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@@ -6,31 +6,36 @@ Changes in CSIT |release|
#. VPP performance test environment changes
- - Further VM and vhost-user test environment optimizations - Qemu virtio
+ - Further optimizations of VM and vhost-user test environment - Qemu virtio
queue size increased from default value of 256 to 1024.
- - Addition of HW cryptodev devices in all three LF FD.io physical testbeds.
+ - Addition of HW cryptodev devices - Intel QAT 8950 50G - in all three
+ LF FD.io physical testbeds.
-#. Added tests
+#. VPP performance test framework changes
- - CGNAT
+ - Added VAT command history collection for every test case as part of teardown.
+
+#. Added VPP performance tests
+
+ - **CGNAT**
- Carrier Grade Network Address Translation tests with varying number
of users and ports per user: 1u-15p, 10u-15p, 100u-15p, 1000u-15p,
2000u-15p, 4000u-15p - with Intel x520 NIC.
- - vhost-user tests with one VM
+ - **vhost-user tests with one VM**
- L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x710 NIC, Intel x520 NIC,
Intel xl710 NIC.
- VXLAN and L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC.
- - vhost-user tests with two VM service chain
+ - **vhost-user tests with two VMs service chain**
- L2 cross-connect switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC, Intel xl710 NIC.
- L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC, Intel xl710 NIC.
- IPv4 routed-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC, Intel xl710 NIC.
- - IPSec encryption with
+ - **IPSec encryption with**
- AES-GCM, CBC-SHA1 ciphers, in combination with IPv4 routed-forwarding
with Intel xl710 NIC.
@@ -205,22 +210,21 @@ Here is the list of known issues in CSIT |release| for VPP performance tests:
| | for ip4scale200k, ip4scale2m scale IPv4 routed- | | Observed frequency: all test runs. |
| | forwarding tests. ip4scale20k tests are fine. | | |
+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 2 | VAT API timeouts during ip6scale2m scale IPv6 | | Needs fixing VPP VAT API timeouts for large volume of IPv6 |
-| | routed-forwarding tests when volume adding IPv6 | VPP-? | routes. |
+| 2 | VAT API timeouts during ip6scale2m scale IPv6 | VPP-712 | Needs fixing VPP VAT API timeouts for large volume of IPv6 |
+| | routed-forwarding tests when volume adding IPv6 | | routes. |
| | routes - 2M in this case. ip6scale2kk works. | | |
+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 3 | Vic1385 and Vic1227 low performance | CSIT-? | Low NDR performance. |
+| 3 | Vic1385 and Vic1227 low performance | VPP-664 | Low NDR performance. |
| | | | . |
+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 4 | Sporadic NDR discovery test failures on x520 | CSIT-? | Suspected issue with HW settings (BIOS, FW) in LF |
+| 4 | Sporadic NDR discovery test failures on x520 | CSIT-750 | Suspected issue with HW settings (BIOS, FW) in LF |
| | | | infrastructure. Issue can't be replicated outside LF. |
+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 5 | Testpmd - Non-repeatible zig-zagging NDR | CSIT-? | Suspected NIC firmware or driver issue affecting NDR |
-| | throughput in multi-thread/-core tests | | in multi-thread/-core operation. Need to update to latest |
-| | - 2t2c - for some tested NICs. | | firmware in NICs. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs. |
+| 5 | VPP in 2t2c setups - large variation | CSIT-568 | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR |
+| | of discovered NDR throughput values across | | throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs, x520 NICs are fine. |
+| | multiple test runs with xl710 and x710 NICs. | | . |
+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 6 | VPP - Non-repeatible zig-zagging NDR | CSIT-? | Suspected NIC firmware or driver issue affecting NDR |
-| | throughput in multi-thread/-core tests | | in multi-thread/-core operation. Need to update to latest |
-| | - 2t2c - for some tested NICs. | | firmware in NICs. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs. |
+| 6 | Lower than expected NDR and PDR throughput with | CSIT-569 | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR and |
+| | xl710 and x710 NICs, compared to x520 NICs. | | PDR throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs. |
+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+