X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=csit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Freport%2Fdpdk_performance_tests%2Fcsit_release_notes.rst;h=28e6a37768277878213ea6cdc385dfaa36dcde6d;hp=e8f47d9986854bce0e2e3cd83b705361f589b5b0;hb=ee1321d27bc39baab5bc2615834fd7392b79a160;hpb=785519e26196b9e0a5016d0fc54ed099fd0a920f diff --git a/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index e8f47d9986..28e6a37768 100644 --- a/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -1,27 +1,127 @@ -CSIT Release Notes -================== +Release Notes +============= -Changes in CSIT |release| +Changes in |csit-release| ------------------------- -#. Improved Testpmd tests +#. **DPDK performance tests** - - Performance of NICs - 2p40GE Intel xl710, 2p10GE Intel x710 + - *MRR tests* - Maximum Receive Rate tests measure the packet forwarding rate + under the maximum load offered by traffic generator over a set trial + duration, regardless of packet loss. MRR tests are used for continuous + performance trending and for comparison between releases. -#. Added L3FWD tests on 2p10GE Intel x520-DA2 + - *MLR tests* - NDR and PDR tests measure the packet forwarding rate using + MLRsearch library by traffic generator. All tests that previously used + binary search were converted to MLRsearch. + + - *2-node tests* - Set of 2-node tests covering testpmd and l3fwd. + + - Increased coverage of NIC specific tests (Intel-xxv710-da2, Intel-x710) + + - *Generated tests* - Simplified and unified test structure, + semi-autogenerated by generator script. Test generator is currently able + to create test combinations with various frame size and cores combinations. + All existing test cases were converted to new format. + + +Performance Changes +------------------- + +Relative performance changes in measured packet throughput in |csit-release| +are calculated against the results from |csit-release-1| +report. Listed mean and standard deviation values are computed based on +a series of the same tests executed against respective DPDK releases to +verify test results repeatability, with percentage change calculated for +mean values. + +NDR Changes +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +NDR throughput changes between releases are available in a CSV and pretty ASCII +formats: + + - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.csv>`_, + - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.csv>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.txt>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.txt>`_. + +.. note:: + + Test results have been generated by + `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_ + with Robot Framework result + files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip + `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. + +PDR Changes +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +PDR throughput changes between releases are available in a CSV and pretty ASCII +formats: + + - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.csv>`_, + - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.csv>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.txt>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.txt>`_. + +.. note:: + + Test results have been generated by + `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_ + with Robot Framework result + files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip + `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. + +Comparison Across Testbeds +-------------------------- + +Relative performance changes in measured packet throughput on 3-Node Skx testbed +are calculated against the results measured on 3-Node Hsw testbed. + +NDR Changes +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +NDR throughput changes between testbeds are available in a CSV and pretty ASCII +formats: + + - `csv format for ndr <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-ndr.csv>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for ndr <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-ndr.txt>`_. + +.. note:: + + Test results have been generated by + `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_ and + `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-skx`_ + with Robot Framework result + files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip + `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. + +PDR Changes +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +PDR throughput changes between testbeds are available in a CSV and pretty ASCII +formats: + + - `csv format for pdr <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.csv>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for pdr <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.txt>`_. + +.. note:: + + Test results have been generated by + `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_ and + `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-skx`_ + with Robot Framework result + files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip + `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. Known Issues ------------ -Here is the list of known issues in CSIT |release| for Testpmd performance tests: +Here is the list of known issues in |csit-release| for Testpmd performance tests: +---+---------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | # | Issue | Jira ID | Description | +---+---------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 1 | Testpmd in 1t1c and 2t2c setups - large variation | CSIT-568 | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR | -| | of discovered NDR throughput values across | | throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs, no issues observed | -| | multiple test runs with xl710 and x710 NICs. | | on x520 NICs. | -+---+---------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 2 | Lower than expected NDR throughput with xl710 | CSIT-571 | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR | -| | and x710 NICs, compared to x520 NICs. | | throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs. | +| | No known issues | | | +---+---------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+