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@@ -26,18 +26,11 @@ Two physical server topology types are used:
Current FD.io production testbeds are built with SUT servers based on
the following processor architectures:
-- Intel Xeon: Skylake Platinum 8180, Cascadelake 6252N, (Icelake 8358
- to be added).
+- Intel Xeon: Skylake Platinum 8180, Cascadelake 6252N, Icelake 8358.
- Intel Atom: Denverton C3858.
- Arm: TaiShan 2280, hip07-d05.
- AMD EPYC: Zen2 7532.
-CSIT-2106 report data for Intel Xeon Icelake testbeds comes from
-testbeds in Intel labs set up per CSIT specification and running CSIT
-code. Physical setup used is specified in 2n-icx and 3n-icx sections
-below. For details about tested VPP and CSIT versions
-see :ref:`vpp_performance_tests_release_notes`.
-
Server SUT performance depends on server and processor type, hence
results for testbeds based on different servers must be reported
separately, and compared if appropriate.
@@ -53,7 +46,7 @@ SUT and TG servers are equipped with a number of different NIC models.
VPP is performance tested on SUTs with the following NICs and drivers:
-#. 2p10GE: x520, x550, x553 Intel (codename Niantic)
+#. 2p10GE: x550, x553 Intel (codename Niantic)
- DPDK Poll Mode Driver (PMD).
#. 4p10GE: x710-DA4 Intel (codename Fortville, FVL)
- DPDK PMD.
@@ -167,15 +160,12 @@ TG NICs:
All Intel Xeon Cascadelake servers run with Intel Hyper-Threading enabled,
doubling the number of logical cores exposed to Linux.
-2-Node Xeon Icelake (2n-icx) EXPERIMENTAL
------------------------------------------
+2-Node Xeon Icelake (2n-icx)
+----------------------------
-One 2n-icx testbed located in Intel labs was used for CSIT testing. It
-is built with two SuperMicro SYS-740GP-TNRT servers. SUT is equipped
-with two Intel Xeon Gold 6338N processors (48 MB Cache, 2.20 GHz, 32
-cores). TG is equiped with two Intel Xeon Ice Lake Platinum 8360Y
-processors (54 MB Cache, 2.40 GHz, 36 cores). 2n-icx physical topology
-is shown below.
+One 2n-icx testbed is in operation in FD.io labs. It is built with two
+SuperMicro SYS-740GP-TNRT servers, each in turn equipped with two Intel Xeon
+Platinum 8358 processors (48 MB Cache, 2.60 GHz, 32 cores).
.. only:: latex
@@ -196,20 +186,19 @@ is shown below.
SUT and TG NICs:
-#. NIC-1: E810-2CQDA2 2p100GbE Intel.
+#. NIC-1: xxv710-DA2 2p25GE Intel.
+#. NIC-2: E810-2CQDA2 2p100GbE Intel (* to be added).
+#. NIC-3: E810-CQDA4 4p100GbE Intel (* to be added).
All Intel Xeon Icelake servers run with Intel Hyper-Threading enabled,
doubling the number of logical cores exposed to Linux.
-3-Node Xeon Icelake (3n-icx) EXPERIMENTAL
------------------------------------------
+3-Node Xeon Icelake (3n-icx)
+----------------------------
-One 3n-icx testbed located in Intel labs was used for CSIT testing. It
-is built with three SuperMicro SYS-740GP-TNRT servers. SUTs are
-equipped each with two Intel Xeon Platinum 8360Y processors (54 MB
-Cache, 2.40 GHz, 36 cores). TG is equiped with two Intel Xeon Ice Lake
-Platinum 8360Y processors (54 MB Cache, 2.40 GHz, 36 cores). 3n-icx
-physical topology is shown below.
+One 3n-icx testbed is in operation in FD.io labs. It is built with three
+SuperMicro SYS-740GP-TNRT servers, each in turn equipped with two Intel Xeon
+Platinum 8358 processors (48 MB Cache, 2.60 GHz, 32 cores).
.. only:: latex
@@ -230,7 +219,9 @@ physical topology is shown below.
SUT and TG NICs:
-#. NIC-1: E810-2CQDA2 2p100GbE Intel.
+#. NIC-1: xxv710-DA2 2p25GE Intel.
+#. NIC-2: E810-2CQDA2 2p100GbE Intel (* to be added).
+#. NIC-3: E810-CQDA4 4p100GbE Intel (* to be added).
All Intel Xeon Icelake servers run with Intel Hyper-Threading enabled,
doubling the number of logical cores exposed to Linux.