Introduce VPP-IPsec container tests.

Change-Id: Ie64d662e81879bd52785e0188450d998bf056bda
Signed-off-by: Ludovit Mikula <ludovit.mikula@pantheon.tech>

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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_10000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 8DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 8 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${8}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${10000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_10000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 1DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 1 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${1}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${10000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d2b35512a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_10000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 2DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 2 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${2}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${10000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d3aace6c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_10000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 4DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 4 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${4}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${10000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec10000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b24b2b9599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_1000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 8DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 8 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${8}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${1000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e7a3928ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_1000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 1DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 1 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${1}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${1000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87f3b16815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_1000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 2DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 2 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${2}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${1000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c1a1ea165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_1000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 4DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 4 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${4}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${1000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec1000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfd9425ec6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_20000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 8DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 8 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${8}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${20000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..173c946b36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_20000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 1DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 1 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${1}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${20000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce81cf1f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_20000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 2DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 2 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${2}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${20000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e166711b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_20000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 4DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 4 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${4}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${20000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec20000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_40000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 8DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 8 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${8}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${40000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f1935c111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_40000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 1DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 1 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${1}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${40000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_40000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 2DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 2 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${2}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${40000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e60bbd300a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_40000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 4DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 4 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${4}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${40000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec40000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a11576ebf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_400
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 8DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 8 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${8}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${400}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99ba1c1d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_400
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 1DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 1 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${1}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${400}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47892e043e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_400
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 2DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 2 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${2}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${400}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..993f963503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_400
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 4DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 4 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${4}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${400}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec400tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20d44d33a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_40
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 8DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 8 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${8}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${40}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac48c159ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_40
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 1DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 1 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${1}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${40}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad84c25221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_40
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 2DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 2 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${2}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${40}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac21b834c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_40
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 4DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 4 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${4}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${40}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec40tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfd2986153
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_4
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 1DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 1 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${1}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${4}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e66185a32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_4
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 2DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 2 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${2}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${4}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
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@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_4
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 4DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 4 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${4}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${4}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec4tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a72ec1559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_5000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 8DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 8 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${8}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${5000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd34eb5af7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_5000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 1DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 1 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${1}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${5000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_5000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 2DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 2 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${2}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${5000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..027fcedc3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_5000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 4DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 4 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${4}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${5000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec5000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4368711939
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_60000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 8DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 8 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${8}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${60000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4368cd7bd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_60000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 1DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 1 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${1}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${60000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c14075aac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_60000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 2DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 2 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${2}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${60000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
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+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/10ge2p1x710-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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/shared/default.robot
+|
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR | TNL_60000
+| ... | IPSEC | IPSECSW | IPSECINT | NIC_Intel-X710 | SCALE | 4DCR
+| ... | DOCKER | 2R1C | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ... | AES_256_GCM | AES | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+|
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | container
+|
+| Test Template | Local Template
+|
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 4 docker container*
+|
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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:* RFC4303 and RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | memif_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_ia32_plugin.so | crypto_ipsecmb_plugin.so
+| ... | crypto_openssl_plugin.so
+| ${crypto_type}= | ${None}
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${nic_driver}= | vfio-pci
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${overhead}= | ${54}
+| ${tg_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.254
+| ${dut1_if1_ip4}= | 192.168.10.1
+| ${dut1_if2_ip4}= | 100.0.0.254
+| ${dut2_if1_ip4}= | 200.0.0.1
+| ${dut2_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.1
+| ${tg_if2_ip4}= | 192.168.20.254
+| ${raddr_ip4}= | 20.0.0.0
+| ${laddr_ip4}= | 10.0.0.0
+| ${addr_range}= | ${24}
+| ${n_instances}= | ${4}
+| ${n_tunnels}= | ${60000}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst${n_tunnels}-${n_instances}cnf
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ipsec
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT1 runs IPSec tunneling AES_256_GCM config to ${n_instances}.
+| | ... | containers.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| |
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| |
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| |
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| |
+| | # These are enums (not strings) so they cannot be in Variables table.
+| | ${encr_alg}= | Crypto Alg AES GCM 256
+| | ${auth_alg}= | Set Variable | ${None}
+| | ${ipsec_proto} = | IPsec Proto ESP
+| |
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
+| | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
+| | And Initialize IPSec in 3-node circular topology
+| | And Stop VPP service on all DUTs | ${nodes}
+| | And VPP IPsec Create Tunnel Interfaces in Containers
+| | ... | ${nodes} | ${dut1_if2_ip4} | ${dut2_if1_ip4} | ${dut1_if2}
+| | ... | ${dut2_if1} | ${n_tunnels} | ${encr_alg} | ${auth_alg}
+| | ... | ${laddr_ip4} | ${raddr_ip4} | ${addr_range} | ${n_instances}
+| | And Start containers for test
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${n_instances} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | ... | pinning=${False}
+| | And Start vswitch in container | phy_cores=${phy_cores} | rx_queues=${rxq}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4ipsec60000tnlsw-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4drc1c-vppip4-aes256gcm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/regenerate_testcases.py b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/regenerate_testcases.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain_ipsec/regenerate_testcases.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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.
+
+from resources.libraries.python.autogen.Regenerator import Regenerator
+
+Regenerator().regenerate_glob(u"*.robot")