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.. _nat44_methodology:
Network Address Translation IPv4 to IPv4
-----------------------------------------
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
NAT44 Prefix Bindings
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NAT44 prefix bindings should be representative to target applications,
where a number of private IPv4 addresses from the range defined by
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Private address ranges to be used in tests:
- Used in tests for up to 1 048 576 inside addresses (inside hosts).
NAT44 Session Scale
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+```````````````````
NAT44 session scale tested is govern by the following logic:
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ NAT44 session scale tested is govern by the following logic:
+---+---------+------------+
NAT44 Deterministic
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+```````````````````
NAT44det performance tests are using TRex STL (Stateless) API and traffic
profiles, similar to all other stateless packet forwarding tests like
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ NAT44det scenario tested:
TODO: Make traffic profile names resemble suite names more closely.
NAT44 Endpoint-Dependent
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+````````````````````````
In order to excercise NAT44ed ability to translate based on both
source and destination address and port, the inside-to-outside traffic
@@ -200,13 +200,13 @@ NAT44det case tested:
- [mrr|ndrpdr|soak], bidirectional stateful tests MRR, NDRPDR, or SOAK.
Stateful traffic profiles
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There are several important details which distinguish ASTF profiles
from stateless profiles.
General considerations
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+``````````````````````
Protocols
_________
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ does not match the transactions as defined by ASTF programs.
See TCP TPUT profile below.
UDP CPS
-~~~~~~~
+```````
This profile uses a minimalistic transaction to verify NAT44ed session has been
created and it allows outside-to-inside traffic.
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ Transaction counts as attempted when opackets counter increases on client side.
Transaction counts as successful when ipackets counter increases on client side.
TCP CPS
-~~~~~~~
+```````
This profile uses a minimalistic transaction to verify NAT44ed session has been
created and it allows outside-to-inside traffic.
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ Transaction counts as successful when tcps_connects counter increases
on client side.
UDP TPUT
-~~~~~~~~
+````````
This profile uses a small transaction of "request-response" type,
with several packets simulating data payload.
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ in the reading phase. This probably decreases TRex performance,
but it leads to more stable results then alternatives.
TCP TPUT
-~~~~~~~~
+````````
This profile uses a small transaction of "request-response" type,
with some data amount to be transferred both ways.
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ Although it is possibly more taxing for TRex CPU,
the results are comparable to the old traffic profile.
Ip4base tests
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Contrary to stateless traffic profiles, we do not have a simple limit
that would guarantee TRex is able to send traffic at specified load.