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| author |   Tibor Frank <tifrank@cisco.com> | 2019-02-05 10:20:41 +0100 |
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| committer | Tibor Frank <tifrank@cisco.com> | 2019-02-05 13:30:43 +0000 |
| commit | 5c739ab22c2b62dd38a4d89d62188e1baa7a0f45 (patch) | |
| tree | da73983b4f680c218d1ad7e8c2dc5ba337fb2896 /docs/report/introduction/methodology_data_plane_throughput.rst | |
| parent | 469ca5b1b873e7db2649a7a3d9e2aedb992180a4 (diff) | |
CSIT-1420: Split methodology section to more files
Change-Id: I861e578434abdf72244d684fca8cfd66e1db9c28
Signed-off-by: Tibor Frank <tifrank@cisco.com>
(cherry picked from commit 124101d22151239b0411a73ae4d2bf8d70970937)
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diff --git a/docs/report/introduction/methodology_data_plane_throughput.rst b/docs/report/introduction/methodology_data_plane_throughput.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..10d85e991c --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/report/introduction/methodology_data_plane_throughput.rst @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +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. |