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diff --git a/docs/report/introduction/environment/pre_test_server_calib.rst b/docs/report/introduction/environment/pre_test_server_calib.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 325c61b212..0000000000 --- a/docs/report/introduction/environment/pre_test_server_calib.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,26 +0,0 @@ -Pre-Test Server Calibration ---------------------------- - -Number of SUT server sub-system runtime parameters have been identified -as impacting data plane performance tests. Calibrating those parameters -is part of FD.io CSIT pre-test activities, and includes measuring and -reporting following: - -#. System level core jitter - measure duration of core interrupts by - Linux in clock cycles and how often interrupts happen. Using - `CPU core jitter tool <https://git.fd.io/pma_tools/tree/jitter>`_. - -#. Memory bandwidth - measure bandwidth with `Intel MLC tool - <https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intelr-memory-latency-checker>`_. - -#. Memory latency - measure memory latency with Intel MLC tool. - -#. Cache latency at all levels (L1, L2, and Last Level Cache) - measure - cache latency with Intel MLC tool. - -Measured values of listed parameters are especially important for -repeatable zero packet loss throughput measurements across multiple -system instances. Generally they come useful as a background data for -comparing data plane performance results across disparate servers. - -Following sections include measured calibration data for testbeds. |