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authorPeter Mikus <pmikus@cisco.com>2019-09-01 05:51:07 +0000
committerPeter Mikus <pmikus@cisco.com>2019-09-02 11:01:36 +0000
commit223223556490f07eb00eafa61f0331b99c8220d7 (patch)
tree7b8a90c30ecd2d440cc4d6de6369cbb579702e4f /tests
parentc1fc33a96cb00139dc2e8cc99cac8674556e7249 (diff)
Add: Testpmd VM test
Signed-off-by: Peter Mikus <pmikus@cisco.com> Change-Id: Id39667515e304f4d92f230f82d3f1dbc1e22ac32 (cherry picked from commit 8beb22fb0a13ccc69281bb4a68b62a733d1f20e2)
Diffstat (limited to 'tests')
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot6
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot150
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot6
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot147
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot6
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot151
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot6
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot148
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot8
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot144
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot5
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot140
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot5
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot140
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot5
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot136
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot5
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot137
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot6
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot141
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot6
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot143
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot5
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot140
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot5
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot136
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot5
-rw-r--r--tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot137
28 files changed, 2033 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
index fcff696d9a..0e4d79ea2e 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | DOT1Q | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | 1VM
| ... | VHOST_1024 | LBOND | LBOND_VPP | LBOND_MODE_LACP | LBOND_LB_L34
-| ... | LBOND_1L
+| ... | LBOND_1L | VM_TESTPMD
| ...
| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with VPP
| ... | link bonding (mode LACP, transmit policy l34) on link between DUT1 and
| ... | DUT2 and L2 bridge-domain with MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are \
-| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running testpmd \
| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
| | ... | ${tag_rewrite} | ${bond_mode} | ${lb_mode}
| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
-| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=testpmd_io
| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
*** Test Cases ***
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60bc7b6021
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/shared/default.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | DOT1Q | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | 1VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | LBOND | LBOND_VPP | LBOND_MODE_LACP | LBOND_LB_L34
+| ... | LBOND_1L | NF_VPPL2XC
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with vhost and vpp
+| ... | link bonding*
+| ...
+| ... | *[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 VPP
+| ... | link bonding (mode LACP, transmit policy l34) on link between DUT1 and
+| ... | DUT2 and L2 bridge-domain with MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
+| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 flows per
+| ... | flow-group) with all packets containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header
+| ... | with IP protocol=61 and static payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC
+| ... | addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | lacp_plugin.so
+| ${osi_layer}= | L2
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${4}
+| ${subid}= | 10
+| ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-1
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_chains}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_nodes}= | ${1}
+# Link bonding config
+| ${bond_mode}= | lacp
+| ${lb_mode}= | l34
+| ${bd_id1}= | 1
+| ${bd_id2}= | 2
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And Add VLAN Strip Offload switch off between DUTs in 3-node single link topology
+| | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains with Vhost-User and VLAN with VPP link bonding in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ... | ${bd_id1} | ${bd_id2} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite} | ${bond_mode} | ${lb_mode}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
index 04e3ae714c..c7c5af2269 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | DOT1Q | L2XCFWD | BASE | VHOST | 1VM
| ... | VHOST_1024 | LBOND | LBOND_VPP | LBOND_MODE_LACP | LBOND_LB_L34
-| ... | LBOND_1L
+| ... | LBOND_1L | NF_TESTPMD
| ...
| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with VPP
| ... | link bonding (mode LACP, transmit policy l34) on link between DUT1 and
| ... | DUT2 and L2 cross- connect. Qemu VNFs are \
-| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running testpmd \
| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
| | ... | ${subid} | ${tag_rewrite} | ${bond_mode} | ${lb_mode}
| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
-| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=testpmd_io
| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
*** Test Cases ***
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2e5300ac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/shared/default.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | DOT1Q | L2XCFWD | BASE | VHOST | 1VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | LBOND | LBOND_VPP | LBOND_MODE_LACP | LBOND_LB_L34
+| ... | LBOND_1L | NF_VPPL2XC
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2XC test cases with vhost and vpp
+| ... | link bonding*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 cross connect. 802.1q
+| ... | tagging is applied on link between DUT1 and DUT2.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with VPP
+| ... | link bonding (mode LACP, transmit policy l34) on link between DUT1 and
+| ... | DUT2 and L2 cross- connect. Qemu VNFs are \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
+| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 flows per
+| ... | flow-group) with all packets containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header
+| ... | with IP protocol=61 and static payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC
+| ... | addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | lacp_plugin.so
+| ${osi_layer}= | L2
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${4}
+| ${subid}= | 10
+| ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-1
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_chains}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_nodes}= | ${1}
+# Link bonding config
+| ${bond_mode}= | lacp
+| ${lb_mode}= | l34
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And Add VLAN Strip Offload switch off between DUTs in 3-node single link topology
+| | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 xconnect with Vhost-User and VLAN with VPP link bonding in 3-node circular topology
+| | ... | ${subid} | ${tag_rewrite} | ${bond_mode} | ${lb_mode}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-1lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
index 5091232d58..6c20699ead 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
| Force Tags | 3_NODE_DOUBLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | DOT1Q | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | 1VM
| ... | VHOST_1024 | LBOND | LBOND_VPP | LBOND_MODE_LACP | LBOND_LB_L34
-| ... | LBOND_2L
+| ... | LBOND_2L | VM_TESTPMD
| ...
| Suite Setup | Setup suite double link | performance
| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with VPP
| ... | link bonding (mode LACP, transmit policy l34) on link between DUT1 and
| ... | DUT2 and L2 bridge-domain with MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are \
-| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running testpmd \
| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
| | ... | ${tag_rewrite} | ${bond_mode} | ${lb_mode}
| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
-| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=testpmd_io
| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
*** Test Cases ***
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..035383cb39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/shared/default.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_DOUBLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | DOT1Q | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | 1VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | LBOND | LBOND_VPP | LBOND_MODE_LACP | LBOND_LB_L34
+| ... | LBOND_2L | NF_VPPL2XC
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite double link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with vhost and vpp
+| ... | link bonding*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1=DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between TG and DUT nodes and double link between DUT
+| ... | 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 VPP
+| ... | link bonding (mode LACP, transmit policy l34) on link between DUT1 and
+| ... | DUT2 and L2 bridge-domain with MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
+| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 flows per
+| ... | flow-group) with all packets containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header
+| ... | with IP protocol=61 and static payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC
+| ... | addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | lacp_plugin.so
+| ${osi_layer}= | L2
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${4}
+| ${subid}= | 10
+| ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-1
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_chains}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_nodes}= | ${1}
+# Link bonding config
+| ${bond_mode}= | lacp
+| ${lb_mode}= | l34
+| ${bd_id1}= | 1
+| ${bd_id2}= | 2
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And Add VLAN Strip Offload switch off between DUTs in 3-node double link topology
+| | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains with Vhost-User and VLAN with VPP link bonding in a 3-node circular topology
+| | ... | ${bd_id1} | ${bd_id2} | ${subid}
+| | ... | ${tag_rewrite} | ${bond_mode} | ${lb_mode}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
index 19bf1412bc..6596a53aa7 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
| Force Tags | 3_NODE_DOUBLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | DOT1Q | L2XCFWD | BASE | VHOST | 1VM
| ... | VHOST_1024 | LBOND | LBOND_VPP | LBOND_MODE_LACP | LBOND_LB_L34
-| ... | LBOND_2L
+| ... | LBOND_2L | NF_TESTPMD
| ...
| Suite Setup | Setup suite double link | performance
| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with VPP
| ... | link bonding (mode LACP, transmit policy l34) on link between DUT1 and
| ... | DUT2 and L2 cross- connect. Qemu VNFs are \
-| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running testpmd \
| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
| | ... | ${subid} | ${tag_rewrite} | ${bond_mode} | ${lb_mode}
| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
-| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=testpmd_io
| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
*** Test Cases ***
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4655ee122d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/shared/default.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_DOUBLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | DOT1Q | L2XCFWD | BASE | VHOST | 1VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | LBOND | LBOND_VPP | LBOND_MODE_LACP | LBOND_LB_L34
+| ... | LBOND_2L | NF_VPPL2XC
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite double link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2XC test cases with vhost and vpp
+| ... | link bonding*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1=DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between TG and DUT nodes and double link between DUT
+| ... | nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 cross connect. 802.1q
+| ... | tagging is applied on link between DUT1 and DUT2.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with VPP
+| ... | link bonding (mode LACP, transmit policy l34) on link between DUT1 and
+| ... | DUT2 and L2 cross- connect. Qemu VNFs are \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
+| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 flows per
+| ... | flow-group) with all packets containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header
+| ... | with IP protocol=61 and static payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC
+| ... | addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so | lacp_plugin.so
+| ${osi_layer}= | L2
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${4}
+| ${subid}= | 10
+| ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-1
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_chains}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_nodes}= | ${1}
+# Link bonding config
+| ${bond_mode}= | lacp
+| ${lb_mode}= | l34
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And Add VLAN Strip Offload switch off between DUTs in 3-node double link topology
+| | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 xconnect with Vhost-User and VLAN with VPP link bonding in 3-node circular topology
+| | ... | ${subid} | ${tag_rewrite} | ${bond_mode} | ${lb_mode}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-2lbvpplacp-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
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 24de37e052..1d4e8355e9 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
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
| ...
| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | DOT1Q | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | 1VM
-| ... | VHOST_1024
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_TESTPMD
| ...
| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
| ...
| Test Template | Local Template
| ...
-| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD with vhost abd IEEE 802.1Q test
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD with vhost and IEEE 802.1Q test
| ... | cases*
| ...
| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology\
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
| ... | 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 VNFs are \
-| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running testpmd \
| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
| | ... | ${bd_id1} | ${bd_id2} | ${subid} | ${tag_rewrite}
| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
-| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=testpmd_io
| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
*** Test Cases ***
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c2848e283
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/shared/default.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | DOT1Q | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | 1VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_VPPL2XC
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD with vhost abd IEEE 802.1Q test
+| ... | cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 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 VNFs are \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
+| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are\
+| ... | generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3\
+| ... | flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 flows per flow-group) with\
+| ... | all packets containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header with IP protocol=61\
+| ... | and static payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG\
+| ... | node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
+| ${osi_layer}= | L2
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${4}
+| ${subid}= | 10
+| ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-1
+| ${bd_id1}= | 1
+| ${bd_id2}= | 2
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_chains}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_nodes}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-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:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | 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} | ${subid} | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
index 8f0457f482..7201e4ed66 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
| ...
| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | DOT1Q | L2XCFWD | BASE | VHOST | 1VM | VHOST_1024
+| ... | NF_TESTPMD
| ...
| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
| ... | tagging is applied on link between DUT1 and DUT2.
| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 cross-
| ... | connect. Qemu VNFs are \
-| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running testpmd \
| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@
| | ... | ${subid} | ${tag_rewrite}
| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
-| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=testpmd_io
| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
*** Test Cases ***
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c82e67e679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/shared/default.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | DOT1Q | L2XCFWD | BASE | VHOST | 1VM | VHOST_1024
+| ... | NF_VPPL2XC
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2XC test cases with vhost*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 cross connect. 802.1q
+| ... | tagging is applied on link between DUT1 and DUT2.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 cross-
+| ... | connect. Qemu VNFs are \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
+| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 flows per
+| ... | flow-group) with all packets containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header
+| ... | with IP protocol=61 and static payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC
+| ... | addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
+| ${osi_layer}= | L2
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${4}
+| ${subid}= | 10
+| ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-1
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_chains}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_nodes}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 xconnect with Vhost-User and VLAN in 3-node circular topology
+| | ... | ${subid} | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
index ba4c2d5a34..e62b9ce183 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
| ...
| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | 1VM | VHOST_1024
+| ... | NF_TESTPMD
| ...
| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 bridge-
| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are \
-| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running testpmd \
| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@
| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes}
| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
-| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=testpmd_io
| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
*** Test Cases ***
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11d28ae876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/shared/default.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | 1VM | VHOST_1024
+| ... | NF_VPPL2XC
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with vhost*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 bridge-
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
+| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 253 flows per flow-group) with all packets
+| ... | containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header with IP protocol=61 and static
+| ... | payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
+| ${osi_layer}= | L2
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_chains}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_nodes}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer interface
+| | ... | count=${nf_chains}
+| | And Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
index 62c07553c6..29a294cbc0 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
| ...
| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2XCFWD | BASE | VHOST | 1VM | VHOST_1024
+| ... | NF_TESTPMD
| ...
| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 cross-
| ... | connect. Qemu VNFs are \
-| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running testpmd \
| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@
| | When Initialize L2 xconnect with Vhost-User | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes}
| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
-| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=testpmd_io
| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
*** Test Cases ***
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cba785e676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/shared/default.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2XCFWD | BASE | VHOST | 1VM | VHOST_1024
+| ... | NF_VPPL2XC
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2XC test cases with vhost*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with L2 cross-
+| ... | connect. Qemu VNFs are \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
+| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 flows per
+| ... | flow-group) with all packets containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header
+| ... | with IP protocol=61 and static payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC
+| ... | addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
+| ${osi_layer}= | L2
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_chains}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_nodes}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 xconnect with Vhost-User | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
index ff9ed218ec..659e93389b 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
| ...
| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | IP4FWD | BASE | VHOST | 1VM | VHOST_1024
+| ... | NF_TESTPMD
| ...
| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for IPv4 routing.
| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with IPv4
| ... | routing and two static IPv4 /24 route entries. Qemu VNFs are \
-| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP ip4 \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running testpmd \
| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@
| | ... | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes}
| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
-| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4_noarp
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=testpmd_mac
| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
*** Test Cases ***
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a766f162a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/shared/default.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | IP4FWD | BASE | VHOST | 1VM | VHOST_1024
+| ... | NF_VPPIP4
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput IPv4 test cases with vhost*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for IPv4 routing.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 are configured with IPv4
+| ... | routing and two static IPv4 /24 route entries. Qemu VNFs are \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP ip4 \
+| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
+| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 253 flows per
+| ... | flow-group) with all packets containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header
+| ... | with IP protocol=61 and static payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC
+| ... | addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_chains}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_nodes}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4src253
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize IPv4 forwarding with vhost in 3-node circular topology
+| | ... | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4_noarp
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
index f64151c944..582e42924f 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
| ...
| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | L2BDMACLRN | ENCAP | VXLAN | L2OVRLAY | IP4UNRLAY
-| ... | VHOST | 1VM | VHOST_1024
+| ... | VHOST | 1VM | VHOST_1024 | NF_TESTPMD
| ...
| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
| ... | Eth-IPv4-VXLAN-Eth-IPv4 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 VNFs are \
-| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running testpmd \
| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
| | ... | ${bd_id1} | ${bd_id2}
| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_chains} | jumbo=${jumbo}
-| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=testpmd_io
| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
*** Test Cases ***
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30405af392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/10ge2p1x710-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/shared/default.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | L2BDMACLRN | ENCAP | VXLAN | L2OVRLAY | IP4UNRLAY
+| ... | VHOST | 1VM | VHOST_1024 | NF_VPPL2XC
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with VXLANoIPv4
+| ... | and vhost*
+| ...
+| ... | *[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.
+| ... | Eth-IPv4-VXLAN-Eth-IPv4 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 VNFs are \
+| ... | connected to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1/DUT2 is \
+| ... | tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 flows per
+| ... | flow-group) with all packets containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header
+| ... | with IP protocol=61 and static payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC
+| ... | addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC7348.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
+| ${osi_layer}= | L2
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${50}
+| ${bd_id1}= | 1
+| ${bd_id2}= | 2
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_chains}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_nodes}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains with Vhost-User and VXLANoIPv4 in 3-node circular topology
+| | ... | ${bd_id1} | ${bd_id2}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_chains} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=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
index c6ced19aad..f905bb7b87 100644
--- 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
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
| ...
| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | DOT1Q | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | 1VM
-| ... | VHOST_1024
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_TESTPMD
| ...
| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
| ... | 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 VNFs are connected to VPP via\
-| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running testpmd interconnecting \
| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
| | ... | ${bd_id1} | ${bd_id2} | ${subid} | ${tag_rewrite}
| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
-| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=testpmd_io
| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
*** Test Cases ***
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6ef506f06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/shared/default.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | DOT1Q | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | 1VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_VPPL2XC
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput 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 VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 flows per flow-group) with all packets\
+| ... | containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header with IP protocol=61 and static\
+| ... | payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
+| ${osi_layer}= | L2
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${4}
+| ${subid}= | 10
+| ${tag_rewrite}= | pop-1
+| ${bd_id1}= | 1
+| ${bd_id2}= | 2
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_chains}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_nodes}= | ${1}
+# 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:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | 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} | ${subid} | ${tag_rewrite}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
index d157c56af2..1af87c7c96 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
| ...
| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | 1VM | VHOST_1024
+| ... | NF_TESTPMD
| ...
| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-
| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected \
-| ... | to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running testpmd \
| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested \
| ... | with ${nic_name}.
| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@
| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes}
| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
-| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=testpmd_io
| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
*** Test Cases ***
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61cec557d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/shared/default.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | 1VM | VHOST_1024
+| ... | NF_VPPL2XC
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with vhost*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected \
+| ... | to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested \
+| ... | with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 flows per flow-group) with all packets
+| ... | containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header with IP protocol=61 and static
+| ... | payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
+| ${osi_layer}= | L2
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_chains}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_nodes}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n-ethip4-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize layer interface
+| | ... | count=${nf_chains}
+| | And Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
index 267ef8b392..0e3ddfda02 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
| ...
| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2XCFWD | BASE | VHOST | 1VM | VHOST_1024
+| ... | NF_TESTPMD
| ...
| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 cross-
| ... | connect. Qemu VNFs are connected \
-| ... | to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running testpmd \
| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested \
| ... | with ${nic_name}.
| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@
| | When Initialize L2 xconnect with Vhost-User | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes}
| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
-| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=testpmd_io
| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
*** Test Cases ***
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29f706033b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/shared/default.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2XCFWD | BASE | VHOST | 1VM | VHOST_1024
+| ... | NF_VPPL2XC
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2XC test cases with vhost*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 cross-
+| ... | connect. Qemu VNFs are connected \
+| ... | to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP l2xc \
+| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested \
+| ... | with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 flows per
+| ... | flow-group) with all packets containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header
+| ... | with IP protocol=61 and static payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC
+| ... | addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
+| ${osi_layer}= | L2
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_chains}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_nodes}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n-ethip4-ip4src254
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2XC switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 xconnect with Vhost-User | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_l2xc
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppl2xc-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
index 5390f85d11..2f4782d601 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
| ...
| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | IP4FWD | BASE | VHOST | 1VM | VHOST_1024
+| ... | NF_TESTPMD
| ...
| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@
| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for IPv4 routing.
| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with IPv4
| ... | routing and two static IPv4 /24 route entries. Qemu VNFs are connected \
-| ... | to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP ip4 \
+| ... | to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running testpmd \
| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested \
| ... | with ${nic_name}.
| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@
| | ... | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes}
| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
-| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4_noarp
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=testpmd_mac
| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
*** Test Cases ***
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..167be482ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/vm_vhost/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/shared/default.robot
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | IP4FWD | BASE | VHOST | 1VM | VHOST_1024
+| ... | NF_VPPIP4
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Setup suite single link | performance
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down suite | performance
+| Test Setup | Setup test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down test | performance | vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput IPv4 test cases with vhost*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for IPv4 routing.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with IPv4
+| ... | routing and two static IPv4 /24 route entries. Qemu VNFs are connected \
+| ... | to VPP via vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP ip4 \
+| ... | interconnecting vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested \
+| ... | with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 253 flows per
+| ... | flow-group) with all packets containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header
+| ... | with IP protocol=61 and static payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC
+| ... | addresses of the TG node interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| @{plugins_to_enable}= | dpdk_plugin.so
+| ${osi_layer}= | L3
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_chains}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_nodes}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n-ethip4-ip4src253
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs IPv4 routing config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | And Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize IPv4 forwarding with vhost in 2-node circular topology
+| | ... | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${nf_chains} | nf_nodes=${nf_nodes} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${True} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4_noarp
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhostvr1024-1vm-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}