Add the DPDK l2fwd performance test cases.

Change-Id: I996847a4871ed994cd9b5edb459fb079ff39c86d
Signed-off-by: Fangyin Hu <fangyinx.hu@intel.com>

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+# Copyright (c) 2016 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/performance.robot
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/DPDK/default.robot
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.topology.Topology
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.NodePath
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.InterfaceUtil
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.DPDK.DPDKTools
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | HW_ENV | PERFTEST | NDRPDRDISC | 1NUMA
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2 | DPDK | ETH | L2XCFWD | BASE
+| Suite Setup | DPDK 3-node Performance Suite Setup with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | DPDK 3-node Performance Suite Teardown
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput IPv4 routing test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 frame forwarding.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 run the DPDK testpmd\
+| ... | application and use the io forwarding mode. DUT1 and DUT2 tested with\
+| ... | 2p10GE NIC X520 Niantic by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance or throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using either binary search or linear search\
+| ... | algorithms with configured starting rate and final step that determines\
+| ... | throughput measurement resolution. Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 253 flows per flow-group) with all packets\
+| ... | containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header with IP protocol=61 and static\
+| ... | payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+#X520-DA2 bandwidth limit
+| ${s_limit} | ${10000000000}
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: 64B NDR binary search - DUT l2fwd - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding  config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 64 Byte frames\
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-bridge
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC02: 64B PDR binary search - DUT l2fwd - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 64 Byte frames\
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-bridge
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC03: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT l2fwd - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 1518 Byte frames\
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-bridge
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC04: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT l2fwd - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 1518 Byte frames\
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-bridge
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC05: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT l2fwd - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 9000 Byte frames\
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-bridge
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC06: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT l2fwd - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 9000 Byte frames\
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-bridge
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC07: 64B NDR binary search - DUT l2fwd - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 64 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-bridge
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC08: 64B PDR binary search - DUT l2fwd - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 64 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps,\
+| | ... | LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-bridge
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC09: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT l2fwd - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 1518 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-bridge
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC10: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT l2fwd - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 1518 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps,\
+| | ... | LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-bridge
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC11: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT l2fwd - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 9000 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-bridge
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC12: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT l2fwd - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 9000 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps,\
+| | ... | LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-bridge
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC13: 64B NDR binary search - DUT l2fwd - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 64 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-bridge
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC14: 64B PDR binary search - DUT l2fwd - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 64 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps,\
+| | ... | LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-bridge
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC15: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT l2fwd - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 1518 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-bridge
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC16: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT l2fwd - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 1518 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps,\
+| | ... | LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-bridge
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC17: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT l2fwd - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 9000 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-bridge
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC18: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT l2fwd - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 9000 Byte
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 5kpps,\
+| | ... | LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-bridge
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
diff --git a/dpdk-tests/perf/__init__.robot b/dpdk-tests/perf/__init__.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6358151fcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dpdk-tests/perf/__init__.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2016 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/default.robot
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/interfaces.robot
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.DPDK.SetupDPDKTest
+| Suite Setup | Run Keyword | Setup DPDK Test | ${nodes}