CSIT-220: Rename directories in tests directory

- Move performance directory one level up and rename it to “perf”
- Rename “suites” directory to “func”
- Create __init__.py in “perf” directory
- Rename fds_related_tests to fds

Change-Id: I59f06afe1c5b95dd8a48417b8fbfd1fca8797097
Signed-off-by: Matej Klotton <mklotton@cisco.com>

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+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
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+#
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+# 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
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.NodePath
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | PERFTEST_LONG
+| ...        | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Setup | 3-node Performance Suite Setup with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | 3-node Performance Suite Teardown
+| Test Setup | Setup all DUTs before test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords | Remove startup configuration of VPP from all DUTs
+| ...           | AND          | Show vpp trace dump on all DUTs
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD 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 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 bridge-
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. 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.
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: 64B NDR binary search - DUT L2BD - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | 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 L2BD - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | 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 L2BD - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | 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 L2BD - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | 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 L2BD - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | 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 L2BD - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching 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 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | 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 L2BD - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | 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 L2BD - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | 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 L2BD - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | 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 L2BD - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | 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 L2BD - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | 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 L2BD - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching 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 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | 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 L2BD - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | 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 L2BD - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | 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 L2BD - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | 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 L2BD - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | 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 L2BD - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | 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 L2BD - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | 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}
+
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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
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.Cop
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.IPv4Setup.Dut | ${nodes['DUT1']} | WITH NAME | dut1_v4
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.IPv4Setup.Dut | ${nodes['DUT2']} | WITH NAME | dut2_v4
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | PERFTEST_LONG
+| ...        | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Setup | 3-node Performance Suite Setup with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | 3-node Performance Suite Teardown
+| Test Setup | Setup all DUTs before test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords | Remove startup configuration of VPP from all DUTs
+| ...           | AND          | Show vpp trace dump on all DUTs
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput IPv4 whitelist test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for IPv4 routing.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with IPv4
+| ... | routing, two static IPv4 /24 routes and IPv4 COP security whitelist
+| ... | ingress /24 filter entries applied on links TG - DUT1 and DUT2 - TG.
+| ... | 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.
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: 64B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC02: 64B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC03: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC04: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC05: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC06: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC07: 64B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC08: 64B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC09: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC10: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC11: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC12: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC13: 64B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 threads, 4 phy cores, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR
+| | ... | for 64 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate,
+| | ... | step 100kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC14: 64B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 threads, 4 phy cores, 2 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC15: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 threads, 4 phy cores, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR
+| | ... | for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate,
+| | ... | step 10kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC16: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 threads, 4 phy cores, 2 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC17: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 threads, 4 phy cores, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR
+| | ... | for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate,
+| | ... | step 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC18: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 threads, 4 phy cores, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR
+| | ... | for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate,
+| | ... | step 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
diff --git a/tests/perf/Long_IPv4_Intel-X520-DA2.robot b/tests/perf/Long_IPv4_Intel-X520-DA2.robot
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index 0000000000..749ee138a0
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+++ b/tests/perf/Long_IPv4_Intel-X520-DA2.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,458 @@
+# 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
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.topology.Topology
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.NodePath
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.InterfaceUtil
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.IPv4Setup.Dut | ${nodes['DUT1']} | WITH NAME | dut1_v4
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.IPv4Setup.Dut | ${nodes['DUT2']} | WITH NAME | dut2_v4
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | PERFTEST_LONG
+| ...        | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Setup | 3-node Performance Suite Setup with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | 3-node Performance Suite Teardown
+| Test Setup | Setup all DUTs before test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords | Remove startup configuration of VPP from all DUTs
+| ...           | AND          | Show vpp trace dump on all DUTs
+| 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 IPv4 routing.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with IPv4
+| ... | routing and two static IPv4 /24 route entries. 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.
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: 64B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC02: 64B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC03: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC04: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC05: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC06: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing 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 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC07: 64B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC08: 64B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC09: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC10: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC11: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC12: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing 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 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC13: 64B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC14: 64B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC15: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC16: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC17: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC18: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
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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
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.Classify.Classify
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.IPv4Setup.Dut | ${nodes['DUT1']} | WITH NAME | dut1_v4
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.IPv4Setup.Dut | ${nodes['DUT2']} | WITH NAME | dut2_v4
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | PERFTEST_LONG
+| ...        | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Setup | 3-node Performance Suite Setup with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | 3-node Performance Suite Teardown
+| Test Setup | Setup all DUTs before test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords | Remove startup configuration of VPP from all DUTs
+| ...           | AND          | Show vpp trace dump on all DUTs
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput IPv4 iAcl whitelist test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for IPv4 routing.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with IPv4
+| ... | routing, two static IPv4 /24 routes and IPv4 iAcl security whitelist
+| ... | ingress /24 filter entries applied on links TG - DUT1 and DUT2 - TG.
+| ... | 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
+| ... | generated payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG
+| ... | node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: 64B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC02: 64B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC03: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC04: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC05: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC06: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC07: 64B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC08: 64B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC09: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC10: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC11: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC12: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters 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 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC13: 64B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 threads, 4 phy cores, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR
+| | ... | for 64 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate,
+| | ... | step 100kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC14: 64B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 threads, 4 phy cores, 2 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC15: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 threads, 4 phy cores, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR
+| | ... | for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate,
+| | ... | step 10kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC16: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 threads, 4 phy cores, 2 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC17: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 threads, 4 phy cores, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR
+| | ... | for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate,
+| | ... | step 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC18: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 threads, 4 phy cores, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR
+| | ... | for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate,
+| | ... | step 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv4
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
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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
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.Cop
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | PERFTEST_LONG
+| ...        | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Setup | 3-node Performance Suite Setup with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | 3-node Performance Suite Teardown
+| Test Setup | Setup all DUTs before test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords | Remove startup configuration of VPP from all DUTs
+| ...           | AND          | Show vpp trace dump on all DUTs
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput IPv6 whitelist test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv6 for IPv6 routing.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with IPv6
+| ... | routing, two static IPv6 /64 routes and IPv6 COP security whitelist
+| ... | ingress /64 filter entries applied on links TG - DUT1 and DUT2 - TG.
+| ... | 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, IPv6 header and static
+| ... | payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: 78B NDR binary search - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 1 thread, 1 phy core, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR
+| | ... | for 78 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate,
+| | ... | step 100kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 78
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_78B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC02: 78B PDR binary search - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 1 thread, 1 phy core, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR
+| | ... | for 78 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate,
+| | ... | step 100kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 78
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_78B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC03: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC04: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC05: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC06: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters 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 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC07: 78B NDR binary search - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 2 threads, 2 phy cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR
+| | ... | for 78 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate,
+| | ... | step 100kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 78
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_78B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC08: 78B PDR binary search - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 2 threads, 2 phy cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR
+| | ... | for 78 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate,
+| | ... | step 100kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 78
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_78B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC09: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC10: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC11: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC12: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters 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 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC13: 78B NDR binary search - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 threads, 4 phy cores, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR
+| | ... | for 78 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate,
+| | ... | step 100kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 78
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_78B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC14: 78B PDR binary search - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 threads, 4 phy cores, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR
+| | ... | for 78 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate,
+| | ... | step 100kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 78
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_78B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC15: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 threads, 4 phy cores, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR
+| | ... | for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate,
+| | ... | step 10kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC16: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 threads, 4 phy cores, 2 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC17: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 threads, 4 phy cores, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR
+| | ... | for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate,
+| | ... | step 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC18: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 threads, 4 phy cores, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR
+| | ... | for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate,
+| | ... | step 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
diff --git a/tests/perf/Long_IPv6_Intel-X520-DA2.robot b/tests/perf/Long_IPv6_Intel-X520-DA2.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5664ce4b36
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+++ b/tests/perf/Long_IPv6_Intel-X520-DA2.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,452 @@
+# 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
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | PERFTEST_LONG
+| ...        | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Setup | 3-node Performance Suite Setup with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | 3-node Performance Suite Teardown
+| Test Setup | Setup all DUTs before test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords | Remove startup configuration of VPP from all DUTs
+| ...           | AND          | Show vpp trace dump on all DUTs
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput IPv6 routing test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv6 for IPv6 routing.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with IPv6
+| ... | routing and two static IPv6 /64 route entries. 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, IPv6 header and static payload.
+| ... | MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: 78B NDR binary search - DUT IPv6 - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 78 Byte frames
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 78
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_78B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC02: 78B PDR binary search - DUT IPv6 - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 78 Byte frames
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 78
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_78B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC03: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT IPv6 - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC04: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT IPv6 - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC05: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT IPv6 - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC06: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT IPv6 - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing 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 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC07: 78B NDR binary search - DUT IPv6 - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 78 Byte frames
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 78
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_78B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC08: 78B PDR binary search - DUT IPv6 - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 78 Byte frames
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 78
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_78B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC09: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT IPv6 - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC10: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT IPv6 - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC11: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT IPv6 - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC12: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT IPv6 - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing 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 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC13: 78B NDR binary search - DUT IPv6 - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 78 Byte frames
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 78
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_78B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC14: 78B PDR binary search - DUT IPv6 - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 78 Byte frames
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 78
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_78B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC15: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT IPv6 - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC16: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT IPv6 - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC17: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT IPv6 - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC18: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT IPv6 - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-IPv6
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
diff --git a/tests/perf/Long_Xconnect_Dot1ad_Intel-X520-DA2.robot b/tests/perf/Long_Xconnect_Dot1ad_Intel-X520-DA2.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09d93983fe
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+++ b/tests/perf/Long_Xconnect_Dot1ad_Intel-X520-DA2.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,624 @@
+# 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/tagging.robot
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | PERFTEST_LONG
+| ...        | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Setup | 3-node Performance Suite Setup with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | 3-node Performance Suite Teardown
+| Test Setup | Setup all DUTs before test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords | Remove startup configuration of VPP from all DUTs
+| ...           | AND          | Show vpp trace dump on all DUTs
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2XC with 802.1ad 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 xconnect.
+| ... | 802.1ad tagging is applied on link between DUT1 and DUT2 with inner 4B
+| ... | vlan tag (id=100) and outer 4B vlan tag (id=200).
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 cross-
+| ... | connect. 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
+| ... | generated payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG
+| ... | node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${subid}= | 10
+| ${outer_vlan_id}= | 100
+| ${inner_vlan_id}= | 200
+| ${type_subif}= | two_tags
+| ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-2
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: 64B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_72B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC02: 64B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_72B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC03: 1514B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 1514 Byte frames
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1514
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1522B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC04: 1514B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 1514 Byte frames
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1514
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1522B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC05: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9008B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC06: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC 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 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9008B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC07: 64B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_72B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC08: 64B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_72B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC09: 1514B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 1514 Byte frames
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1514
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1522B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC10: 1514B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 1514 Byte frames
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1514
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1522B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC11: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9008B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC12: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC 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 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9008B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC13: 64B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_72B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC14: 64B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_72B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC15: 1514B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 1514 Byte frames
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1514
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1522B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC16: 1514B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 1514 Byte frames
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1514
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1522B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC17: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9008B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC18: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9008B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
diff --git a/tests/perf/Long_Xconnect_Dot1q_Intel-X520-DA2.robot b/tests/perf/Long_Xconnect_Dot1q_Intel-X520-DA2.robot
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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/tagging.robot
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | PERFTEST_LONG
+| ...        | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Setup | 3-node Performance Suite Setup with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | 3-node Performance Suite Teardown
+| Test Setup | Setup all DUTs before test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords | Remove startup configuration of VPP from all DUTs
+| ...           | AND          | Show vpp trace dump on all DUTs
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2XC with 802.1q 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 cross connect. 802.1q
+| ... | tagging is applied on link between DUT1 and DUT2.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 cross-
+| ... | connect. 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 ***
+| ${subid}= | 10
+| ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-1
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: 64B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1q - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_68B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC02: 64B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1q - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_68B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC03: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1q - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1522B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC04: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1q - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1522B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC05: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1q - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9004B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC06: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1q - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9004B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC07: 64B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1q - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_68B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC08: 64B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1q - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_68B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC09: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1q - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1522B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC10: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1q - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1522B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC11: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1q - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9004B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC12: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1q - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9004B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC13: 64B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1q - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_68B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC14: 64B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1q - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_68B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC15: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1q - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1522B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC16: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1q - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1522B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC17: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1q - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9004B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC18: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC with 802.1q - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9004B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
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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
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.InterfaceUtil
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.NodePath
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | PERFTEST_LONG
+| ...        | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Setup | 3-node Performance Suite Setup with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | 3-node Performance Suite Teardown
+| Test Setup | Setup all DUTs before test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords | Remove startup configuration of VPP from all DUTs
+| ...           | AND          | Show vpp trace dump on all DUTs
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2XC 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 cross connect.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 cross-
+| ... | connect. 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.
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: 64B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC02: 64B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC03: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC04: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC05: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC06: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC07: 64B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC08: 64B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC09: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC10: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC11: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC12: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC - 2threads 2cores 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC13: 64B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC14: 64B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 100000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_64B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC15: 1518B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC16: 1518B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 10000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_1518B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| TC17: 9000B NDR binary search - DUT L2XC - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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 5kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+
+| TC18: 9000B PDR binary search - DUT L2XC - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | PDR | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | 5000
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10Ge_linerate_pps_9000B}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ...                                       | ${binary_max} | 3-node-xconnect
+| | ...                                       | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ...                                       | ${threshold}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance}
+| | ...                                       | ${glob_loss_acceptance_type}
diff --git a/tests/perf/Short_Bridge_Domain_Intel-X520-DA2.robot b/tests/perf/Short_Bridge_Domain_Intel-X520-DA2.robot
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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
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.NodePath
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | PERFTEST_SHORT
+| ...        | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Setup | 3-node Performance Suite Setup with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | 3-node Performance Suite Teardown
+| Test Setup | Setup all DUTs before test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords | Remove startup configuration of VPP from all DUTs
+| ...           | AND          | Show vpp trace dump on all DUTs
+| Documentation | *Reference NDR throughput L2BD verify 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 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 bridge-
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 and DUT2 tested with 2p10GE NIC
+| ... | X520 Niantic by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* In short performance tests, TG verifies
+| ... | DUTs' throughput at ref-NDR (reference Non Drop Rate) with zero packet
+| ... | loss tolerance. Ref-NDR value is periodically updated acording to
+| ... | formula: ref-NDR = 0.9x NDR, where NDR is found in RFC2544 long
+| ... | performance tests for the same DUT configuration. 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 generated payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the
+| ... | TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 3.2Mpps - DUT L2BD - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 64 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 3.2mpps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-bridge
+
+| TC02: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT L2BD - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 1518 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-bridge
+
+| TC03: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT L2BD - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 9000 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-bridge
+
+| TC04: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 6.9Mpps - DUT L2BD - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 64 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 6.9mpps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-bridge
+
+| TC05: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT L2BD - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 1518 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-bridge
+
+| TC06: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT L2BD - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 9000 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-bridge
+
+| TC07: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 7.4Mpps - DUT L2BD - 4thread 4core 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 64 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 7.4mpps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-bridge
+
+| TC08: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT L2BD - 4thread 4core 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 1518 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-bridge
+
+| TC09: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT L2BD - 4thread 4core 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 9000 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 bridge domain initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-bridge
diff --git a/tests/perf/Short_IPv4_Cop_Intel-X520-DA2.robot b/tests/perf/Short_IPv4_Cop_Intel-X520-DA2.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a6e15acaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/perf/Short_IPv4_Cop_Intel-X520-DA2.robot
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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
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.Cop
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.IPv4Setup.Dut | ${nodes['DUT1']} | WITH NAME | dut1_v4
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.IPv4Setup.Dut | ${nodes['DUT2']} | WITH NAME | dut2_v4
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | PERFTEST_SHORT
+| ...        | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Setup | 3-node Performance Suite Setup with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | 3-node Performance Suite Teardown
+| Test Setup | Setup all DUTs before test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords | Remove startup configuration of VPP from all DUTs
+| ...           | AND          | Show vpp trace dump on all DUTs
+| Documentation | *Reference NDR throughput IPv4 whitelist verify test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for IPv4 routing.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with IPv4
+| ... | routing, two static IPv4 /24 routes and IPv4 COP security whitelist
+| ... | ingress /24 filter entries applied on links TG - DUT1 and DUT2 - TG.
+| ... | DUT1 and DUT2 tested with 2p10GE NIC X520 Niantic by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* In short performance tests, TG verifies
+| ... | DUTs' throughput at ref-NDR (reference Non Drop Rate) with zero packet
+| ... | loss tolerance. Ref-NDR value is periodically updated acording to
+| ... | formula: ref-NDR = 0.9x NDR, where NDR is found in RFC2544 long
+| ... | performance tests for the same DUT configuration. 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 generated payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the
+| ... | TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 3.5Mpps - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 1 thread, 1 phy core, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 64 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 3.5mpps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC02: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 1 thread, 1 phy core, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 1518 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC03: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 1 thread, 1 phy core, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 9000 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC04: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 6.6Mpps - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 2 threads, 2 phy cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 64 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 6.6mpps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC05: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 2 threads, 2 phy cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 1518 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC06: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 2 threads, 2 phy cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 9000 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC07: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 10.0Mpps - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 thread, 4 phy core, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 64 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 10.0mpps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC08: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 thread, 4 phy core, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 1518 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC09: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT IPv4 whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 thread, 4 phy core, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 9000 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 10.10.10.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 20.20.20.0 | 24 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
diff --git a/tests/perf/Short_IPv4_Intel-X520-DA2.robot b/tests/perf/Short_IPv4_Intel-X520-DA2.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e60561656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/perf/Short_IPv4_Intel-X520-DA2.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+# 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
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.topology.Topology
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.NodePath
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.InterfaceUtil
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.IPv4Setup.Dut | ${nodes['DUT1']} | WITH NAME | dut1_v4
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.IPv4Setup.Dut | ${nodes['DUT2']} | WITH NAME | dut2_v4
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | PERFTEST_SHORT
+| ...        | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Setup | 3-node Performance Suite Setup with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | 3-node Performance Suite Teardown
+| Test Setup | Setup all DUTs before test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords | Remove startup configuration of VPP from all DUTs
+| ...           | AND          | Show vpp trace dump on all DUTs
+| Documentation | *Reference NDR throughput IPv4 routing verify test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for IPv4 routing.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with IPv4
+| ... | routing and two static IPv4 /24 route entries. DUT1 and DUT2 tested with
+| ... | 2p10GE NIC X520 Niantic by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* In short performance tests, TG verifies
+| ... | DUTs' throughput at ref-NDR (reference Non Drop Rate) with zero packet
+| ... | loss tolerance. Ref-NDR value is periodically updated acording to
+| ... | formula: ref-NDR = 0.9x NDR, where NDR is found in RFC2544 long
+| ... | performance tests for the same DUT configuration. 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 generated payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the
+| ... | TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 3.5Mpps - DUT IPv4 - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 64 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 3.5mpps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC02: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT IPv4 - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 1518 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC03: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT IPv4 - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 9000 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC04: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 7.5Mpps - DUT IPv4 - 2threads, 2cores, 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 64 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 7.5mpps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC05: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT IPv4 - 2threads, 2cores, 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 1518 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC06: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT IPv4 - 2threads, 2cores, 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 9000 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC07: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 10.0Mpps - DUT IPv4 - 4threads, 4cores, 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 64 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 10.0mpps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC08: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT IPv4 - 4threads, 4cores, 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 1518 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC09: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT IPv4 - 4threads, 4cores, 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 9000 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
diff --git a/tests/perf/Short_IPv4_iAcl_Intel-X520-DA2.robot b/tests/perf/Short_IPv4_iAcl_Intel-X520-DA2.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea4a0871d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/perf/Short_IPv4_iAcl_Intel-X520-DA2.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,323 @@
+# 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
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.Classify.Classify
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.IPv4Setup.Dut | ${nodes['DUT1']} | WITH NAME | dut1_v4
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.IPv4Setup.Dut | ${nodes['DUT2']} | WITH NAME | dut2_v4
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | PERFTEST_SHORT
+| ...        | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Setup | 3-node Performance Suite Setup with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | 3-node Performance Suite Teardown
+| Test Setup | Setup all DUTs before test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords | Remove startup configuration of VPP from all DUTs
+| ...           | AND          | Show vpp trace dump on all DUTs
+| Documentation | *Reference NDR throughput IPv4 whitelist verify test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for IPv4 routing.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with IPv4
+| ... | routing, two static IPv4 /24 routes and IPv4 iAcl security whitelist
+| ... | ingress /24 filter entries applied on links TG - DUT1 and DUT2 - TG.
+| ... | DUT1 and DUT2 tested with 2p10GE NIC X520 Niantic by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* In short performance tests, TG verifies
+| ... | DUTs' throughput at ref-NDR (reference Non Drop Rate) with zero packet
+| ... | loss tolerance. Ref-NDR value is periodically updated acording to
+| ... | formula: ref-NDR = 0.9x NDR, where NDR is found in RFC2544 long
+| ... | performance tests for the same DUT configuration. 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 generated payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the
+| ... | TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 3.1Mpps - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 1 thread, 1 phy core, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 64 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 3.1mpps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC02: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 1 thread, 1 phy core, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 1518 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC03: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 1 thread, 1 phy core, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 9000 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC04: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 5.8Mpps - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 2 threads, 2 phy cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 64 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 5.8mpps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC05: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 2 threads, 2 phy cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 1518 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC06: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 2 threads, 2 phy cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 9000 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC07: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 7.8Mpps - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 thread, 4 phy core, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 64 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 7.8mpps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC08: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 thread, 4 phy core, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 1518 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
+
+| TC09: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT IPv4 iAcl whitelist - 4threads 4cores 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 thread, 4 phy core, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 9000 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv4 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut1} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 20.20.20.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}= | And Vpp Creates Classify Table L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ip4 | dst
+| | And Vpp Configures Classify Session L3
+| | ... | ${dut2} | permit | ${table_idx} | ${skip_n} | ${match_n}
+| | ... | ip4 | dst | 10.10.10.2
+| | And Vpp Enable Input Acl Interface
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip4 | ${table_idx}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv4
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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
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.Cop
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | PERFTEST_SHORT
+| ...        | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Setup | 3-node Performance Suite Setup with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | 3-node Performance Suite Teardown
+| Test Setup | Setup all DUTs before test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords | Remove startup configuration of VPP from all DUTs
+| ...           | AND          | Show vpp trace dump on all DUTs
+| Documentation | *Reference NDR throughput IPv6 whitelist verify test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv6 for IPv6 routing.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with IPv6
+| ... | routing, two static IPv6 /64 routes and IPv6 COP security whitelist
+| ... | ingress /24 filter entries applied on links TG - DUT1 and DUT2 - TG.
+| ... | DUT1 and DUT2 tested with 2p10GE NIC X520 Niantic by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* In short performance tests, TG verifies
+| ... | DUTs' throughput at ref-NDR (reference Non Drop Rate) with zero packet
+| ... | loss tolerance. Ref-NDR value is periodically updated acording to
+| ... | formula: ref-NDR = 0.9x NDR, where NDR is found in RFC2544 long
+| ... | performance tests for the same DUT configuration. 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, IPv6 header and generated
+| ... | payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: Verify 78B ref-NDR at 2x 2.8Mpps - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 1 thread, 1 phy core, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 78 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 78
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 2.8mpps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv6
+
+| TC02: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 1 thread, 1 phy core, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 1518 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv6
+
+| TC03: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.580kpps - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 1 thread, 1 phy core, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 9000 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv6
+
+| TC04: Verify 78B ref-NDR at 2x 4.9Mpps - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 2 threads, 2 phy cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 78 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 78
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 4.9mpps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv6
+
+| TC05: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 2 threads, 2 phy cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 1518 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv6
+
+| TC06: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 2 threads, 2 phy cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 9000 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv6
+
+| TC07: Verify 78B ref-NDR at 2x 10.1Mpps - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 4thread 4core 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 thread, 4 phy core, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 78 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 78
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 10.1mpps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv6
+
+| TC08: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 4thread 4core 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 thread, 4 phy core, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 1518 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv6
+
+| TC09: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT IPv6 whitelist - 4thread 4core 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing and whitelist filters config with \
+| | ... | 4 thread, 4 phy core, 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify
+| | ... | ref-NDR for 9000 Byte frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When  IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut1} | 2001:1:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   Add fib table | ${dut2} | 2001:2:: | 64 | 1 | local
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP Add whitelist Entry | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ip6 | 1
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | enable
+| | And   COP interface enable or disable | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | enable
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv6
diff --git a/tests/perf/Short_IPv6_Intel-X520-DA2.robot b/tests/perf/Short_IPv6_Intel-X520-DA2.robot
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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
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | PERFTEST_SHORT
+| ...        | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Setup | 3-node Performance Suite Setup with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | Intel-X520-DA2
+
+| Suite Teardown | 3-node Performance Suite Teardown
+| Test Setup | Setup all DUTs before test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords | Remove startup configuration of VPP from all DUTs
+| ...           | AND          | Show vpp trace dump on all DUTs
+| Documentation | *Reference NDR throughput IPv6 routing verify test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv6 for IPv6 routing.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with IPv6
+| ... | routing and two static IPv6 /64 route entries. DUT1 and DUT2 tested with
+| ... | 2p10GE NIC X520 Niantic by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* In short performance tests, TG verifies
+| ... | DUTs' throughput at ref-NDR (reference Non Drop Rate) with zero packet
+| ... | loss tolerance. Ref-NDR value is periodically updated acording to
+| ... | formula: ref-NDR = 0.9x NDR, where NDR is found in RFC2544 long
+| ... | performance tests for the same DUT configuration. 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, IPv6 header and generated
+| ... | payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: Verify 78B ref-NDR at 2x 2.9Mpps - DUT IPv6 - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 78 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 78
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 2.9mpps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv6
+
+| TC02: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT IPv6 - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 1518 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv6
+
+| TC03: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT IPv6 - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 9000 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv6
+
+| TC04: Verify 78B ref-NDR at 2x 5.9Mpps - DUT IPv6 - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 78 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 78
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 5.9mpps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv6
+
+| TC05: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT IPv6 - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 1518 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv6
+
+| TC06: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT IPv6 - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 9000 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv6
+
+| TC07: Verify 78B ref-NDR at 2x 7.3Mpps - DUT IPv6 - 4thread 4core 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 78 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 78
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 7.3mpps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv6
+
+| TC08: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT IPv6 - 4thread 4core 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 1518 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv6
+
+| TC09: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT IPv6 - 4thread 4core 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 9000 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   IPv6 forwarding initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-IPv6
diff --git a/tests/perf/Short_Xconnect_Dot1ad_Intel-X520-DA2.robot b/tests/perf/Short_Xconnect_Dot1ad_Intel-X520-DA2.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5779dc54f4
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+++ b/tests/perf/Short_Xconnect_Dot1ad_Intel-X520-DA2.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,283 @@
+# 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/tagging.robot
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | PERFTEST_SHORT
+| ...        | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Setup | 3-node Performance Suite Setup with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | 3-node Performance Suite Teardown
+| Test Setup | Setup all DUTs before test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords | Remove startup configuration of VPP from all DUTs
+| ...           | AND          | Show vpp trace dump on all DUTs
+| Documentation | *Reference NDR throughput L2XC with 802.1ad verify 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 xconnect.
+| ... | 802.1ad tagging is applied on link between DUT1 and DUT2 with inner 4B
+| ... | vlan tag (id=100) and outer 4B vlan tag (id=200).
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 cross-
+| ... | connect. DUT1 and DUT2 tested with 2p10GE NIC X520 Niantic by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* In short performance tests, TG verifies
+| ... | DUTs' throughput at ref-NDR (reference Non Drop Rate) with zero packet
+| ... | loss tolerance. Ref-NDR value is periodically updated acording to
+| ... | formula: ref-NDR = 0.9x NDR, where NDR is found in RFC2544 long
+| ... | performance tests for the same DUT configuration. 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 generated payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the
+| ... | TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${subid}= | 10
+| ${outer_vlan_id}= | 100
+| ${inner_vlan_id}= | 200
+| ${type_subif}= | two_tags
+| ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-2
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 2.9Mpps - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 64 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 2.9mpps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC02: Verify 1514B ref-NDR at 2x 810.635kpps - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 1514 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1514
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 810635pps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC03: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.458kpps - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 9000 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138458pps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC04: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 7Mpps - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching config with 2 thread, 2 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 64 Byte frames
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 7.0mpps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC05: Verify 1514B ref-NDR at 2x 810.635kpps - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching config with 2 thread, 2 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 1514 Byte frames
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1514
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 810635pps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC06: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.458kpps - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching config with 2 thread, 2 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] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138458pps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC07: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 8Mpps - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 4thread 4core 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching config with 4 thread, 4 phy core, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 64 Byte frames
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 8.0mpps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC08: Verify 1514B ref-NDR at 2x 810.635kpps - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 4thread 4core 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching config with 4 thread, 4 phy core, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 1514 Byte frames
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1514
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 810635pps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC09: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.458kpps - DUT L2XC with 802.1ad - 4thread 4core 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching config with 4 thread, 4 phy core, \
+| | ... | 2 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] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138458pps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${outer_vlan_id} | ${inner_vlan_id} | ${type_subif}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
diff --git a/tests/perf/Short_Xconnect_Dot1q_Intel-X520-DA2.robot b/tests/perf/Short_Xconnect_Dot1q_Intel-X520-DA2.robot
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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/tagging.robot
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | PERFTEST_SHORT
+| ...        | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Setup | 3-node Performance Suite Setup with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | 3-node Performance Suite Teardown
+| Test Setup | Setup all DUTs before test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords | Remove startup configuration of VPP from all DUTs
+| ...           | AND          | Show vpp trace dump on all DUTs
+| Documentation | *Reference NDR throughput L2XC with 802.1q verify 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 cross connect. 802.1q
+| ... | tagging is applied on link between DUT1 and DUT2.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 cross-
+| ... | connect. DUT1 and DUT2 tested with 2p10GE NIC X520 Niantic by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* In short performance tests, TG verifies
+| ... | DUTs' throughput at ref-NDR (reference Non Drop Rate) with zero packet
+| ... | loss tolerance. Ref-NDR value is periodically updated acording to
+| ... | formula: ref-NDR = 0.9x NDR, where NDR is found in RFC2544 long
+| ... | performance tests for the same DUT configuration. 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 generated payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the
+| ... | TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${subid}= | 10
+| ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-1
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 2.9Mpps - DUT 802.1q - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 64 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 2.9mpps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC02: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 720kpps - DUT 802.1q - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 1518 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 720000pps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC03: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 120kpps - DUT 802.1q - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 9000 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 120000pps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC04: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 7Mpps - DUT 802.1q - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 64 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 7.0mpps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC05: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 720kpps - DUT 802.1q - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 1518 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 720000pps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC06: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 120kpps - DUT 802.1q - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 9000 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 120000pps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC07: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 11Mpps - DUT 802.1q - 4thread 4core 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 64 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 11.0mpps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC08: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 720kpps - DUT 802.1q - 4thread 4core 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 1518 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 720000pps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC09: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 120kpps - DUT 802.1q - 4thread 4core 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 9000 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 120000pps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   VPP interfaces in path are up in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When VLAN dot1q subinterfaces initialized on 3-node topology
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if2} | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if1} | ${subid}
+| | And L2 tag rewrite method setup on interfaces
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${subif_index_1} | ${dut2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Interfaces and VLAN sub-interfaces inter-connected using L2-xconnect
+| | ... | ${dut1} | ${dut1_if1} | ${subif_index_1}
+| | ... | ${dut2} | ${dut2_if2} | ${subif_index_2}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                   | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
diff --git a/tests/perf/Short_Xconnect_Intel-X520-DA2.robot b/tests/perf/Short_Xconnect_Intel-X520-DA2.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56df7a4ead
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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
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.InterfaceUtil
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.NodePath
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | PERFTEST_SHORT
+| ...        | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Setup | 3-node Performance Suite Setup with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | 3-node Performance Suite Teardown
+| Test Setup | Setup all DUTs before test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords | Remove startup configuration of VPP from all DUTs
+| ...           | AND          | Show vpp trace dump on all DUTs
+| Documentation | *Reference NDR throughput L2XC verify 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 cross connect.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 cross-
+| ... | connect. DUT1 and DUT2 tested with 2p10GE NIC X520 Niantic by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* In short performance tests, TG verifies
+| ... | DUTs' throughput at ref-NDR (reference Non Drop Rate) with zero packet
+| ... | loss tolerance. Ref-NDR value is periodically updated acording to
+| ... | formula: ref-NDR = 0.9x NDR, where NDR is found in RFC2544 long
+| ... | performance tests for the same DUT configuration. 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 generated payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the
+| ... | TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| TC01: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 3.6Mpps - DUT L2XC - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 64 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 3.6mpps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC02: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT L2XC - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 1518 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC03: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT L2XC - 1thread 1core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 1 thread, 1 phy core, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 9000 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 1_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | SINGLE_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '1' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC04: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 8.3Mpps - DUT L2XC - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 64 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 8.3mpps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC05: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.43kpps - DUT L2XC - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 1518 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC06: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT L2XC - 2thread 2core 1rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 9000 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 2_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_1 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '2' worker threads and rxqueues '1' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC07: Verify 64B ref-NDR at 2x 9.3Mpps - DUT L2XC - 4thread 4core 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 64 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 64
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 9.3mpps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC08: Verify 1518B ref-NDR at 2x 812.74kpps - DUT L2XC - 4thread 4core 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 1518 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 1518
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 812743pps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Add No Multi Seg to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
+
+| TC09: Verify 9000B ref-NDR at 2x 138.58kpps - DUT L2XC - 4thread 4core 2rxq
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores, \
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Verify ref-NDR for 9000 Byte
+| | ... | frames using single trial throughput test.
+| | [Tags] | 4_THREAD_NOHTT_RXQUEUES_2 | MULTI_THREAD | NDR
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | 9000
+| | ${duration}= | Set Variable | 10
+| | ${rate}= | Set Variable | 138580pps
+| | Given Add '4' worker threads and rxqueues '2' without HTT to all DUTs
+| | And   Add all PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And   Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And   L2 xconnect initialized in a 3-node circular topology
+| | Then  Traffic should pass with no loss | ${duration} | ${rate}
+| | ...                                    | ${framesize} | 3-node-xconnect
diff --git a/tests/perf/__init__.robot b/tests/perf/__init__.robot
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+++ b/tests/perf/__init__.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# 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.SetupFramework
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords | Setup Framework | ${nodes}
+| ...         | AND          | Setup All DUTs | ${nodes}