-CSIT Release Notes\r
-==================\r
-\r
-Changes in CSIT |release| - to be updated\r
--------------------------\r
-\r
-#. VPP performance test environment changes\r
-\r
- - further VM and vhost-user test environment optimizations - Qemu virtio queue size increased from default value of 256 to 1024\r
- - addition of HW cryptodev devices in all three LF FD.io physical testbeds\r
-\r
-#. Added tests (to be updated)\r
-\r
- - NICs\r
-\r
- - Intel x710 (L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding, vhost-user)\r
- - Cisco VIC1385 (L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding)\r
- - Cisco VIC1227 (L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding)\r
-\r
- - vhost-user tests with VM\r
-\r
- - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x710 NIC\r
- - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with VxLAN and Intel x520 NIC\r
- - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel xl710 NIC\r
-\r
- - Tests with VxLAN\r
-\r
- - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC\r
- - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with vhost-user, VM and Intel x520\r
- NIC\r
-\r
-Performance Improvements - to be updated\r
-------------------------\r
-\r
-Substantial improvements in measured packet throughput, with relative increase\r
-of double-digit percentage points, have been observed in a number of CSIT\r
-|release| tests listed below. Relative improvements are calculated against the\r
-test results in CSIT rls1701 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] | Improvement |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+============+===========+===========+================+\r
-| L2XC | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 9.4 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 6% |\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
-| L2XC-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 14% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+\r
-| L2BD | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrdisc | 7.8 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 4% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+\r
-| L2BD-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 26% |\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 vhost | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.3 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 19% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+\r
-| IPv6 | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrdisc | 3.0 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 16% |\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 | Relative |\r
-| | | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | Improvement |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=============+\r
-| L2XC | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 9.4 | 12.7 | 13.4 | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1ad | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 7.4 | 8.8 | 9.3 | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1q | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 7.5 | 8.8 | 9.5 | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| L2XC VxLAN | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 5.4 | 6.5 | 6.8 | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| L2XC-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| L2BD | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc | 7.8 | 10.6 | 11.1 | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| L2BD-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.2 | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv4 | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-pdrdisc | 8.7 | 9.7 | 10.6 | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv4 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 | 8.3 | 9.2 | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv4 vhost | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\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
-\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
-\r
-\r
-Other Performance Changes - to be updated\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| tests\r
-listed below. Relative changes are calculated against the test results in CSIT\r
-rls1701 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 | Relative |\r
-| | | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | Change |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=============+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-ndrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-ndrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-ndrdisc | 8.5 | 7.8 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv4 Policer | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-ndrdisc | 6.9 | 7.4 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv4 LISP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-ndrdisc | 4.4 | 4.8 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv6 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc | 6.1 | 6.1 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrdisc | 6.5 | 5.3 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrdisc | 6.9 | 6.5 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrdisc | 5.3 | 4.2 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv6 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc | 6.5 | 6.1 | | % |\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 | Relative |\r
-| | | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | Change |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=============+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-pdrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-pdrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-pdrdisc | 8.3 | 8.1 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv4 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 | 7.6 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv4 Policer | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 | 7.4 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv4 LISP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-pdrdisc | 4.6 | 4.8 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv6 | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-pdrdisc | 7.7 | 7.3 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv6 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc | 6.1 | 6.1 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-pdrdisc | 6.9 | 5.3 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-pdrdisc | 6.9 | 6.5 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-pdrdisc | 5.3 | 4.2 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-| IPv6 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc | 6.5 | 6.1 | | % |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+\r
-\r
-Known Issues - to be updated\r
-------------\r
-\r
-Here is the list of known issues in CSIT |release| for VPP performance tests: (to be updated)\r
-\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| # | Issue | Description |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 1 | Sporadic IPv4 routed-forwarding NDR discovery | Suspected issue with DPDK IPv4 checksum calculation. |\r
-| | test failures for 1518B frame size | Observed frequency: sporadic, ca. 20% to 30% of test runs. |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 3 | Vic1385 and Vic1227 performance | Low performance of NDR results. Big difference between NDR and |\r
-| | | PDR. . |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 4 | Sporadic NDR discovery test failures on x520 | Suspected issue with HW settings (BIOS, FW) in LF |\r
-| | | infrastructure. Issue can't be replicated outside LF. |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 5 | Non-repeatible zig-zagging NDR throughput | Suspected NIC driver issue in multi-thread multi-core operation |\r
-| | results for multi-thread multi-core tests | affectin NDR throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs tested. |\r
-| | - 2t2c, 4t4c - for some tested NICs. | |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-\r
+Release Notes
+=============
+
+Changes in |csit-release|
+-------------------------
+
+#. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS
+
+ - **Service density 2n-skx tests**: Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
+ service density tests focus on measuring total per server throughput at
+ varied NFV service *packing* densities with vswitch providing host
+ dataplane. The goal is to compare and contrast performance of a shared
+ vswitch for different network topologies and virtualization technologies,
+ and their impact on vswitch performance and efficiency in a range of NFV
+ service configurations.
+
+ - **Experimental Soak Tests**: Added performamce soak tests framework
+ code for extended time duration tests and throughput discovery
+ at given PLR and at give total test time e.g. minutes, hours,
+ days, weeks, months, years. See updated
+ :ref:`test_methodology` section for more details.
+
+#. TEST FRAMEWORK
+
+ - **Container code optimizations**: Optimized container library allows to
+ run containre_memif tests faster.
+
+ - **CSIT PAPI Support**: Continue converting existing VAT L1 keywords to
+ PAPI L1 KWs in CSIT using VPP Python bindings. Required for migrating away
+ from VAT.
+
+ - **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing RF keywords optimizations,
+ removal of redundant RF keywords.
+
+#. PRESENTATION AND ANALYTICS LAYER
+
+ - **Graphs Layout Improvements**: Improved performance graphs layout
+ for better readibility and maintenance: test grouping, axis
+ labels, descriptions, other informative decoration.
+
+#. MISCELLANEOUS
+
+ - **3n-dnv Tests (3rd Party)**: Published performance tests for 3n-
+ dnv (3-Node Atom Denverton) from 3rd party testbeds running FD.io
+ |csit-release| automated testing code.
+ Only graphs for Packet Throughput and Speedup Multi-core and not
+ for Packet Latency were published as there are no results for Packet
+ Latency available.
+
+.. 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-1562 | Link bonding (mode LACP, transmit policy l34) test are failing due to VPP crashing producing core dump. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1562>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 3 | `CSIT-1427 | Scale HW IPsec are failing due to issue with selecting ipsec backend in VPP. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1427>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 4 | `VPP-1563 | AVF L2patch tests are failing for all packet size and core combination. Reason: null-node blackholed packets in show error. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1563>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 5 | `CSIT-1234 | VPP IPSecHW/IPSecsW scale interface mode, low NDR and PDR 64B throughput in 3n-hsw testbeds, in CSIT-19.01 vs. CSIT-18.10. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1234>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 6 | `CSIT-1428 | VM vhost tests with RXQ more than 2 are failing on 3n-skx. Suspecting RXQ configuration issues. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1428>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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