csit rls1704: updates to /testpmd_performance_tests/packet_*_graphs files.

[csit.git] / docs / report / vpp_performance_tests / packet_throughput_graphs / l2.rst

diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/packet_throughput_graphs/l2.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/packet_throughput_graphs/l2.rst
index d9a6901..5e8822c 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/packet_throughput_graphs/l2.rst
+++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/packet_throughput_graphs/l2.rst
@@ -7,11 +7,15 @@ and PDR throughput (<0.5% packet loss). Performance is reported for VPP
 running in multiple configurations of VPP worker thread(s), a.k.a. VPP
 data plane thread(s), and their physical CPU core(s) placement.
 
-Results are generated by multiple executions of the same CSIT tests.
-In order to display variation in measured throughput values, Box-and-
-whisker plots are used to show their quartiles (Min, 1st quartile / 25th
-percentile, 2nd quartile / 50th percentile / mean, 3rd quartile / 75th
-percentile, Max). Outliers are plotted as individual points.
+Results are generated by multiple executions of the same CSIT
+performance tests across three physical testbeds within LF FD.io labs.
+To provide a descriptive summary view, Box-and-Whisker plots are used to
+display variation in measured throughput values, without making any
+assumptions of the underlying statistical distribution. For each plotted
+test case, Box-and-Whisker plots show the quartiles (Min, 1st quartile
+/ 25th percentile, 2nd quartile / 50th percentile / mean, 3rd quartile /
+75th percentile, Max) across collected data set (data set size stated in
+the note below). Outliers are plotted as individual points.
 
 *Title of each graph* is a regex (regular expression) matching all
 throughput test cases plotted on this graph, *X-axis labels* are indices
@@ -26,7 +30,9 @@ legend* lists the plotted test suites and their indices.
     `csit-vpp-perf-1704-all
     <https://jenkins.fd.io/view/csit/job/csit-vpp-perf-1704-all/>`_,
     with Robot Framework result files csit-vpp-perf-1704-all-<id>.zip
-    `archived here <../../_static/archive/>`_
+    `archived here <../../_static/archive/>`_. Plotted data set size per
+    test case is equal to the number of job executions presented in this
+    report version: **5**.
 
 NDR Throughput
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -134,11 +140,11 @@ git repository:
     $ cd $CSIT/tests/perf
     $ grep -E "64B-2t2c-(eth|dot1q|dot1ad)-(l2xcbase|l2bdbasemaclrn)-pdrdisc" *
 
-10ge2p1vic1227-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc
-10ge2p1x520-dot1ad-l2xcbase-ndrpdrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-pdrdisc
-10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2xcbase-ndrpdrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-dot1q-l2xcbase-pdrdisc
-10ge2p1x520-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc
-10ge2p1x520-eth-l2xcbase-ndrpdrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-pdrdisc
-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc
-40ge2p1vic1385-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc
+    10ge2p1vic1227-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc
+    10ge2p1x520-dot1ad-l2xcbase-ndrpdrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-pdrdisc
+    10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2xcbase-ndrpdrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-dot1q-l2xcbase-pdrdisc
+    10ge2p1x520-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc
+    10ge2p1x520-eth-l2xcbase-ndrpdrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-pdrdisc
+    10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc
+    40ge2p1vic1385-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc