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@@ -19,15 +19,13 @@ different service density setups by varying two parameters:
- Number of service instances (e.g. 1,2,4..10).
- Number of NFs per service instance (e.g. 1,2,4..10).
-The initial implementation of NFV service density tests in
-|csit-release| is using two NF applications:
+Implementation of NFV service density tests in |csit-release| is using two NF
+applications:
- VNF: VPP of the same version as vswitch running in KVM VM, configured with /8
IPv4 prefix routing.
- CNF: VPP of the same version as vswitch running in Docker Container,
- configured with /8 IPv4 prefix routing. VPP got chosen as a fast IPv4 NF
- application that supports required memif interface (L3fwd does not). This is
- similar to all other Container tests in CSIT that use VPP.
+ configured with /8 IPv4 prefix routing.
Tests are designed such that in all tested cases VPP vswitch is the most
stressed application, as for each flow vswitch is processing each packet
@@ -103,9 +101,8 @@ physical core mapping ratios:
- (main:core) = (2:1) => 2mt1c - 2 Main Threads on 1 Core, 1 Thread
per NF, core shared between two NFs.
- - (data:core) = (2:1) => 1dt1c - 1 Data-plane Threads on 1 Core per
- NF.
-
+ - (data:core) = (2:1) => 2dt1c - 2 Data-plane Threads on 1 Core, 1
+ Thread per NF, core shared between two NFs.
Maximum tested service densities are limited by a number of physical
cores per NUMA. |csit-release| allocates cores within NUMA0. Support for