CSIT Tags ========= All CSIT test cases are labelled with Robot Framework tags used to allow for easy test case type identification, test case grouping and selection for execution. Following sections list currently used CSIT tags and their descriptions. Testbed Topology Tags --------------------- .. topic:: 2_NODE_DOUBLE_LINK_TOPO 2 nodes connected in a circular topology with two links interconnecting the devices. .. topic:: 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO 2 nodes connected in a circular topology with at least one link interconnecting devices. .. topic:: 3_NODE_DOUBLE_LINK_TOPO 3 nodes connected in a circular topology with two links interconnecting the devices. .. topic:: 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO 3 nodes connected in a circular topology with at least one link interconnecting devices. Objective Tags -------------- .. topic:: SKIP_PATCH Test case(s) marked to not run in case of vpp-csit-verify (i.e. VPP patch) and csit-vpp-verify jobs (i.e. CSIT patch). .. topic:: SKIP_VPP_PATCH Test case(s) marked to not run in case of vpp-csit-verify (i.e. VPP patch). Environment Tags ---------------- .. topic:: HW_ENV DUTs and TGs are running on bare metal. .. topic:: VM_ENV DUTs and TGs are running in virtual environment. .. topic:: VPP_VM_ENV DUTs with VPP and capable of running Virtual Machine. NIC Model Tags -------------- .. topic:: NIC_Intel-X520-DA2 Intel X520-DA2 NIC. .. topic:: NIC_Intel-XL710 Intel XL710 NIC. .. topic:: NIC_Intel-X710 Intel X710 NIC. .. topic:: NIC_Intel-XXV710 Intel XXV710 NIC. .. topic:: NIC_Cisco-VIC-1227 VIC-1227 by Cisco. .. topic:: NIC_Cisco-VIC-1385 VIC-1385 by Cisco. .. topic:: NIC_Amazon-Nitro-50G Amazon EC2 ENA NIC. Scaling Tags ------------ .. topic:: FIB_20K 2x10,000 entries in single fib table .. topic:: FIB_200K 2x100,000 entries in single fib table .. topic:: FIB_2M 2x1,000,000 entries in single fib table .. topic:: L2BD_1 Test with 1 L2 bridge domain. .. topic:: L2BD_10 Test with 10 L2 bridge domains. .. topic:: L2BD_100 Test with 100 L2 bridge domains. .. topic:: L2BD_1K Test with 1000 L2 bridge domains. .. topic:: VLAN_1 Test with 1 VLAN sub-interface. .. topic:: VLAN_10 Test with 10 VLAN sub-interfaces. .. topic:: VLAN_100 Test with 100 VLAN sub-interfaces. .. topic:: VLAN_1K Test with 1000 VLAN sub-interfaces. .. topic:: VXLAN_1 Test with 1 VXLAN tunnel. .. topic:: VXLAN_10 Test with 10 VXLAN tunnels. .. topic:: VXLAN_100 Test with 100 VXLAN tunnels. .. topic:: VXLAN_1K Test with 1000 VXLAN tunnels. .. topic:: TNL_{t} IPSec in tunnel mode - {t} tunnels. .. topic:: SRC_USER_{u} Traffic flow with {u} unique IPs (users) in one direction. {u}=(1,10,100,1000,2000,4000). .. topic:: 100_FLOWS Traffic stream with 100 unique flows (10 IPs/users x 10 UDP ports) in one direction. .. topic:: 10k_FLOWS Traffic stream with 10 000 unique flows (10 IPs/users x 1000 UDP ports) in one direction. .. topic:: 100k_FLOWS Traffic stream with 100 000 unique flows (100 IPs/users x 1000 UDP ports) in one direction. .. topic:: HOSTS_{h} Stateless or stateful traffic stream with {h} client source IP4 addresses, usually with 63 flow differing in source port number. Could be UDP or TCP. If NAT is used, the clients are inside. Outside IP range can differ. {h}=(1024,4096,16384,65536,262144). .. topic:: GENEVE4_{t}TUN Test with {t} GENEVE IPv4 tunnel. {t}=(1,4,16,64,256,1024) Test Category Tags ------------------ .. topic:: DEVICETEST All vpp_device functional test cases. .. topic:: PERFTEST All performance test cases. VPP Device Type Tags -------------------- .. topic:: SCAPY All test cases that uses Scapy for packet generation and validation. Performance Type Tags --------------------- .. topic:: NDRPDR Single test finding both No Drop Rate and Partial Drop Rate simultaneously. The search is done by optimized algorithm which performs multiple trial runs at different durations and transmit rates. The results come from the final trials, which have duration of 30 seconds. .. topic:: MRR Performance tests where TG sends the traffic at maximum rate (line rate) and reports total sent/received packets over trial duration. The result is an average of 10 trials of 1 second duration. .. topic:: SOAK Performance tests using PLRsearch to find the critical load. .. topic:: RECONF Performance tests aimed to measure lost packets (time) when performing reconfiguration while full throughput offered load is applied. Ethernet Frame Size Tags ------------------------ These are describing the traffic offered by Traffic Generator, "primary" traffic in case of asymmetric load. For traffic between DUTs, or for "secondary" traffic, see ${overhead} value. .. topic:: {b}B {b} Bytes frames used for test. .. topic:: IMIX IMIX frame sequence (28x 64B, 16x 570B, 4x 1518B) used for test. Test Type Tags -------------- .. topic:: BASE Baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in tests. No scaling whatsoever, beyond minimum needed for RSS. .. topic:: IP4BASE IPv4 baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in tests. Minimal number of routes. Other quantities may be scaled. .. topic:: IP6BASE IPv6 baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in tests. .. topic:: L2XCBASE L2XC baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in tests. .. topic:: L2BDBASE L2BD baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in tests. .. topic:: L2PATCH L2PATCH baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in tests. .. topic:: SCALE Scale test cases. Other tags specify which quantities are scaled. Also applies if scaling is set on TG only (e.g. DUT works as IP4BASE). .. topic:: ENCAP Test cases where encapsulation is used. Use also encapsulation tag(s). .. topic:: FEATURE At least one feature is configured in test cases. Use also feature tag(s). .. topic:: UDP Tests which use any kind of UDP traffic (STL or ASTF profile). .. topic:: TCP Tests which use any kind of TCP traffic (STL or ASTF profile). .. topic:: TREX Tests which test trex traffic without any software DUTs in the traffic path. .. TODO: Should we define tags STL and ASTF? .. topic:: UDP_UDIR Tests which use unidirectional UDP traffic (STL profile only). .. topic:: UDP_BIDIR Tests which use bidirectional UDP traffic (STL profile only). .. topic:: UDP_CPS Tests which measure connections per second on minimal UDP pseudoconnections. This implies ASTF traffic profile is used. This tag selects specific output processing in PAL. .. topic:: TCP_CPS Tests which measure connections per second on empty TCP connections. This implies ASTF traffic profile is used. This tag selects specific output processing in PAL. .. topic:: TCP_RPS Tests which measure requests per second on empty TCP connections. This implies ASTF traffic profile is used. This tag selects specific output processing in PAL. .. topic:: UDP_PPS Tests which measure packets per second on lightweight UDP transactions. This implies ASTF traffic profile is used. This tag selects specific output processing in PAL. .. topic:: TCP_PPS Tests which measure packets per second on lightweight TCP transactions. This implies ASTF traffic profile is used. This tag selects specific output processing in PAL. .. topic:: HTTP Tests which use traffic formed of valid HTTP requests (and responses). .. TODO: Add HTTP tag to the current hoststack tests. TODO: Document other tags already used by hoststack tests. .. topic:: LDP_NGINX LDP NGINX is un-modified NGINX with VPP via LD_PRELOAD. .. topic:: NF_DENSITY Performance tests that measure throughput of multiple VNF and CNF service topologies at different service densities. NF Service Density Tags ----------------------- .. topic:: CHAIN NF service density tests with VNF or CNF service chain topology(ies). .. topic:: PIPE NF service density tests with CNF service pipeline topology(ies). .. topic:: NF_L3FWDIP4 NF service density tests with DPDK l3fwd IPv4 routing as NF workload. .. topic:: NF_VPPIP4 NF service density tests with VPP IPv4 routing as NF workload. .. topic:: {r}R{c}C Service density matrix locator {r}R{c}C, {r}Row denoting number of service instances, {c}Column denoting number of NFs per service instance. {r}=(1,2,4,6,8,10), {c}=(1,2,4,6,8,10). .. topic:: {n}VM{t}T Service density {n}VM{t}T, {n}Number of NF Qemu VMs, {t}Number of threads per NF. .. topic:: {n}DCRt}T Service density {n}DCR{t}T, {n}Number of NF Docker containers, {t}Number of threads per NF. .. topic:: {n}_ADDED_CHAINS {n}Number of chains (or pipelines) added (and/or removed) during RECONF test. Forwarding Mode Tags -------------------- .. topic:: L2BDMACSTAT VPP L2 bridge-domain, L2 MAC static. .. topic:: L2BDMACLRN VPP L2 bridge-domain, L2 MAC learning. .. topic:: L2XCFWD VPP L2 point-to-point cross-connect. .. topic:: IP4FWD VPP IPv4 routed forwarding. .. topic:: IP6FWD VPP IPv6 routed forwarding. .. topic:: LOADBALANCER_MAGLEV VPP Load balancer maglev mode. .. topic:: LOADBALANCER_L3DSR VPP Load balancer l3dsr mode. .. topic:: LOADBALANCER_NAT4 VPP Load balancer nat4 mode. .. topic:: N2N Mode, where NICs from the same physical server are directly connected with a cable. Underlay Tags ------------- .. topic:: IP4UNRLAY IPv4 underlay. .. topic:: IP6UNRLAY IPv6 underlay. .. topic:: MPLSUNRLAY MPLS underlay. Overlay Tags ------------ .. topic:: L2OVRLAY L2 overlay. .. topic:: IP4OVRLAY IPv4 overlay (IPv4 payload). .. topic:: IP6OVRLAY IPv6 overlay (IPv6 payload). Tagging Tags ------------ .. topic:: DOT1Q All test cases with dot1q. .. topic:: DOT1AD All test cases with dot1ad. Encapsulation Tags ------------------ .. topic:: ETH All test cases with base Ethernet (no encapsulation). .. topic:: LISP All test cases with LISP. .. topic:: LISPGPE All test cases with LISP-GPE. .. topic:: LISP_IP4o4 All test cases with LISP_IP4o4. .. topic:: LISPGPE_IP4o4 All test cases with LISPGPE_IP4o4. .. topic:: LISPGPE_IP6o4 All test cases with LISPGPE_IP6o4. .. topic:: LISPGPE_IP4o6 All test cases with LISPGPE_IP4o6. .. topic:: LISPGPE_IP6o6 All test cases with LISPGPE_IP6o6. .. topic:: VXLAN All test cases with Vxlan. .. topic:: VXLANGPE All test cases with VXLAN-GPE. .. topic:: GRE All test cases with GRE. .. topic:: GTPU All test cases with GTPU. .. topic:: IPSEC All test cases with IPSEC. .. topic:: SRv6 All test cases with Segment routing over IPv6 dataplane. .. topic:: SRv6_1SID All SRv6 test cases with single SID. .. topic:: SRv6_2SID_DECAP All SRv6 test cases with two SIDs and with decapsulation. .. topic:: SRv6_2SID_NODECAP All SRv6 test cases with two SIDs and without decapsulation. .. topic:: GENEVE All test cases with GENEVE. .. topic:: GENEVE_L3MODE All test cases with GENEVE tunnel in L3 mode. Interface Tags -------------- .. topic:: PHY All test cases which use physical interface(s). .. topic:: GSO All test cases which uses Generic Segmentation Offload. .. topic:: VHOST All test cases which uses VHOST. .. topic:: VHOST_1024 All test cases which uses VHOST DPDK driver with qemu queue size set to 1024. .. topic:: VIRTIO All test cases which uses VIRTIO native VPP driver. .. topic:: VIRTIO_1024 All test cases which uses VIRTIO native VPP driver with qemu queue size set to 1024. .. topic:: CFS_OPT All test cases which uses VM with optimised scheduler policy. .. topic:: TUNTAP All test cases which uses TUN and TAP. .. topic:: AFPKT All test cases which uses AFPKT. .. topic:: NETMAP All test cases which uses Netmap. .. topic:: MEMIF All test cases which uses Memif. .. topic:: SINGLE_MEMIF All test cases which uses only single Memif connection per DUT. One DUT instance is running in container having one physical interface exposed to container. .. topic:: LBOND All test cases which uses link bonding (BondEthernet interface). .. topic:: LBOND_DPDK All test cases which uses DPDK link bonding. .. topic:: LBOND_VPP All test cases which uses VPP link bonding. .. topic:: LBOND_MODE_XOR All test cases which uses link bonding with mode XOR. .. topic:: LBOND_MODE_LACP All test cases which uses link bonding with mode LACP. .. topic:: LBOND_LB_L34 All test cases which uses link bonding with load-balance mode l34. .. topic:: LBOND_{n}L All test cases which use {n} link(s) for link bonding. .. topic:: DRV_{d} All test cases which NIC Driver for DUT is set to {d}. Default is VFIO_PCI. {d}=(AVF, RDMA_CORE, VFIO_PCI, AF_XDP). .. topic:: TG_DRV_{d} All test cases which NIC Driver for TG is set to {d}. Default is IGB_UIO. {d}=(RDMA_CORE, IGB_UIO). .. topic:: RXQ_SIZE_{n} All test cases which RXQ size (RX descriptors) are set to {n}. Default is 0, which means VPP (API) default. .. topic:: TXQ_SIZE_{n} All test cases which TXQ size (TX descriptors) are set to {n}. Default is 0, which means VPP (API) default. Feature Tags ------------ .. topic:: IACLDST iACL destination. .. topic:: ADLALWLIST ADL allowlist. .. topic:: NAT44 NAT44 configured and tested. .. topic:: NAT64 NAT44 configured and tested. .. topic:: ACL ACL plugin configured and tested. .. topic:: IACL ACL plugin configured and tested on input path. .. topic:: OACL ACL plugin configured and tested on output path. .. topic:: ACL_STATELESS ACL plugin configured and tested in stateless mode (permit action). .. topic:: ACL_STATEFUL ACL plugin configured and tested in stateful mode (permit+reflect action). .. topic:: ACL1 ACL plugin configured and tested with 1 not-hitting ACE. .. topic:: ACL10 ACL plugin configured and tested with 10 not-hitting ACEs. .. topic:: ACL50 ACL plugin configured and tested with 50 not-hitting ACEs. .. topic:: SRv6_PROXY SRv6 endpoint to SR-unaware appliance via proxy. .. topic:: SRv6_PROXY_STAT SRv6 endpoint to SR-unaware appliance via static proxy. .. topic:: SRv6_PROXY_DYN SRv6 endpoint to SR-unaware appliance via dynamic proxy. .. topic:: SRv6_PROXY_MASQ SRv6 endpoint to SR-unaware appliance via masquerading proxy. Encryption Tags --------------- .. topic:: IPSECSW Crypto in software. .. topic:: IPSECHW Crypto in hardware. .. topic:: IPSECTRAN IPSec in transport mode. .. topic:: IPSECTUN IPSec in tunnel mode. .. topic:: IPSECINT IPSec in interface mode. .. topic:: AES IPSec using AES algorithms. .. topic:: AES_128_CBC IPSec using AES 128 CBC algorithms. .. topic:: AES_128_GCM IPSec using AES 128 GCM algorithms. .. topic:: AES_256_GCM IPSec using AES 256 GCM algorithms. .. topic:: HMAC IPSec using HMAC integrity algorithms. .. topic:: HMAC_SHA_256 IPSec using HMAC SHA 256 integrity algorithms. .. topic:: HMAC_SHA_512 IPSec using HMAC SHA 512 integrity algorithms. .. topic:: SCHEDULER IPSec using crypto sw scheduler engine. Client-Workload Tags -------------------- .. topic:: VM All test cases which use at least one virtual machine. .. topic:: LXC All test cases which use Linux container and LXC utils. .. topic:: DRC All test cases which use at least one Docker container. .. topic:: DOCKER All test cases which use Docker as container manager. .. topic:: APP All test cases with specific APP use. Container Orchestration Tags ---------------------------- .. topic:: {n}VSWITCH {n} VPP running in {n} Docker container(s) acting as a VSWITCH. {n}=(1). .. topic:: {n}VNF {n} VPP running in {n} Docker container(s) acting as a VNF work load. {n}=(1). Multi-Threading Tags -------------------- .. topic:: STHREAD *Dynamic tag*. All test cases using single poll mode thread. .. topic:: MTHREAD *Dynamic tag*. All test cases using more then one poll mode driver thread. .. topic:: {n}NUMA All test cases with packet processing on {n} socket(s). {n}=(1,2). .. topic:: {c}C {c} worker thread pinned to {c} dedicated physical core; or if HyperThreading is enabled, {c}*2 worker threads each pinned to a separate logical core within 1 dedicated physical core. Main thread pinned to core 1. {t}=(1,2,4). .. topic:: {t}T{c}C *Dynamic tag*. {t} worker threads pinned to {c} dedicated physical cores. Main thread pinned to core 1. By default CSIT is configuring same amount of receive queues per interface as worker threads. {t}=(1,2,4,8), {t}=(1,2,4).