Changes in |csit-release|
-------------------------
-#. **DPDK performance tests**
-
- - **MRR Throughput**: MRR (Maximum Receive Rate) test code has now
- configurable trial duration and number of consecutive executions.
- Coverage of MRR tests has been extended across more test
- scenarios. MRR tests are used for continuous performance trending
- and for comparison between DPDK releases.
-
- - **MLRsearch Throughput**: MLRsearch algorithm has been introduced
- for all NDR and PDR throughput tests. All tests that previously
- used binary search got converted to MLRsearch. Coverage of NDR/PDR
- tests has been extended across more test scenarios.
-
- - **2-Node Tests**: A new set of 2-node tests covering DPDK Testpmd
- and L3fwd, running on new Xeon Skylake testbeds.
-
- - **More NICs**: Increased coverage of NIC models tested: Intel-
- xxv710-da2, Intel-x710-da4.
-
- - **Generated tests**: Simplified and unified test structure, semi-
- autogenerated by generator script. Test generator is currently
- able to create test combinations with various frame size and
- cores combinations. All existing test cases were converted to new
- format.
-
-#. **Presentation and Analytics Layer**
-
- - **Performance trending**: Added continuous performance trending with
- anomaly detection and analysis for DPDK.
-
-Performance Changes
--------------------
-
-Relative performance changes in measured NDR, PDR and MRR packet
-throughput in |csit-release| are calculated against the test results
-from |csit-release-1| report, for tests running on 3-Node Intel Xeon
-Haswell testbeds (3n-hsw) in 1-core, 2-core and 4-core (MRR only)
-configurations.
-
-Listed mean and standard deviation values are computed based on a series
-of the same tests executed against respective VPP releases to verify
-test results repeatability, with percentage change calculated for mean
-values.
-
-NDR Changes
-~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-NDR throughput changes between releases are available in CSV and pretty
-ASCII formats:
-
- - `CSV 1t1c NDR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.csv>`_,
- - `CSV 2t2c NDR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.csv>`_,
- - `ASCII 1t1c NDR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.txt>`_,
- - `ASCII 2t2c NDR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.txt>`_.
-
-.. note::
-
- Test results have been generated by
- `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_
- with RF result
- files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
- `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.
-
-PDR Changes
-~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-PDR throughput changes between releases are available in CSV and pretty
-ASCII formats:
-
- - `CSV 1t1c PDR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.csv>`_,
- - `CSV 2t2c PDR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.csv>`_,
- - `ASCII 1t1c PDR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.txt>`_,
- - `ASCII 2t2c PDR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.txt>`_.
-
-.. note::
-
- Test results have been generated by
- `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_
- with RF result
- files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
- `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.
-
-MRR Changes
-~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-MRR throughput changes between releases are available in CSV and pretty
-ASCII formats:
-
- - `CSV 1t1c MRR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-mrr.csv>`_,
- - `CSV 2t2c MRR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-mrr.csv>`_,
- - `CSV 4t4c MRR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-4t4c-mrr.csv>`_,
- - `ASCII 1t1c MRR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-mrr.txt>`_,
- - `ASCII 2t2c MRR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-mrr.txt>`_,
- - `ASCII 4t4c MRR changes <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-4t4c-mrr.txt>`_.
-
-.. note::
-
- Test results have been generated by
- `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_,
- with RF result
- files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
- `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.
-
-Skx vs. Hsw Comparison
-----------------------
-
-Relative performance changes in measured packet throughput on 3-Node Skx testbed
-are calculated against the results measured on 3-Node Hsw testbed.
-
-NDR Comparison
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-NDR throughput changes between testbeds are available in a CSV and pretty ASCII
-formats:
-
- - `CSV 1c NDR comparison <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-ndr.csv>`_,
- - `ASCII 1c NDR comparison <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-ndr.txt>`_.
-
-.. note::
-
- Test results have been generated by
- `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_ and
- `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-skx`_
- with RF result
- files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
- `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.
-
-PDR Comparison
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-PDR throughput changes between testbeds are available in a CSV and pretty ASCII
-formats:
-
- - `CSV 1c PDR comparison <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.csv>`_,
- - `ASCII 1c PDR comparison <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.txt>`_.
-
-.. note::
-
- Test results have been generated by
- `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_ and
- `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-skx`_
- with RF result
- files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
- `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.
-
-MRR Comparison
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-MRR throughput changes between testbeds are available in a
-CSV and pretty ASCII formats:
-
- - `CSV 1c MRR comparison <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-mrr.csv>`_,
- - `ASCII 1c MRR comparison <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-mrr.txt>`_.
-
-.. note::
-
- Test results have been generated by
- `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_ and
- `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-skx`_
- with RF result
- files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
- `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.
+#. DPDK PERFORMANCE TESTS
+
+ - **Intel Xeon 2n-skx, 3n-skx and 2n-clx testbeds**: Testpmd and
+ L3fwd performance test data is not included in this report
+ version. This is due to the lower performance and behaviour
+ inconsistency of these systems following the upgrade of processor
+ microcode packages (skx ucode 0x2000064, clx ucode 0x500002c) as
+ part of updating Ubuntu 18.04 LTS kernel version. Tested VPP and
+ DPDK applications (L3fwd) are affected. Skx and Clx test data
+ will be added in subsequent maintenance report version(s) once
+ the issue is resolved. See :ref:`dpdk_known_issues`.
+
+#. DPDK RELEASE VERSION CHANGE
+
+ - |csit-release| tested |dpdk-release|, as used by |vpp-release|.
+
+#. TEST ENVIRONMENT
+
+ - **TRex Fortville NIC Performance**: Received FVL fix from Intel
+ resolving TRex low throughput issue. TRex per FVL NIC throughput
+ increased from ~27 Mpps to the nominal ~37 Mpps. For detail see
+ `CSIT-1503 <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1503>`_ and `TRex-519
+ <https://trex-tgn.cisco.com/youtrack/issue/trex-519>`_].
+
+ - **New Intel Xeon Cascadelake Testbeds**: Added performance tests
+ for 2-Node-Cascadelake (2n-clx) testbeds with x710, xxv710 and
+ mcx556a-edat NIC cards.
+
+..
+ // Alternative Note for 1st Bullet when bad microcode Skx, Clx results are published
+ - **Intel Xeon 2n-skx, 3n-skx and 2n-clx testbeds**: Testpmd and
+ L3fwd performance test data is included in this report version,
+ but it shows lower performance and behaviour inconsistency of
+ these systems following the upgrade of processor microcode
+ packages (skx ucode 0x2000064, clx ucode 0x500002c) as part of
+ updating Ubuntu 18.04 LTS kernel version. Tested VPP and DPDK
+ applications (L3fwd) are affected. Skx and Clx test data will be
+ corrected in subsequent maintenance report version(s) once the
+ issue is resolved. See :ref:`vpp_known_issues`.
+
+.. _dpdk_known_issues:
Known Issues
------------
-Here is the list of known issues in |csit-release| for Testpmd performance tests:
+List of known issues in |csit-release| for DPDK performance tests:
-+---+---------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
-| # | Issue | Jira ID | Description |
-+---+---------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
-| | No known issues | | |
-+---+---------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
++----+------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| # | JiraID | Issue Description |
++====+==========================================+==========================================================================================================+
+| 8 | `CSIT-1675 | Intel Xeon 2n-skx, 3n-skx and 2n-clx testbeds behaviour and performance became inconsistent following |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1675>`_ | the upgrade to the latest Ubuntu 18.04 LTS kernel version (4.15.0-72-generic) and associated microcode |
+| | | packages (skx ucode 0x2000064, clx ucode 0x500002c). VPP as well as DPDK L3fwd tests are affected. |
++----+------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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