\r
 124 `VPP-17.04 release notes\r
 125 <https://docs.fd.io/vpp/17.04/release_notes_1704.html>`_.\r
 126 \r
 127 Additionally, vhost-VM performance improvements are due to both VPP code\r
 128 optimizations as well as due to the FD.io CSIT Linux KVM test environment\r
 129 optimizations for vhost-VM tests - see section "2.1.7. Methodology: KVM VM\r
 130 vhost".\r
 131 \r
 132 \r
 133 Other Performance Changes\r
 134 -------------------------\r
 135 \r
 136 Other changes in measured packet throughput, with either minor relative\r
 137 increase or decrease, have been observed in a number of CSIT |release| tests\r
 138 listed below. Relative changes are calculated against the test results in CSIT\r
 139 rls1701 report.\r
 140 \r
 141 NDR Throughput\r
 142 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
 143 \r
 144 Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests:\r
 145 \r
 146 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 147 | VPP Functionality | Test Name                                                       | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04  |\r
 148 |                   |                                                                 |   [Mpps]  |  [Mpps]   |   [Mpps]  | Relative Change |\r
 149 +===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=================+\r
 150 | IPv4 FIB 200k     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-ndrdisc               | 8.5       | 9.0       | 9.7       | 8%              |\r
 151 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 152 | IPv4 FIB 20k      | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-ndrdisc                | 8.5       | 9.0       | 9.4       | 4%              |\r
 153 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 154 | IPv4 FIB 2M       | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-ndrdisc                 | 8.5       | 7.8       | 8.1       | 4%              |\r
 155 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 156 | IPv4 Policer      | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-ndrdisc    | 6.9       | 7.4       | 8.1       | 9%              |\r
 157 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 158 | IPv4 LISP         | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-ndrdisc             | 4.4       | 4.8       | 5.5       | 15%             |\r
 159 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 160 | IPv6 COP          | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc     | 6.1       | 6.1       | 6.9       | 13%             |\r
 161 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 162 | IPv6 FIB 200k     | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrdisc               | 6.5       | 5.3       | 5.3       | 0%              |\r
 163 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 164 | IPv6 FIB 20k      | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrdisc                | 6.9       | 6.5       | 6.9       | 6%              |\r
 165 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 166 | IPv6 FIB 2M       | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrdisc                 | 5.3       | 4.2       | 4.6       | 10%             |\r
 167 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 168 | IPv6 iAcl         | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc        | 6.5       | 6.1       | 6.9       | 13%             |\r
 169 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 170 \r
 171 PDR Throughput\r
 172 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
 173 \r
 174 Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%:\r
 175 \r
 176 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 177 | VPP Functionality | Test Name                                                       | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04  |\r
 178 |                   |                                                                 |   [Mpps]  |  [Mpps]   |   [Mpps]  | Relative Change |\r
 179 +===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=================+\r
 180 | IPv4 FIB 200k     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-pdrdisc               | 8.5       | 9.0       | 9.7       | 8%              |\r
 181 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 182 | IPv4 FIB 20k      | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-pdrdisc                | 8.5       | 9.0       | 9.7       | 8%              |\r
 183 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 184 | IPv4 FIB 2M       | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-pdrdisc                 | 8.3       | 8.1       | 8.3       | 2%              |\r
 185 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 186 | IPv4 Policer      | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-pdrdisc    | 7.1       | 7.4       | 8.1       | 9%              |\r
 187 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 188 | IPv4 LISP         | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-pdrdisc             | 4.6       | 4.8       | 5.5       | 15%             |\r
 189 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 190 | IPv6 COP          | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc     | 6.1       | 6.1       | 6.9       | 13%             |\r
 191 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 192 | IPv6 FIB 200k     | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-pdrdisc               | 6.9       | 5.3       | 5.3       | 0%              |\r
 193 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 194 | IPv6 FIB 20k      | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-pdrdisc                | 6.9       | 6.5       | 6.9       | 6%              |\r
 195 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 196 | IPv6 FIB 2M       | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-pdrdisc                 | 5.3       | 4.2       | 4.6       | 10%             |\r
 197 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 198 | IPv6 iAcl         | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc        | 6.5       | 6.1       | 6.9       | 13%             |\r
 199 +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
 200 \r
 201 Known Issues\r
 202 ------------\r
 203 \r
 204 Here is the list of known issues in CSIT |release| for VPP performance tests:\r
 205 \r
 206 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 207 | # | Issue                                           | Jira ID    | Description                                                     |\r
 208 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 209 | 1 | NDR discovery test failures 1518B frame size    | VPP-663    | VPP reporting errors: dpdk-input Rx ip checksum errors.         |\r
 210 |   | for ip4scale200k, ip4scale2m scale IPv4 routed- |            | Observed frequency: all test runs.                              |\r
 211 |   | forwarding tests. ip4scale20k tests are fine.   |            |                                                                 |\r
 212 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 213 | 2 | VAT API timeouts during ip6scale2m scale IPv6   | VPP-712    | Needs fixing VPP VAT API timeouts for large volume of IPv6      |\r
 214 |   | routed-forwarding tests when volume adding IPv6 |            | routes.                                                         |\r
 215 |   | routes - 2M in this case. ip6scale2kk works.    |            |                                                                 |\r
 216 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 217 | 3 | Vic1385 and Vic1227 low performance             | VPP-664    | Low NDR performance.                                            |\r
 218 |   |                                                 |            |                                       .                         |\r
 219 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 220 | 4 | Sporadic NDR discovery test failures on x520    | CSIT-750   | Suspected issue with HW settings (BIOS, FW) in LF               |\r
 221 |   |                                                 |            | infrastructure. Issue can't be replicated outside LF.           |\r
 222 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 223 | 5 | VPP in 2t2c setups - large variation            | CSIT-568   | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR       |\r
 224 |   | of discovered NDR throughput values across      |            | throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs, x520 NICs are fine. |\r
 225 |   | multiple test runs with xl710 and x710 NICs.    |            |                                       .                         |\r
 226 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 227 | 6 | Lower than expected NDR and PDR throughput with | CSIT-569   | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR and   |\r
 228 |   | xl710 and x710 NICs, compared to x520 NICs.     |            | PDR throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs.                 |\r
 229 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
 230 \r