X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=csit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Freport%2Fintroduction%2Ftest_environment_intro.rst;h=19999066692c0576269f7f4d98380e7b17322aeb;hp=ddb14ce9a8494a834eb32c4b6c3c25e3364254a5;hb=23fa2a8925d65759bb14177b997b22f8a418e9ef;hpb=a3e84f61ed43d570f75eeb36c9cc207a85ee82a2 diff --git a/docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst b/docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst index ddb14ce9a8..1999906669 100644 --- a/docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst +++ b/docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CSIT test environment versioning has been introduced to track modifications of the test environment. Any benchmark anomalies (progressions, regressions) between releases of -a DUT application (e.g. VPP, DPDK), are determined by testing it in the +a DUT application (e.g. VPP, DPDK, TRex), are determined by testing it in the same test environment, to avoid test environment changes clouding the picture. @@ -99,36 +99,3 @@ Following is the list of CSIT versions to date: - Intel NIC 700/800 series firmware upgrade based on DPDK compatibility matrix: `depends on testbed type `_. - -To identify performance changes due to VPP code development between previous -and current VPP release version, both have been tested in CSIT environment of -latest version and compared against each other. All substantial progressions and -regressions have been marked up with RCA analysis. See -:ref:`vpp_throughput_comparisons` and :ref:`vpp_known_issues`. - -Physical Testbeds ------------------ - -FD.io CSIT performance tests are executed in physical testbeds hosted by -:abbr:`LF (Linux Foundation)` for FD.io project. Two physical testbed -topology types are used: - -- **3-Node Topology**: Consisting of two servers acting as SUTs - (Systems Under Test) and one server as TG (Traffic Generator), all - connected in ring topology. -- **2-Node Topology**: Consisting of one server acting as SUTs and one - server as TG both connected in ring topology. - -Tested SUT servers are based on a range of processors including Intel -Intel Xeon Skylake-SP, Intel Xeon Cascade Lake-SP, Arm, -Intel Atom. More detailed description is provided in -:ref:`tested_physical_topologies`. Tested logical topologies are -described in :ref:`tested_logical_topologies`. - -Server Specifications ---------------------- - -Complete technical specifications of compute servers used in CSIT -physical testbeds are maintained in FD.io CSIT repository: -`FD.io CSIT testbeds - Xeon Cascade Lake`_, -`FD.io CSIT testbeds - Xeon Skylake, Arm, Atom`_.