report 1807: introduction section editorial nit-picking.
[csit.git] / docs / report / vpp_performance_tests / csit_release_notes.rst
index 90058d3..6ac7fcd 100644 (file)
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Changes in |csit-release|
    - *L2patch tests* - Tests measure performance of L2patch, cross linking
      RX and TX of two physical interfaces.
 
-   - *2-node tests* - Baseline set of 2-node tests covering base ip4, ip4,
+   - *2-node tests* - Baseline set of 2-node tests covering base ip4, ip6,
      l2patch, l2bd, l2xc.
 
    - *Generated tests* - Simplified and unified test structure,
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ Changes in |csit-release|
      DPDK I/O mbufs. Tests are automatically tagged during execution indicating
      configuration.
 
-  - *Intel Skylake* - Topologies consisting of 2-node and 3-node using
-    SuperMirco servers each equipped with two Intel Xeon Skylake Platinum
-    processors.
+   - *Intel Skylake* - Topologies consisting of 2-node and 3-node using
+     SuperMirco servers each equipped with two Intel Xeon Skylake Platinum
+     processors. Full Ansible playbooks refactor for quick server
+     (re)installation and reference pointers of configuration.
 
 #. **Presentation and Analytics Layer**
 
@@ -45,11 +46,6 @@ Changes in |csit-release|
 
 #. **Test Framework Optimizations**
 
-   - *Performance tests efficiency* - Qemu build/install optimizations,
-     warmup phase handling, vpp restart handling. Resulted in improved
-     stability and reduced total execution time by 30% for single pkt
-     size e.g. 64B/78B.
-
    - *General code housekeeping* - ongoing RF keywords optimizations,
      removal of redundant RF keywords.
 
@@ -216,14 +212,9 @@ List of known issues in |csit-release| for VPP performance tests:
 |   | on x520.                                        |            | with HW combination of X710-X520 in LF testbeds. Not observed   |
 |   |                                                 |            | outside of LF testbeds.                                         |
 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 2 | Lower than expected NDR throughput of DPDK      | CSIT-571   | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR and   |
-|   | testpmd and VPP L2 path NDR throughput with     |            | PDR throughput on XL710 and X710 NICs.                          |
-|   | xl710 and x710 NICs, compared to x520 NICs.     |            |                                                                 |
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 3 | Tagged Ethernet dot1q and dot1ad L2 path        | CSIT-1066  | Tagged Ethernet dot1q and dot1ad L2 path throughput regression: |
-|   | throughput regression.                          |            | NDR -2%..-5%, PDR -2%..-6%, MRR. Affects l2xc and l2bd          |
-|   |                                                 |            | performance tests.                                              |
+| 2 | High failure rate of api call                   | VPP-1361   | Failure rate: 30-40% of tests failing due to interfaces not     |
+|   | sw_interface_set_flags [admin-up|link-up]       |            | in link-up state after API call sw_interface_set_flags.         |
 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 4 | IPSec (software, no QAT HW) throughput          | CSIT-1064  | IPSec throughput regression: NDR -3%..-8%, PDR -2%..-8%, MRR    |
-|   | regression.                                     |            | -3%..-7%. Affects IPSec SW tests, QAT HW tests not affected.    |
+| 3 | Scale IPSecHW Interface mode throughput         | CSIT-1234  | IPSec throughput regression: NDR -28%..-31%, PDR -28%..-31%,    |
+|   | regression.                                     |            | MRR -40%. Affects IPSec HW Scale 1000tnl tests with Int mode.   |
 +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+