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@@ -4,200 +4,235 @@ CSIT Release Notes
 Changes in CSIT |release|\r
 -------------------------\r
 \r
-#. VPP performance test environment changes\r
+#. Test environment changes in VPP data plane performance tests:\r
 \r
-    - Further optimizations of VM and vhost-user test environment - Qemu virtio\r
-      queue size increased from default value of 256 to 1024.\r
-    - Addition of HW cryptodev devices - Intel QAT 8950 50G - in all three\r
-      LF FD.io physical testbeds.\r
+   - Further characterization and optimizations of VPP vhost-user and VM test\r
+     methodology and test environment;\r
 \r
-#. VPP performance test framework changes\r
+     - Tests with varying Qemu virtio queue (a.k.a. vring) sizes:\r
+       [vr256] default 256 descriptors, [vr1024] 1024 descriptors to\r
+       optimize for packet throughput;\r
 \r
-    - Added VAT command history collection for every test case as part of teardown.\r
+     - Tests with varying Linux :abbr:`CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler)`\r
+       settings: [cfs] default settings, [cfsrr1] :abbr:`CFS (Completely Fair\r
+       Scheduler)` RoundRobin(1) policy applied to all data plane threads\r
+       handling test packet path including all VPP worker threads and all Qemu\r
+       testpmd poll-mode threads;\r
+\r
+     - Resulting test cases are all combinations with [vr256,vr1024] and\r
+       [cfs,cfsrr1] settings;\r
+\r
+     - For more detail see performance results observations section in\r
+       this report;\r
+\r
+#. Code updates and optimizations in CSIT performance framework:\r
+\r
+   - Complete CSIT framework code revision and optimizations as descried\r
+     on CSIT wiki page `Design_Optimizations\r
+     <https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT/Design_Optimizations>`_.\r
+\r
+   - For more detail see the :ref:`CSIT Framework Design <csit-design>` section\r
+     in this report;\r
+\r
+#. Changes to CSIT driver for TRex Traffic Generator:\r
+\r
+   - Complete refactor of TRex CSIT driver;\r
+\r
+   - Introduction of packet traffic profiles to improve usability and\r
+     manageability of traffic profiles for a growing number of test\r
+     scenarios.\r
+\r
+   - Support for packet traffic profiles to test IPv4/IPv6 stateful and\r
+     stateless DUT data plane features;\r
 \r
 #. Added VPP performance tests\r
 \r
-    - **CGNAT**\r
+   - **Linux Container VPP memif virtual interface tests**\r
 \r
-      - Carrier Grade Network Address Translation tests with varying number\r
-        of users and ports per user: 1u-15p, 10u-15p, 100u-15p, 1000u-15p,\r
-        2000u-15p, 4000u-15p - with Intel x520 NIC.\r
+     - VPP Memif virtual interface (shared memory interface) tests\r
+       interconnecting VPP instances over memif. VPP vswitch\r
+       instance runs in bare-metal user-mode handling Intel x520 NIC\r
+       10GbE interfaces and connecting over memif (Master side) virtual\r
+       interfaces to another instance of VPP running in bare-metal Linux\r
+       Container (LXC) with memif virtual interfaces (Slave side). LXC\r
+       runs in a priviliged mode with VPP data plane worker threads\r
+       pinned to dedicated physical CPU cores per usual CSIT practice.\r
+       Both VPP run the same version of software. This test topology is\r
+       equivalent to existing tests with vhost-user and VMs.\r
 \r
-    - **vhost-user tests with one VM**\r
+   - **Stateful Security Groups**\r
 \r
-      - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x710 NIC, Intel x520 NIC,\r
-        Intel xl710 NIC.\r
-      - VXLAN and L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC.\r
+     - New tests of VPP stateful security-groups a.k.a. acl-plugin\r
+       functionally compatible with networking-vpp OpenStack;\r
 \r
-    - **vhost-user tests with two VMs service chain**\r
+     - New tested security-groups access-control-lists (acl)\r
+       configuration variants include: [iaclNsl] input acl stateless,\r
+       [oaclNsl] output acl stateless, [iaclNsf] input acl stateful\r
+       a.k.a. reflect, [oaclNsf] output acl stateful a.k.a. reflect,\r
+       where N is number of access-control-entries (ace) in the acl.\r
 \r
-      - L2 cross-connect switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC, Intel xl710 NIC.\r
-      - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC, Intel xl710 NIC.\r
-      - IPv4 routed-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC, Intel xl710 NIC.\r
+     - Testing packet flows transmitted by TG: 100, 10k, 100k, always\r
+       hitting the last permit entry in acl.\r
 \r
-    - **IPSec encryption with**\r
+   - **VPP vhost and VM tests**\r
 \r
-      - AES-GCM, CBC-SHA1 ciphers, in combination with IPv4 routed-forwarding\r
-        with Intel xl710 NIC.\r
-      - CBC-SHA1 ciphers, in combination with LISP-GPE overlay tunneling for\r
-        IPv4-over-IPv4 with Intel xl710 NIC.\r
+     - New VPP vhost-user and VM test cases to benchmark performance of\r
+       VPP and VM topologies with Qemu and CFS policy combinations of\r
+       [vr256,vr1024] x [cfs,cfsrr1];\r
+\r
+     - Statistical analysis of repeatibility of results;\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 rls1701 report.\r
-VPP-16.09 numbers are provided for reference.\r
+Substantial improvements in measured packet throughput have been observed in a\r
+number of CSIT |release| tests listed below, with relative increase of\r
+double-digit percentage points. Relative improvements for this release are\r
+calculated against the test results listed in CSIT |release-1| report. The\r
+comparison is calculated between the mean values based on collected and\r
+archived test results' samples for involved VPP releases. Standard deviation\r
+has been also listed for CSIT |release|. VPP-16.09 and VPP-17.01 numbers are\r
+provided for reference.\r
 \r
 NDR Throughput\r
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
 \r
 Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests:\r
 \r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| VPP Functionality | Test Name                                                       | VPP-16.09  | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04  |\r
-|                   |                                                                 | [Mpps]     | [Mpps]    | [Mpps]    | Relative Change |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+============+===========+===========+=================+\r
-| L2XC-vhost-VM     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc       | 0.5        | 2.8       | 3.4       | 21%             |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2BD-vhost-VM     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.4        | 2.7       | 3.1       | 15%             |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 vhost        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc     | 0.3        | 2.6       | 3.0       | 15%             |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 LISP         | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-ndrdisc             | 4.4        | 4.8       | 5.5       | 15%             |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6              | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrdisc                    | 3.0        | 7.3       | 8.1       | 11%             |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 COP          | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc     | 6.1        | 6.1       | 6.9       | 13%             |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 iAcl         | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc        | 6.5        | 6.1       | 6.9       | 13%             |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 2M       | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrdisc                 | 5.3        | 4.2       | 4.6       | 10%             |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
+.. only:: html\r
+\r
+   .. csv-table::\r
+      :align: center\r
+      :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_ndr_top.csv\r
+\r
+.. only:: latex\r
+\r
+   .. raw:: latex\r
+\r
+      \makeatletter\r
+      \csvset{\r
+        perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{ m{1.5cm} m{5cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead},\r
+      }\r
+      \makeatother\r
+\r
+      {\tiny\r
+      \csvautobooklongtable[separator=comma,\r
+        respect all,\r
+        no check column count,\r
+        perfimprovements column width=1cm,\r
+        late after line={\\\hline},\r
+        late after last line={\end{longtable}}\r
+        ]{../_tmp/src/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/performance_improvements_ndr_top.csv}\r
+      }\r
+\r
 \r
 PDR Throughput\r
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
 \r
 Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%:\r
 \r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| VPP Functionality | Test Name                                                       | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04  |\r
-|                   |                                                                 | [Mpps]    | [Mpps]    | [Mpps]    | Relative Change |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=================+\r
-| L2XC-vhost-VM     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc       | 2.6       | 3.2       | 3.7       | 15%             |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2BD-vhost-VM     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.1       | 2.9       | 3.3       | 14%             |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 vhost        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc     | 2.0       | 2.7       | 3.0       | 11%             |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 LISP         | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-pdrdisc             | 4.6       | 4.8       | 5.5       | 15%             |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6              | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-pdrdisc                    | 7.7       | 7.3       | 8.1       | 11%             |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 COP          | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc     | 6.1       | 6.1       | 6.9       | 13%             |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 iAcl         | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc        | 6.5       | 6.1       | 6.9       | 13%             |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 2M       | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-pdrdisc                 | 5.3       | 4.2       | 4.6       | 10%             |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
+.. only:: html\r
 \r
-Measured improvements are in line with VPP code optimizations listed in\r
-`VPP-17.04 release notes\r
-<https://docs.fd.io/vpp/17.04/release_notes_1704.html>`_.\r
+   .. csv-table::\r
+      :align: center\r
+      :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_pdr_top.csv\r
+\r
+.. only:: latex\r
 \r
-Additionally, vhost-VM performance improvements are due to both VPP code\r
-optimizations as well as due to the FD.io CSIT Linux KVM test environment\r
-optimizations for vhost-VM tests - see section "2.1.7. Methodology: KVM VM\r
-vhost".\r
+   .. raw:: latex\r
 \r
+      \makeatletter\r
+      \csvset{\r
+        perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{ m{1.5cm} m{5cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead},\r
+      }\r
+      \makeatother\r
+\r
+      {\tiny\r
+      \csvautobooklongtable[separator=comma,\r
+        respect all,\r
+        no check column count,\r
+        perfimprovements column width=1cm,\r
+        late after line={\\\hline},\r
+        late after last line={\end{longtable}}\r
+        ]{../_tmp/src/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/performance_improvements_pdr_top.csv}\r
+      }\r
+\r
+\r
+Measured improvements are in line with VPP code optimizations listed in\r
+`VPP-17.10 release notes\r
+<https://docs.fd.io/vpp/17.10/release_notes_1710.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 rls1701 report.\r
+Other changes in measured packet throughput, with either minor relative increase\r
+or decrease, have been observed in a number of CSIT |release| tests listed\r
+below. Relative changes are calculated against the test results listed in CSIT\r
+|release-1| report.\r
 \r
 NDR Throughput\r
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
 \r
 Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests:\r
 \r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| VPP Functionality | Test Name                                                       | VPP-16.09  | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04  |\r
-|                   |                                                                 | [Mpps]     | [Mpps]    | [Mpps]    | Relative Change |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+============+===========+===========+=================+\r
-| L2XC              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc                      | 9.4        | 12.7      | 13.1      | 3%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2XC              | 10ge2p1xl710: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc                     | 9.5        | 12.2      | 12.4      | 2%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1ad       | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-ndrdisc                   | 7.4        | 8.8       | 9.3       | 6%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1q        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-ndrdisc                    | 7.5        | 8.8       | 9.2       | 5%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2XC VxLAN        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-ndrdisc              | 5.4        | 6.5       | 6.8       | 5%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2BD              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrdisc                | 7.8        | 10.4      | 10.8      | 4%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrdisc                    | 8.7        | 9.7       | 10.6      | 9%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 COP          | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc     | 7.1        | 8.3       | 9.0       | 8%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 iAcl         | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc        | 6.9        | 7.6       | 8.3       | 9%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 200k     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-ndrdisc               | 8.5        | 9.0       | 9.7       | 8%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 20k      | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-ndrdisc                | 8.5        | 9.0       | 9.7       | 8%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 2M       | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-ndrdisc                 | 8.5        | 7.8       | 8.1       | 4%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 Policer      | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-ndrdisc    | 6.9        | 7.4       | 8.1       | 9%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 200k     | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrdisc               | 6.5        | 5.3       | 5.3       | 0%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 20k      | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrdisc                | 6.9        | 6.5       | 6.9       | 6%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
+.. only:: html\r
+\r
+   .. csv-table::\r
+      :align: center\r
+      :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_ndr_low.csv\r
+\r
+.. only:: latex\r
+\r
+   .. raw:: latex\r
+\r
+      \makeatletter\r
+      \csvset{\r
+        perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{ m{1.5cm} m{5cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead},\r
+      }\r
+      \makeatother\r
+\r
+      {\tiny\r
+      \csvautobooklongtable[separator=comma,\r
+        respect all,\r
+        no check column count,\r
+        perfimprovements column width=1cm,\r
+        late after line={\\\hline},\r
+        late after last line={\end{longtable}}\r
+        ]{../_tmp/src/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/performance_improvements_ndr_low.csv}\r
+      }\r
+\r
 \r
 PDR Throughput\r
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
 \r
 Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%:\r
 \r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| VPP Functionality | Test Name                                                       | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04  |\r
-|                   |                                                                 | [Mpps]    | [Mpps]    | [Mpps]    | Relative Change |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=================+\r
-| L2XC              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-pdrdisc                      | 9.4       | 12.7      | 13.4      | 6%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1ad       | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-pdrdisc                   | 7.4       | 8.8       | 9.3       | 6%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1q        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-pdrdisc                    | 7.5       | 8.8       | 9.2       | 5%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2XC VxLAN        | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-pdrdisc              | 5.4       | 6.5       | 6.8       | 5%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2BD              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc                | 7.8       | 10.6      | 10.8      | 2%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4              | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-pdrdisc                    | 8.7       | 9.7       | 10.6      | 9%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 COP          | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc     | 7.1       | 8.3       | 9.2       | 11%             |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 iAcl         | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc        | 7.1       | 7.6       | 8.3       | 9%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 200k     | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-pdrdisc               | 8.5       | 9.0       | 9.7       | 8%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 20k      | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-pdrdisc                | 8.5       | 9.0       | 9.7       | 8%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 2M       | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-pdrdisc                 | 8.3       | 8.1       | 8.1       | 0%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 Policer      | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-pdrdisc    | 7.1       | 7.4       | 8.1       | 9%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 200k     | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-pdrdisc               | 6.9       | 5.3       | 5.3       | 0%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 20k      | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-pdrdisc                | 6.9       | 6.5       | 6.9       | 6%              |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
+.. only:: html\r
+\r
+   .. csv-table::\r
+      :align: center\r
+      :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_pdr_low.csv\r
+\r
+.. only:: latex\r
+\r
+   .. raw:: latex\r
+\r
+      \makeatletter\r
+      \csvset{\r
+        perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{ m{1.5cm} m{5cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead},\r
+      }\r
+      \makeatother\r
+\r
+      {\tiny\r
+      \csvautobooklongtable[separator=comma,\r
+        respect all,\r
+        no check column count,\r
+        perfimprovements column width=1cm,\r
+        late after line={\\\hline},\r
+        late after last line={\end{longtable}}\r
+        ]{../_tmp/src/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/performance_improvements_pdr_low.csv}\r
+      }\r
+\r
 \r
 Known Issues\r
 ------------\r
@@ -207,26 +242,17 @@ Here is the list of known issues in CSIT |release| for VPP performance tests:
 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\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 | Sporadic VAT API timeouts during ip6scale2m     | VPP-712    | Needs fixing VPP VAT API timeouts for large volume of IPv6      |\r
-|   | scale IPv6  routed-forwarding tests when volume |            | routes.                                                         |\r
-|   | adding IPv6 routes - 2M in this case.           |            |                                                                 |\r
-|   | ip6scale200k works.                             |            |                                                                 |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 3 | Vic1385 and Vic1227 low performance.            | VPP-664    | Low NDR performance.                                            |\r
+| 1 | Vic1385 and Vic1227 low performance.            | VPP-664    | Low NDR performance.                                            |\r
 |   |                                                 |            |                                                                 |\r
 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 4 | Sporadic NDR discovery test failures on x520.   | CSIT-750   | Suspected issue with HW settings (BIOS, FW) in LF               |\r
+| 2 | 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
-| 5 | VPP in 2t2c setups - large variation            | CSIT-568   | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR       |\r
+| 3 | 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
-| 6 | Lower than expected NDR and PDR throughput with | CSIT-569   | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR and   |\r
+| 4 | 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