Create basic 2-node topology performance tests for Intel-X553 NIC

Intel-X553 is Denverton (Intel Atom cpu based SOC) integrated NIC, add below
basic 2-node topology performance test suites for it, the test suites were
changed from the existing Intel-x710 test suites,

- eth-l2patch-mrr
- eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
- eth-l2xcbase-mrr
- eth-l2xcbase-ndrpdr
- eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-mrr
- eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdr
- ethip4-ip4base-mrr
- ethip4-ip4base-ndrpdr
- ethip6-ip6base-mrr
- ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr

Change-Id: Ib6d3655a6e14ae275c197fd7b39d59e17a233326
Signed-off-by: Yulong Pei <yulong.pei@intel.com>

10 files changed, 1280 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip4/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-ethip4-ip4base-mrr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip4/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-ethip4-ip4base-mrr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..634973faad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip4/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-ethip4-ip4base-mrr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_setup.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | MRR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X553 | ETH | IP4FWD | BASE | IP4BASE
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | Intel-X553
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance mrr test
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *Raw results IPv4 routing test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for IPv4 routing.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with IPv4
+| ... | routing and two static IPv4 /24 route entries. DUT1 tested with
+| ... | 2p10GE NIC X553 by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* In MaxReceivedRate test TG sends traffic
+| ... | at line rate and reports total received/sent packets over trial period.
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 253 flows per
+| ... | flow-group) with all packets containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header
+| ... | with IP protocol=61 and static payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC
+| ... | addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# X553 bandwidth limit
+| ${s_limit}= | ${10000000000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n-ethip4-ip4src253
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing config.\
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure MaxReceivedRate for ${framesize} frames using single\
+| | ... | trial throughput test.
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - framesize - 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] | ${framesize} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | ${max_rate} | ${jumbo} = | Get Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | ... | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize IPv4 forwarding in circular topology
+| | Then Traffic should pass with maximum rate
+| | ... | ${max_rate}pps | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile}
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4-ip4base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4-ip4base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4-ip4base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4-ip4base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4-ip4base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4-ip4base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-ethip4-ip4base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-ethip4-ip4base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-ethip4-ip4base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4-ip4base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4-ip4base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4-ip4base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip4/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-ethip4-ip4base-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip4/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-ethip4-ip4base-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be2fdab166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip4/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-ethip4-ip4base-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_setup.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X553 | ETH | IP4FWD | BASE | IP4BASE
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | Intel-X553
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance discovery test | ${min_rate}pps
+| ... | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile}
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput IPv4 routing test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for IPv4 routing.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with IPv4
+| ... | routing and two static IPv4 /24 route entries. DUT1 tested with
+| ... | 2p10GE NIC X553 by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance or throughput PDR (Partial Drop
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using MLRsearch library.
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 253 flows per
+| ... | flow-group) with all packets containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header
+| ... | with IP protocol=61 and static payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC
+| ... | addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# X553 bandwidth limit
+| ${s_limit}= | ${10000000000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n-ethip4-ip4src253
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing config.\
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - framesize - 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] | ${framesize} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | ${framesize}
+| | Set Test Variable | ${min_rate} | ${10000}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | ${max_rate} | ${jumbo} = | Get Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | ... | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize IPv4 forwarding in circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+| | ... | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-ethip6-ip6base-mrr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-ethip6-ip6base-mrr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c3ea01c00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-ethip6-ip6base-mrr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_setup.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | MRR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X553 | ETH | IP6FWD | BASE | IP6BASE
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | Intel-X553
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| ...
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance mrr test
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *Raw results IPv6 routing test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv6 for IPv6 routing.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with IPv6 routing and two
+| ... | static IPv6 /64 route entries. DUT1 tested with 2p10GE NIC X553 by
+| ... | Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* In MaxReceivedRate test TG sends traffic
+| ... | at line rate and reports total received/sent packets over trial period.
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 253 flows per
+| ... | flow-group) with all packets containing Ethernet header, IPv6 header and
+| ... | static payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# X553 bandwidth limit
+| ${s_limit}= | ${10000000000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n-ethip6-ip6src253
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing config.\
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure MaxReceivedRate for ${framesize} frames using single\
+| | ... | trial throughput test.
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - framesize - 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] | ${framesize} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | ${max_rate} | ${jumbo} = | Get Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | ... | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding in 2-node circular topology
+| | Then Traffic should pass with maximum rate
+| | ... | ${max_rate}pps | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile}
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-78B-1c-ethip6-ip6base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 78B | 1C
+| | framesize=${78} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-78B-2c-ethip6-ip6base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 78B | 2C
+| | framesize=${78} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-78B-4c-ethip6-ip6base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 78B | 4C
+| | framesize=${78} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip6-ip6base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip6-ip6base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip6-ip6base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-ethip6-ip6base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-ethip6-ip6base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-ethip6-ip6base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip6-ip6base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip6-ip6base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip6-ip6base-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e17e9e1084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip6/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_setup.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X553 | ETH | IP6FWD | BASE | IP6BASE
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | Intel-X553
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| ...
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance discovery test | ${min_rate}pps
+| ... | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile}
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *Packet throughput routing test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv6 for IPv6 routing.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with IPv6 routing and two
+| ... | static IPv6 /64 route entries. DUT1 tested with 2p10GE NIC X553 by
+| ... | Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance or throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 253 flows per flow-group) with\
+| ... | all packets containing Ethernet header,IPv6 header with static payload.\
+| ... | MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# X553 bandwidth limit
+| ${s_limit}= | ${10000000000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n-ethip6-ip6src253
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv6 routing config.\
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - framesize - 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] | ${framesize} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | ${framesize}
+| | Set Test Variable | ${min_rate} | ${10000}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | ${max_rate} | ${jumbo} = | Get Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | ... | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Initialize IPv6 forwarding in 2-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+| | ... | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-78B-1c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 78B | 1C
+| | framesize=${78} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-78B-2c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 78B | 2C
+| | framesize=${78} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-78B-4c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 78B | 4C
+| | framesize=${78} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-mrr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-mrr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb2e42609f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-mrr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_setup.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | MRR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X553 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | L2BDBASE
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X553
+| ...
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| ...
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance mrr test
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *Raw results L2BD test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-domain
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with 2p10GE NIC
+| ... | X553 by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* In MaxReceivedRate tests TG sends traffic
+| ... | at line rate and reports total received/sent packets over trial period.
+| ... | 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:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# X553 bandwidth limit
+| ${s_limit}= | ${10000000000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n-ethip4-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 switching config.\
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure MaxReceivedRate for ${framesize} frames using single\
+| | ... | trial throughput test.
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - framesize - 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] | ${framesize} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | ${max_rate} | ${jumbo} = | Get Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | ... | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Initialize L2 bridge domain in 2-node circular topology
+| | Then Traffic should pass with maximum rate
+| | ... | ${max_rate}pps | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile}
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0285ae8eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_setup.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X553 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X553
+| ...
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| ...
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance discovery test | ${min_rate}pps
+| ... | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile}
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-domain
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with 2p10GE NIC
+| ... | X553 by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance or throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using 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 static payload.\
+| ... | MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# X553 bandwidth limit
+| ${s_limit} | ${10000000000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile} | trex-sl-2n-ethip4-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 switching config.\
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - framesize - 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] | ${framesize} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | ${framesize}
+| | Set Test Variable | ${min_rate} | ${10000}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | ${max_rate} | ${jumbo} = | Get Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | ... | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Initialize L2 bridge domain in 2-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+| | ... | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dae0de536f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_setup.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | MRR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X553 | ETH | L2PATCH | BASE
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X553
+| ...
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| ...
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance mrr test
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *Raw results L2patch test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 patch.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 patch\
+| ... | DUT1 tested with 2p10GE NIC X553 by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* In MaxReceivedRate tests TG sends traffic\
+| ... | at line rate and reports total received/sent packets over trial period.
+| ... | 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# X553 bandwidth limit
+| ${s_limit}= | ${10000000000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile} | trex-sl-2n-ethip4-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 patch config with ${phy_cores} phy
+| | ... | core(s).
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure MaxReceivedRate for ${framesize}B frames using single\
+| | ... | trial throughput test.
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - framesize - 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] | ${framesize} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | ${max_rate} | ${jumbo} = | Get Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | ... | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 patch
+| | Then Traffic should pass with maximum rate
+| | ... | ${max_rate}pps | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile}
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b149cc0933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_setup.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X553 | ETH | L2PATCH | BASE
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X553
+| ...
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| ...
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance discovery test | ${min_rate}pps
+| ... | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile}
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2patch test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 patch.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 patch\
+| ... | DUT1 tested with 2p10GE NIC X553 by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance or throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using 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 static payload.\
+| ... | MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# X553 bandwidth limit
+| ${s_limit}= | ${10000000000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile} | trex-sl-2n-ethip4-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 patch config with ${phy_cores} phy
+| | ... | core(s).
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - framesize - 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] | ${framesize} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | ${framesize}
+| | Set Test Variable | ${min_rate} | ${10000}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | ${max_rate} | ${jumbo} = | Get Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | ... | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 patch
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+| | ... | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-eth-l2xcbase-mrr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-eth-l2xcbase-mrr.robot
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-eth-l2xcbase-mrr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_setup.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | MRR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X553 | ETH | L2XCFWD | BASE | L2XCBASE
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X553
+| ...
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| ...
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance mrr test
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *Raw results L2XC test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 cross connect.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 cross-connect.
+| ... | DUT1 tested with 2p10GE NIC X553 by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* In MaxReceivedRate tests TG sends traffic
+| ... | at line rate and reports total received/sent packets over trial period.
+| ... | 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:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# X553 bandwidth limit
+| ${s_limit}= | ${10000000000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n-ethip4-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config.\
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure MaxReceivedRate for ${framesize} frames using single\
+| | ... | trial throughput test.
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - framesize - 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] | ${framesize} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | ${max_rate} | ${jumbo} = | Get Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | ... | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Initialize L2 xconnect in 2-node circular topology
+| | Then Traffic should pass with maximum rate
+| | ... | ${max_rate}pps | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile}
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2xcbase-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2xcbase-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2xcbase-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2xcbase-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2xcbase-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2xcbase-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2xcbase-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2xcbase-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2xcbase-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2xcbase-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2xcbase-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2xcbase-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-eth-l2xcbase-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-eth-l2xcbase-ndrpdr.robot
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index 0000000000..ae38939a16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x553-eth-l2xcbase-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_setup.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X553 | ETH | L2XCFWD | BASE | L2XCBASE
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X553
+| ...
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| ...
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance discovery test | ${min_rate}pps
+| ... | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile}
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2XC test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 cross-connect.
+| ... | DUT1 tested with 2p10GE NIC X553 by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance or throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using 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 static payload.\
+| ... | MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# X553 bandwidth limit
+| ${s_limit} | ${10000000000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile} | trex-sl-2n-ethip4-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC config.\
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - framesize - 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] | ${framesize} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | ${framesize}
+| | Set Test Variable | ${min_rate} | ${10000}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | ${max_rate} | ${jumbo} = | Get Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | ... | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Initialize L2 xconnect in 2-node circular topology
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+| | ... | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}