#. DPDK PERFORMANCE TESTS
- - **Intel Xeon 2n-skx, 3n-skx and 2n-clx testbeds**: Testpmd and
- L3fwd performance test data is not included in this report
- version. This is due to the lower performance and behaviour
- inconsistency of these systems following the upgrade of processor
- microcode packages (skx ucode 0x2000064, clx ucode 0x500002c) as
- part of updating Ubuntu 18.04 LTS kernel version. Tested VPP and
- DPDK applications (L3fwd) are affected. Skx and Clx test data
- will be added in subsequent maintenance report version(s) once
- the issue is resolved. See :ref:`dpdk_known_issues`.
+ - **Intel Xeon 2n-skx, 3n-skx testbeds**: Testpmd and L3fwd
+ performance test data is not included in this report version.
+ This is due to the lower performance and behaviour inconsistency
+ of these systems following the upgrade of processor microcode
+ packages (skx ucode 0x2000064) as part of updating Ubuntu 18.04
+ LTS kernel version. Tested VPP and DPDK applications (L3fwd) are
+ affected. Skx test data will be added in subsequent maintenance
+ report version(s) once the issue is resolved. See
+ :ref:`dpdk_known_issues`.
+
+ - **Intel Xeon 2n-clx testbeds**: DPDK performance test data is now
+ included in this report, after resolving the issue of lower
+ performance and behaviour inconsistency of these systems due to
+ the Linux kernel driven upgrade of processor microcode packages
+ to 0x500002c. The resolution is to use latest SuperMicro BIOS 3.2
+ (for X11DPG-QT motherboards used) that upgrades processor
+ microcode to 0x500002c, AND NOT kernel provided ucode package as
+ it does put THE system into sub-optimal state.
+
#. DPDK RELEASE VERSION CHANGE
+----+------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| # | JiraID | Issue Description |
+====+==========================================+==========================================================================================================+
-| 8 | `CSIT-1675 | Intel Xeon 2n-skx, 3n-skx and 2n-clx testbeds behaviour and performance became inconsistent following |
+| 1 | `CSIT-1675 | Intel Xeon 2n-skx, 3n-skx and 2n-clx testbeds behaviour and performance became inconsistent following |
| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1675>`_ | the upgrade to the latest Ubuntu 18.04 LTS kernel version (4.15.0-72-generic) and associated microcode |
| | | packages (skx ucode 0x2000064, clx ucode 0x500002c). VPP as well as DPDK L3fwd tests are affected. |
+----+------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
#. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS
- - **Intel Xeon 2n-skx, 3n-skx and 2n-clx testbeds**: VPP performance
- test data is not included in this report version. This is due to
- the lower performance and behaviour inconsistency of these
- systems following the upgrade of processor microcode packages
- (skx ucode 0x2000064, clx ucode 0x500002c), done as part of
- updating Ubuntu 18.04 LTS kernel version. Tested VPP and DPDK
- applications (L3fwd) are affected. Skx and Clx test data will be
- added in subsequent maintenance report version(s) once the issue
- is resolved. See :ref:`vpp_known_issues`.
+ - **Intel Xeon 2n-skx, 3n-skx testbeds**: VPP performance test data
+ is not included in this report version. This is due to the lower
+ performance and behaviour inconsistency of these systems
+ following the upgrade of processor microcode packages (skx ucode
+ 0x2000064), done as part of updating Ubuntu 18.04 LTS kernel
+ version. Tested VPP and DPDK applications (L3fwd) are affected.
+ Skx test data will be added in subsequent maintenance report
+ version(s) once the issue is resolved. See
+ :ref:`vpp_known_issues`.
+
+ - **Intel Xeon 2n-clx testbeds**: VPP performance test data is now
+ included in this report, after resolving the issue of lower
+ performance and behaviour inconsistency of these systems due to
+ the Linux kernel driven upgrade of processor microcode packages
+ to 0x500002c. The resolution is to use latest SuperMicro BIOS 3.2
+ (for X11DPG-QT motherboards used) that upgrades processor
+ microcode to 0x500002c, AND NOT kernel provided ucode package as
+ it does put system into sub-optimal state. Subset of 2n-clx VPP
+ tests are failing due to clx system behaviour change: i) all ip4
+ tests with xxv710 and avf driver and ii) some cx556a rdma tests.
+ See :ref:`vpp_known_issues`.
- **Service density 2n-skx tests**: Added new NF density tests with
IPsec encryption between DUTs.
| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1675>`_ | the upgrade to the latest Ubuntu 18.04 LTS kernel version (4.15.0-72-generic) and associated microcode |
| | | packages (skx ucode 0x2000064, clx ucode 0x500002c). VPP as well as DPDK L3fwd tests are affected. |
+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 9 | `CSIT-1679 | All 2n-clx VPP ip4 tests with xxv710 and avf driver are failing. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1679>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 10 | `CSIT-1680 | Some 2n-clx cx556a rdma tests are failing. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1680>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+