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+VPP Startup Settings
+--------------------
+
+CSIT code manipulates a number of VPP settings in startup.conf for optimized
+performance. List of common settings applied to all tests and test
+dependent settings follows.
+
+See `VPP startup.conf`_
+for a complete set and description of listed settings.
+
+Common Settings
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+List of vpp startup.conf settings applied to all tests:
+
+#. heap-size <value> - set separately for ip4, ip6, stats, main
+ depending on scale tested.
+#. no-tx-checksum-offload - disables UDP / TCP TX checksum offload in DPDK.
+ Typically needed for use faster vector PMDs (together with
+ no-multi-seg).
+#. socket-mem <value>,<value> - memory per numa. (Not required anymore
+ due to VPP code changes, should be removed in CSIT-18.10.)
+
+Per Test Settings
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+List of vpp startup.conf settings applied dynamically per test:
+
+#. corelist-workers <list_of_cores> - list of logical cores to run VPP
+ worker data plane threads. Depends on HyperThreading and core per
+ test configuration.
+#. num-rx-queues <value> - depends on a number of VPP threads and NIC
+ interfaces.
+#. num-rx-desc/num-tx-desc - number of rx/tx descriptors for specific
+ NICs, incl. xl710, x710, xxv710.
+#. num-mbufs <value> - increases number of buffers allocated, needed
+ only in scenarios with large number of interfaces and worker threads.
+ Value is per CPU socket. Default is 16384.
+#. no-multi-seg - disables multi-segment buffers in DPDK, improves
+ packet throughput, but disables Jumbo MTU support. Disabled for all
+ tests apart from the ones that require Jumbo 9000B frame support.
+#. UIO driver - depends on topology file definition.
+#. QAT VFs - depends on NRThreads, each thread = 1QAT VFs.