-CSIT Release Notes\r
-==================\r
-\r
-Changes in CSIT |release|\r
--------------------------\r
-\r
-#. VPP performance test environment changes\r
-\r
- - Further optimizations of VM and vhost-user test environment - various\r
- Qemu virtio queue size testing with value of 256 and 1024. Applied\r
- Linux CFS optimization to run VPP worker threads and Qemu worker threads\r
- with highest priority.\r
-\r
-#. VPP performance test framework changes\r
-\r
- - Full code review, optimization and refactor.\r
-\r
-#. T-rex changes\r
-\r
- - Full refactor of T-rex driver and introduce of traffic profiles that\r
- improves readability, manageability of traffic profiles for various\r
- test scenarios.\r
-\r
-#. Added VPP performance tests\r
-\r
- - **LXC memif**\r
-\r
- - Memif interface tests interconnecting two VPP instances on single SUT.\r
- Master VPP instance running on native OS with Intel x520 NIC and guest\r
- VPP instance running in Linux Container (LXC) doing the L2 cross\r
- connect loop. LXC running in privileged mode is pinned to dedicated\r
- cores. All VPP instances are same version.\r
-\r
- - **Stateful Security Groups**\r
-\r
- - **VM vhost use cases**\r
-\r
-Performance Improvements\r
-------------------------\r
-\r
-Substantial improvements in measured packet throughput have been\r
-observed in a number of CSIT |release| tests listed below, with relative\r
-increase of double-digit percentage points. Relative improvements are\r
-calculated against the test results listed in CSIT |release-1| report.\r
-VPP-16.09 numbers are provided for reference.\r
-\r
-NDR Throughput\r
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
-\r
-Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests:\r
-\r
-.. csv-table::\r
- :align: center\r
- :header-rows: 1\r
- :file: ../../../docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/ndr_throughput.csv\r
-\r
-PDR Throughput\r
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
-\r
-Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%:\r
-\r
-.. csv-table::\r
- :align: center\r
- :header-rows: 1\r
- :file: ../../../docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/pdr_throughput.csv\r
-\r
-Measured improvements are in line with VPP code optimizations listed in\r
-`VPP-17.07 release notes\r
-<https://docs.fd.io/vpp/17.07/release_notes_1707.html>`_.\r
-\r
-Other Performance Changes\r
--------------------------\r
-\r
-Other changes in measured packet throughput, with either minor relative\r
-increase or decrease, have been observed in a number of CSIT |release|\r
-tests listed below. Relative changes are calculated against the test\r
-results listed in CSIT |release-1| report.\r
-\r
-NDR Throughput\r
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
-\r
-Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests:\r
-\r
-.. csv-table::\r
- :align: center\r
- :header-rows: 1\r
- :file: ../../../docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/ndr_throughput_others.csv\r
-\r
-PDR Throughput\r
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
-\r
-Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%:\r
-\r
-.. csv-table::\r
- :align: center\r
- :header-rows: 1\r
- :file: ../../../docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/pdr_throughput_others.csv\r
-\r
-\r
-Known Issues\r
-------------\r
-\r
-Here is the list of known issues in CSIT |release| for VPP performance tests:\r
-\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| # | Issue | Jira ID | Description |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 1 | NDR discovery test failures 1518B frame size | VPP-663 | VPP reporting errors: dpdk-input Rx ip checksum errors. |\r
-| | for ip4scale200k, ip4scale2m scale IPv4 routed- | | Observed frequency: all test runs. |\r
-| | forwarding tests. ip4scale20k tests are fine. | | |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 2 | Vic1385 and Vic1227 low performance. | VPP-664 | Low NDR performance. |\r
-| | | | |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 3 | Sporadic NDR discovery test failures on x520. | CSIT-750 | Suspected issue with HW settings (BIOS, FW) in LF |\r
-| | | | infrastructure. Issue can't be replicated outside LF. |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 4 | VPP in 2t2c setups - large variation | CSIT-568 | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR |\r
-| | of discovered NDR throughput values across | | throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs, x520 NICs are fine. |\r
-| | multiple test runs with xl710 and x710 NICs. | | |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 5 | Lower than expected NDR and PDR throughput with | CSIT-569 | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR and |\r
-| | xl710 and x710 NICs, compared to x520 NICs. | | PDR throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs. |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-\r
+Release Notes
+=============
+
+Changes in |csit-release|
+-------------------------
+
+#. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS
+
+ - **Intel Xeon 2n-skx, 3n-skx and 2n-clx testbeds**: VPP 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), done 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:`vpp_known_issues`.
+
+ - **Service density 2n-skx tests**: Added new NF density tests with
+ IPsec encryption between DUTs.
+
+ - **AVF tests**: Full test coveraged based on code changes in CSIT
+ core layer (driver/interface awareness) and generated by suite
+ generator (Intel Fortville NICs only).
+
+ - **Hoststack tests**: Major refactor of VPP Hoststack TCP/IP
+ performance tests using WRK generator talking to the VPP HTTP
+ static server plugin measuring connections per second and
+ requests per second. Added new iperf3 with LDPreload tests,
+ iperf3/LDPreload tests with packet loss induced via the VPP NSIM
+ (Network Simulator) plugin, and QUIC/UDP/IP transport tests.
+ All of the new tests measure goodput through the VPP Hoststack
+ from client to server.
+
+ - **Latency HDRHistogram**: Added High Dynamic Range Histogram
+ latency measurements based on the new capability in TRex traffic
+ generator. HDRH latency data presented in latency packet
+ percentile graphs and in detailed results tables.
+
+ - **Mellanox MCX556A-EDAT tests**: Added tests with Mellanox
+ ConnectX5-2p100GE NICs in 2n-clx testbeds using VPP native rdma
+ driver.
+
+ - **IPsec reconfiguration tests**: Added tests measuring the impact
+ of IPsec tunnels creations and removals.
+
+ - **Load Balancer tests**: Added VPP performance tests for Maglev,
+ L3DSR (Direct Server Return), Layer 4 Load Balancing NAT Mode.
+
+#. TEST FRAMEWORK
+
+ - **CSIT Python3 support**: Full migration of CSIT from Python2.7 to
+ Python3.6. This change includes library migration, PIP dependency
+ upgrade, CSIT container images, infrastructure packages
+ ugrade/installation.
+
+ - **CSIT PAPI support**: Finished conversion of CSIT VAT L1 keywords
+ to PAPI L1 KWs in CSIT using VPP Python bindings (VPP PAPI).
+ Redesign of key components of PAPI Socket Executor and PAPI
+ history. Due to issues with PAPI performance, VAT is still used
+ in CSIT for all VPP scale tests. See known issues below.
+
+ - **Test Suite Generator**: Added capability to generate suites for
+ different drivers per NIC model including DPDK, AVF, RDMA.
+ Extended coverage for all tests.
+
+ - **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing RF keywords optimizations,
+ removal of redundant RF keywords and aligning of suite/test
+ setup/teardowns.
+
+
+#. PRESENTATION AND ANALYTICS LAYER
+
+ - **Graphs layout improvements**: Improved performance graphs layout
+ for better readibility and maintenance: test grouping, axis
+ labels, descriptions, other informative decoration.
+
+ - **Latency graphs**: Min/Avg/Max group bar latency graphs are
+ replaced with packet latency percentile distributon at different
+ background packet loads based on TRex latency hdrhistogram
+ measurements.
+
+..
+ // Alternative Note for 1st Bullet when bad microcode Skx, Clx results are published
+ - **Intel Xeon 2n-skx, 3n-skx and 2n-clx testbeds**: VPP 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`.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+ \clearpage
+
+.. _vpp_known_issues:
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+List of known issues in |csit-release| for VPP performance tests:
+
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| # | JiraID | Issue Description |
++====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
+| 1 | `CSIT-570 | Sporadic (1 in 200) NDR discovery test failures on x520. DPDK reporting rx-errors, indicating L1 issue. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-570>`_ | Suspected issue with HW combination of X710-X520 in LF testbeds. Not observed outside of LF testbeds. |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 2 | `VPP-662 | 9000B packets not supported by NICs VIC1227 and VIC1387. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-662>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 3 | `CSIT-1498 | Memif tests are sporadically failing on initialization of memif connection. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1498>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 4 | `VPP-1677 | 9000B ip4 nat44: VPP crash + coredump. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1677>`_ | VPP crashes very often in case that NAT44 is configured and it has to process IP4 jumbo frames (9000B). |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 5 | `CSIT-1591 | All CSIT scale tests can not use PAPI due to much slower performance compared to VAT/CLI (it takes much |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1499>`_ | longer to program VPP). This needs to be addressed on the PAPI side. |
+| +-----------------------------------------+ |
+| | `VPP-1763 | |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1763>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 6 | `VPP-1675 | IPv4 IPSEC 9000B packet tests are failing as no packet is forwarded. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1675>`_ | Reason: chained buffers are not supported. |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 7 | `CSIT-1593 | IPv4 AVF 9000B packet tests are failing on 3n-skx while passing on 2n-skx. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1593>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 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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