-CSIT TAGs
+CSIT Tags
=========
All CSIT test cases are labelled with Robot Framework tags used to allow for
easy test case type identification, test case grouping and selection for
-execution. Following sections list currently used CSIT TAGs and their
-documentation.
+execution. Following sections list currently used CSIT tags and their
+descriptions.
-Topology TAGs
--------------
+Testbed Topology Tags
+---------------------
.. topic:: 2_NODE_DOUBLE_LINK_TOPO
3 nodes connected in a circular topology with at least one link
interconnecting devices.
-Objective TAGs
+Objective Tags
--------------
.. topic:: SKIP_PATCH
Test case(s) marked to not run in case of vpp-csit-verify (i.e. VPP patch).
-Environment TAGs
+Environment Tags
----------------
.. topic:: HW_ENV
DUTs with VPP and capable of running Virtual Machine.
-NIC model tags
+NIC Model Tags
--------------
.. topic:: NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
VIC-1385 by Cisco.
-Scaling TAGs
+.. topic:: NIC_Amazon-Nitro-50G
+
+ Amazon EC2 ENA NIC.
+
+Scaling Tags
------------
.. topic:: FIB_20K
Test with 1000 VXLAN tunnels.
-.. topic:: TNL_1000
+.. topic:: TNL_{t}
+
+ IPSec in tunnel mode - {t} tunnels.
+
+.. topic:: SRC_USER_1
- IPSec in tunnel mode - 1000 tunnels.
+ Traffic flow with 1 unique IP (users) in one direction.
.. topic:: SRC_USER_10
Traffic stream with 100 000 unique flows (100 IPs/users x 1000 UDP ports) in
one direction.
-Tags marking functional vs. performance of tests
-------------------------------------------------
+.. topic:: HOSTS_1024
+
+ Stateless or stateful traffic stream with 1024 client source IP4 addresses,
+ usually with 63 flow differing in source port number. Could be UDP or TCP.
+ If NAT is used, the clients are inside. Outside IP range can differ.
+
+.. topic:: HOSTS_4096
+
+ Stateless or stateful traffic stream with 4096 client source IP4 addresses,
+ usually with 63 flow differing in source port number. Could be UDP or TCP.
+ If NAT is used, the clients are inside. Outside IP range can differ.
+
+.. topic:: HOSTS_16384
+
+ Stateless or stateful traffic stream with 16384 client source IP4 addresses,
+ usually with 63 flow differing in source port number. Could be UDP or TCP.
+ If NAT is used, the clients are inside. Outside IP range can differ.
+
+.. topic:: HOSTS_65536
+
+ Stateless or stateful traffic stream with 65536 client source IP4 addresses,
+ usually with 63 flow differing in source port number. Could be UDP or TCP.
+ If NAT is used, the clients are inside. Outside IP range can differ.
+
+.. topic:: HOSTS_262144
+
+ Stateless or stateful traffic stream with 262144 client source IP4 addresses
+ usually with 63 flow differing in source port number. Could be UDP or TCP.
+ If NAT is used, the clients are inside. Outside IP range can differ.
+
+.. topic:: GENEVE4_1TUN
+
+ Test with 1 GENEVE IPv4 tunnel.
+
+.. topic:: GENEVE4_4TUN
+
+ Test with 4 GENEVE IPv4 tunnels.
+
+.. topic:: GENEVE4_16TUN
+
+ Test with 16 GENEVE IPv4 tunnels.
+
+.. topic:: GENEVE4_64TUN
+
+ Test with 64 GENEVE IPv4 tunnels.
+
+.. topic:: GENEVE4_256TUN
+
+ Test with 256 GENEVE IPv4 tunnels.
+
+.. topic:: GENEVE4_1024TUN
+
+ Test with 1024 GENEVE IPv4 tunnels.
+
+Test Category Tags
+------------------
.. topic:: FUNCTEST
All performance test cases.
-Performance testing tags
-------------------------
+Performance Type Tags
+---------------------
.. topic:: NDRPDR
and reports total sent/received packets over trial duration.
The result is an average of 10 trials of 1 second duration.
-Ethernet frame size tags for performance tests
-----------------------------------------------
+.. topic:: SOAK
+
+ Performance tests using PLRsearch to find the critical load.
+
+.. topic:: RECONF
+
+ Performance tests aimed to measure lost packets (time) when performing
+ reconfiguration while full throughput offered load is applied.
+
+Ethernet Frame Size Tags
+------------------------
+
+These are describing the traffic offered by Traffic Generator,
+"primary" traffic in case of asymmetric load.
+For traffic between DUTs, or for "secondary" traffic, see ${overhead} value.
.. topic:: 64B
- 64B frames used for test.
+ 64B frames used for test. Generic ethernet or IPv4.
.. topic:: 78B
- 78B frames used for test.
+ 78B frames used for test. Ipv6.
.. topic:: 114B
- 114B frames used for test.
+ 114B frames used for test. IPv4+vxlan.
+
+.. topic:: 118B
+
+ 118B frames used for test. Dot1q+IPv4+vxlan.
.. topic:: IMIX
9000B frames used for test.
-Test type tags
+Test Type Tags
--------------
.. topic:: BASE
Baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in tests.
+ No scaling whatsoever, beyond minimum needed for RSS.
.. topic:: IP4BASE
IPv4 baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in
- tests.
+ tests. Minimal number of routes. Other quantities may be scaled.
.. topic:: IP6BASE
.. topic:: SCALE
- Scale test cases.
+ Scale test cases. Other tags specify which quantities are scaled.
+ Also applies if scaling is set on TG only (e.g. DUT works as IP4BASE).
.. topic:: ENCAP
At least one feature is configured in test cases. Use also feature tag(s).
-.. topic:: TLDK
+.. topic:: UDP
- Functional test cases for TLDK.
+ Tests which use any kind of UDP traffic (STL or ASTF profile).
-.. topic:: DMM
+.. topic:: TCP
- Functional test cases for DMM.
+ Tests which use any kind of TCP traffic (STL or ASTF profile).
-.. topic:: TCP
+..
+ TODO: Should we define tags STL and ASTF?
+
+.. topic:: UDP_UDIR
+
+ Tests which use unidirectional UDP traffic (STL profile only).
- Tests which use TCP.
+.. topic:: UDP_BIDIR
+
+ Tests which use bidirectional UDP traffic (STL profile only).
+
+.. topic:: UDP_CPS
+
+ Tests which measure connections per second on minimal UDP pseudoconnections.
+ This implies ASTF traffic profile is used.
+ This tag selects specific output processing in PAL.
.. topic:: TCP_CPS
- Performance tests which measure connections per second using http requests.
+ Tests which measure connections per second on empty TCP connections.
+ This implies ASTF traffic profile is used.
+ This tag selects specific output processing in PAL.
.. topic:: TCP_RPS
- Performance tests which measure requests per second using http requests.
+ Tests which measure requests per second on empty TCP connections.
+ This implies ASTF traffic profile is used.
+ This tag selects specific output processing in PAL.
+
+.. topic:: UDP_PPS
+
+ Tests which measure packets per second on lightweight UDP transactions.
+ This implies ASTF traffic profile is used.
+ This tag selects specific output processing in PAL.
+
+.. topic:: TCP_PPS
+
+ Tests which measure packets per second on lightweight TCP transactions.
+ This implies ASTF traffic profile is used.
+ This tag selects specific output processing in PAL.
.. topic:: HTTP
- Tests which use HTTP.
+ Tests which use traffic formed of valid HTTP requests (and responses).
+
+..
+ TODO: Add HTTP tag to the current hoststack tests.
+ TODO: Document other tags already used by hoststack tests.
+
+.. topic:: LDP_NGINX
+
+ LDP NGINX is un-modified NGINX with VPP via LD_PRELOAD.
+
+.. topic:: NF_DENSITY
+
+ Performance tests that measure throughput of multiple VNF and CNF
+ service topologies at different service densities.
+
+NF Service Density Tags
+-----------------------
+
+.. topic:: CHAIN
-Forwarding mode tags
+ NF service density tests with VNF or CNF service chain topology(ies).
+
+.. topic:: PIPE
+
+ NF service density tests with CNF service pipeline topology(ies).
+
+.. topic:: NF_L3FWDIP4
+
+ NF service density tests with DPDK l3fwd IPv4 routing as NF workload.
+
+.. topic:: NF_VPPIP4
+
+ NF service density tests with VPP IPv4 routing as NF workload.
+
+.. topic:: {r}R{c}C
+
+ Service density matrix locator {r}R{c}C, {r}Row denoting number of
+ service instances, {c}Column denoting number of NFs per service
+ instance. {r}=(1,2,4,6,8,10), {c}=(1,2,4,6,8,10).
+
+.. topic:: {n}VM{t}T
+
+ Service density {n}VM{t}T, {n}Number of NF Qemu VMs, {t}Number of threads
+ per NF.
+
+.. topic:: {n}DCRt}T
+
+ Service density {n}DCR{t}T, {n}Number of NF Docker containers, {t}Number of
+ threads per NF.
+
+.. topic:: {n}_ADDED_CHAINS
+
+ {n}Number of chains (or pipelines) added (and/or removed)
+ during RECONF test.
+
+Forwarding Mode Tags
--------------------
.. topic:: L2BDMACSTAT
VPP IPv6 routed forwarding.
-Underlay tags
+.. topic:: LOADBALANCER_MAGLEV
+
+ VPP Load balancer maglev mode.
+
+.. topic:: LOADBALANCER_L3DSR
+
+ VPP Load balancer l3dsr mode.
+
+.. topic:: LOADBALANCER_NAT4
+
+ VPP Load balancer nat4 mode.
+
+Underlay Tags
-------------
.. topic:: IP4UNRLAY
MPLS underlay.
-Overlay tags
+Overlay Tags
------------
.. topic:: L2OVRLAY
IPv6 overlay (IPv6 payload).
-Tagging tags
+Tagging Tags
------------
.. topic:: DOT1Q
All test cases with dot1ad.
-Encapsulation tags
+Encapsulation Tags
------------------
.. topic:: ETH
All test cases with LISP-GPE.
+.. topic:: LISP_IP4o4
+
+ All test cases with LISP_IP4o4.
+
+.. topic:: LISPGPE_IP4o4
+
+ All test cases with LISPGPE_IP4o4.
+
+.. topic:: LISPGPE_IP6o4
+
+ All test cases with LISPGPE_IP6o4.
+
+.. topic:: LISPGPE_IP4o6
+
+ All test cases with LISPGPE_IP4o6.
+
+.. topic:: LISPGPE_IP6o6
+
+ All test cases with LISPGPE_IP6o6.
+
.. topic:: VXLAN
All test cases with Vxlan.
All test cases with Segment routing over IPv6 dataplane.
-Interface tags
+.. topic:: SRv6_1SID
+
+ All SRv6 test cases with single SID.
+
+.. topic:: SRv6_2SID_DECAP
+
+ All SRv6 test cases with two SIDs and with decapsulation.
+
+.. topic:: SRv6_2SID_NODECAP
+
+ All SRv6 test cases with two SIDs and without decapsulation.
+
+.. topic:: GENEVE
+
+ All test cases with GENEVE.
+
+.. topic:: GENEVE_L3MODE
+
+ All test cases with GENEVE tunnel in L3 mode.
+
+Interface Tags
--------------
.. topic:: PHY
All test cases which use physical interface(s).
+.. topic:: GSO
+
+ All test cases which uses Generic Segmentation Offload.
+
.. topic:: VHOST
All test cases which uses VHOST.
-.. topic:: VHOST_256
+.. topic:: VHOST_1024
+
+ All test cases which uses VHOST DPDK driver with qemu queue size set
+ to 1024.
- All test cases which uses VHOST with qemu queue size set to 256.
+.. topic:: VIRTIO
-.. topic:: VHOST_1024
+ All test cases which uses VIRTIO native VPP driver.
- All test cases which uses VHOST with qemu queue size set to 1024.
+.. topic:: VIRTIO_1024
+
+ All test cases which uses VIRTIO native VPP driver with qemu queue size set
+ to 1024.
.. topic:: CFS_OPT
devices. In essence, today this driver can be used only with Intel
XL710 / X710 / XXV710 adapters.
-Feature tags
+.. topic:: DRV_VFIO_PCI
+
+ All test cases which uses vfio-pci device driver. It supports variety of NIC
+ adapters.
+
+.. topic:: DRV_RDMA_CORE
+
+ All test cases which uses rdma-core device driver. It supports Mellanox
+ NIC adapters.
+
+.. topic:: RXQ_SIZE_{n}
+
+ All test cases which RXQ size (RX descriptors) are set to {n}. Default is 0,
+ which means VPP (API) default.
+
+.. topic:: TXQ_SIZE_{n}
+
+ All test cases which TXQ size (TX descriptors) are set to {n}. Default is 0,
+ which means VPP (API) default.
+
+Feature Tags
------------
.. topic:: IACLDST
iACL destination.
-.. topic:: COPWHLIST
+.. topic:: ADLALWLIST
- COP whitelist.
+ ADL allowlist.
.. topic:: NAT44
SRv6 endpoint to SR-unaware appliance via masquerading proxy.
-Encryption tags
+Encryption Tags
---------------
.. topic:: IPSECSW
IPSec in tunnel mode.
-Client-workload tags
+.. topic:: IPSECINT
+
+ IPSec in interface mode.
+
+.. topic:: AES
+
+ IPSec using AES algorithms.
+
+.. topic:: AES_128_CBC
+
+ IPSec using AES 128 CBC algorithms.
+
+.. topic:: AES_128_GCM
+
+ IPSec using AES 128 GCM algorithms.
+
+.. topic:: AES_256_GCM
+
+ IPSec using AES 256 GCM algorithms.
+
+.. topic:: HMAC
+
+ IPSec using HMAC integrity algorithms.
+
+.. topic:: HMAC_SHA_256
+
+ IPSec using HMAC SHA 256 integrity algorithms.
+
+.. topic:: HMAC_SHA_512
+
+ IPSec using HMAC SHA 512 integrity algorithms.
+
+.. topic:: SCHEDULER
+
+ IPSec using crypto sw scheduler engine.
+
+Client-Workload Tags
--------------------
.. topic:: VM
All test cases which use Linux container and LXC utils.
+.. topic:: DRC
+
+ All test cases which use at least one Docker container.
+
.. topic:: DOCKER
All test cases which use Docker as container manager.
All test cases with specific APP use.
-Container orchestration tags
+Container Orchestration Tags
----------------------------
-.. topic:: K8S
-
- All test cases which use Kubernetes for orchestration.
-
-.. topic:: SFC_CONTROLLER
-
- All test cases which use ligato/sfc_controller for driving configuration
- of vpp inside container.
-
-.. topic:: VPP_AGENT
-
- All test cases which use Golang implementation of a control/management plane
- for VPP
-
.. topic:: 1VSWITCH
VPP running in Docker container acting as VSWITCH.
4 VPP running in 4 Docker containers acting as VNF work load.
-Multi-threading tags
+Multi-Threading Tags
--------------------
.. topic:: STHREAD
8 worker threads each pinned to a separate logical core within 4 dedicated
physical cores. 4 receive queues per interface. Main thread pinned to core
1.
-
-Honeycomb tags
---------------
-
-.. topic:: HC_FUNC
-
- Honeycomb functional test cases.
-
-.. topic:: HC_NSH
-
- Honeycomb NSH test cases.
-
-.. topic:: HC_PERSIST
-
- Honeycomb persistence test cases.
-
-.. topic:: HC_REST_ONLY
-
- (Exclusion tag) Honeycomb test cases that cannot be run in Netconf mode
- using ODL client for Restfconf -> Netconf translation.
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