report: updates to methodology section including nat44, acl, ipsec

[csit.git] / docs / report / introduction / methodology_ipsec.rst

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+Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
+----------------------------------
+
+VPP IPsec performance tests are executed for the following crypto
+plugins:
+
+- `crypto_native`, used for software based crypto leveraging CPU
+  platform optimizations e.g. Intel's AES-NI instruction set.
+- `crypto_ipsecmb`, used for hardware based crypto with Intel QAT PCIe
+  cards.
+
+IPsec with VPP Native SW Crypto
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Currently |csit-release| implements following IPsec test cases relying
+on VPP native crypto (`crypto_native` plugin):
+
++-------------------+------------------+----------------+------------------+
+| VPP Crypto Engine | ESP Encryption   | ESP Integrity  | Scale Tested     |
++===================+===================+===============+==================+
+| crypto_native     | AES[128|256]-GCM | GCM            | 1 to 60k tunnels |
++-------------------+------------------+----------------+------------------+
+| crypto_native     | AES128-CBC       | SHA[256|512]   | 1 to 60k tunnels |
++-------------------+------------------+----------------+------------------+
+
+VPP IPsec with SW crypto are executed in both tunnel and policy modes,
+with tests running on 3-node testbeds: 3n-hsw and 3n-skx.
+
+IPsec with Intel QAT HW
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Currently |csit-release| implements following IPsec test cases relying
+on ipsecmb library (`crypto_ipsecmb` plugin) and Intel QAT 8950 (50G HW
+crypto card):
+
+dpdk_cryptodev
+
++-------------------+---------------------+------------------+----------------+------------------+
+| VPP Crypto Engine | VPP Crypto Workers  | ESP Encryption   | ESP Integrity  | Scale Tested     |
++===================+=====================+==================+================+==================+
+| crypto_ipsecmb    | sync/all workers    | AES[128|256]-GCM | GCM            | 1, 1k tunnels    |
++-------------------+---------------------+------------------+----------------+------------------+
+| crypto_ipsecmb    | sync/all workers    | AES[128]-CBC     | SHA[256|512]   | 1, 1k tunnels    |
++-------------------+---------------------+------------------+----------------+------------------+
+| crypto_ipsecmb    | async/crypto worker | AES[128|256]-GCM | GCM            | 1, 4, 1k tunnels |
++-------------------+---------------------+------------------+----------------+------------------+
+| crypto_ipsecmb    | async/crypto worker | AES[128]-CBC     | SHA[256|512]   | 1, 4, 1k tunnels |
++-------------------+---------------------+------------------+----------------+------------------+
+
+VPP IPsec with HW crypto are executed in both tunnel and policy modes,
+with tests running on 3-node Haswell testbeds (3n-hsw), as these are the
+only testbeds equipped with Intel QAT cards.