X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=csit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Freport%2Fvpp_performance_tests%2Fcsit_release_notes.rst;h=74ab68062ba0a06e62f5e706b3bc90ec95a1ce7c;hp=70092ad0986b259a6cdfe5347964163a1a845c2e;hb=d6756e397a108f971622890b5132cc29ff9e5f65;hpb=a611ee796ea6b224018953c276e67900b212dc44 diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index 70092ad098..74ab68062b 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -6,32 +6,33 @@ Changes in |csit-release| #. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS - - **Service density 2n-skx tests**: Added higher density tests with dtc=0.5 - (2 NF each with 1 DT per physical core) with VPP as a VNF payload. + - **Service density 2n-skx tests**: Added higher NF density tests with two + NFs' data-plane threads sharing a physical core. VPP IPv4 routing is now + used as a VNF payload similar to CNF tests. - - **Experimental Soak Tests**: Added performamce soak tests framework + - **Soak Tests**: Optimized performamce soak tests framework code for extended time duration tests and throughput discovery at given PLR and at give total test time e.g. minutes, hours, - days, weeks, months, years. See updated + days, weeks. See updated :ref:`test_methodology` section for more details. #. TEST FRAMEWORK - - **Qemu code refactor**: Complete code refactor of the key components + - **Qemu code refactor**: Complete code refactor of the key components of QemuUtil.py and QemuManager.py (L1 and L2 KW counterparts). Added - implementation of kernel-image-kvm based VM alongisde the previously used + implementation of kernel-image-kvm based VM replacing the previously used NestedVM images. Added ability to run VPP as a payload in VNF. - - **CSIT PAPI Support**: Continue converting existing VAT L1 keywords to - PAPI L1 KWs in CSIT using VPP Python bindings. Required for migrating away - from VAT. Redesign of key components of PAPI Executor and PAPI history. + - **CSIT PAPI Support**: Continued conversion of CSIT VAT L1 keywords to + PAPI L1 KWs in CSIT using VPP Python bindings. Redesign of key components + of PAPI Executor and PAPI history. - **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing RF keywords optimizations, removal of redundant RF keywords. - - **Test suite generator**: Extend the test suite generator for ability to - generate NIC permutation and search algorithm permutations from base - suites. + - **Test suite generator**: Added capability to generate suites for + different NIC models as well as throughput search algorithm types. Uses + base tests suites as source. - **TOX verification**: Added verifications for test suite generator. @@ -41,14 +42,15 @@ Changes in |csit-release| for better readibility and maintenance: test grouping, axis labels, descriptions, other informative decoration. -#. MISCELLANEOUS +.. + #. MISCELLANEOUS - - **2n-dnv Tests (3rd Party)**: Published performance tests for 2n- - dnv (2-Node Atom Denverton) from 3rd party testbeds running FD.io - |csit-release| automated testing code. - Only graphs for Packet Throughput and Speedup Multi-core and not - for Packet Latency were published as there are no results for Packet - Latency available. + - **2n-dnv Tests (3rd Party)**: Published performance tests for 2n- + dnv (2-Node Atom Denverton) from 3rd party testbeds running FD.io + |csit-release| automated testing code. + Only graphs for Packet Throughput and Speedup Multi-core and not + for Packet Latency were published as there are no results for Packet + Latency available. .. raw:: latex @@ -61,12 +63,30 @@ Known Issues List of known issues in |csit-release| for VPP performance tests: -+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| # | JiraID | Issue Description | -+====+=========================================+=================================================================================================================================+ -| 1 | `CSIT-570 | Sporadic (1 in 200) NDR discovery test failures on x520. DPDK reporting rx-errors, indicating L1 issue. | -| | `_ | Suspected issue with HW combination of X710-X520 in LF testbeds. Not observed outside of LF testbeds. | -+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 2 | `CSIT-???? | IPSecHW interface AES-GBC tests failing due to traffic not passing. | -| | `_ | | -+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| # | JiraID | Issue Description | ++====+=========================================+==========================================================================================================+ +| 1 | `CSIT-570 | Sporadic (1 in 200) NDR discovery test failures on x520. DPDK reporting rx-errors, indicating L1 issue. | +| | `_ | Suspected issue with HW combination of X710-X520 in LF testbeds. Not observed outside of LF testbeds. | ++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 2 | `CSIT-1503 | [`TRex-519 `_] XL710/XXV710 with FW 6.0.1 will have | +| | `_ | Rx drop rate of 27MPPS. | ++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 3 | `CSIT-1501 | Sporadic crypto backend fails loading `VPP-1670 `_ | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 4 | `CSIT-1427 | Sporadic HW aes-128-cbc-sha1 tunnel-interface tests are failing. | +| | `_ | `VPP-1671 `_ | ++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 5 | `CSIT-1498 | Memif tests are sporadically failing on initialization of memif connection. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 6 | `CSIT-1499 | AVF tests are sporadically failing on initialization of AVF interface. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 7 | `VPP-1676 | 9000B ip4 memif errors - ip4-input: ip4 length > l2 length. | +| | `_ | IP4 jumbo frames (9000B) are dropped in case of tests with memif. | ++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 8 | `VPP-1677 | 9000B ip4 nat44: VPP crash + coredump. | +| | `_ | VPP crashes very often in case that NAT44 is configured and it has to process IP4 jumbo frames (9000B). | ++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+