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=99cd9e85401ac43e50a285a690efe7ef693f9cc9;hp=b4fc9de3c93aa4da1512ca6b6e3e1a9bfbbc76cc;hb=ee1321d27bc39baab5bc2615834fd7392b79a160;hpb=f6c04897464c868c034237729bfe738a95d43b25 diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index b4fc9de3c9..99cd9e8540 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -1,230 +1,210 @@ -CSIT Release Notes -================== - -Changes in CSIT |release| -------------------------- - -#. VPP performance test environment changes - - - Further optimizations of VM and vhost-user test environment - Qemu virtio - queue size increased from default value of 256 to 1024. - - Addition of HW cryptodev devices - Intel QAT 8950 50G - in all three - LF FD.io physical testbeds. - -#. VPP performance test framework changes - - - Added VAT command history collection for every test case as part of teardown. - -#. Added VPP performance tests - - - **CGNAT** - - - Carrier Grade Network Address Translation tests with varying number - of users and ports per user: 1u-15p, 10u-15p, 100u-15p, 1000u-15p, - 2000u-15p, 4000u-15p - with Intel x520 NIC. - - - **vhost-user tests with one VM** - - - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x710 NIC, Intel x520 NIC, - Intel xl710 NIC. - - VXLAN and L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC. - - - **vhost-user tests with two VMs service chain** - - - L2 cross-connect switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC, Intel xl710 NIC. - - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC, Intel xl710 NIC. - - IPv4 routed-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC, Intel xl710 NIC. - - - **IPSec encryption with** - - - AES-GCM, CBC-SHA1 ciphers, in combination with IPv4 routed-forwarding - with Intel xl710 NIC. - - CBC-SHA1 ciphers, in combination with LISP-GPE overlay tunneling for - IPv4-over-IPv4 with Intel xl710 NIC. - -Performance Improvements ------------------------- - -Some performance improvements in measured packet throughput have been observed -in a number of CSIT |release| tests listed below. Relative improvements are -calculated against the test results in CSIT rls1701 report. VPP-16.09 and -VPP-17.01 numbers are provided for reference. - -NDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests: - -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04 | -| | | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | Relative Change | -+===================+=================================================================+============+===========+===========+=================+ -| L2XC | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 9.4 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 6% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2XC | 10ge2p1xl710: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 9.5 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 2% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2XC dot1ad | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 7.4 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 6% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2XC dot1q | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 7.5 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 5% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2XC VxLAN | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 5.4 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 5% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2XC-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 14% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2BD | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrdisc | 7.8 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 4% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2BD-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 26% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrdisc | 8.7 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 9% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc | 7.1 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 8% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc | 6.9 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 9% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 vhost | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.3 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 19% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrdisc | 3.0 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 11% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ - -PDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%: - -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04 | -| | | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | Relative Change | -+===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=================+ -| L2XC | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 9.4 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 6% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2XC dot1ad | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 7.4 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 6% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2XC dot1q | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 7.5 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 8% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2XC VxLAN | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 5.4 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 5% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2XC-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 0% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2BD | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc | 7.8 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 5% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| L2BD-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 10% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-pdrdisc | 8.7 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 9% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 11% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 9% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 vhost | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 19% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-pdrdisc | 7.7 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 11% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ - -Measured improvements are in line with VPP code optimizations listed in -`VPP-17.04 release notes -`_. - -Additionally, vhost-VM performance improvements are due to both VPP code -optimizations as well as due to the FD.io CSIT Linux KVM test environment -optimizations for vhost-VM tests - see section "2.1.7. Methodology: KVM VM -vhost". - - -Other Performance Changes -------------------------- - -Other changes in measured packet throughput, with either minor relative -increase or decrease, have been observed in a number of CSIT |release| tests -listed below. Relative changes are calculated against the test results in CSIT -rls1701 report. - -NDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests: - -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04 | -| | | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | Relative Change | -+===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=================+ -| IPv4 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-ndrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 8% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-ndrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 4% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-ndrdisc | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 4% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 Policer | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-ndrdisc | 6.9 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 9% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 LISP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-ndrdisc | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 15% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 13% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrdisc | 6.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 0% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrdisc | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 6% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrdisc | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 10% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 13% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ - -PDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%: - -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04 | -| | | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | Relative Change | -+===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=================+ -| IPv4 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-pdrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 8% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-pdrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 8% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-pdrdisc | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 2% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 Policer | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 9% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv4 LISP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-pdrdisc | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 15% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 13% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-pdrdisc | 6.9 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 0% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-pdrdisc | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 6% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-pdrdisc | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 10% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ -| IPv6 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 13% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+ - -Known Issues ------------- - -Here is the list of known issues in CSIT |release| for VPP performance tests: - -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| # | Issue | Jira ID | Description | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 1 | NDR discovery test failures 1518B frame size | VPP-663 | VPP reporting errors: dpdk-input Rx ip checksum errors. | -| | for ip4scale200k, ip4scale2m scale IPv4 routed- | | Observed frequency: all test runs. | -| | forwarding tests. ip4scale20k tests are fine. | | | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 2 | VAT API timeouts during ip6scale2m scale IPv6 | VPP-712 | Needs fixing VPP VAT API timeouts for large volume of IPv6 | -| | routed-forwarding tests when volume adding IPv6 | | routes. | -| | routes - 2M in this case. ip6scale2kk works. | | | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 3 | Vic1385 and Vic1227 low performance | VPP-664 | Low NDR performance. | -| | | | | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 4 | Sporadic NDR discovery test failures on x520 | CSIT-750 | Suspected issue with HW settings (BIOS, FW) in LF | -| | | | infrastructure. Issue can't be replicated outside LF. | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 5 | VPP in 2t2c setups - large variation | CSIT-568 | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR | -| | of discovered NDR throughput values across | | throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs, x520 NICs are fine. | -| | multiple test runs with xl710 and x710 NICs. | | | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 6 | Lower than expected NDR and PDR throughput with | CSIT-569 | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR and | -| | xl710 and x710 NICs, compared to x520 NICs. | | PDR throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs. | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ - +Release Notes +============= + +Changes in |csit-release| +------------------------- + +#. **VPP performance tests** + + - *MRR tests* - Maximum Receive Rate tests measure the packet forwarding rate + under the maximum load offered by traffic generator over a set trial + duration, regardless of packet loss. MRR tests are used for continuous + performance trending and for comparison between releases. + + - *MLR tests* - NDR and PDR tests measure the packet forwarding rate using + MLRsearch library by traffic generator. All tests that previously used + binary search were converted to MLRsearch. + + - *L2patch tests* - Tests measure performance of L2patch, cross linking + RX and TX of two physical interfaces. + + - *2-node tests* - Baseline set of 2-node tests covering base ip4, ip4, + l2patch, l2bd, l2xc. + + - *Generated tests* - Simplified and unified test structure, + semi-autogenerated by generator script. Test generator is currently able + to create test combinations with various frame size and cores combinations. + All existing test cases were converted to new format. + + - *Simultaneous multithreading* - SMT-aware automatic detection and + resource configuration including thread affinity, number of rx queues and + DPDK I/O mbufs. Tests are automatically tagged during execution indicating + configuration. + + - *Intel Skylake* - Topologies consisting of 2-node and 3-node using + SuperMirco servers each equipped with two Intel Xeon Skylake Platinum + processors. + +#. **Presentation and Analytics Layer** + + - *Performance trending* - Added continuous performance trending and + analysis. New Performance Trending and Performance Analysis jobs + executed regular throughput tests, with results being subsequently + analysed and trend and anomalies summarized and presented in VPP + Performance Dashboard and trendline graphs. + +#. **Test Framework Optimizations** + + - *Performance tests efficiency* - Qemu build/install optimizations, + warmup phase handling, vpp restart handling. Resulted in improved + stability and reduced total execution time by 30% for single pkt + size e.g. 64B/78B. + + - *General code housekeeping* - ongoing RF keywords optimizations, + removal of redundant RF keywords. + +Performance Changes +------------------- + +Relative performance changes in measured packet throughput in |csit-release| +are calculated against the results from |csit-release-1| +report. Listed mean and standard deviation values are computed based on +a series of the same tests executed against respective VPP releases to +verify test results repeatability, with percentage change calculated for +mean values. Note that the standard deviation is quite high for a small +number of packet throughput tests, what indicates poor test results +repeatability and makes the relative change of mean throughput value not +fully representative for these tests. The root causes behind poor +results repeatability vary between the test cases. + +NDR Changes +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +NDR throughput changes between releases are available in a +CSV and pretty ASCII formats: + + - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.csv>`_, + - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.csv>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.txt>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.txt>`_. + +.. note:: + + Test results have been generated by + `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-hsw`_, + with Robot Framework result + files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip + `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. + +PDR Changes +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +PDR throughput changes between releases are available in a +CSV and pretty ASCII formats: + + - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.csv>`_, + - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.csv>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.txt>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.txt>`_. + +.. note:: + + Test results have been generated by + `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-hsw`_, + with Robot Framework result + files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip + `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. + +MRR Changes +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +MRR small packet throughput changes between releases are available in a +CSV and pretty ASCII formats: + + - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-mrr.csv>`_, + - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-mrr.csv>`_, + - `csv format for 4t4c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-4t4c-mrr.csv>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-mrr.txt>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-mrr.txt>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for 4t4c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-4t4c-mrr.txt>`_. + +.. note:: + + Test results have been generated by + `FD.io test executor vpp mrr jobs `_ + with Robot Framework result files csit-vpp-perf-mrr-daily-master__*__output.xml.gz + `archived here `_. + +Comparison Across Testbeds +-------------------------- + +Relative performance changes in measured packet throughputon 3-Node Skx testbed +are calculated against the results measured on 3-Node Hsw testbed. + +NDR Changes +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +NDR changes between testbeds are available in a +CSV and pretty ASCII formats: + + - `csv format for ndr <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-ndr.csv>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for ndr <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-ndr.txt>`_. + +.. note:: + + Test results have been generated by + `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-hsw`_ and + `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-skx`_ + with Robot Framework result + files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip + `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. + +PDR Changes +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +PDR throughput changes between testbeds are available in a +CSV and pretty ASCII formats: + + - `csv format for pdr <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.csv>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for pdr <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.txt>`_. + +.. note:: + + Test results have been generated by + `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-hsw`_ and + `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-skx`_ + with Robot Framework result + files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip + `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. + +Throughput Trending +------------------- + +In addition to reporting throughput changes between VPP releases, CSIT +provides continuous performance trending for VPP master branch: + +#. `VPP Performance Dashboard `_ + - per VPP test case throughput trend, trend compliance and summary of + detected anomalies. + +#. `Trending Methodology `_ + - throughput test metrics, trend calculations and anomaly + classification (progression, regression, outlier). + +#. `Trendline Graphs `_ + - per VPP build MRR throughput measurements against the trendline + with anomaly highlights, with associated CSIT test jobs. + +Known Issues +------------ + +List of known issues in |csit-release| for VPP performance tests: + ++---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ +| # | Issue | Jira ID | Description | ++===+=================================================+============+=================================================================+ +| 1 | Sporadic (1 in 200) NDR discovery test failures | CSIT-570 | DPDK reporting rx-errors, indicating L1 issue. Suspected issue | +| | on x520. | | with HW combination of X710-X520 in LF testbeds. Not observed | +| | | | outside of LF testbeds. | ++---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 2 | Lower than expected NDR throughput of DPDK | CSIT-571 | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR and | +| | testpmd and VPP L2 path NDR throughput with | | PDR throughput on XL710 and X710 NICs. | +| | xl710 and x710 NICs, compared to x520 NICs. | | | ++---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 3 | Tagged Ethernet dot1q and dot1ad L2 path | CSIT-1066 | Tagged Ethernet dot1q and dot1ad L2 path throughput regression: | +| | throughput regression. | | NDR -2%..-5%, PDR -2%..-6%, MRR. Affects l2xc and l2bd | +| | | | performance tests. | ++---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 4 | IPSec (software, no QAT HW) throughput | CSIT-1064 | IPSec throughput regression: NDR -3%..-8%, PDR -2%..-8%, MRR | +| | regression. | | -3%..-7%. Affects IPSec SW tests, QAT HW tests not affected. | ++---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+