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+========
+
+Tested Virtual Topologies
+-------------------------
+
+CSIT NSH_SFC functional tests are executed on virtualized topologies created
+using Virtual Internet Routing Lab (VIRL) simulation platform contributed by
+Cisco. VIRL runs on physical baremetal servers hosted by LF FD.io project.
+Majority,of the tests are executed in the three node logical test topology -
+Traffic Generator (TG) node and two Systems Under Test (SUT) nodes connected in
+a loop. Some tests use two node logical test topology - TG node and SUT1 node.
+Both logical test topologies are shown in the figures below.
+
+::
+
+ +------------------------+ +------------------------+
+ | | | |
+ | +------------------+ | | +------------------+ |
+ | | <-----------------> | |
+ | | | | | | | |
+ | | DUT1 <-----------------> DUT2 | |
+ | +--^--^------------+ | | +------------^--^--+ |
+ | | | | | | | |
+ | | | SUT1 | | SUT2 | | |
+ +------------------------+ +------------------------+
+ | | | |
+ | | | |
+ | | +-----------+ | |
+ | +---------------> <---------------+ |
+ | | TG | |
+ +------------------> <------------------+
+ +-----------+
+
+ +------------------------+
+ | |
+ | +------------------+ |
+ +---------------> <--------------+
+ | | | | | |
+ | |------------> DUT1 <-----------+ |
+ | | | +------------------+ | | |
+ | | | | | |
+ | | | SUT1 | | |
+ | | +------------------------+ | |
+ | | | |
+ | | | |
+ | | +-----------+ | |
+ | +---------------> <---------------+ |
+ | | TG | |
+ +------------------> <------------------+
+ +-----------+
+
+SUT1 and SUT2 are two VMs (Ubuntu or Centos, depending on the test suite), TG
+is a Traffic Generator (TG, another Ubuntu VM). SUTs run VPP SW application in
+Linux user-mode as a Device Under Test (DUT) within the VM. TG runs Scapy SW
+application as a packet Traffic Generator. Logical connectivity between SUTs
+and to TG is provided using virtual NICs using VMs' virtio driver.
+
+Virtual testbeds are created on-demand whenever a verification job is started
+(e.g. triggered by the gerrit patch submission) and destroyed upon completion
+of all functional tests. Each node is a Virtual Machine and each connection
+that is drawn on the diagram is available for use in any test case. During the
+test execution, all nodes are reachable thru the Management network connected
+to every node via dedicated virtual NICs and virtual links (not shown above
+for clarity).
+
+For the test cases that require DUT (VPP) to communicate with VM over the
+vhost-user interfaces, a nested VM is created on SUT1 and/or SUT2 for the
+duration of these particular test cases only. DUT (VPP) test topology with VM
+is shown in the figure below including the applicable packet flow thru the VM
+(marked in the figure with ``***``).
+
+::
+
+ +------------------------+ +------------------------+
+ | +----------+ | | +----------+ |
+ | | VM | | | | VM | |
+ | | ****** | | | | ****** | |
+ | +--^----^--+ | | +--^----^--+ |
+ | *| |* | | *| |* |
+ | +------v----v------+ | | +------v----v------+ |
+ | | * * |**|***********|**| * * | |
+ | | ***** *******<----------------->******* ***** | |
+ | | * DUT1 | | | | DUT2 * | |
+ | +--^---------------+ | | +---------------^--+ |
+ | *| | | |* |
+ | *| SUT1 | | SUT2 |* |
+ +------------------------+ +------------------^-----+
+ *| |*
+ *| |*
+ *| +-----------+ |*
+ *| | | |*
+ *+------------------> TG <------------------+*
+ ******************* | |********************
+ +-----------+
+
+NSH_SFC Functional Tests Coverage
+---------------------------------
+
+Following NSH_SFC functional test areas are covered in the CSIT |release| with
+results listed in this report:
+
+- TODO
+
+
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