X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=csit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Freport%2Fdpdk_performance_tests%2Foverview.rst;h=b38f9595bea6879d0302a7872cdc95474b230dab;hp=a61d85395af32b3d8ce8356a34b1f00896455fa2;hb=ce1088d88744f2c040801c9852565d522b3feb68;hpb=1c66ee7e4d3c0ac6375c1c5ca15bc349d8cb3bfa diff --git a/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/overview.rst b/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/overview.rst index a61d85395a..b38f9595be 100644 --- a/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/overview.rst +++ b/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/overview.rst @@ -8,23 +8,23 @@ CSIT DPDK performance tests are executed on physical baremetal servers hosted by :abbr:`LF (Linux Foundation)` FD.io project. Testbed physical topology is shown in the figure below.:: - +------------------------+ +------------------------+ - | | | | - | +------------------+ | | +------------------+ | - | | | | | | | | - | | <-----------------> | | - | | DUT1 | | | | DUT2 | | - | +--^---------------+ | | +---------------^--+ | - | | | | | | - | | SUT1 | | SUT2 | | - +------------------------+ +------------------^-----+ - | | - | | - | +-----------+ | - | | | | - +------------------> TG <------------------+ - | | - +-----------+ + +------------------------+ +------------------------+ + | | | | + | +------------------+ | | +------------------+ | + | | | | | | | | + | | <-----------------> | | + | | DUT1 | | | | DUT2 | | + | +--^---------------+ | | +---------------^--+ | + | | | | | | + | | SUT1 | | SUT2 | | + +------------------------+ +------------------^-----+ + | | + | | + | +-----------+ | + | | | | + +------------------> TG <------------------+ + | | + +-----------+ SUT1 and SUT2 are two System Under Test servers (Cisco UCS C240, each with two Intel XEON CPUs), TG is a Traffic Generator (TG, another Cisco UCS C240, with @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Performance tests are split into two main categories: previously discovered throughput rate. These tests are currently done against 0.9 of reference NDR, with reference rates updated periodically. -CSIT |release| includes following performance test suites, listed per NIC type: +|csit-release| includes following performance test suites, listed per NIC type: - 2port10GE X520-DA2 Intel @@ -115,17 +115,16 @@ continuously. Performance Tests Naming ------------------------ -CSIT |release| follows a common structured naming convention for all performance -and system functional tests, introduced in CSIT |release-1|. +|csit-release| follows a common structured naming convention for all performance +and system functional tests, introduced in CSIT-17.01. The naming should be intuitive for majority of the tests. Complete description -of CSIT test naming convention is provided on `CSIT test naming wiki -`_. +of CSIT test naming convention is provided on :ref:`csit_test_naming`. Methodology: Multi-Core and Multi-Threading ------------------------------------------- -**Intel Hyper-Threading** - CSIT |release| performance tests are executed with +**Intel Hyper-Threading** - |csit-release| performance tests are executed with SUT servers' Intel XEON processors configured in Intel Hyper-Threading Disabled mode (BIOS setting). This is the simplest configuration used to establish baseline single-thread single-core application packet processing and forwarding @@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ performance. Subsequent releases of CSIT will add performance tests with Intel Hyper-Threading Enabled (requires BIOS settings change and hard reboot of server). -**Multi-core Tests** - CSIT |release| multi-core tests are executed in the +**Multi-core Tests** - |csit-release| multi-core tests are executed in the following VPP thread and core configurations: #. 1t1c - 1 pmd worker thread on 1 CPU physical core.