X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=csit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Freport%2Fintroduction%2Fphysical_testbeds.rst;h=cfd43d06534f3db71f34484794e9f51ddf3629dd;hp=9babb5fb1f940f9c9487854fc222bc4de9a30388;hb=HEAD;hpb=a10342c5b6d989f64bd1fe49f0edd0c7585e54ea diff --git a/docs/report/introduction/physical_testbeds.rst b/docs/report/introduction/physical_testbeds.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 9babb5fb1f..0000000000 --- a/docs/report/introduction/physical_testbeds.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,302 +0,0 @@ -.. _tested_physical_topologies: - -Physical Testbeds -================= - -All :abbr:`FD.io (Fast Data Input/Ouput)` :abbr:`CSIT (Continuous System -Integration and Testing)` performance test results included in this -report are executed on the physical testbeds hosted by :abbr:`LF (Linux -Foundation)` FD.io project, unless otherwise noted. - -Two physical server topology types are used: - -- **2-Node Topology**: Consists of one server acting as a System Under - Test (SUT) and one server acting as a Traffic Generator (TG), with - both servers connected into a ring topology. Used for executing tests - that require frame encapsulations supported by TG. - -- **3-Node Topology**: Consists of two servers acting as a Systems Under - Test (SUTs) and one server acting as a Traffic Generator (TG), with - all servers connected into a ring topology. Used for executing tests - that require frame encapsulations not supported by TG e.g. certain - overlay tunnel encapsulations and IPsec. Number of native Ethernet, - IPv4 and IPv6 encapsulation tests are also executed on these testbeds, - for comparison with 2-Node Topology. - -Current FD.io production testbeds are built with SUT servers based on -the following processor architectures: - -- Intel Xeon: Skylake Platinum 8180 and Haswell-SP E5-2699v3. -- Intel Atom: Denverton C3858. -- ARM: TaiShan 2280, hip07-d05. - -Server SUT performance depends on server and processor type, hence -results for testbeds based on different servers must be reported -separately, and compared if appropriate. - -Complete technical specifications of compute servers used in CSIT -physical testbeds are maintained in FD.io CSIT repository: -https://git.fd.io/csit/tree/docs/lab/testbed_specifications.md. - -Following is the description of existing production testbeds. - -2-Node Xeon Skylake (2n-skx) ----------------------------- - -Four 2n-skx testbeds are in operation in FD.io labs. Each 2n-skx testbed -is built with two SuperMicro SYS-7049GP-TRT servers, each in turn -equipped with two Intel Xeon Skylake Platinum 8180 processors (38.5 MB -Cache, 2.50 GHz, 28 cores). 2n-skx physical topology is shown below. - -.. only:: latex - - .. raw:: latex - - \begin{figure}[H] - \centering - \graphicspath{{../_tmp/src/introduction/}} - \includegraphics[width=0.90\textwidth]{testbed-2n-skx} - \label{fig:testbed-2n-skx} - \end{figure} - -.. only:: html - - .. figure:: testbed-2n-skx.svg - :alt: testbed-2n-skx - :align: center - -SUT servers are populated with the following NIC models: - -#. NIC-1: x710-DA4 4p10GE Intel. -#. NIC-2: xxv710-DA2 2p25GE Intel. -#. NIC-3: mcx556a-edat ConnectX5 2p100GE Mellanox. (Not used yet.) -#. NIC-4: empty, future expansion. -#. NIC-5: empty, future expansion. -#. NIC-6: empty, future expansion. - -TG servers run T-Rex application and are populated with the following -NIC models: - -#. NIC-1: x710-DA4 4p10GE Intel. -#. NIC-2: xxv710-DA2 2p25GE Intel. -#. NIC-3: mcx556a-edat ConnectX5 2p100GE Mellanox. (Not used yet.) -#. NIC-4: empty, future expansion. -#. NIC-5: empty, future expansion. -#. NIC-6: x710-DA4 4p10GE Intel. (For self-tests.) - -All Intel Xeon Skylake servers run with Intel Hyper-Threading enabled, -doubling the number of logical cores exposed to Linux, with 56 logical -cores and 28 physical cores per processor socket. - -3-Node Xeon Skylake (3n-skx) ----------------------------- - -Two 3n-skx testbeds are in operation in FD.io labs. Each 3n-skx testbed -is built with three SuperMicro SYS-7049GP-TRT servers, each in turn -equipped with two Intel Xeon Skylake Platinum 8180 processors (38.5 MB -Cache, 2.50 GHz, 28 cores). 3n-skx physical topology is shown below. - -.. only:: latex - - .. raw:: latex - - \begin{figure}[H] - \centering - \graphicspath{{../_tmp/src/introduction/}} - \includegraphics[width=0.90\textwidth]{testbed-3n-skx} - \label{fig:testbed-3n-skx} - \end{figure} - -.. only:: html - - .. figure:: testbed-3n-skx.svg - :alt: testbed-3n-skx - :align: center - -SUT1 and SUT2 servers are populated with the following NIC models: - -#. NIC-1: x710-DA4 4p10GE Intel. -#. NIC-2: xxv710-DA2 2p25GE Intel. -#. NIC-3: empty, future expansion. -#. NIC-4: empty, future expansion. -#. NIC-5: empty, future expansion. -#. NIC-6: empty, future expansion. - -TG servers run T-Rex application and are populated with the following -NIC models: - -#. NIC-1: x710-DA4 4p10GE Intel. -#. NIC-2: xxv710-DA2 2p25GE Intel. -#. NIC-3: empty, future expansion. -#. NIC-4: empty, future expansion. -#. NIC-5: empty, future expansion. -#. NIC-6: x710-DA4 4p10GE Intel. (For self-tests.) - -All Intel Xeon Skylake servers run with Intel Hyper-Threading enabled, -doubling the number of logical cores exposed to Linux, with 56 logical -cores and 28 physical cores per processor socket. - -3-Node Xeon Haswell (3n-hsw) ----------------------------- - -Three 3n-hsw testbeds are in operation in FD.io labs. Each 3n-hsw -testbed is built with three Cisco UCS-c240m3 servers, each in turn -equipped with two Intel Xeon Haswell-SP E5-2699v3 processors (45 MB -Cache, 2.3 GHz, 18 cores). 3n-hsw physical topology is shown below. - -.. only:: latex - - .. raw:: latex - - \begin{figure}[H] - \centering - \graphicspath{{../_tmp/src/introduction/}} - \includegraphics[width=0.90\textwidth]{testbed-3n-hsw} - \label{fig:testbed-3n-hsw} - \end{figure} - -.. only:: html - - .. figure:: testbed-3n-hsw.svg - :alt: testbed-3n-hsw - :align: center - -SUT1 and SUT2 servers are populated with the following NIC models: - -#. NIC-1: VIC 1385 2p40GE Cisco. -#. NIC-2: NIC x520 2p10GE Intel. -#. NIC-3: empty. -#. NIC-4: NIC xl710-QDA2 2p40GE Intel. -#. NIC-5: NIC x710-DA2 2p10GE Intel. -#. NIC-6: QAT 8950 50G (Walnut Hill) Intel. - -TG servers run T-Rex application and are populated with the following -NIC models: - -#. NIC-1: NIC xl710-QDA2 2p40GE Intel. -#. NIC-2: NIC x710-DA2 2p10GE Intel. -#. NIC-3: empty. -#. NIC-4: NIC xl710-QDA2 2p40GE Intel. -#. NIC-5: NIC x710-DA2 2p10GE Intel. -#. NIC-6: NIC x710-DA2 2p10GE Intel. (For self-tests.) - -All Intel Xeon Haswell servers run with Intel Hyper-Threading disabled, -making the number of logical cores exposed to Linux match the number of -18 physical cores per processor socket. - -2-Node Atom Denverton (2n-dnv) ------------------------------- - -2n-dnv testbed is built with: i) one Intel S2600WFT server acting as TG -and equipped with two Intel Xeon Skylake Platinum 8180 processors (38.5 -MB Cache, 2.50 GHz, 28 cores), and ii) one SuperMicro SYS-E300-9A server -acting as SUT and equipped with one Intel Atom C3858 processor (12 MB -Cache, 2.00 GHz, 12 cores). 2n-dnv physical topology is shown below. - -.. only:: latex - - .. raw:: latex - - \begin{figure}[H] - \centering - \graphicspath{{../_tmp/src/introduction/}} - \includegraphics[width=0.90\textwidth]{testbed-2n-dnv} - \label{fig:testbed-2n-dnv} - \end{figure} - -.. only:: html - - .. figure:: testbed-2n-dnv.svg - :alt: testbed-2n-dnv - :align: center - -SUT server have four internal 10G NIC port: - -#. P-1: x553 copper port. -#. P-2: x553 copper port. -#. P-3: x553 fiber port. -#. P-4: x553 fiber port. - -TG server run T-Rex software traffic generator and are populated with the -following NIC models: - -#. NIC-1: x550-T2 2p10GE Intel. -#. NIC-2: x550-T2 2p10GE Intel. -#. NIC-3: x520-DA2 2p10GE Intel. -#. NIC-4: x520-DA2 2p10GE Intel. - -The 2n-dnv testbed is in operation in Intel SH labs. - -3-Node Atom Denverton (3n-dnv) ------------------------------- - -One 3n-dnv testbed is built with: i) one SuperMicro SYS-7049GP-TRT -server acting as TG and equipped with two Intel Xeon Skylake Platinum -8180 processors (38.5 MB Cache, 2.50 GHz, 28 cores), and ii) one -SuperMicro SYS-E300-9A server acting as SUT and equipped with one Intel -Atom C3858 processor (12 MB Cache, 2.00 GHz, 12 cores). 3n-dnv physical -topology is shown below. - -.. only:: latex - - .. raw:: latex - - \begin{figure}[H] - \centering - \graphicspath{{../_tmp/src/introduction/}} - \includegraphics[width=0.90\textwidth]{testbed-3n-dnv} - \label{fig:testbed-3n-dnv} - \end{figure} - -.. only:: html - - .. figure:: testbed-3n-dnv.svg - :alt: testbed-3n-dnv - :align: center - -SUT1 and SUT2 servers are populated with the following NIC models: - -#. NIC-1: x553 2p10GE fiber Intel. -#. NIC-2: x553 2p10GE copper Intel. - -TG servers run T-Rex application and are populated with the following -NIC models: - -#. NIC-1: x710-DA4 4p10GE Intel. - -3-Node ARM TaiShan (3n-tsh) ---------------------------- - -One 3n-tsh testbed is built with: i) one SuperMicro SYS-7049GP-TRT -server acting as TG and equipped with two Intel Xeon Skylake Platinum -8180 processors (38.5 MB Cache, 2.50 GHz, 28 cores), and ii) one Huawei -TaiShan 2280 server acting as SUT and equipped with one hip07-d05 -processor (64* ARM Cortex-A72). 3n-tsh physical topology is shown below. - -.. only:: latex - - .. raw:: latex - - \begin{figure}[H] - \centering - \graphicspath{{../_tmp/src/introduction/}} - \includegraphics[width=0.90\textwidth]{testbed-3n-tsh} - \label{fig:testbed-3n-tsh} - \end{figure} - -.. only:: html - - .. figure:: testbed-3n-tsh.svg - :alt: testbed-3n-tsh - :align: center - -SUT1 and SUT2 servers are populated with the following NIC models: - -#. NIC-1: connectx4 2p25GE Mellanox. -#. NIC-2: x520 2p10GE Intel. - -TG servers run T-Rex application and are populated with the following -NIC models: - -#. NIC-1: x710-DA4 4p10GE Intel. -#. NIC-2: xxv710-DA2 2p25GE Intel.