report 1904: updated methodology (nfv density, startup.conf) and vpp perf rls notes

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

diff --git a/docs/report/introduction/methodology_nfv_service_density.rst b/docs/report/introduction/methodology_nfv_service_density.rst
index 2946ba2..b09c1be 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/report/introduction/methodology_nfv_service_density.rst
+++ b/docs/report/introduction/methodology_nfv_service_density.rst
@@ -19,17 +19,13 @@ different service density setups by varying two parameters:
 - Number of service instances (e.g. 1,2,4..10).
 - Number of NFs per service instance (e.g. 1,2,4..10).
 
-The initial implementation of NFV service density tests in
-|csit-release| is using two NF applications:
-
-- VNF: DPDK L3fwd running in KVM VM, configured with /8 IPv4 prefix
-  routing. L3fwd got chosen as a lightweight fast IPv4 VNF application,
-  and follows CSIT approach of using DPDK sample applications in VMs for
-  performance testing.
-- CNF: VPP running in Docker Container, configured with /24 IPv4 prefix
-  routing. VPP got chosen as a fast IPv4 NF application that supports
-  required memif interface (L3fwd does not). This is similar to all
-  other Container tests in CSIT that use VPP.
+Implementation of NFV service density tests in |csit-release| is using two NF
+applications:
+
+- VNF: VPP of the same version as vswitch running in KVM VM, configured with /8
+  IPv4 prefix routing.
+- CNF: VPP of the same version as vswitch running in Docker Container,
+  configured with /8 IPv4 prefix routing.
 
 Tests are designed such that in all tested cases VPP vswitch is the most
 stressed application, as for each flow vswitch is processing each packet
@@ -84,23 +80,30 @@ physical core mapping ratios:
 
   - Data-plane on single core
 
+    - (main:core) = (1:1) => 1mt1c - 1 main thread on 1 core.
     - (data:core) = (1:1) => 2dt1c - 2 Data-plane Threads on 1 Core.
-    - (main:core) = (1:1) => 1mt1c - 1 Main Thread on 1 Core.
 
   - Data-plane on two cores
 
-    - (data:core) = (1:2) => 4dt2c - 4 Data-plane Threads on 2 Cores.
     - (main:core) = (1:1) => 1mt1c - 1 Main Thread on 1 Core.
+    - (data:core) = (1:2) => 4dt2c - 4 Data-plane Threads on 2 Cores.
 
 - VNF and CNF
 
   - Data-plane on single core
 
+    - (main:core) = (2:1) => 2mt1c - 2 Main Threads on 1 Core, 1 Thread
+      per NF, core shared between two NFs.
     - (data:core) = (1:1) => 2dt1c - 2 Data-plane Threads on 1 Core per
       NF.
+
+  - Data-plane on single logical core (Two NFs per physical core)
+
     - (main:core) = (2:1) => 2mt1c - 2 Main Threads on 1 Core, 1 Thread
       per NF, core shared between two NFs.
+    - (data:core) = (2:1) => 2dt1c - 2 Data-plane Threads on 1 Core, 1
+      Thread per NF, core shared between two NFs.
 
 Maximum tested service densities are limited by a number of physical
 cores per NUMA. |csit-release| allocates cores within NUMA0. Support for
-multi NUMA tests is to be added in future release.
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+multi NUMA tests is to be added in future release.