report: update to vpp performance release notes
[csit.git] / docs / report / vpp_performance_tests / csit_release_notes.rst
index a077791..4f986eb 100644 (file)
@@ -8,34 +8,33 @@ Changes in |csit-release|
 
 #. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS
 
-   - CSIT test environment is versioned, see
-     :ref:`test_environment_versioning`.
-
-   - **Upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS**: Reinstall base operating system to
-     Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS. Upgrade includes also baseline Docker
-     containers used for spawning topology.
+   - **Intel Xeon Ice Lake**: Performance test data for these platforms
+     continues to be provided by external Intel benchmarking labs
+     executing |csit-release| tests. For details about the physical
+     setup see :ref:`tested_physical_topologies`.
 
-   - Initial test data for Intel Xeon Ice Lake platforms. Current
-     CSIT-2106 report data for Intel Xeon Ice Lake comes from an
-     external source (Intel labs running CSIT code on 8360Y D Stepping
-     and 6338N processors). For detail about the physical setup
-     see :ref:`tested_physical_topologies`. Tested VPP and CSIT
-     versions are pre-release, VPP 21.06-rc0~779-gd640ae52f.
+   - **AWS EC2 c5n**: Performance test data for AWS c5n instances has
+     been added to report for ip4, ip6 and ipsec tests.
 
-   - **AF_XDP**: Added af_xdp driver testing for all testcases.
+   - **Reduction of tests**: Removed certain test variations executed
+     iteratively for the report (as well as in daily and weekly
+     trending) due to physical testbeds overload.
 
-   - **GTPU tunnel**: Added GTPU HW Offload IPv4 routing tests.
+#. TEST FRAMEWORK
 
-   - **Telemetry retouch**: Redesign telemetry retrieval from DUT.
-     Include VPP perfmon plugin telemetry.
+   - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 8, see
+     :ref:`test_environment_versioning`.
 
-#. TEST FRAMEWORK
+   - **CSIT in AWS environment**: Completed CSIT automation support for
+     AWS c5n instances environment, including weekly performance 
+     trending tests execution.
 
-   - **CSIT PAPI support**: Due to issues with PAPI performance, VAT is
-     still used in CSIT for all VPP scale tests. See known issues below.
+   - **CSIT PAPI support**: Due to issues with PAPI performance, and
+     deprecation of VAT, CLI is used in CSIT for many VPP scale tests.
+     See known issues below.
 
-   - **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing code optimizations,
-     speed ups and bug fixes.
+   - **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing code optimizations and bug
+     fixes.
 
 #. PRESENTATION AND ANALYTICS LAYER
 
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ List of known issues in |csit-release| for VPP performance tests:
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | #  | JiraID                                  | Issue Description                                                                                         |
 +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
-|  1 | `CSIT-1782                              | Multicore AVF tests are failing when trying to create interface.                                          |
+|  1 | `CSIT-1782                              | Multicore AVF tests are failing when trying to create interface. The issue persists after FVL FW upgrade. |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1782>`_ |                                                                                                           |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 |  2 | `CSIT-1763                              | Adapt ramp-up phase of nat44 tests for different frame sizes.                                             |
@@ -68,6 +67,21 @@ List of known issues in |csit-release| for VPP performance tests:
 |    | `VPP-1763                               | commands in flight over socket), the VPP configuration for large scale tests (millions of messages) takes |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1763>`_  | too long.                                                                                                 |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  4 | `CSIT-1789                              | AVF driver does not perform RSS in a deterministic way.                                                   |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1789>`_ | This increases standard deviation of tests with small number of flows (mainly ipsec).                     |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  5 | `CSIT-1780                              | IPSEC SW async scheduler MRR tests failing with no traffic forwarded.                                     |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1780>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  6 | `CSIT-1786                              | IP4 and IP6 scale tests failing with no traffic forwarded.                                                |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1786>`_ | Issue reported to VPP devs.                                                                               |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  7 | `CSIT-1785                              | NAT44ED tests failing to establish all TCP sessions.                                                      |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1785>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  8 | `CSIT-1791                              | Performance regression in RDMA tests, due to CSIT environment changes.                                    |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1791>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 Root Cause Analysis for Performance Changes
 -------------------------------------------
@@ -77,6 +91,6 @@ List of RCAs in |csit-release| for VPP performance changes:
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | #  | JiraID                                  | Issue Description                                                                                         |
 +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
-|  1 | `VPP-1972                               | One VPP change has decreased performance of NAT44ed processing, both slow path and fast path.             |
+|  1 | `VPP-1972                               | One VPP change has decreased performance of NAT44ed processing, mostly slow path.                         |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1972>`_  |                                                                                                           |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+