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authorMaciek Konstantynowicz <mkonstan@cisco.com>2017-02-05 16:33:28 +0000
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- simplified section structure for clarity and readability, - updated overview sections, - moved not rls related content from rls_notes to overview sections, - removed section title suffixes: HW, VIRL. - completed vpp_unit_tests and vpp_unittest_results sections. - updated all documentation sections. - updated rls_notes sections for vpp performance and vpp functional. Change-Id: Id2c2abbf9d3531ec9f63ecd353f385a0b55ae1ba Signed-off-by: Maciek Konstantynowicz <mkonstan@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: pmikus <pmikus@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Maciek Konstantynowicz <mkonstan@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: pmikus <pmikus@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Maciek Konstantynowicz <mkonstan@cisco.com>
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+General Notes
+=============
+
+All CSIT test results listed in this report are sourced and auto-generated
+from output.xml Robot Framework (RF) files resulting from LF FD.io Jenkins
+jobs execution against VPP-17.01 release artifacts. References are provided
+to the original LF FD.io Jenkins job results. However, as LF FD.io Jenkins
+infrastructure does not automatically archive all jobs (history record is
+provided for the last 30 days or 40 jobs only), additional references are
+provided to the RF result files that got archived in FD.io nexus online
+storage system.
+
+FD.io CSIT project currently covers multiple FD.io system and sub-system
+testing areas and this is reflected in this report, where each testing area
+is listed separately, as follows
+
+#. **VPP Performance Tests** - VPP performance are tests executed in physical
+ FD.io testbeds, focusing on VPP network data plane performance at this stage,
+ both for Phy-to-Phy (NIC-to-NIC) and Phy-to-VM-to-Phy (NIC-to-VM-to-NIC)
+ forwarding topologies. Tested across a range of NICs, 10GE and 40GE
+ interfaces, range of multi-thread and multi-core configurations. VPP
+ application runs in host user- mode. TRex is used as a traffic generator.
+
+#. **Testpmd Performance Tests** - VPP is using DPDK code to control and drive
+ the NICs and physical interfaces. Testpmd tests are used as a baseline to
+ profile the DPDK sub-system of VPP. Testpmd performance tests executed in
+ physical FD.io testbeds, focusing on Testpmd data plane performance for Phy-
+ to-Phy (NIC-to-NIC). Tests cover a range of NICs, 10GE and 40GE interfaces,
+ range of multi-thread and multi-core configurations. Testpmd application runs
+ in host user-mode. TRex is used as a traffic generator.
+
+#. **VPP Functional Tests** - VPP functional tests are executed in virtual
+ FD.io testbeds focusing on VPP packet processing functionality, including
+ network data plane and in -line control plane. Tests cover vNIC-to-vNIC
+ vNIC-to-VM-to-vNIC forwarding topologies. Scapy is used as a traffic
+ generator.
+
+#. **HoneyComb Functional Tests** - HoneyComb functional tests are executed in
+ virtual FD.io testbeds focusing on HoneyComb management and programming
+ functionality of VPP. Tests cover a range of CRUD operations executed
+ against VPP.
+
+CSIT |release| report does also include VPP unit test results. These tests
+have been developed within the FD.io VPP project, and not in CSIT, but they do
+complement tests done by CSIT. They are provided mainly as a reference, to
+give the reader a more complete view of automated testing executed against
+VPP-17.01 release.
+
+FD.io CSIT system is developed using two main coding platforms: Robot
+Framework (RF) and Python. CSIT |release| source code for the executed test
+suites is available in CSIT branch |release| in the directory
+"./tests/<name_of_the_test_suite>". A local copy of CSIT source code can be
+obtained by cloning CSIT git repository - "git clone
+https://gerrit.fd.io/r/csit". The CSIT testing virtual environment can be run
+on a local computer workstation (laptop, server) using Vagrant by following
+the instructions in `CSIT tutorials
+<https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT#Tutorials>`_. \ No newline at end of file