CSIT-1420: Split methodology section to more files

Change-Id: I861e578434abdf72244d684fca8cfd66e1db9c28
Signed-off-by: Tibor Frank <tifrank@cisco.com>

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+Data Plane Throughput
+---------------------
+
+Network data plane packet and bandwidth throughput are measured in
+accordance with :rfc:`2544`, using FD.io CSIT Multiple Loss Ratio search
+(MLRsearch), an optimized throughput search algorithm, that measures
+SUT/DUT packet throughput rates at different Packet Loss Ratio (PLR)
+values.
+
+Following MLRsearch values are measured across a range of L2 frame sizes
+and reported:
+
+- NON DROP RATE (NDR): packet and bandwidth throughput at PLR=0%.
+
+  - **Aggregate packet rate**: NDR_LOWER <bi-directional packet rate>
+    pps.
+  - **Aggregate bandwidth rate**: NDR_LOWER <bi-directional bandwidth
+    rate> Gbps.
+
+- PARTIAL DROP RATE (PDR): packet and bandwidth throughput at PLR=0.5%.
+
+  - **Aggregate packet rate**: PDR_LOWER <bi-directional packet rate>
+    pps.
+  - **Aggregate bandwidth rate**: PDR_LOWER <bi-directional bandwidth
+    rate> Gbps.
+
+NDR and PDR are measured for the following L2 frame sizes (untagged
+Ethernet):
+
+- IPv4 payload: 64B, IMIX (28x64B, 16x570B, 4x1518B), 1518B, 9000B.
+- IPv6 payload: 78B, IMIX (28x78B, 16x570B, 4x1518B), 1518B, 9000B.
+
+All rates are reported from external Traffic Generator perspective.