X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=csit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Freport%2Fintroduction%2Fgeneral_notes.rst;h=994a53e6d0837d947ee801ac6038f82a848d42ef;hp=461e186f6df8ee2972e307c443d8da6f112ff779;hb=f4cd1c230a2328fd647fd88da5d9149fbad556e3;hpb=1749fc8da247a5aacd772b7f7b7353b3ee0733db diff --git a/docs/report/introduction/general_notes.rst b/docs/report/introduction/general_notes.rst index 461e186f6d..994a53e6d0 100644 --- a/docs/report/introduction/general_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/introduction/general_notes.rst @@ -31,19 +31,18 @@ is listed separately, as follows: side). Tested across a range of multi-thread and multi-core configurations. TRex is used as a traffic generator. -#. **Container Topologies Orchestrated by K8s - Performance** - CSIT - |release| introduced new tests of Container topologies connected over - the memif virtual interface (shared memory interface). For these tests - VPP vswitch instance runs in a Docker Container handling Intel x520 NIC - 10GbE interfaces and connecting over memif (Master side) virtual - interfaces to more instances of VPP running in Docker Containers with - memif virtual interfaces (Slave side). All containers are orchestrated - by Kubernetes, with Ligato for container networking. TRex is used as a - traffic generator. +#. **Container Topologies Orchestrated by K8s - Performance** - CSIT Container + topologies connected over the memif virtual interface (shared memory + interface). For these tests VPP vswitch instance runs in a Docker Container + handling Intel x520 NIC 10GbE interfaces and connecting over memif (Master + side) virtual interfaces to more instances of VPP running in Docker + Containers with memif virtual interfaces (Slave side). All containers are + orchestrated by Kubernetes, with `Ligato `_ for + container networking. TRex is used as a traffic generator. #. **DPDK Performance** - VPP is using DPDK code to control and drive - the NICs and physical interfaces. Testpmd tests are used as a baseline to - profile the DPDK sub-system of VPP. DPDK performance tests executed in + the NICs and physical interfaces. Tests are used as a baseline to + profile performance of the DPDK sub-system. DPDK tests are executed in physical FD.io testbeds, focusing on Testpmd/L3FWD data plane performance for Phy-to-Phy (NIC-to-NIC). Tests cover a range of NICs, 10GE and 40GE interfaces, range of multi-thread and multi-core configurations.