-#. Naming change for all VPP performance test suites and test cases.\r
-#. VPP performance test environment changes\r
-\r
- - upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04\r
- - VM and vhost-user test environment optimizations\r
- - addition of HW cryptodev devices in LFD FD.io physical testbed\r
-\r
-#. Added tests\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\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 rls1609 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 | Relative Improvement |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+===========+=================+======================+\r
-| L2XC | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 9.4 Mpps | 12.7 Mpps | 35% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC | 10ge2p1xl710: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 9.5 Mpps | 12.2..12.4 Mpps | 28..30% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1ad | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 7.4 Mpps | 8.8..9.0 Mpps | 19..23% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1q | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 7.5 Mpps | 8.8..9.0 Mpps | 17..20% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC VxLAN | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 5.4 Mpps | 6.5 Mpps | 20% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.5 Mpps | 2.8..3.2 Mpps | 460..540% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2BD | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrdisc | 7.8 Mpps | 10.4..10.6 Mpps | 33..36% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2BD-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.4 Mpps | 2.7..2.8 Mpps | 575..600% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrdisc | 8.7 Mpps | 9.7 Mpps | 12% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc | 7.1 Mpps | 8.3..8.5 Mpps | 17..20% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc | 6.9 Mpps | 7.6..7.8 Mpps | 10..13% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 vhost | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.3 Mpps | 2.6 Mpps | 767% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrdisc | 3.0 Mpps | 7.3..7.7 Mpps | 143..157% |\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 | Relative Improvement |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+===========+=================+======================+\r
-| L2XC | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 9.4 Mpps | 12.7..12.9 Mpps | 35..37% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1ad | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 7.4 Mpps | 8.8..9.1 Mpps | 19..23% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1q | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 7.5 Mpps | 8.8..9.0 Mpps | 17..20% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC VxLAN | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 5.4 Mpps | 6.5 Mpps | 20% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.6 Mpps | 3.2..3.3 Mpps | 23..26% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2BD | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc | 7.8 Mpps | 10.6 Mpps | 36% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2BD-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.1 Mpps | 2.9 Mpps | 38% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-pdrdisc | 8.7 Mpps | 9.7 Mpps | 11% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 Mpps | 8.3..8.5 Mpps | 17..20% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 vhost | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.0 Mpps | 2.7 Mpps | 35% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-\r
-Measured improvements are in line with VPP code optimizations listed in\r
-`VPP-17.01 release notes\r
-<https://docs.fd.io/vpp/17.01/release_notes_1701.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\r
--------------------------\r
+#. **VPP performance tests**\r
+\r
+ - *MRR tests* - New Maximum Receive Rate tests measure the packet\r
+ forwarding rate under the maximum load offered by traffic\r
+ generator over a set trial duration, regardless of packet loss.\r
+ MRR tests are used for continuous performance trending and for\r
+ comparison between releases.\r
+\r
+ - *Service Chaining with SRv6* - New SRv6 (Segment Routing IPv6) proxy\r
+ tests measure performance of SRv6 Endpoint fronting SR-unaware\r
+ appliance via masquerading (End.AM), dynamic proxy (End.AD) or\r
+ static proxy (End.AS) SR functions.\r
+\r
+#. **Presentation and Analytics Layer**\r
+\r
+ - *Performance trending* - Added continuous performance trending and\r
+ analysis. New Performance Trending and Performance Analysis jobs\r
+ executed regular throughput tests, with results being subsequently\r
+ analysed and trend and anomalies summarized and presented in VPP\r
+ Performance Dashboard and trendline graphs.\r
+\r
+#. **Test Framework Optimizations**\r
+\r
+ - *Performance tests efficiency* - Qemu build/install optimizations,\r
+ warmup phase handling, vpp restart handling. Resulted in improved\r
+ stability and reduced total execution time by 30% for single pkt\r
+ size e.g. 64B/78B.\r
+\r
+ - *General code housekeeping* - ongoing RF keywords optimizations,\r
+ removal of redundant RF keywords.\r
+\r
+Performance Changes\r
+-------------------\r
+\r
+Relative performance changes in measured packet throughput in CSIT\r
+|release| are calculated against the results from CSIT |release-1|\r
+report. Listed mean and standard deviation values are computed based on\r
+a series of the same tests executed against respective VPP releases to\r
+verify test results repeatibility, with percentage change calculated for\r
+mean values. Note that the standard deviation is quite high for a small\r
+number of packet throughput tests, what indicates poor test results\r
+repeatability and makes the relative change of mean throughput value not\r
+fully representative for these tests. The root causes behind poor\r
+results repeatibility vary between the test cases.\r
+\r
+NDR Changes\r
+~~~~~~~~~~~\r
+\r
+NDR small packet throughput changes between releases are available in a\r
+CSV and pretty ASCII formats:\r
+\r
+ - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-1t1c-full.csv>`_,\r
+ - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-2t2c-full.csv>`_,\r
+ - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-1t1c-full.txt>`_,\r
+ - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-2t2c-full.txt>`_.\r
+\r
+PDR Changes\r
+~~~~~~~~~~~\r
+\r
+NDR small packet throughput changes between releases are available in a\r
+CSV and pretty ASCII formats:\r
+\r
+ - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-pdr-1t1c-full.csv>`_,\r
+ - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-pdr-2t2c-full.csv>`_,\r
+ - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-pdr-1t1c-full.txt>`_,\r
+ - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-pdr-2t2c-full.txt>`_.\r
+\r
+MRR Changes\r
+~~~~~~~~~~~\r
+\r
+MRR small packet throughput changes between releases are available in a\r
+CSV and pretty ASCII formats:\r
+\r
+ - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-mrr-1t1c-full.csv>`_,\r
+ - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-mrr-2t2c-full.csv>`_,\r
+ - `csv format for 4t4c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-mrr-4t4c-full.csv>`_,\r
+ - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-mrr-1t1c-full.txt>`_,\r
+ - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-mrr-2t2c-full.txt>`_,\r
+ - `pretty ASCII format for 4t4c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-mrr-4t4c-full.txt>`_.\r
+\r
+Throughput Trending\r
+-------------------\r
+\r
+In addition to reporting throughput changes between VPP releases, CSIT\r
+provides continuous performance trending for VPP master branch:\r
+\r
+#. `VPP Performance Dashboard <https://docs.fd.io/csit/master/trending/introduction/index.html>`_\r
+ - per VPP test case throughput trend, trend compliance and summary of\r
+ detected anomalies.\r
+\r
+#. `Trending Methodology <https://docs.fd.io/csit/master/trending/methodology/index.html>`_\r
+ - throughput test metrics, trend calculations and anomaly\r
+ classification (progression, regression, outlier).\r