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diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/overview.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/overview.rst index 89f5958075..669c5d10b1 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/overview.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/overview.rst @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ Overview ======== +.. _tested_physical_topologies: + Tested Physical Topologies -------------------------- @@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ performance labs to address larger scale multi-interface and multi-NIC performance testing scenarios. For test cases that require DUT (VPP) to communicate with -VirtualMachines(VMs)/LinuxContainers(LXCs) over vhost-user/memif +VirtualMachines (VMs) / LinuxContainers (LXCs) over vhost-user/memif interfaces, N of VM/LXC instances are created on SUT1 and SUT2. For N=1 DUT forwards packets between vhost/memif and physical interfaces. For N>1 DUT a logical service chain forwarding topology is created on DUT by @@ -305,18 +307,48 @@ environment settings: threads less susceptible to other Linux OS system tasks hijacking CPU cores running those data plane threads. -Methodology: LXC Container memif --------------------------------- - -CSIT |release| introduced new tests - VPP Memif virtual interface (shared memory -interface) tests interconnecting VPP instances over memif. VPP vswitch instance -runs in bare-metal user-mode handling Intel x520 NIC 10GbE interfaces and -connecting over memif (Master side) virtual interfaces to another instance of -VPP running in bare-metal :abbr:`LXC (Linux Container)` with memif virtual -interfaces (Slave side). LXC runs in a priviliged mode with VPP data plane worker -threads pinned to dedicated physical CPU cores per usual CSIT practice. Both VPP -run the same version of software. This test topology is equivalent to existing -tests with vhost-user and VMs. +Methodology: LXC and Docker Containers memif +-------------------------------------------- + +CSIT |release| introduced additional tests taking advantage of VPP memif +virtual interface (shared memory interface) tests to interconnect VPP +instances. VPP vswitch instance runs in bare-metal user-mode handling +Intel x520 NIC 10GbE interfaces and connecting over memif (Master side) +virtual interfaces to more instances of VPP running in :abbr:`LXC (Linux +Container)` or in Docker Containers, both with memif virtual interfaces +(Slave side). LXCs and Docker Containers run in a priviliged mode with +VPP data plane worker threads pinned to dedicated physical CPU cores per +usual CSIT practice. All VPP instances run the same version of software. +This test topology is equivalent to existing tests with vhost-user and +VMs as described earlier in :ref:`tested_physical_topologies`. + +More information about CSIT LXC and Docker Container setup and control +is available in :ref:`containter_orchestration_in_csit`. + +Methodology: Container Topologies Orchestrated by K8s +----------------------------------------------------- + +CSIT |release| introduced new tests of Container topologies connected +over the memif virtual interface (shared memory interface). In order to +provide simple topology coding flexibility and extensibility container +orchestration is done with `Kubernetes <https://github.com/kubernetes>`_ +using `Docker <https://github.com/docker>`_ images for all container +applications including VPP. `Ligato <https://github.com/ligato>`_ is +used to address the container networking orchestration that is +integrated with K8s, including memif support. + +For these tests VPP vswitch instance runs in a Docker Container handling +Intel x520 NIC 10GbE interfaces and connecting over memif (Master side) +virtual interfaces to more instances of VPP running in Docker Containers +with memif virtual interfaces (Slave side). All Docker Containers run in +a priviliged mode with VPP data plane worker threads pinned to dedicated +physical CPU cores per usual CSIT practice. All VPP instances run the +same version of software. This test topology is equivalent to existing +tests with vhost-user and VMs as described earlier in +:ref:`tested_physical_topologies`. + +More information about CSIT Container Topologies Orchestrated by K8s is +available in :ref:`containter_orchestration_in_csit`. Methodology: IPSec with Intel QAT HW cards ------------------------------------------ |