CSIT-619 HC Test: Honeycomb performance testing - initial commit

 - keywords and scripts for HC performance testing setup
 - basic performance suite: operational data read
 - traffic script and keywords used in tests

Change-Id: Ic0290be73a7c925ea2561f8cd2524c5cb83fcda2
Signed-off-by: selias <samelias@cisco.com>

18 files changed, 1430 insertions, 49 deletions

diff --git a/bootstrap-hc2vpp-perf.sh b/bootstrap-hc2vpp-perf.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..81c80fd375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap-hc2vpp-perf.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -x
+
+STREAM=$1
+OS=$2
+ODL=$3
+
+# Space separated list of available testbeds, described by topology files
+TOPOLOGIES="topologies/available/lf_testbed1.yaml \
+            topologies/available/lf_testbed2.yaml \
+            topologies/available/lf_testbed3.yaml"
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+# Reservation dir
+RESERVATION_DIR="/tmp/reservation_dir"
+INSTALLATION_DIR="/tmp/install_dir"
+
+PYBOT_ARGS="-W 150 -L TRACE"
+
+ARCHIVE_ARTIFACTS=(log.html output.xml report.html honeycomb.log)
+
+WORKING_TOPOLOGY=""
+export PYTHONPATH=${SCRIPT_DIR}
+
+sudo apt-get -y update
+sudo apt-get -y install libpython2.7-dev python-virtualenv
+
+virtualenv --system-site-packages env
+. env/bin/activate
+
+echo pip install
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# We iterate over available topologies and wait until we reserve topology
+while :; do
+    for TOPOLOGY in ${TOPOLOGIES};
+    do
+        python ${SCRIPT_DIR}/resources/tools/topo_reservation.py -t ${TOPOLOGY}
+        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+            WORKING_TOPOLOGY=${TOPOLOGY}
+            echo "Reserved: ${WORKING_TOPOLOGY}"
+            break
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if [ ! -z "${WORKING_TOPOLOGY}" ]; then
+        # Exit the infinite while loop if we made a reservation
+        break
+    fi
+
+    # Wait ~3minutes before next try
+    SLEEP_TIME=$[ ( $RANDOM % 20 ) + 180 ]s
+    echo "Sleeping ${SLEEP_TIME}"
+    sleep ${SLEEP_TIME}
+done
+
+function cancel_all {
+    python ${SCRIPT_DIR}/resources/tools/topo_installation.py -c -d ${INSTALLATION_DIR} -t $1 -hc True
+    python ${SCRIPT_DIR}/resources/tools/topo_reservation.py -c -t $1
+}
+
+# On script exit we cancel the reservation and installation and delete all vpp
+# packages
+trap "cancel_all ${WORKING_TOPOLOGY}" EXIT
+
+# Download VPP and HC packages from the current branch
+echo Downloading packages...
+bash ${SCRIPT_DIR}/resources/tools/download_hc_pkgs.sh ${STREAM} 'ubuntu1604'
+
+if [ "${OS}" == "centos7" ]; then
+    VPP_PKGS=(*.rpm)
+else
+    VPP_PKGS=(*.deb)
+fi
+echo ${VPP_PKGS[@]}
+
+# Install packages
+python ${SCRIPT_DIR}/resources/tools/topo_installation.py -t ${WORKING_TOPOLOGY} \
+                                                       -d ${INSTALLATION_DIR} \
+                                                       -p ${VPP_PKGS[@]} \
+                                                       -hc True
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "VPP Installed on hosts from: ${WORKING_TOPOLOGY}"
+else
+    echo "Failed to copy vpp deb files to DUTs"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# run full performance test suite and exit on fail
+        pybot ${PYBOT_ARGS} \
+              -v TOPOLOGY_PATH:${WORKING_TOPOLOGY} \
+              -s "tests.perf.honeycomb" \
+              --variable install_dir:${INSTALLATION_DIR} \
+              tests/
+        RETURN_STATUS=$(echo $?)
+
+# Archive artifacts
+mkdir archive
+for i in ${ARCHIVE_ARTIFACTS[@]}; do
+    cp $( readlink -f ${i} | tr '\n' ' ' ) archive/
+done
+
+exit ${RETURN_STATUS}
diff --git a/resources/libraries/python/honeycomb/HoneycombSetup.py b/resources/libraries/python/honeycomb/HoneycombSetup.py
index 53130f405b..13b8b971b6 100644
--- a/resources/libraries/python/honeycomb/HoneycombSetup.py
+++ b/resources/libraries/python/honeycomb/HoneycombSetup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from resources.libraries.python.honeycomb.HoneycombUtil \
     import HoneycombUtil as HcUtil
 from resources.libraries.python.ssh import SSH
 from resources.libraries.python.topology import NodeType
-from resources.libraries.python.DUTSetup import DUTSetup
 
 
 class HoneycombSetup(object):
@@ -107,6 +106,34 @@ class HoneycombSetup(object):
                                  format(errors))
 
     @staticmethod
+    def restart_honeycomb_on_dut(node):
+        """Restart Honeycomb on specified DUT nodes.
+
+        This keyword restarts the Honeycomb service on specified DUTs. Use the
+        keyword "Check Honeycomb Startup State" to check if the Honeycomb is up
+        and running.
+
+        :param node: Node to restart Honeycomb on.
+        :type node: dict
+        :raises HoneycombError: If Honeycomb fails to start.
+        """
+
+        logger.console("\n(re)Starting Honeycomb service ...")
+
+        cmd = "sudo service honeycomb restart"
+
+        ssh = SSH()
+        ssh.connect(node)
+        (ret_code, _, _) = ssh.exec_command_sudo(cmd)
+        if int(ret_code) != 0:
+            raise HoneycombError('Node {0} failed to restart Honeycomb.'.
+                                 format(node['host']))
+        else:
+            logger.info(
+                "Honeycomb service restart is in progress on node {0}".format(
+                    node['host']))
+
+    @staticmethod
     def check_honeycomb_startup_state(*nodes):
         """Check state of Honeycomb service during startup on specified nodes.
 
@@ -130,8 +157,14 @@ class HoneycombSetup(object):
         for node in nodes:
             if node['type'] == NodeType.DUT:
                 HoneycombSetup.print_ports(node)
-                status_code, _ = HTTPRequest.get(node, path,
-                                                 enable_logging=False)
+                try:
+                    status_code, _ = HTTPRequest.get(node, path,
+                                                     enable_logging=False)
+                except HTTPRequestError:
+                    ssh = SSH()
+                    ssh.connect(node)
+                    ssh.exec_command("tail -n 100 /var/log/syslog")
+                    raise
                 if status_code == HTTPCodes.OK:
                     logger.info("Honeycomb on node {0} is up and running".
                                 format(node['host']))
@@ -479,7 +512,7 @@ class HoneycombSetup(object):
         for feature in features:
             cmd += " {0}".format(feature)
 
-        ret_code, _, stderr = ssh.exec_command_sudo(cmd, timeout=120)
+        ret_code, _, _ = ssh.exec_command_sudo(cmd, timeout=120)
 
         if int(ret_code) != 0:
             raise HoneycombError("Feature install did not succeed.")
@@ -590,7 +623,140 @@ class HoneycombSetup(object):
         ssh = SSH()
         ssh.connect(node)
         cmd = "service vpp stop"
-        ret_code, _, _ = ssh.exec_command_sudo(cmd)
+        ret_code, _, _ = ssh.exec_command_sudo(cmd, timeout=80)
         if int(ret_code) != 0:
             raise RuntimeError("Could not stop VPP service on node {0}".format(
                 node['host']))
+
+
+class HoneycombStartupConfig(object):
+    """Generator for Honeycomb startup configuration.
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        """Initializer."""
+
+        self.template = """
+        #!/bin/sh -
+        STATUS=100
+
+        while [ $STATUS -eq 100 ]
+        do
+          {java_call} -jar $(dirname $0)/{jar_filename}
+          STATUS=$?
+          echo "Honeycomb exited with status: $STATUS"
+          if [ $STATUS -eq 100 ]
+          then
+            echo "Restarting..."
+          fi
+        done
+        """
+
+        self.java_call = "{scheduler} {affinity} java {jit_mode} {params}"
+
+        self.scheduler = ""
+        self.core_affinity = ""
+        self.jit_mode = ""
+        self.params = ""
+        self.numa = ""
+
+        self.config = ""
+        self.ssh = SSH()
+
+    def apply_config(self, node):
+        """Generate configuration file /opt/honeycomb/honeycomb on the specified
+         node.
+
+         :param node: Honeycomb node.
+         :type node: dict
+         """
+
+        self.ssh.connect(node)
+        _, filename, _ = self.ssh.exec_command("ls /opt/honeycomb | grep .jar")
+
+        java_call = self.java_call.format(scheduler=self.scheduler,
+                                          affinity=self.core_affinity,
+                                          jit_mode=self.jit_mode,
+                                          params=self.params)
+        self.config = self.template.format(java_call=java_call,
+                                           jar_filename=filename)
+
+        self.ssh.connect(node)
+        cmd = "echo '{config}' > /tmp/honeycomb " \
+              "&& chmod +x /tmp/honeycomb " \
+              "&& sudo mv -f /tmp/honeycomb /opt/honeycomb".format(
+                config=self.config)
+        self.ssh.exec_command(cmd)
+
+    def set_cpu_scheduler(self, scheduler="FIFO"):
+        """Use alternate CPU scheduler.
+
+        Note: OTHER scheduler doesn't load-balance over isolcpus.
+
+        :param scheduler: CPU scheduler to use.
+        :type scheduler: str
+        """
+
+        schedulers = {"FIFO": "-f 99",  # First In, First Out
+                      "RR": "-r 99",  # Round Robin
+                      "OTHER": "-o",  # Ubuntu default
+                     }
+        self.scheduler = "chrt {0}".format(schedulers[scheduler])
+
+    def set_cpu_core_affinity(self, low, high=None):
+        """Set core affinity for the honeycomb process and subprocesses.
+
+        :param low: Lowest core ID number.
+        :param high: Highest core ID number. Leave empty to use a single core.
+        :type low: int
+        :type high: int
+        """
+
+        self.core_affinity = "taskset -c {low}-{high}".format(
+            low=low, high=high if high else low)
+
+    def set_jit_compiler_mode(self, jit_mode):
+        """Set running mode for Java's JIT compiler.
+
+        :param jit_mode: Desiret JIT mode.
+        :type jit_mode: str
+        """
+
+        modes = {"client": "-client",  # Default
+                 "server": "-server",  # Higher performance but longer warmup
+                 "classic": "-classic"  # Disables JIT compiler
+                }
+
+        self.jit_mode = modes[jit_mode]
+
+    def set_memory_size(self, mem_min, mem_max=None):
+        """Set minimum and maximum memory use for the JVM.
+
+        :param mem_min: Minimum amount of memory (MB).
+        :param mem_max: Maximum amount of memory (MB). Default is 4 times
+        minimum value.
+        :type mem_min: int
+        :type mem_max: int
+        """
+
+        self.params += " -Xms{min}m -Xmx{max}m".format(
+            min=mem_min, max=mem_max if mem_max else mem_min*4)
+
+    def set_metaspace_size(self, mem_min, mem_max=None):
+        """Set minimum and maximum memory used for class metadata in the JVM.
+
+        :param mem_min: Minimum metaspace size (MB).
+        :param mem_max: Maximum metaspace size (MB). Defailt is 4 times
+        minimum value.
+        :type mem_min: int
+        :type mem_max: int
+        """
+
+        self.params += " -XX:MetaspaceSize={min}m " \
+                       "-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize={max}m".format(
+                           min=mem_min, max=mem_max if mem_max else mem_min*4)
+
+    def set_numa_optimization(self):
+        """Use optimization of memory use and garbage collection for NUMA
+        architectures."""
+
+        self.params += " -XX:+UseNUMA -XX:+UseParallelGC"
diff --git a/resources/libraries/python/honeycomb/HoneycombUtil.py b/resources/libraries/python/honeycomb/HoneycombUtil.py
index a718a242f2..24f81af7b3 100644
--- a/resources/libraries/python/honeycomb/HoneycombUtil.py
+++ b/resources/libraries/python/honeycomb/HoneycombUtil.py
@@ -399,16 +399,23 @@ class HoneycombUtil(object):
         return HTTPRequest.delete(node, path)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def archive_honeycomb_log(node):
+    def archive_honeycomb_log(node, perf=False):
         """Copy honeycomb log file from DUT node to VIRL for archiving.
 
         :param node: Honeycomb node.
+        :param perf: Alternate handling, for use with performance test topology.
         :type node: dict
+        :type perf: bool
         """
 
         ssh = SSH()
         ssh.connect(node)
 
-        cmd = "cp /var/log/honeycomb/honeycomb.log /scratch/"
-
-        ssh.exec_command_sudo(cmd)
+        if not perf:
+            cmd = "cp /var/log/honeycomb/honeycomb.log /scratch/"
+            ssh.exec_command_sudo(cmd)
+        else:
+            ssh.scp(
+                ".",
+                "/var/log/honeycomb/honeycomb.log",
+                get=True)
diff --git a/resources/libraries/python/honeycomb/Performance.py b/resources/libraries/python/honeycomb/Performance.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c6b0bc522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/libraries/python/honeycomb/Performance.py
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Implementation of keywords for testing Honeycomb performance."""
+
+from resources.libraries.python.ssh import SSH
+from resources.libraries.python.constants import Constants as Const
+from resources.libraries.python.honeycomb.HoneycombUtil import HoneycombError
+
+
+class Performance(object):
+    """Keywords used in Honeycomb performance testing."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        """Initializer."""
+        pass
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def configure_netconf_threads(node, threads):
+        """Set Honeycomb's Netconf thread count in configuration.
+
+        :param node: Honeycomb node.
+        :param threads: Number of threads.
+        :type node: dict
+        :type threads: int
+        :raises HoneycombError: If the operation fails.
+        """
+
+        find = "netconf-netty-threads"
+        replace = '\\"netconf-netty-threads\\": {0},'.format(threads)
+
+        argument = '"/{0}/c\\ {1}"'.format(find, replace)
+        path = "{0}/config/honeycomb.json".format(Const.REMOTE_HC_DIR)
+        command = "sed -i {0} {1}".format(argument, path)
+
+        ssh = SSH()
+        ssh.connect(node)
+        (ret_code, _, stderr) = ssh.exec_command_sudo(command)
+        if ret_code != 0:
+            raise HoneycombError("Failed to modify configuration on "
+                                 "node {0}, {1}".format(node, stderr))
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def run_traffic_script_on_dut(node, script, cores, reserved=2,
+                                  *args, **kwargs):
+        """Copy traffic script over to the specified node and execute with
+        the provided arguments.
+
+        :param node: Node in topology.
+        :param script: Name of the script to execute.
+        :param cores: Number of processor cores to use.
+        :param reserved: Number of cores reserved for other tasks. Default is 2,
+        one for system tasks and one for VPP main thread.
+        :param args: Sequential arguments for the script.
+        :param kwargs: Named arguments for the script.
+        :type node: dict
+        :type script: str
+        :type cores: int
+        :type reserved: int
+        :type args: list
+        :type kwargs: dict
+        """
+
+        path = "resources/traffic_scripts/honeycomb/{0}".format(script)
+
+        # Assemble arguments for traffic script
+        arguments = ""
+        for arg in args:
+            arguments += "{0} ".format(arg)
+
+        for key, value in kwargs.items():
+            arguments += "--{0} {1} ".format(key, value)
+
+        ssh = SSH()
+        ssh.connect(node)
+        ssh.scp(path, "/tmp")
+
+        # Use alternate scheduler, Ubuntu's default can't load-balance
+        # over isolcpus
+        scheduler = "chrt -f 99"
+        core_afi = "taskset -c {first}-{last}".format(
+            first=reserved, last=cores-1)
+
+        cmd = "{scheduler} {affinity} python /tmp/{script} {args}".format(
+            scheduler=scheduler,
+            affinity=core_afi,
+            script=script,
+            args=arguments)
+
+        ret_code, stdout, _ = ssh.exec_command_sudo(cmd, timeout=600)
+
+        ssh.exec_command("sudo pkill python ; rm /tmp/{0}".format(script))
+        if ret_code != 0:
+            raise HoneycombError("Traffic script failed to execute.")
+        for line in stdout.splitlines():
+            if "Avg. requests" in line:
+                return line
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def log_core_schedule(node, process):
+        """Determine which cores the process' threads are running on.
+
+        :param node: Honeycomb node.
+        :param process: Name of the process.
+        :type node: dict
+        :type process: str
+        """
+
+        # Get info on process and all of its children
+        cmd1 = """cat /proc/`pidof {0}`/task/*/stat""".format(process)
+
+        # Parse process ID, name and core index
+        cmd2 = """awk '{print $1" "$2" "$39}'"""
+
+        cmd = "{0} | {1}".format(cmd1, cmd2)
+
+        ssh = SSH()
+        ssh.connect(node)
+        ssh.exec_command(cmd)
diff --git a/resources/libraries/python/ssh.py b/resources/libraries/python/ssh.py
index db39a0701c..ca6d6556a1 100644
--- a/resources/libraries/python/ssh.py
+++ b/resources/libraries/python/ssh.py
@@ -307,17 +307,35 @@ class SSH(object):
         """
         chan.close()
 
-    def scp(self, local_path, remote_path):
-        """Copy files from local_path to remote_path.
+    def scp(self, local_path, remote_path, get=False):
+        """Copy files from local_path to remote_path or vice versa.
 
         connect() method has to be called first!
+
+        :param local_path: Path to local file that should be uploaded; or
+        path where to save remote file.
+        :param remote_path: Remote path where to place uploaded file; or
+        path to remote file which should be downloaded.
+        :param get: scp operation to perform. Default is put.
+        :type local_path: str
+        :type remote_path: str
+        :type get: bool
         """
-        logger.trace('SCP {0} to {1}:{2}'.format(
-            local_path, self._ssh.get_transport().getpeername(), remote_path))
+        if not get:
+            logger.trace('SCP {0} to {1}:{2}'.format(
+                local_path, self._ssh.get_transport().getpeername(),
+                remote_path))
+        else:
+            logger.trace('SCP {0}:{1} to {2}'.format(
+                self._ssh.get_transport().getpeername(), remote_path,
+                local_path))
         # SCPCLient takes a paramiko transport as its only argument
         scp = SCPClient(self._ssh.get_transport(), socket_timeout=10)
         start = time()
-        scp.put(local_path, remote_path)
+        if not get:
+            scp.put(local_path, remote_path)
+        else:
+            scp.get(remote_path, local_path)
         scp.close()
         end = time()
         logger.trace('SCP took {0} seconds'.format(end-start))
diff --git a/resources/libraries/robot/honeycomb/honeycomb.robot b/resources/libraries/robot/honeycomb/honeycomb.robot
index 9017584f5a..d0f9f0fbf6 100644
--- a/resources/libraries/robot/honeycomb/honeycomb.robot
+++ b/resources/libraries/robot/honeycomb/honeycomb.robot
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 | | ... | *Example:*
 | | ...
 | | ... | \| Clear persisted Honeycomb configuration \| ${nodes['DUT1']} \|
+| | ...
 | | [Arguments] | @{duts}
 | | Clear persisted Honeycomb config | @{duts}
 
@@ -86,14 +87,34 @@
 | | ...
 | | ... | \| Restart Honeycomb and VPP and clear persisted configuration \
 | | ... | \| ${nodes['DUT1']} \|
+| | ...
 | | [Arguments] | ${node}
 | | Stop Honeycomb service on DUTs | ${node}
 | | Clear persisted Honeycomb configuration | ${node}
 | | Setup DUT | ${node}
+| | Sleep | 10s | Wait 10sec so VPP is up for sure.
 | | Configure Honeycomb service on DUTs | ${node}
 
 | Restart Honeycomb and VPP
-| | [Documentation] | Restarts Honeycomb service and wait until it starts up.
+| | [Documentation] | Stops the Honeycomb service and verifies it is stopped.
+| | ... | Then restarts VPP, starts Honeycomb again and verifies it is running.
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - node - information about a DUT node. Type: dictionary
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Example:*
+| | ...
+| | ... | \| Restart Honeycomb and VPP \| ${nodes['DUT1']} \|
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${node}
+| | Stop Honeycomb service on DUTs | ${node}
+| | Setup DUT | ${node}
+| | Sleep | 10s | Wait 10sec so VPP is up for sure.
+| | Configure Honeycomb service on DUTs | ${node}
+
+| Restart Honeycomb and VPP in performance test
+| | [Documentation] | Stops Honeycomb and VPP and verifies HC is stopped.
+| | ... | Then restarts VPP, starts Honeycomb again and verifies it is running.
 | | ...
 | | ... | *Arguments:*
 | | ... | - node - information about a DUT node. Type: dictionary
@@ -101,10 +122,15 @@
 | | ... | *Example:*
 | | ...
 | | ... | \| Restart Honeycomb and VPP \| ${nodes['DUT1']} \|
+| | ...
 | | [Arguments] | ${node}
 | | Stop Honeycomb service on DUTs | ${node}
+| | Stop VPP service on DUT | ${node}
 | | Setup DUT | ${node}
+| | Sleep | 10s | Wait 10sec so VPP is up for sure.
 | | Configure Honeycomb service on DUTs | ${node}
+| | Wait until keyword succeeds | 2min | 16sec
+| | ... | Check honeycomb startup state | ${node}
 
 | Archive Honeycomb log file
 | | [Documentation] | Copy honeycomb.log file from Honeycomb node\
@@ -112,12 +138,14 @@
 | | ...
 | | ... | *Arguments:*
 | | ... | - node - information about a DUT node. Type: dictionary
+| | ... | - perf - Running on performance testbed? Yes/no Type: boolean
 | | ...
 | | ... | *Example:*
 | | ...
 | | ... | \| Archive Honeycomb log file \| ${nudes['DUT1']} \|
-| | [Arguments] | ${node}
-| | Archive Honeycomb log | ${node}
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${node} | ${perf}=${False}
+| | Archive Honeycomb log | ${node} | ${perf}
 
 | Configure ODL Client Service On DUT
 | | [Documentation] | Configure and start ODL client, then repeatedly check if
@@ -131,6 +159,7 @@
 | | ...
 | | ... | \| Configure ODL Client Service on DUT \| ${nodes['DUT1']} \
 | | ... | \| carbon-SR1 \|
+| | ...
 | | [Arguments] | ${node} | ${odl_name}
 | | Copy ODL Client | ${node} | ${odl_name} | /mnt/common | /tmp
 | | Setup ODL Client | ${node} | /tmp
@@ -153,6 +182,7 @@
 | | ... | *Example:*
 | | ...
 | | ... | \| Configure Honeycomb for functional testing \| ${nodes['DUT1']} \|
+| | ...
 | | [Arguments] | ${node}
 | | Configure Restconf binding address | ${node}
 | | Configure Log Level | ${node} | TRACE
@@ -172,6 +202,7 @@
 | | ... | *Example:*
 | | ...
 | | ... | \| Configure ODL Client for functional testing \| ${nodes['DUT1']} \|
+| | ...
 | | [Arguments] | ${node}
 | | ${use_odl_client}= | Get Variable Value | ${HC_ODL}
 | | Run Keyword If | '${use_odl_client}' != '${NONE}'
@@ -192,6 +223,7 @@
 | | ... | *Example:*
 | | ...
 | | ... | \| Set Up Honeycomb Functional Test Suite \| ${nodes['DUT1']} \|
+| | ...
 | | [Arguments] | ${node}
 | | Setup DUT | ${node}
 | | Configure all TGs for traffic script
@@ -209,6 +241,7 @@
 | | ... | *Example:*
 | | ...
 | | ... | \| Tear Down Honeycomb Functional Test Suite \| ${nodes['DUT1']} \|
+| | ...
 | | [Arguments] | ${node}
 | | ${use_odl_client}= | Get Variable Value | ${HC_ODL}
 | | Run Keyword If | '${use_odl_client}' != '${NONE}'
@@ -227,6 +260,7 @@
 | | ... | *Example:*
 | | ...
 | | ... | \| Enable Honeycomb Feature \| ${nodes['DUT1']} \| NSH \|
+| | ...
 | | [arguments] | ${node} | ${feature}
 | | Manage Honeycomb Features | ${node} | ${feature}
 
@@ -240,5 +274,49 @@
 | | ... | *Example:*
 | | ...
 | | ... | \| Disable Honeycomb Feature \| ${nodes['DUT1']} \| NSH \|
+| | ...
 | | [arguments] | ${node} | ${feature}
-| | Manage Honeycomb Features | ${node} | ${feature} | disable=${True}
\ No newline at end of file
+| | Manage Honeycomb Features | ${node} | ${feature} | disable=${True}
+
+| Stop VPP Service on DUT
+| | [Documentation] | Stop the VPP service on the specified node.
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - node - information about a DUT node. Type: dictionary
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Example:*
+| | ...
+| | ... | \| Stop VPP Service on DUT \| ${nodes['DUT1']} \|
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${node}
+| | Stop VPP Service | ${node}
+
+| Honeycomb Performance Suite Setup Generic
+| | [Documentation] | Generic test suite setup for Honeycomb performance tests.
+| | ... | Performs multiple attempts to start Honeycomb+VPP stack.
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - node - information about a DUT node. Type: dictionary
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Example:*
+| | ...
+| | ... | \| Honeycomb Performance Suite Setup Generic \| ${nodes['DUT1']} \|
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${node}
+| | Wait until keyword succeeds | 8min | 2min
+| | ... | Restart Honeycomb and VPP in Performance test | ${node}
+
+| Honeycomb Performance Suite Teardown Generic
+| | [Documentation] | Generic test suite teardown for Honeycomb performance
+| | ... | tests. Logs CPU usage before stopping Honeycomb.
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - node - information about a DUT node. Type: dictionary
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Example:*
+| | ...
+| | ... | \| Honeycomb Performance Suite Teardown Generic \| ${nodes['DUT1']} \|
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${node}
+| | Log Honeycomb and VPP process distribution on cores | ${node}
+| | Stop Honeycomb service on DUTs | ${node}
diff --git a/resources/libraries/robot/honeycomb/performance.robot b/resources/libraries/robot/honeycomb/performance.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd906e1742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/libraries/robot/honeycomb/performance.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.honeycomb.Performance
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.InterfaceUtil
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/honeycomb/honeycomb.robot
+| Documentation | Keywords used in Honeycomb performance testing.
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Configure Honeycomb Netconf threads
+| | [Documentation] | Modify thread configuration of Honeycomb's Netconf server,
+| | ... | Requires a restart of Honeycomb to take effect.
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - node - Node to change configuration on. Type: dictionary
+| | ... | - threads - Number of threads to configure. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Example:*
+| | ...
+| | ... | \| Configure Honeycomb Netconf Threads \| ${nodes[DUT1]} \| ${2} \|
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${node} | ${threads}
+| | Configure Netconf Threads | ${node} | ${threads}
+
+| Run base operational read performance trial
+| | [Documentation] | Send Netconf requests over plain TCP to obtain VPP version
+| | ... | from Honeycomb operational data.
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - node - Node to run test on. Type: dictionary
+| | ... | - cores - Number of available processor cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - cycles - Number of test cycles to run. Final results will\
+| | ... | be averaged across all runs. Type: integer
+| | ... | - threads - Number of threads to use for generating traffic.\
+| | ... | Type: integer
+| | ... | - requests - Number of requests to send in each thread and cycle.\
+| | ... | Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Example:*
+| | ...
+| | ... | \| Run base operational read performance trial \| ${nodes[DUT1]} \
+| | ... | \| ${36} \| ${1} \| ${4} \| ${10000} \|
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${node} | ${cores} | ${cycles} | ${threads} | ${requests}
+| | ${result}= | Run traffic script on DUT | ${node} | read_vpp_version.py
+| | ... | ${cores} | cycles=${cycles} | threads=${threads}
+| | ... | requests=${requests}
+| | Set Test Message | ${result}
+
+| Generate VPP Startup Configuration for Honeycomb Test on DUT
+| | [Arguments] | ${node}
+| | [Documentation] | Create VPP base startup configuration on DUT, then restart
+| | ... | VPP to apply the configuration.
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - node - VPP node to configure. Type: dictionary
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Example:*
+| | ...
+| | ... | \| Generate VPP Startup Configuration for Honeycomb Test on DUT \
+| | ... | \| ${nodes[DUT1]} \|
+| | ...
+| | Import Library | resources.libraries.python.VppConfigGenerator
+| | ... | WITH NAME | VPP_config
+| | Run keyword | VPP_config.Set Node | ${node}
+| | Run keyword | VPP_config.Add Unix Log
+| | Run keyword | VPP_config.Add Unix CLI Listen
+| | Run keyword | VPP_config.Add Unix Nodaemon
+| | Run keyword | VPP_config.Add CPU Main Core | ${1}
+| | Run keyword | VPP_config.Apply Config
+
+| Log Honeycomb and VPP process distribution on cores
+| | [Documentation] | Log the distribution of VPP and Honeycomb child processes
+| | ... | over the CPU cores.
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - node - Honeycomb node. Type: dictionary
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Example:*
+| | ...
+| | ... | \| Log Honeycomb and VPP process distribution on cores \
+| | ... | \| ${nodes[DUT1]} \|
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${node}
+| | Log Core Schedule | ${node} | vpp
+| | Log Core Schedule | ${node} | java
+
+| Generate Honeycomb startup configuration for performance test
+| | [Documentation] | Create HC startup configuration and apply to config
+| | ... | file on DUT. Requires Honeycomb restart to take effect.
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - node - Honeycomb node. Type: dictionary
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Example:*
+| | ...
+| | ... | \| Generate Honeycomb startup configuration for performance test \
+| | ... | \| ${nodes[DUT1]} \|
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${node} | ${cores}
+| | Import Library | resources.libraries.python.honeycomb.HoneycombSetup.HoneycombStartupConfig
+| | ... | WITH NAME | HC_config
+| | Run Keyword | HC_config.Set CPU Scheduler | FIFO
+| | Run Keyword | HC_config.Set CPU Core Affinity | ${2} | ${cores}
+| | Run Keyword | HC_config.Set JIT Compiler Mode | server
+| | Run Keyword | HC_config.Set Memory Size | ${512} | ${2048}
+| | Run Keyword | HC_config.Set Metaspace Size | ${128} | ${512}
+| | Run Keyword | HC_config.Set NUMA Optimization
+| | Run Keyword | HC_config.apply config | ${node}
diff --git a/resources/tools/scripts/download_hc_pkgs.sh b/resources/tools/scripts/download_hc_pkgs.sh
index 23e0be4b16..1bda02505c 100755
--- a/resources/tools/scripts/download_hc_pkgs.sh
+++ b/resources/tools/scripts/download_hc_pkgs.sh
@@ -30,19 +30,19 @@ if [ "${OS}" == "ubuntu1404" ]; then
     OS="ubuntu.trusty.main"
     PACKAGE="deb deb.md5"
     CLASS="deb"
-    VPP_ARTIFACTS="vpp vpp-dbg vpp-dev vpp-lib vpp-plugins vpp-api-java"
+    VPP_ARTIFACTS="vpp vpp-dbg vpp-lib vpp-plugins"
     DPDK_ARTIFACTS="vpp-dpdk-dkms"
 elif [ "${OS}" == "ubuntu1604" ]; then
     OS="ubuntu.xenial.main"
     PACKAGE="deb deb.md5"
     CLASS="deb"
-    VPP_ARTIFACTS="vpp vpp-dbg vpp-dev vpp-lib vpp-plugins vpp-api-java"
+    VPP_ARTIFACTS="vpp vpp-dbg vpp-lib vpp-plugins"
     DPDK_ARTIFACTS="vpp-dpdk-dkms"
 elif [ "${OS}" == "centos7" ]; then
     OS="centos7"
     PACKAGE="rpm rpm.md5"
     CLASS=""
-    VPP_ARTIFACTS="vpp vpp-debuginfo vpp-devel vpp-lib vpp-plugins vpp-api-java"
+    VPP_ARTIFACTS="vpp vpp-debuginfo vpp-lib vpp-plugins"
     DPDK_ARTIFACTS=""
 fi
 
diff --git a/resources/tools/scripts/topo_installation.py b/resources/tools/scripts/topo_installation.py
index 0488bdae69..5c91abbd0f 100755
--- a/resources/tools/scripts/topo_installation.py
+++ b/resources/tools/scripts/topo_installation.py
@@ -85,15 +85,34 @@ def main():
                         help="Packages paths to copy")
     parser.add_argument("-c", "--cancel", help="Cancel installation",
                         action="store_true")
+    parser.add_argument("-hc", "--honeycomb", help="Include Honeycomb package.",
+                        required=False, default=False)
+
     args = parser.parse_args()
     topology_file = args.topo
     packages = args.packages
     install_dir = args.directory
     cancel_installation = args.cancel
+    honeycomb = args.honeycomb
 
     work_file = open(topology_file)
     topology = load(work_file.read())['nodes']
 
+    def fix_interrupted(package):
+        """If there are interrupted installations, clean them up."""
+
+        cmd = "dpkg -l | grep {0}".format(package)
+        ret, _, _ = ssh.exec_command(cmd)
+        if ret == 0:
+            # Try to fix interrupted installations
+            cmd = 'dpkg --configure -a'
+            stdout = ssh_no_error(ssh, cmd, sudo=True)
+            print "###TI {}".format(stdout)
+            # Try to remove installed packages
+            cmd = 'apt-get purge -y "{0}.*"'.format(package)
+            stdout = ssh_no_error(ssh, cmd, sudo=True)
+            print "###TI {}".format(stdout)
+
     ssh = SSH()
     for node in topology:
         if topology[node]['type'] == "DUT":
@@ -106,41 +125,44 @@ def main():
                 stdout = ssh_ignore_error(ssh, cmd)
                 print "###TI {}".format(stdout)
 
-                cmd = "dpkg -l | grep vpp"
-                ret, _, _ = ssh.exec_command(cmd)
-                if ret == 0:
-                    # Try to fix interrupted installations
-                    cmd = 'dpkg --configure -a'
-                    stdout = ssh_no_error(ssh, cmd, sudo=True)
-                    print "###TI {}".format(stdout)
-                    # Try to remove installed vpp.* packages
-                    cmd = 'apt-get purge -y "vpp.*"'
-                    stdout = ssh_no_error(ssh, cmd, sudo=True)
+                if honeycomb:
+                    fix_interrupted("honeycomb")
+                    # remove HC logs
+                    cmd = "rm -rf /var/log/honeycomb"
+                    stdout = ssh_ignore_error(ssh, cmd, sudo=True)
                     print "###TI {}".format(stdout)
+                fix_interrupted("vpp")
+
             else:
                 # Create installation directory on DUT
                 cmd = "rm -r {0}; mkdir {0}".format(install_dir)
                 stdout = ssh_no_error(ssh, cmd)
                 print "###TI {}".format(stdout)
 
-                # Copy packages from local path to installation dir
-                for deb in packages:
-                    print "###TI scp: {}".format(deb)
-                    ssh.scp(local_path=deb, remote_path=install_dir)
-
-                cmd = "dpkg -l | grep vpp"
-                ret, _, _ = ssh.exec_command(cmd)
-                if ret == 0:
-                    # Try to fix interrupted installations
-                    cmd = 'dpkg --configure -a'
-                    stdout = ssh_no_error(ssh, cmd, sudo=True)
-                    print "###TI {}".format(stdout)
-                    # Try to remove installed vpp.* packages
-                    cmd = 'apt-get purge -y "vpp.*"'
-                    stdout = ssh_no_error(ssh, cmd, sudo=True)
-                    print "###TI {}".format(stdout)
-
-                # Installation of VPP deb packages
+                if honeycomb:
+                    smd = "ls ~/honeycomb | grep .deb"
+                    stdout = ssh_ignore_error(ssh, smd)
+                    if "honeycomb" in stdout:
+                        # If custom honeycomb packages exist, use them
+                        cmd = "cp ~/honeycomb/*.deb {0}".format(install_dir)
+                        stdout = ssh_no_error(ssh, cmd)
+                        print "###TI {}".format(stdout)
+                    else:
+                        # Copy packages from local path to installation dir
+                        for deb in packages:
+                            print "###TI scp: {}".format(deb)
+                            ssh.scp(local_path=deb, remote_path=install_dir)
+                else:
+                    # Copy packages from local path to installation dir
+                    for deb in packages:
+                        print "###TI scp: {}".format(deb)
+                        ssh.scp(local_path=deb, remote_path=install_dir)
+
+                if honeycomb:
+                    fix_interrupted("honeycomb")
+                fix_interrupted("vpp")
+
+                # Installation of deb packages
                 cmd = "dpkg -i --force-all {}/*.deb".format(install_dir)
                 stdout = ssh_no_error(ssh, cmd, sudo=True)
                 print "###TI {}".format(stdout)
diff --git a/resources/tools/testbed-setup/playbooks/01-host-setup.yaml b/resources/tools/testbed-setup/playbooks/01-host-setup.yaml
index 6d644e5054..8fa9d66799 100644
--- a/resources/tools/testbed-setup/playbooks/01-host-setup.yaml
+++ b/resources/tools/testbed-setup/playbooks/01-host-setup.yaml
@@ -127,3 +127,5 @@
     apt: name=lxc state=present
   - name: Disable 80-vpp.conf
     command: ln -s /dev/null /etc/sysctl.d/80-vpp.conf
+  - name: Install java
+    apt: name=openjdk-8-jdk state=present
diff --git a/resources/traffic_scripts/honeycomb/read_vpp_version.py b/resources/traffic_scripts/honeycomb/read_vpp_version.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8a861801d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/traffic_scripts/honeycomb/read_vpp_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,360 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import socket
+import multiprocessing
+import argparse
+from time import time
+
+
+class Counter(object):
+    """Counter used for stats collection."""
+    def __init__(self, start=0):
+        """Initializer."""
+        self.lock = multiprocessing.Lock()
+        self.value = start
+
+    def increment(self, value=1):
+        """Increment counter and return the new value."""
+        self.lock.acquire()
+        val = self.value
+        try:
+            self.value += value
+        finally:
+            self.lock.release()
+        return val
+
+
+class timer(object):
+    """Timer used used during test execution."""
+    def __init__(self, verbose=False):
+        self.verbose = verbose
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        """Start the timer."""
+        self.start = time()
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, *args):
+        """Stop the timer and save current value."""
+        self.end = time()
+        self.secs = self.end - self.start
+        self.msecs = self.secs * 1000  # millisecs
+        if self.verbose:
+            print("elapsed time: {0} ms".format(self.msecs))
+
+
+class ConfigBlaster(object):
+    """Generates Netconf requests, receives replies and collects statistics."""
+
+    TIMEOUT = 10
+
+    # Hello message with capabilities list for Netconf sessions.
+    hello = u"""<hello xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0"
+    message-id="m-0">
+    <capabilities>
+    <capability>urn:ietf:params:netconf:base:1.0</capability>
+    </capabilities>
+    </hello>
+    ]]>]]>"""
+
+    # RPC to retrieve VPP version (minimal processing in VPP)
+    request_template = u"""<rpc xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0"
+    message-id="m-1">
+    <get>
+    <filter xmlns:ns0="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0"
+    ns0:type="subtree">
+    <vpp-state xmlns="urn:opendaylight:params:xml:ns:yang:vpp:management">
+    <version/>
+    </vpp-state>
+    </filter>
+    </get>
+    </rpc>
+    ]]>]]>"""
+
+    class Stats(object):
+        """Stores and further processes statistics collected by worker
+        threads during their execution.
+        """
+
+        def __init__(self):
+            """Initializer."""
+            self.ok_rqst_rate = Counter(0)
+            self.total_rqst_rate = Counter(0)
+            self.ok_rqsts = Counter(0)
+            self.total_rqsts = Counter(0)
+
+        def process_stats(self, rqst_stats, elapsed_time):
+            """Calculates the stats for request/reply throughput, and aggregates
+            statistics across all threads.
+
+            :param rqst_stats: Request statistics dictionary.
+            :param elapsed_time: Elapsed time for the test.
+            :type rqst_stats: dict
+            :type elapsed_time: int
+            :returns: Rates (requests/sec) for successfully finished requests
+                     and the total number of requests.
+            :rtype: tuple
+            """
+            ok_rqsts = rqst_stats["OK"]
+            total_rqsts = sum(rqst_stats.values())
+
+            ok_rqst_rate = ok_rqsts / elapsed_time
+            total_rqst_rate = total_rqsts / elapsed_time
+
+            self.ok_rqsts.increment(ok_rqsts)
+            self.total_rqsts.increment(total_rqsts)
+
+            self.ok_rqst_rate.increment(ok_rqst_rate)
+            self.total_rqst_rate.increment(total_rqst_rate)
+
+            return ok_rqst_rate, total_rqst_rate
+
+        @property
+        def get_ok_rqst_rate(self):
+            return self.ok_rqst_rate.value
+
+        @property
+        def get_total_rqst_rate(self):
+            return self.total_rqst_rate.value
+
+        @property
+        def get_ok_rqsts(self):
+            return self.ok_rqsts.value
+
+        @property
+        def get_total_rqsts(self):
+            return self.total_rqsts.value
+
+    def __init__(self, host, port, ncycles, nthreads, nrequests):
+        """Initializer.
+
+        :param host: Target IP address.
+        :param port: Target port.
+        :param ncycles: Number of test cycles.
+        :param nthreads: Number of threads for packet generation.
+        :param nrequests: Number of requests to send per thread.
+        :type host: str
+        :type port: int
+        :type ncycles: int
+        :type nthreads: int
+        :type nrequests: int
+        """
+
+        self.host = host
+        self.port = port
+        self.ncycles = ncycles
+        self.nthreads = nthreads
+        self.nrequests = nrequests
+
+        self.stats = self.Stats()
+        self.total_ok_rqsts = 0
+
+        self.print_lock = multiprocessing.Lock()
+        self.cond = multiprocessing.Condition()
+        self.threads_done = 0
+
+        self.recv_buf = 8192
+
+    def send_request(self, sock):
+        """Send Netconf request and receive the reply.
+
+        :param sock: Socket object to use for transfer.
+        :type sock: socket object
+        :returns: Response to request or error message.
+        :rtype: str
+        """
+
+        sock.send(self.request_template)
+        try:
+            return sock.recv(self.recv_buf)
+        except socket.timeout:
+            return "timeout"
+        except socket.error:
+            return "error"
+
+    def send_requests(self, tid, stats):
+        """Read entries from the Honeycomb operational data store. This function
+        is executed by a worker thread.
+
+        :param tid: Thread ID - used to id the Blaster thread when
+        statistics for the thread are printed out.
+        :param stats: Synchronized queue object for returning execution stats.
+        :type tid: int
+        :type stats: multiprocessing.Queue
+        """
+
+        rqst_stats = {"OK": 0, "Error": 0, "Timeout": 0}
+
+        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        sock.settimeout(5)
+        # Initiate connection
+        sock.connect((self.host, self.port))
+        # Send hello message
+        sock.send(self.hello)
+        # Receive hello message
+        sock.recv(self.recv_buf)
+        # Determine length of expected responses
+        self.recv_buf = len(self.send_request(sock))
+
+        with self.print_lock:
+            print("\n    Thread {0}:\n"
+                  "        Sending {1} requests".format(tid,
+                                                        self.nrequests))
+
+        replies = [None]*self.nrequests
+        with timer() as t:
+            for x in range(self.nrequests):
+                sts = self.send_request(sock)
+                replies[x] = sts
+
+        for reply in replies:
+            if reply == "timeout":
+                rqst_stats["Timeout"] += 1
+            elif "error" in reply:
+                rqst_stats["Error"] += 1
+            else:
+                rqst_stats["OK"] += 1
+
+        ok_rps, total_rps = self.stats.process_stats(
+            rqst_stats, t.secs)
+
+        with self.print_lock:
+            print("\n    Thread {0} results (READ): ".format(tid))
+            print("        Elapsed time: {0:.2f}s,".format(t.secs))
+            print("        Requests/s: {0:.2f} OK, {1:.2f} Total".format(
+                ok_rps, total_rps))
+            print("        Stats ({Requests}, {entries}): "),
+            print(rqst_stats)
+            self.threads_done += 1
+
+        sock.close()
+
+        stats.put({"stats": rqst_stats, "time": t.secs})
+
+        with self.cond:
+            self.cond.notify_all()
+
+    def run_cycle(self, function):
+        """Runs a test cycle. Each test consists of <cycles> test cycles, where
+        <threads> worker threads are started in each test cycle. Each thread
+        reads <requests> entries using Netconf RPCs.
+
+        :param function: Function to be executed in each thread.
+        :type function: function
+        :return: None
+        """
+
+        self.total_ok_rqsts = 0
+        stats_queue = multiprocessing.Queue()
+
+        for c in range(self.ncycles):
+            self.stats = self.Stats()
+            with self.print_lock:
+                print "\nCycle {0}:".format(c)
+
+            threads = []
+            thread_stats = []
+            for i in range(self.nthreads):
+                t = multiprocessing.Process(target=function,
+                                            args=(i, stats_queue))
+                threads.append(t)
+                t.start()
+
+            # Wait for all threads to finish and measure the execution time
+            with timer() as t:
+                for _ in threads:
+                    thread_stats.append(stats_queue.get())
+                for thread in threads:
+                    thread.join()
+
+            for item in thread_stats:
+                self.stats.process_stats(item["stats"], item["time"])
+
+            with self.print_lock:
+                print("\n*** Test summary:")
+                print("    Elapsed time:    {0:.2f}s".format(t.secs))
+                print(
+                    "    Peak requests/s: {0:.2f} OK, {1:.2f} Total".format(
+                        self.stats.get_ok_rqst_rate,
+                        self.stats.get_total_rqst_rate))
+                print(
+                    "    Avg. requests/s: {0:.2f} OK, {1:.2f} Total ({2:.2f} "
+                    "of peak total)".format(
+                        self.stats.get_ok_rqsts / t.secs,
+                        self.stats.get_total_rqsts / t.secs,
+                        (self.stats.get_total_rqsts / t.secs * 100) /
+                        self.stats.get_total_rqst_rate))
+
+            self.total_ok_rqsts += self.stats.get_ok_rqsts
+
+            self.threads_done = 0
+
+    def add_blaster(self):
+        """Run the test."""
+        self.run_cycle(self.send_requests)
+
+    @property
+    def get_ok_rqsts(self):
+        return self.total_ok_rqsts
+
+
+def create_arguments_parser():
+    """Creates argument parser for test script.
+    Shorthand to arg parser on library level in order to access and
+    eventually enhance in ancestors.
+
+    :returns: argument parser supporting arguments and parameters
+    :rtype: argparse.ArgumentParser
+    """
+    my_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="entry reading performance test: Reads entries from "
+                    "the config tree, as specified by optional parameters.")
+
+    my_parser.add_argument(
+        "--host", default="127.0.0.1",
+        help="Host where odl controller is running (default is 127.0.0.1).")
+    my_parser.add_argument(
+        "--port", default=7777,
+        help="Port on which Honeycomb's Netconf is listening"
+             " (default is 7777 for TCP)")
+    my_parser.add_argument(
+        "--cycles", type=int, default=1,
+        help="Number of entry read cycles; default 1. <THREADS> worker threads "
+             "are started in each cycle and the cycle ends when all threads "
+             "finish. Another cycle is started when the previous cycle "
+             "is finished.")
+    my_parser.add_argument(
+        "--threads", type=int, default=1,
+        help="Number of request worker threads to start in each cycle; "
+             "default=1. Each thread will read <entries> entries.")
+    my_parser.add_argument(
+        "--requests", type=int, default=10,
+        help="Number of requests that will be made by each worker thread "
+             "in each cycle; default 10")
+
+    return my_parser
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+    parser = create_arguments_parser()
+    in_args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    fct = ConfigBlaster(in_args.host, in_args.port, in_args.cycles,
+                        in_args.threads, in_args.requests)
+
+    # Run through <cycles>, where <threads> are started in each cycle and
+    # <entries> are added from each thread
+    fct.add_blaster()
+
+    print "    Successful reads:  {0}\n".format(fct.get_ok_rqsts)
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/honeycomb/__init__.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/honeycomb/__init__.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b984993139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/honeycomb/__init__.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Variables***
+# Honeycomb node to run tests on.
+| ${node}= | ${nodes['DUT1']}
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/shared/default.robot
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/shared/interfaces.robot
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/honeycomb/honeycomb.robot
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/honeycomb/performance.robot
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.SetupFramework
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.CpuUtils
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.honeycomb.Performance
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite for Honeycomb performance tests
+| Suite Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Stop VPP Service on DUT | ${node}
+| ... | AND | Archive Honeycomb Log File | ${node} | perf=${True}
+| ... | AND | Stop honeycomb service on DUTs | ${node}
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Setup suite for Honeycomb performance tests
+| | [Documentation] | Setup variables and configure VPP and Honeycomb
+| | ... | for performance testing.
+| | ...
+| | Set Global Variable | ${node}
+| | ${cores}= | Get Length | ${node['cpuinfo']}
+| | Set Global Variable | ${cores}
+| | Stop VPP Service on DUT | ${node}
+| | Stop Honeycomb service on DUTs | ${node}
+| | Generate VPP Startup Configuration for Honeycomb Test on DUT | ${node}
+| | Configure Restconf binding address | ${node}
+| | Configure Log Level | ${node} | INFO
+| | Configure Persistence | ${node} | disable
+| | Configure jVPP timeout | ${node} | ${14}
+| | Generate Honeycomb startup configuration for performance test
+| | ... | ${node} | ${cores}
+| | Clear Persisted Honeycomb Configuration | ${node}
+
+| Configure ODL Client for performance tests
+| | [Documentation] | Setup ODL client for performance testing.
+| | ...
+| | ${use_odl_client}= | Get Variable Value | ${HC_ODL}
+| | Run Keyword If | '${use_odl_client}' != '${NONE}'
+| | ... | Run Keywords
+| | ... | Set Global Variable | ${use_odl_client}
+| | ... | AND | Copy ODL client | ${node} | ${HC_ODL} | ~ | ${install_dir}
+| | ... | AND | Configure ODL Client Service On DUT | ${node} | ${install_dir}
+| | ... | ELSE | Log | Variable HC_ODL is not present. Not using ODL.
+| | ... | level=INFO
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/honeycomb/localhostp1-tcp-netconf16t-crud-read.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/honeycomb/localhostp1-tcp-netconf16t-crud-read.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c13851cc62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/honeycomb/localhostp1-tcp-netconf16t-crud-read.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/honeycomb/performance.robot
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Configure Honeycomb Netconf threads | ${node} | ${16}
+| ... | AND | Honeycomb Performance Suite Setup Generic | ${node}
+| ...
+| Suite Teardown | Honeycomb Performance Suite Teardown Generic | ${node}
+| ...
+| Force Tags | HC_PERF
+| ...
+| Documentation | *Base Netconf operational read test suite with sixteen Netconf
+| ... | threads.*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* DUT1 single-node topology.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4-TCP.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* Default
+| ... | *[Ver] verification:* DUT verifies Honeycomb's response times with zero
+| ... | error or loss tolerance. Test packets are generated by DUT1 on localhost
+| ... | loopback interface.
+| ... | Traffic profile contains flow-groups containing REST requests
+| ... | for operational reads.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC6241.
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: Base operational read with 1 TG thread
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure response time using single trial throughput test
+| | ... | with 100K requests generated in a single thread.
+| | ${cycles}= | Set Variable | ${1}
+| | ${threads}= | Set Variable | ${1}
+| | ${entries}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | Run base operational read performance trial
+| | ... | ${node} | ${cores} | ${cycles} | ${threads} | ${entries}
+
+| TC02: Base operational read with 2 TG threads
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure response time using single trial throughput test
+| | ... | with 100K requests generated in two threads.
+| | ${cycles}= | Set Variable | ${1}
+| | ${threads}= | Set Variable | ${2}
+| | ${entries}= | Set Variable | ${50000}
+| | Run base operational read performance trial
+| | ... | ${node} | ${cores} | ${cycles} | ${threads} | ${entries}
+
+| TC03: Base operational read with 4 TG threads
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure response time using single trial throughput test
+| | ... | with 100K requests generated in four threads.
+| | ${cycles}= | Set Variable | ${1}
+| | ${threads}= | Set Variable | ${4}
+| | ${entries}= | Set Variable | ${25000}
+| | Run base operational read performance trial
+| | ... | ${node} | ${cores} | ${cycles} | ${threads} | ${entries}
+
+| TC04: Base operational read with 8 TG threads
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure response time using single trial throughput test
+| | ... | with 100K requests generated in eigth threads.
+| | ${cycles}= | Set Variable | ${1}
+| | ${threads}= | Set Variable | ${8}
+| | ${entries}= | Set Variable | ${12500}
+| | Run base operational read performance trial
+| | ... | ${node} | ${cores} | ${cycles} | ${threads} | ${entries}
+
+| TC05: Base operational read with 16 TG threads
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure response time using single trial throughput test
+| | ... | with 100K requests generated in sixteen threads.
+| | ${cycles}= | Set Variable | ${1}
+| | ${threads}= | Set Variable | ${16}
+| | ${entries}= | Set Variable | ${6250}
+| | Run base operational read performance trial
+| | ... | ${node} | ${cores} | ${cycles} | ${threads} | ${entries}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/honeycomb/localhostp1-tcp-netconf1t-crud-read.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/honeycomb/localhostp1-tcp-netconf1t-crud-read.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d46fdf795b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/honeycomb/localhostp1-tcp-netconf1t-crud-read.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/honeycomb/performance.robot
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Configure Honeycomb Netconf threads | ${node} | ${1}
+| ... | AND | Honeycomb Performance Suite Setup Generic | ${node}
+| ...
+| Suite Teardown | Honeycomb Performance Suite Teardown Generic | ${node}
+| ...
+| Force Tags | HC_PERF
+| ...
+| Documentation | *Base Netconf operational read test suite with one Netconf
+| ... | thread.*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* DUT1 single-node topology.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4-TCP.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* Default
+| ... | *[Ver] verification:* DUT verifies Honeycomb's response times with zero
+| ... | error or loss tolerance. Test packets are generated by DUT1 on localhost
+| ... | loopback interface.
+| ... | Traffic profile contains flow-groups containing REST requests
+| ... | for operational reads.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC6241.
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: Base operational read with 1 TG thread
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure response time using single trial throughput test
+| | ... | with 100K requests generated in a single thread.
+| | ${cycles}= | Set Variable | ${1}
+| | ${threads}= | Set Variable | ${1}
+| | ${entries}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | Run base operational read performance trial
+| | ... | ${node} | ${cores} | ${cycles} | ${threads} | ${entries}
+
+| TC02: Base operational read with 2 TG threads
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure response time using single trial throughput test
+| | ... | with 100K requests generated in two threads.
+| | ${cycles}= | Set Variable | ${1}
+| | ${threads}= | Set Variable | ${2}
+| | ${entries}= | Set Variable | ${50000}
+| | Run base operational read performance trial
+| | ... | ${node} | ${cores} | ${cycles} | ${threads} | ${entries}
+
+| TC03: Base operational read with 4 TG threads
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure response time using single trial throughput test
+| | ... | with 100K requests generated in four threads.
+| | ${cycles}= | Set Variable | ${1}
+| | ${threads}= | Set Variable | ${4}
+| | ${entries}= | Set Variable | ${25000}
+| | Run base operational read performance trial
+| | ... | ${node} | ${cores} | ${cycles} | ${threads} | ${entries}
+
+| TC04: Base operational read with 8 TG threads
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure response time using single trial throughput test
+| | ... | with 100K requests generated in eigth threads.
+| | ${cycles}= | Set Variable | ${1}
+| | ${threads}= | Set Variable | ${8}
+| | ${entries}= | Set Variable | ${12500}
+| | Run base operational read performance trial
+| | ... | ${node} | ${cores} | ${cycles} | ${threads} | ${entries}
+
+| TC05: Base operational read with 16 TG threads
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure response time using single trial throughput test
+| | ... | with 100K requests generated in sixteen threads.
+| | ${cycles}= | Set Variable | ${1}
+| | ${threads}= | Set Variable | ${16}
+| | ${entries}= | Set Variable | ${6250}
+| | Run base operational read performance trial
+| | ... | ${node} | ${cores} | ${cycles} | ${threads} | ${entries}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/honeycomb/localhostp1-tcp-netconf8t-crud-read.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/honeycomb/localhostp1-tcp-netconf8t-crud-read.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9928f15f1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/honeycomb/localhostp1-tcp-netconf8t-crud-read.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/honeycomb/performance.robot
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Configure Honeycomb Netconf threads | ${node} | ${8}
+| ... | AND | Honeycomb Performance Suite Setup Generic | ${node}
+| ...
+| Suite Teardown | Honeycomb Performance Suite Teardown Generic | ${node}
+| ...
+| Force Tags | HC_PERF
+| ...
+| Documentation | *Base Netconf operational read test suite with eight Netconf
+| ... | threads.*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* DUT1 single-node topology.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4-TCP.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* Default
+| ... | *[Ver] verification:* DUT verifies Honeycomb's response times with zero
+| ... | error or loss tolerance. Test packets are generated by DUT1 on localhost
+| ... | loopback interface.
+| ... | Traffic profile contains flow-groups containing REST requests
+| ... | for operational reads.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC6241.
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: Base operational read with 1 TG thread
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure response time using single trial throughput test
+| | ... | with 100K requests generated in a single thread.
+| | ${cycles}= | Set Variable | ${1}
+| | ${threads}= | Set Variable | ${1}
+| | ${entries}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | Run base operational read performance trial
+| | ... | ${node} | ${cores} | ${cycles} | ${threads} | ${entries}
+
+| TC02: Base operational read with 2 TG threads
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure response time using single trial throughput test
+| | ... | with 100K requests generated in two threads.
+| | ${cycles}= | Set Variable | ${1}
+| | ${threads}= | Set Variable | ${2}
+| | ${entries}= | Set Variable | ${50000}
+| | Run base operational read performance trial
+| | ... | ${node} | ${cores} | ${cycles} | ${threads} | ${entries}
+
+| TC03: Base operational read with 4 TG threads
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure response time using single trial throughput test
+| | ... | with 100K requests generated in four threads.
+| | ${cycles}= | Set Variable | ${1}
+| | ${threads}= | Set Variable | ${4}
+| | ${entries}= | Set Variable | ${25000}
+| | Run base operational read performance trial
+| | ... | ${node} | ${cores} | ${cycles} | ${threads} | ${entries}
+
+| TC04: Base operational read with 8 TG threads
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure response time using single trial throughput test
+| | ... | with 100K requests generated in eigth threads.
+| | ${cycles}= | Set Variable | ${1}
+| | ${threads}= | Set Variable | ${8}
+| | ${entries}= | Set Variable | ${12500}
+| | Run base operational read performance trial
+| | ... | ${node} | ${cores} | ${cycles} | ${threads} | ${entries}
+
+| TC05: Base operational read with 16 TG threads
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure response time using single trial throughput test
+| | ... | with 100K requests generated in sixteen threads.
+| | ${cycles}= | Set Variable | ${1}
+| | ${threads}= | Set Variable | ${16}
+| | ${entries}= | Set Variable | ${6250}
+| | Run base operational read performance trial
+| | ... | ${node} | ${cores} | ${cycles} | ${threads} | ${entries}
+
+| TC05: Base operational read with 24 TG threads
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure response time using single trial throughput test
+| | ... | with 100K requests generated in sixteen threads.
+| | ${cycles}= | Set Variable | ${1}
+| | ${threads}= | Set Variable | ${24}
+| | ${entries}= | Set Variable | ${6250}
+| | Run base operational read performance trial
+| | ... | ${node} | ${cores} | ${cycles} | ${threads} | ${entries}
diff --git a/topologies/available/lf_testbed1.yaml b/topologies/available/lf_testbed1.yaml
index b7ad638f2a..673940c063 100644
--- a/topologies/available/lf_testbed1.yaml
+++ b/topologies/available/lf_testbed1.yaml
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ nodes:
     password: Csit1234
     cryptodev: 0000:86:00.0
     uio_driver: igb_uio
+    honeycomb:
+      user: admin
+      passwd: admin
+      port: 8183
+      netconf_port: 2831
     interfaces:
       port1:
         # t1-sut1-c1/p1 - 10GE port1 on Intel NIC x520 2p10GE.
@@ -176,6 +181,11 @@ nodes:
     password: Csit1234
     cryptodev: 0000:86:00.0
     uio_driver: igb_uio
+    honeycomb:
+      user: admin
+      passwd: admin
+      port: 8183
+      netconf_port: 2831
     interfaces:
       port1:
         # t1-sut2-c1/p1 - 10GE port1 on Intel NIC x520 2p10GE.
diff --git a/topologies/available/lf_testbed2.yaml b/topologies/available/lf_testbed2.yaml
index 908797c479..e046fa5670 100644
--- a/topologies/available/lf_testbed2.yaml
+++ b/topologies/available/lf_testbed2.yaml
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ nodes:
     password: Csit1234
     cryptodev: 0000:86:00.0
     uio_driver: igb_uio
+    honeycomb:
+      user: admin
+      passwd: admin
+      port: 8183
+      netconf_port: 2831
     interfaces:
       port1:
         # t2-sut1-c1/p1 - 10GE port1 on Intel NIC x520 2p10GE.
@@ -176,6 +181,11 @@ nodes:
     password: Csit1234
     cryptodev: 0000:86:00.0
     uio_driver: igb_uio
+    honeycomb:
+      user: admin
+      passwd: admin
+      port: 8183
+      netconf_port: 2831
     interfaces:
       port1:
         # t2-sut2-c1/p1 - 10GE port1 on Intel NIC x520 2p10GE.
diff --git a/topologies/available/lf_testbed3.yaml b/topologies/available/lf_testbed3.yaml
index e68a9872f0..85cc8fe3c6 100644
--- a/topologies/available/lf_testbed3.yaml
+++ b/topologies/available/lf_testbed3.yaml
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ nodes:
     password: Csit1234
     cryptodev: 0000:86:00.0
     uio_driver: igb_uio
+    honeycomb:
+      user: admin
+      passwd: admin
+      port: 8183
+      netconf_port: 2831
     interfaces:
       port1:
         # t3-sut1-c1/p1 - 10GE port1 on Intel NIC x520 2p10GE.
@@ -176,6 +181,11 @@ nodes:
     password: Csit1234
     cryptodev: 0000:86:00.0
     uio_driver: igb_uio
+    honeycomb:
+      user: admin
+      passwd: admin
+      port: 8183
+      netconf_port: 2831
     interfaces:
       port1:
         # t3-sut3-c1/p1 - 10GE port1 on Intel NIC x520 2p10GE.