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-Overview\r
-========\r
-\r
-Tested Topologies HW\r
---------------------\r
-\r
-CSIT VPP performance tests are executed on physical baremetal servers hosted by LF\r
-FD.io project. Testbed physical topology is shown in the figure below.\r
-\r
-::\r
-\r
-    +------------------------+           +------------------------+\r
-    |                        |           |                        |\r
-    |  +------------------+  |           |  +------------------+  |\r
-    |  |                  |  |           |  |                  |  |\r
-    |  |                  <----------------->                  |  |\r
-    |  |       DUT1       |  |           |  |       DUT2       |  |\r
-    |  +--^---------------+  |           |  +---------------^--+  |\r
-    |     |                  |           |                  |     |\r
-    |     |            SUT1  |           |  SUT2            |     |\r
-    +------------------------+           +------------------^-----+\r
-          |                                                 |\r
-          |                                                 |\r
-          |                  +-----------+                  |\r
-          |                  |           |                  |\r
-          +------------------>    TG     <------------------+\r
-                             |           |\r
-                             +-----------+\r
-\r
-SUT1 and SUT2 are two System Under Test servers (Cisco UCS C240, each with two\r
-Intel XEON CPUs), TG is a Traffic Generator (TG, another Cisco UCS C240, with\r
-two Intel XEON CPUs). SUTs run VPP SW application in Linux user-mode as a\r
-Device Under Test (DUT). TG runs TRex SW application as a packet Traffic\r
-Generator. Physical connectivity between SUTs and to TG is provided using\r
-different NIC models that need to be tested for performance. Currently\r
-installed and tested NIC models include:\r
-\r
-#. 2port10GE X520-DA2 Intel.\r
-#. 2port10GE X710 Intel.\r
-#. 2port10GE VIC1227 Cisco.\r
-#. 2port40GE VIC1385 Cisco.\r
-#. 2port40GE XL710 Intel.\r
-\r
-Detailed LF FD.io test bed specification and physical topology are described\r
-in `wiki CSIT LF testbed <https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT/CSIT_LF_testbed>`_.\r
-\r
-For test cases that require DUT (VPP) to communicate with VM over vhost-user\r
-interfaces, a VM is created on SUT1 and SUT2. DUT (VPP) test topology with VM\r
-is shown in the figure below including applicable packet flow thru the VM\r
-(marked in the figure with ``***``).\r
-\r
-::\r
-\r
-    +------------------------+           +------------------------+\r
-    |      +----------+      |           |      +----------+      |\r
-    |      |    VM    |      |           |      |    VM    |      |\r
-    |      |  ******  |      |           |      |  ******  |      |\r
-    |      +--^----^--+      |           |      +--^----^--+      |\r
-    |        *|    |*        |           |        *|    |*        |\r
-    |  +------v----v------+  |           |  +------v----v------+  |\r
-    |  |      *    *      |**|***********|**|      *    *      |  |\r
-    |  |  *****    *******<----------------->*******    *****  |  |\r
-    |  |  *    DUT1       |  |           |  |       DUT2    *  |  |\r
-    |  +--^---------------+  |           |  +---------------^--+  |\r
-    |    *|                  |           |                  |*    |\r
-    |    *|            SUT1  |           |  SUT2            |*    |\r
-    +------------------------+           +------------------^-----+\r
-         *|                                                 |*\r
-         *|                                                 |*\r
-         *|                  +-----------+                  |*\r
-         *|                  |           |                  |*\r
-         *+------------------>    TG     <------------------+*\r
-         ******************* |           |********************\r
-                             +-----------+\r
-\r
-Note that for VM tests, packets are switched by DUT (VPP) twice, hence the\r
-throughput rates measured by TG (and listed in this report) must be multiplied\r
-by two to represent the actual DUT aggregate packet forwarding rate.\r
-\r
-VPP Performance Tests Overview\r
-------------------------------\r
-\r
-Performance tests are split into the two main categories:\r
-\r
-- Throughput discovery - discovery of packet forwarding rate using binary search\r
-  in accordance to RFC2544.\r
-\r
-  - NDR - discovery of Non Drop Rate packet throughput, at zero packet loss;\r
-    followed by packet one-way latency measurements at 10%, 50% and 100% of\r
-    discovered NDR throughput.\r
-  - PDR - discovery of Partial Drop Rate, with specified non-zero packet loss\r
-    currently set to 0.5%; followed by packet one-way latency measurements at\r
-    100% of discovered PDR throughput.\r
-\r
-- Throughput verification - verification of packet forwarding rate against\r
-  previously discovered throughput rate. These tests are currently done against\r
-  0.9 of reference NDR, with reference rates updated periodically.\r
-\r
-CSIT |release| includes following performance test suites, listed per NIC type:\r
-\r
-- 2port10GE X520-DA2 Intel\r
-\r
-  - **L2XC** - L2 Cross-Connect switched-forwarding of untagged, dot1q, dot1ad\r
-    VLAN tagged Ethernet frames.\r
-  - **L2BD** - L2 Bridge-Domain switched-forwarding of untagged Ethernet frames\r
-    with MAC learning; disabled MAC learning i.e. static MAC tests to be added.\r
-  - **IPv4** - IPv4 routed-forwarding.\r
-  - **IPv6** - IPv6 routed-forwarding.\r
-  - **IPv4 Scale** - IPv4 routed-forwarding with 20k, 200k and 2M FIB entries.\r
-  - **IPv6 Scale** - IPv6 routed-forwarding with 20k, 200k and 2M FIB entries.\r
-  - **VM with vhost-user** - switching between NIC ports and VM over vhost-user\r
-    interfaces in different switching modes incl. L2 Cross-Connect, L2\r
-    Bridge-Domain, VXLAN with L2BD, IPv4 routed-forwarding.\r
-  - **COP** - IPv4 and IPv6 routed-forwarding with COP address security.\r
-  - **iACL** - IPv4 and IPv6 routed-forwarding with iACL address security.\r
-  - **LISP** - LISP overlay tunneling for IPv4-over-IPV4, IPv6-over-IPv4,\r
-    IPv6-over-IPv6, IPv4-over-IPv6 in IPv4 and IPv6 routed-forwarding modes.\r
-  - **VXLAN** - VXLAN overlay tunnelling integration with L2XC and L2BD.\r
-  - **QoS Policer** - ingress packet rate measuring, marking and limiting\r
-    (IPv4).\r
-\r
-- 2port40GE XL710 Intel\r
-\r
-  - **L2XC** - L2 Cross-Connect switched-forwarding of untagged Ethernet frames.\r
-  - **L2BD** - L2 Bridge-Domain switched-forwarding of untagged Ethernet frames\r
-    with MAC learning.\r
-  - **IPv4** - IPv4 routed-forwarding.\r
-  - **IPv6** - IPv6 routed-forwarding.\r
-  - **VM with vhost-user** - switching between NIC ports and VM over vhost-user\r
-    interfaces in different switching modes incl. L2 Bridge-Domain.\r
-\r
-- 2port10GE X710 Intel\r
-\r
-  - **L2BD** - L2 Bridge-Domain switched-forwarding of untagged Ethernet frames\r
-    with MAC learning.\r
-  - **VM with vhost-user** - switching between NIC ports and VM over vhost-user\r
-    interfaces in different switching modes incl. L2 Bridge-Domain.\r
-\r
-- 2port10GE VIC1227 Cisco\r
-\r
-  - **L2BD** - L2 Bridge-Domain switched-forwarding of untagged Ethernet frames\r
-    with MAC learning.\r
-\r
-- 2port40GE VIC1385 Cisco\r
-\r
-  - **L2BD** - L2 Bridge-Domain switched-forwarding of untagged Ethernet frames\r
-     with MAC learning.\r
-\r
-Execution of performance tests takes time, especially the throughput discovery\r
-tests. Due to limited HW testbed resources available within FD.io labs hosted\r
-by Linux Foundation, the number of tests for NICs other than X520 (a.k.a.\r
-Niantic) has been limited to few baseline tests. Over time we expect the HW\r
-testbed resources to grow, and will be adding complete set of performance\r
-tests for all models of hardware to be executed regularly and(or)\r
-continuously.\r
-\r