X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=csit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Freport%2Ftrex_performance_tests%2Foverview.rst;h=8ad8850ea84f669974fd11fe06dae72df925b0d0;hp=9740179df75665d576a09a4807758945c5c998ac;hb=HEAD;hpb=23fa2a8925d65759bb14177b997b22f8a418e9ef diff --git a/docs/report/trex_performance_tests/overview.rst b/docs/report/trex_performance_tests/overview.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 9740179df7..0000000000 --- a/docs/report/trex_performance_tests/overview.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,82 +0,0 @@ -Overview -======== - -TREX performance test results are reported for a range of processors. -For description of physical testbeds used for TREX performance tests -please refer to :ref:`tested_physical_topologies`. - -Logical Topology ----------------- - -CSIT TREX performance tests are executed on physical testbeds described -in :ref:`tested_physical_topologies`. Logical topology use 1 nic that has -loopback connected ports. See figure below. - -.. only:: latex - - .. raw:: latex - - \begin{figure}[H] - \centering - \graphicspath{{../_tmp/src/trex_performance_tests/}} - \includegraphics[width=0.90\textwidth]{logical-TRex-nic2nic} - \label{fig:logical-TRex-nic2nic} - \end{figure} - -.. only:: html - - .. figure:: logical-TRex-nic2nic.svg - :alt: logical-TRex-nic2nic - :align: center - - -Performance Tests Coverage --------------------------- - -Performance tests measure following metrics for tested TRex -topologies and configurations: - -- Packet Throughput: measured in accordance with :rfc:`2544`, using - FD.io CSIT Multiple Loss Ratio search (MLRsearch), an optimized binary - search algorithm, producing throughput at different Packet Loss Ratio - (PLR) values: - - - Non Drop Rate (NDR): packet throughput at PLR=0%. - - Partial Drop Rate (PDR): packet throughput at PLR=0.5%. - -- Two-way Packet Latency: measured both east-west and west-east at different - offered packet loads: - - - 90% of discovered PDR throughput. - - 50% of discovered PDR throughput. - - 10% of discovered PDR throughput. - - Minimal offered load. - -|csit-release| includes following TRex data plane functionality -performance tested across a range of NIC drivers and NIC models: - -+-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ -| Functionality | Description | -+=======================+==============================================+ -| IPv4 Base | IPv4 routing. | -+-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ -| IPv4 Scale | IPv4 routing with 2M entries. | -+-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ -| IPv6 Base | IPv6 routing. | -+-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ -| IPv6 Scale | IPv6 routing with 2M entries. | -+-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ -| L2BD Scale | L2 Bridge-Domain switching of untagged | -| | Ethernet frames. | -+-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ - - -Performance Tests Naming ------------------------- - -FD.io |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 FD.io CSIT test naming convention is provided on -:ref:`csit_test_naming`.