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authorPeter Mikus <pmikus@cisco.com>2018-07-17 10:14:44 +0000
committerPeter Mikus <pmikus@cisco.com>2018-07-18 10:22:50 +0000
commitac6cc22910ea0d3bda42c227d799f2d4e89bc9d0 (patch)
tree691ebd2765b299d0232db982e0a73783714b0651 /tests
parent1524a6e34d850528f990bb66ea243cc3f7d8c863 (diff)
CSIT-1201 Create L2patch perf tests
- XL710, XXV710, X710 - 2n, 3n - all pkt.size groups - ndrpdr, mrr Change-Id: Ibb36d734cd70a0a4d07e3d177fa2477bf9bfaacd Signed-off-by: Peter Mikus <pmikus@cisco.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tests')
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/l2/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot126
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/l2/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot132
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/l2/25ge2p1xxv710-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot128
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/l2/25ge2p1xxv710-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot134
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot124
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot130
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-25ge2p1xxv710-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot128
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-25ge2p1xxv710-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot134
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/l2/40ge2p1xl710-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot128
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/l2/40ge2p1xl710-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot134
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diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/l2/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2patch-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 | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | MRR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2PATCH | BASE
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 3-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X710
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 3-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-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 patch.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 patch\
+| ... | DUT1 and DUT2 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# X710-DA2 bandwidth limit
+| ${s_limit}= | ${10000000000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile} | trex-sl-3n-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 Add DPDK dev default RXD to all DUTs | 2048
+| | And Add DPDK dev default TXD to all DUTs | 2048
+| | 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=${1}
+
+| tc02-1518B-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc03-9000B-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc04-IMIX-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-64B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc07-9000B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc08-IMIX-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-64B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-1518B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc11-9000B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/l2/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot
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index 0000000000..806a5ed646
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@@ -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 | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2PATCH | BASE
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 3-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X710
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 3-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 | *Raw results L2patch test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 patch.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 patch\
+| ... | DUT1 and DUT2 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 static payload.\
+| ... | MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# X710-DA2 bandwidth limit
+| ${s_limit}= | ${10000000000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile} | trex-sl-3n-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} | ${20000}
+| | ...
+| | 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 Add DPDK dev default RXD to all DUTs | 2048
+| | And Add DPDK dev default TXD to all DUTs | 2048
+| | 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} | ${max_rate}
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-1518B-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc03-9000B-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc04-IMIX-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-64B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc07-9000B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc08-IMIX-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-64B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-1518B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc11-9000B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/l2/25ge2p1xxv710-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/25ge2p1xxv710-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b56d92f4dc
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@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+# 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 | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | MRR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-XXV710 | ETH | L2PATCH | BASE
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 3-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-XXV710
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 3-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-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 patch.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 patch\
+| ... | DUT1 and DUT2 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# XXV710-DA2 bandwidth limit ~50Gbps/2=25Gbps
+| ${s_25G} | ${25000000000}
+# XXV710-DA2 Mpps limit 37.5Mpps/2=18.75Mpps
+| ${s_18.75Mpps} | ${18750000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile} | trex-sl-3n-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_25G} | ${framesize} | pps_limit=${s_18.75Mpps}
+| | And Add DPDK dev default RXD to all DUTs | 2048
+| | And Add DPDK dev default TXD to all DUTs | 2048
+| | 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=${1}
+
+| tc02-1518B-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc03-9000B-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc04-IMIX-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-64B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc07-9000B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc08-IMIX-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-64B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-1518B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc11-9000B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/l2/25ge2p1xxv710-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/25ge2p1xxv710-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7cf11eb401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/25ge2p1xxv710-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+# 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 | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-XXV710 | ETH | L2PATCH | BASE
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 3-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-XXV710
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 3-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 | *Raw results L2patch test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 patch.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 patch\
+| ... | DUT1 and DUT2 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 static payload.\
+| ... | MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# XXV710-DA2 bandwidth limit ~50Gbps/2=25Gbps
+| ${s_25G} | ${25000000000}
+# XXV710-DA2 Mpps limit 37.5Mpps/2=18.75Mpps
+| ${s_18.75Mpps} | ${18750000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile} | trex-sl-3n-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} | ${20000}
+| | ...
+| | 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_25G} | ${framesize} | pps_limit=${s_18.75Mpps}
+| | And Add DPDK dev default RXD to all DUTs | 2048
+| | And Add DPDK dev default TXD to all DUTs | 2048
+| | 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=${1}
+
+| tc02-1518B-1c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc03-9000B-1c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc04-IMIX-1c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-64B-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc07-9000B-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc08-IMIX-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-64B-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-1518B-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc11-9000B-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de762da299
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+# 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-X710 | ETH | L2PATCH | BASE
+| ...
+| 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
+| ...
+| 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 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# X710-DA2 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=${1}
+
+| tc02-1518B-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc03-9000B-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc04-IMIX-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-64B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc07-9000B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc08-IMIX-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-64B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-1518B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc11-9000B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..377ad7ee56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2patch-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-X710 | ETH | L2PATCH | BASE
+| ...
+| 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 discovery test | ${min_rate}pps
+| ... | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile}
+| ...
+| 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 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 static payload.\
+| ... | MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# X710-DA2 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} | ${20000}
+| | ...
+| | 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=${1}
+
+| tc02-1518B-1c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc03-9000B-1c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc04-IMIX-1c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-64B-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc07-9000B-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc08-IMIX-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-64B-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-1518B-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc11-9000B-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-25ge2p1xxv710-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-25ge2p1xxv710-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e32289afe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-25ge2p1xxv710-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+# 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-XXV710 | ETH | L2PATCH | BASE
+| ...
+| 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
+| ...
+| 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 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# XXV710-DA2 bandwidth limit ~50Gbps/2=25Gbps
+| ${s_25G} | ${25000000000}
+# XXV710-DA2 Mpps limit 37.5Mpps/2=18.75Mpps
+| ${s_18.75Mpps} | ${18750000}
+# 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_25G} | ${framesize} | pps_limit=${s_18.75Mpps}
+| | And Add DPDK dev default RXD to all DUTs | 2048
+| | And Add DPDK dev default TXD to all DUTs | 2048
+| | 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=${1}
+
+| tc02-1518B-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc03-9000B-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc04-IMIX-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-64B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc07-9000B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc08-IMIX-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-64B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-1518B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc11-9000B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-25ge2p1xxv710-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-25ge2p1xxv710-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a52f59ec80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/2n1l-25ge2p1xxv710-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+# 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-XXV710 | ETH | L2PATCH | BASE
+| ...
+| 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 discovery test | ${min_rate}pps
+| ... | ${framesize} | ${traffic_profile}
+| ...
+| 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 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 static payload.\
+| ... | MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# XXV710-DA2 bandwidth limit ~50Gbps/2=25Gbps
+| ${s_25G} | ${25000000000}
+# XXV710-DA2 Mpps limit 37.5Mpps/2=18.75Mpps
+| ${s_18.75Mpps} | ${18750000}
+# 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} | ${20000}
+| | ...
+| | 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_25G} | ${framesize} | pps_limit=${s_18.75Mpps}
+| | And Add DPDK dev default RXD to all DUTs | 2048
+| | And Add DPDK dev default TXD to all DUTs | 2048
+| | 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=${1}
+
+| tc02-1518B-1c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc03-9000B-1c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc04-IMIX-1c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-64B-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc07-9000B-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc08-IMIX-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-64B-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-1518B-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc11-9000B-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/l2/40ge2p1xl710-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/40ge2p1xl710-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90b73bd2e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/40ge2p1xl710-eth-l2patch-mrr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+# 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 | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | MRR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-XL710 | ETH | L2PATCH | BASE
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 3-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-XL710
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 3-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-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 patch.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 patch\
+| ... | DUT1 and DUT2 tested with 2p40GE NIC XL710 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 ***
+# XL710-DA2 bandwidth limit ~49Gbps/2=24.5Gbps
+| ${s_24.5G} | ${24500000000}
+# XL710-DA2 Mpps limit 37.5Mpps/2=18.75Mpps
+| ${s_18.75Mpps} | ${18750000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile} | trex-sl-3n-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_24.5G} | ${framesize} | pps_limit=${s_18.75Mpps}
+| | And Add DPDK dev default RXD to all DUTs | 2048
+| | And Add DPDK dev default TXD to all DUTs | 2048
+| | 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=${1}
+
+| tc02-1518B-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc03-9000B-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc04-IMIX-1c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-64B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc07-9000B-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc08-IMIX-2c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-64B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-1518B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc11-9000B-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2patch-mrr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/l2/40ge2p1xl710-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/40ge2p1xl710-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a264878406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/l2/40ge2p1xl710-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+# 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 | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-XL710 | ETH | L2PATCH | BASE
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 3-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-XL710
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 3-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 | *Raw results L2patch test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 patch.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 patch\
+| ... | DUT1 and DUT2 tested with 2p40GE NIC XL710 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 ***
+# XL710-DA2 bandwidth limit ~49Gbps/2=24.5Gbps
+| ${s_24.5G} | ${24500000000}
+# XL710-DA2 Mpps limit 37.5Mpps/2=18.75Mpps
+| ${s_18.75Mpps} | ${18750000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile} | trex-sl-3n-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} | ${20000}
+| | ...
+| | 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}
+| | And Add DPDK dev default RXD to all DUTs | 2048
+| | And Add DPDK dev default TXD to all DUTs | 2048
+| | 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=${1}
+
+| tc02-1518B-1c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc03-9000B-1c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc04-IMIX-1c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-64B-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc07-9000B-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc08-IMIX-2c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-64B-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | framesize=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-1518B-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | framesize=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc11-9000B-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | framesize=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2patch-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | framesize=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}