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authorJan Gelety <jgelety@cisco.com>2018-09-14 15:26:48 +0200
committerJan Gelety <jgelety@cisco.com>2018-09-20 07:08:31 +0000
commit8bbd6d3bd38a8c13976d33dcf75d4d44f660aaff (patch)
treed874bb1d1aa4f23c9fa1b08b5c015371e01cba2d /tests/vpp
parent8de6fce0a2974ea44d4817e81e54ce2ca31ca45e (diff)
Add dot1q-l2bdbase-2vhost-[ndrpdr|mrr] perf tests for 2-node topology
Jira: CSIT-1286 Change-Id: Id51c7dbf15d846f1286e6efbc5240a2556ec9652 Signed-off-by: Jan Gelety <jgelety@cisco.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tests/vpp')
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr.robot40
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot49
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr.robot43
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot52
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr.robot147
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot153
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-25ge2p1xxv710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr.robot150
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-25ge2p1xxv710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot156
8 files changed, 696 insertions, 94 deletions
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr.robot
index 7a90799642..4618f5d7d1 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr.robot
@@ -30,27 +30,25 @@
| ...
| Test Template | Local Template
| ...
-| Documentation | *Raw results L2BD test cases with vhost*
+| Documentation | *Raw results L2BD with vhost and IEEE 802.1Q test cases*
| ...
-| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology\
| ... | with single links between nodes.
-| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4. 802.1q
-| ... | tagging is applied on link between DUT1 and DUT2.
-| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 bridge-
-| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu Guest is connected to VPP via
-| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running DPDK testpmd interconnecting
-| ... | vhost-user interfaces using 5 cores pinned to cpus 5-9 and 2048M
-| ... | memory. Testpmd is using socket-mem=1024M (512x2M hugepages), 5 cores
-| ... | (1 main core and 4 cores dedicated for io), forwarding mode is set to
-| ... | io, rxd/txd=1024, burst=64. DUT1, DUT2 are tested with 2p10GE NIC X520
-| ... | Niantic 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, 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
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4. IEEE\
+| ... | 802.1Q tagging is applied on link between DUT1 and DUT2.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu Guest is connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running DPDK testpmd interconnecting\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, forwarding mode is set to io, rxd/txd=1024.\
+| ... | DUT1 and DUT2 are tested with 2p10GE NIC X520 Niantic 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 ***
| ${subid}= | 10
@@ -69,8 +67,8 @@
*** Keywords ***
| Local Template
| | [Documentation]
-| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
-| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Cfg] Each DUT runs L2BD switching with VLAN and uses ${phy_cores}\
+| | ... | physical core(s) for worker threads.
| | ... | [Ver] Measure MaxReceivedRate for ${framesize}B frames using single\
| | ... | trial throughput test.
| | ...
@@ -92,7 +90,7 @@
| | ${max_rate} | ${jumbo} = | Get Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
| | ... | ${s_limit} | ${framesize} | overhead=${overhead}
| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains with Vhost-User and VLAN in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains with Vhost-User and VLAN in circular topology
| | ... | ${bd_id1} | ${bd_id2} | ${sock1} | ${sock2} | ${subid}
| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
| | ${vm1}= | And Configure guest VM with dpdk-testpmd connected via vhost-user
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
index e8e1639d99..cefde1454e 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -31,30 +31,29 @@
| ...
| Test Template | Local Template
| ...
-| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with vhost*
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD with vhost abd IEEE 802.1Q test
+| ... | cases*
| ...
-| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology\
| ... | with single links between nodes.
-| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4. 802.1q
-| ... | tagging is applied on link between DUT1 and DUT2.
-| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 bridge-
-| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu Guest is connected to VPP via
-| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running DPDK testpmd interconnecting
-| ... | vhost-user interfaces using 5 cores pinned to cpus 5-9 and 2048M
-| ... | memory. Testpmd is using socket-mem=1024M (512x2M hugepages), 5 cores
-| ... | (1 main core and 4 cores dedicated for io), forwarding mode is set to
-| ... | io, rxd/txd=1024, burst=64. DUT1, DUT2 are tested with 2p10GE NIC X520
-| ... | Niantic by Intel.
-| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop
-| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance or throughput PDR (Partial Drop
-| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage
-| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different
-| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using 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.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4. IEEE\
+| ... | 802.1Q tagging is applied on link between DUT1 and DUT2.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu Guest is connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running DPDK testpmd interconnecting\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, forwarding mode is set to io, rxd/txd=1024.\
+| ... | DUT1 and DUT2 are tested with 2p10GE NIC X520 Niantic by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance or throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using 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:* RFC2544.
*** Variables ***
| ${subid}= | 10
@@ -73,8 +72,8 @@
*** Keywords ***
| Local Template
| | [Documentation]
-| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
-| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Cfg] Each DUT runs L2BD switching with VLAN and uses ${phy_cores}\
+| | ... | physical core(s) for worker threads.
| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
| | ...
| | ... | *Arguments:*
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@
| | ${max_rate} | ${jumbo} = | Get Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
| | ... | ${s_limit} | ${framesize} | overhead=${overhead}
| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains with Vhost-User and VLAN in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains with Vhost-User and VLAN in circular topology
| | ... | ${bd_id1} | ${bd_id2} | ${sock1} | ${sock2} | ${subid}
| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
| | ${vm1}= | And Configure guest VM with dpdk-testpmd connected via vhost-user
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr.robot
index f63aea49b3..5b7faee295 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr.robot
@@ -30,31 +30,30 @@
| ...
| Test Template | Local Template
| ...
-| Documentation | *Raw results L2BD test cases with vhost*
+| Documentation | *Raw results L2BD with vhost and IEEE 802.1Q test cases*
| ...
-| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology\
| ... | with single links between nodes.
-| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4. 802.1q
-| ... | tagging is applied on link between DUT1 and DUT2.
-| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 bridge-
-| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu Guest is connected to VPP via
-| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running DPDK testpmd interconnecting
-| ... | vhost-user interfaces using 5 cores pinned to cpus 5-9 and 2048M
-| ... | memory. Testpmd is using socket-mem=1024M (512x2M hugepages), 5 cores
-| ... | (1 main core and 4 cores dedicated for io), forwarding mode is set to
-| ... | io, rxd/txd=1024, burst=64. DUT1, DUT2 are tested with 2p10GE NIC X710
-| ... | 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, 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
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4. IEEE\
+| ... | 802.1Q tagging is applied on link between DUT1 and DUT2.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu Guest is connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running DPDK testpmd interconnecting\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, forwarding mode is set to io, rxd/txd=1024.\
+| ... | DUT1 and DUT2 are tested with 2p10GE NIC X710 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 ***
| ${subid}= | 10
| ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-1
+| ${overhead}= | ${4}
# Socket names
| ${bd_id1}= | 1
| ${bd_id2}= | 2
@@ -68,8 +67,8 @@
*** Keywords ***
| Local Template
| | [Documentation]
-| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
-| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Cfg] Each DUT runs L2BD switching with VLAN and uses ${phy_cores}\
+| | ... | physical core(s) for worker threads.
| | ... | [Ver] Measure MaxReceivedRate for ${framesize}B frames using single\
| | ... | trial throughput test.
| | ...
@@ -89,9 +88,9 @@
| | 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}
+| | ... | ${s_limit} | ${framesize} | overhead=${overhead}
| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains with Vhost-User and VLAN in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains with Vhost-User and VLAN in circular topology
| | ... | ${bd_id1} | ${bd_id2} | ${sock1} | ${sock2} | ${subid}
| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
| | ${vm1}= | And Configure guest VM with dpdk-testpmd connected via vhost-user
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
index 6b7fce8383..42b5472a6c 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -31,34 +31,34 @@
| ...
| Test Template | Local Template
| ...
-| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with vhost*
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD with vhost abd IEEE 802.1Q test
+| ... | cases*
| ...
-| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology\
| ... | with single links between nodes.
-| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4. 802.1q
-| ... | tagging is applied on link between DUT1 and DUT2.
-| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 bridge-
-| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu Guest is connected to VPP via
-| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running DPDK testpmd interconnecting
-| ... | vhost-user interfaces using 5 cores pinned to cpus 5-9 and 2048M
-| ... | memory. Testpmd is using socket-mem=1024M (512x2M hugepages), 5 cores
-| ... | (1 main core and 4 cores dedicated for io), forwarding mode is set to
-| ... | io, rxd/txd=1024, burst=64. DUT1, DUT2 are tested with 2p10GE NIC X710
-| ... | 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 IP protocol=61 and static payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC
-| ... | addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4. IEEE\
+| ... | 802.1Q tagging is applied on link between DUT1 and DUT2.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu Guest is connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running DPDK testpmd interconnecting\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, forwarding mode is set to io, rxd/txd=1024.\
+| ... | DUT1 and DUT2 are tested with 2p10GE NIC X710 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 IP protocol=61\
+| ... | and static payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG\
+| ... | node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
*** Variables ***
| ${subid}= | 10
| ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-1
+| ${overhead}= | ${4}
# Socket names
| ${bd_id1}= | 1
| ${bd_id2}= | 2
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
*** Keywords ***
| Local Template
| | [Documentation]
-| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
-| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Cfg] Each DUT runs L2BD switching with VLAN and uses ${phy_cores}\
+| | ... | physical core(s) for worker threads.
| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
| | ...
| | ... | *Arguments:*
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@
| | 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}
+| | ... | ${s_limit} | ${framesize} | overhead=${overhead}
| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
-| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains with Vhost-User and VLAN in a 3-node circular topology
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains with Vhost-User and VLAN in circular topology
| | ... | ${bd_id1} | ${bd_id2} | ${sock1} | ${sock2} | ${subid}
| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
| | ${vm1}= | And Configure guest VM with dpdk-testpmd connected via vhost-user
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4df2df83a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_setup.robot
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.QemuUtils
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | MRR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | DOT1Q | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | 1VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X710
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance mrr test with vhost and VM with dpdk-testpmd
+| ... | dut1_node=${dut1} | dut1_vm_refs=${dut1_vm_refs}
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *Raw results L2BD with vhost and IEEE 802.1Q 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. IEEE\
+| ... | 802.1Q tagging is applied on link between DUT1-if2 and TG-if2.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-domain and\
+| ... | MAC learning enabled. Qemu Guest is connected to VPP via vhost-user\
+| ... | interfaces. Guest is running DPDK testpmd interconnecting vhost-user\
+| ... | interfaces, forwarding mode is set to io, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested\
+| ... | with 2p10GE NIC X710 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 ***
+| ${subid}= | 10
+| ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-1
+| ${overhead}= | ${4}
+# Socket names
+| ${bd_id1}= | 1
+| ${bd_id2}= | 2
+| ${sock1}= | /tmp/sock-1-${bd_id1}
+| ${sock2}= | /tmp/sock-1-${bd_id2}
+# X710 bandwidth limit
+| ${s_limit}= | ${10000000000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n-dot1qip4asym-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] Each DUT runs L2BD switching with VLAN and uses ${phy_cores}\
+| | ... | physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [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}
+| | ...
+| | ${dut1_vm_refs}= | Create Dictionary
+| | Set Test Variable | ${dut1_vm_refs}
+| | ...
+| | 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} | ${framesize} | overhead=${overhead}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains with Vhost-User and VLAN in circular topology
+| | ... | ${bd_id1} | ${bd_id2} | ${sock1} | ${sock2} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | ${vm1}= | And Configure guest VM with dpdk-testpmd connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | DUT1 | ${sock1} | ${sock2} | DUT1_VM1 | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | perf_qemu_qsz=${1024} | use_tuned_cfs=${False}
+| | Set To Dictionary | ${dut1_vm_refs} | DUT1_VM1 | ${vm1}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with maximum rate
+| | ... | ${max_rate}pps | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile}
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94b585f7e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+# 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
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.QemuUtils
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | DOT1Q | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | 1VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X710
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost and VM with dpdk-testpmd
+| ... | ${min_rate}pps | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile}
+| ... | dut1_node=${dut1} | dut1_vm_refs=${dut1_vm_refs}
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD with vhost abd IEEE 802.1Q 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. IEEE\
+| ... | 802.1Q tagging is applied on link between DUT1-if2 and TG-if2.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-domain and\
+| ... | MAC learning enabled. Qemu Guest is connected to VPP via vhost-user\
+| ... | interfaces. Guest is running DPDK testpmd interconnecting vhost-user\
+| ... | interfaces, forwarding mode is set to io, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested\
+| ... | with 2p10GE NIC X710 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 IP protocol=61\
+| ... | and static payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG\
+| ... | node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${subid}= | 10
+| ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-1
+| ${overhead}= | ${4}
+# Socket names
+| ${bd_id1}= | 1
+| ${bd_id2}= | 2
+| ${sock1}= | /tmp/sock-1-${bd_id1}
+| ${sock2}= | /tmp/sock-1-${bd_id2}
+# X710 bandwidth limit
+| ${s_limit}= | ${10000000000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n-dot1qip4asym-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] Each DUT runs L2BD switching with VLAN and 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}
+| | ${dut1_vm_refs}= | Create Dictionary
+| | Set Test Variable | ${dut1_vm_refs}
+| | ...
+| | 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} | ${framesize} | overhead=${overhead}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains with Vhost-User and VLAN in circular topology
+| | ... | ${bd_id1} | ${bd_id2} | ${sock1} | ${sock2} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | ${vm1}= | And Configure guest VM with dpdk-testpmd connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | DUT1 | ${sock1} | ${sock2} | DUT1_VM1 | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | perf_qemu_qsz=${1024} | use_tuned_cfs=${False}
+| | Set To Dictionary | ${dut1_vm_refs} | DUT1_VM1 | ${vm1}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+| | ... | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-25ge2p1xxv710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-25ge2p1xxv710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35ca753f2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-25ge2p1xxv710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# 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
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.QemuUtils
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | MRR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-XXV710 | DOT1Q | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | 1VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-XXV710
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance mrr test with vhost and VM with dpdk-testpmd
+| ... | dut1_node=${dut1} | dut1_vm_refs=${dut1_vm_refs}
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *Raw results L2BD with vhost and IEEE 802.1Q 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. IEEE\
+| ... | 802.1Q tagging is applied on link between DUT1-if2 and TG-if2.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-domain and\
+| ... | MAC learning enabled. Qemu Guest is connected to VPP via vhost-user\
+| ... | interfaces. Guest is running DPDK testpmd interconnecting vhost-user\
+| ... | interfaces, forwarding mode is set to io, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested\
+| ... | with 2p25GE NIC XXV710 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 ***
+| ${subid}= | 10
+| ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-1
+| ${overhead}= | ${4}
+# Socket names
+| ${bd_id1}= | 1
+| ${bd_id2}= | 2
+| ${sock1}= | /tmp/sock-1-${bd_id1}
+| ${sock2}= | /tmp/sock-1-${bd_id2}
+# XXV710-DA2 bandwidth limit ~49Gbps/2=24.5Gbps
+| ${s_24.5G}= | ${24500000000}
+# XXV710-DA2 Mpps limit 37.5Mpps/2=18.75Mpps
+| ${s_18.75Mpps}= | ${18750000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n-dot1qip4asym-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] Each DUT runs L2BD switching with VLAN and uses ${phy_cores}\
+| | ... | physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [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}
+| | ...
+| | ${dut1_vm_refs}= | Create Dictionary
+| | Set Test Variable | ${dut1_vm_refs}
+| | ...
+| | 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_24.5G} | ${framesize} | pps_limit=${s_18.75Mpps}
+| | ... | overhead=${overhead}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains with Vhost-User and VLAN in circular topology
+| | ... | ${bd_id1} | ${bd_id2} | ${sock1} | ${sock2} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | ${vm1}= | And Configure guest VM with dpdk-testpmd connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | DUT1 | ${sock1} | ${sock2} | DUT1_VM1 | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | perf_qemu_qsz=${1024} | use_tuned_cfs=${False}
+| | Set To Dictionary | ${dut1_vm_refs} | DUT1_VM1 | ${vm1}
+| | Then Traffic should pass with maximum rate
+| | ... | ${max_rate}pps | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile}
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-25ge2p1xxv710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-25ge2p1xxv710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1c98ffa0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-25ge2p1xxv710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+# 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
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.QemuUtils
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-XXV710 | DOT1Q | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | 1VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-XXV710
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost and VM with dpdk-testpmd
+| ... | ${min_rate}pps | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile}
+| ... | dut1_node=${dut1} | dut1_vm_refs=${dut1_vm_refs}
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD with vhost abd IEEE 802.1Q 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. IEEE\
+| ... | 802.1Q tagging is applied on link between DUT1-if2 and TG-if2.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-domain and\
+| ... | MAC learning enabled. Qemu Guest is connected to VPP via vhost-user\
+| ... | interfaces. Guest is running DPDK testpmd interconnecting vhost-user\
+| ... | interfaces, forwarding mode is set to io, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested\
+| ... | with 2p25GE NIC XXV710 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 IP protocol=61\
+| ... | and static payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG\
+| ... | node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${subid}= | 10
+| ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-1
+| ${overhead}= | ${4}
+# Socket names
+| ${bd_id1}= | 1
+| ${bd_id2}= | 2
+| ${sock1}= | /tmp/sock-1-${bd_id1}
+| ${sock2}= | /tmp/sock-1-${bd_id2}
+# XXV710-DA2 bandwidth limit ~49Gbps/2=24.5Gbps
+| ${s_24.5G}= | ${24500000000}
+# XXV710-DA2 Mpps limit 37.5Mpps/2=18.75Mpps
+| ${s_18.75Mpps}= | ${18750000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n-dot1qip4asym-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] Each DUT runs L2BD switching with VLAN and 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}
+| | ${dut1_vm_refs}= | Create Dictionary
+| | Set Test Variable | ${dut1_vm_refs}
+| | ...
+| | 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_24.5G} | ${framesize} | pps_limit=${s_18.75Mpps}
+| | ... | overhead=${overhead}
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains with Vhost-User and VLAN in circular topology
+| | ... | ${bd_id1} | ${bd_id2} | ${sock1} | ${sock2} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | ${vm1}= | And Configure guest VM with dpdk-testpmd connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | DUT1 | ${sock1} | ${sock2} | DUT1_VM1 | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | perf_qemu_qsz=${1024} | use_tuned_cfs=${False}
+| | Set To Dictionary | ${dut1_vm_refs} | DUT1_VM1 | ${vm1}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+| | ... | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}