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+========
+
+VPP Performance Test Topologies
+-------------------------------
+
+CSIT VPP performance tests are executed on physical baremetal servers hosted by LF
+FD.io project. Testbed physical topology is shown in the figure below.::
+
+ +------------------------+ +------------------------+
+ | | | |
+ | +------------------+ | | +------------------+ |
+ | | | | | | | |
+ | | <-----------------> | |
+ | | DUT1 | | | | DUT2 | |
+ | +--^---------------+ | | +---------------^--+ |
+ | | | | | |
+ | | SUT1 | | SUT2 | |
+ +------------------------+ +------------------^-----+
+ | |
+ | |
+ | +-----------+ |
+ | | | |
+ +------------------> TG <------------------+
+ | |
+ +-----------+
+
+SUT1 and SUT2 are two System Under Test servers (Cisco UCS C240, each with two
+Intel XEON CPUs), TG is a Traffic Generator (TG, another Cisco UCS C240, with
+two Intel XEON CPUs). SUTs run VPP SW application in Linux user-mode as a
+Device Under Test (DUT). TG runs TRex SW application as a packet Traffic
+Generator. Physical connectivity between SUTs and to TG is provided using
+different NIC models that need to be tested for performance. Currently
+installed and tested NIC models include:
+
+#. 2port10GE X520-DA2 Intel.
+#. 2port10GE X710 Intel.
+#. 2port10GE VIC1227 Cisco.
+#. 2port40GE VIC1385 Cisco.
+#. 2port40GE XL710 Intel.
+
+Detailed LF FD.io test bed specification and topology is described on `CSIT LF
+testbed wiki page <https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT/CSIT_LF_testbed>`_.
+
+For test cases that require DUT (VPP) to communicate with VM over vhost-user
+interfaces, a VM is created on SUT1 and SUT2. DUT (VPP) test topology with VM
+is shown in the figure below including applicable packet flow thru the VM
+(marked with \*\*\*).::
+
+ +------------------------+ +------------------------+
+ | +----------+ | | +----------+ |
+ | | VM | | | | VM | |
+ | | ****** | | | | ****** | |
+ | +--^----^--+ | | +--^----^--+ |
+ | *| |* | | *| |* |
+ | +------v----v------+ | | +------v----v------+ |
+ | | * * |**|***********|**| * * | |
+ | | ***** *******<----------------->******* ***** | |
+ | | * DUT1 | | | | DUT2 * | |
+ | +--^---------------+ | | +---------------^--+ |
+ | *| | | |* |
+ | *| SUT1 | | SUT2 |* |
+ +------------------------+ +------------------^-----+
+ *| |*
+ *| |*
+ *| +-----------+ |*
+ *| | | |*
+ *+------------------> TG <------------------+*
+ ******************* | |********************
+ +-----------+
+
+Note that for VM tests, packets are switched by DUT (VPP) twice, hence the
+throughput rates measured by TG must be multiplied by two to represent the
+actual DUT packet forwarding rate.
+
+VPP Performance Tests Overview
+------------------------------
+
+Performance tests are split into two main categories:
+
+- Throughput discovery - discovery of packet forwarding rate using binary search
+ in accordance to RFC2544.
+
+ - NDR - discovery of Non Drop Rate, zero packet loss.
+ - PDR - discovery of Partial Drop Rate, with specified non-zero packet loss.
+
+- Throughput verification - verification of packet forwarding rate against
+ previously discovered throughput rate. These tests are currently done against
+ 0.9 of reference NDR, with reference rates updated periodically.
+
+CSIT |release| includes following performance test suites:
+
+- 2port10GE X520-DA2 Intel
+
+ - **L2XC** - L2 Cross-Connect switched-forwarding of untagged, dot1q, dot1ad
+ VLAN tagged Ethernet frames.
+ - **L2BD** - L2 Bridge-Domain switched-forwarding of untagged Ethernet frames
+ with MAC learning; disabled MAC learning i.e. static MAC tests to be added.
+ - **IPv4** - IPv4 routed-forwarding.
+ - **IPv6** - IPv6 routed-forwarding.
+ - **IPv4 Scale** - IPv4 routed-forwarding with 20k, 200k and 2M FIB entries.
+ - **IPv6 Scale** - IPv6 routed-forwarding with 20k, 200k and 2M FIB entries.
+ - **VM with vhost-user** - switching between NIC ports and VM over vhost-user
+ interfaces in different switching modes incl. L2 Cross-Connect, L2
+ Bridge-Domain, VXLAN with L2BD, IPv4 routed-forwarding.
+ - **COP** - IPv4 and IPv6 routed-forwarding with COP address security.
+ - **iACL** - IPv4 and IPv6 routed-forwarding with iACL address security.
+ - **LISP** - LISP overlay tunneling for IPv4-over-IPV4, IPv6-over-IPv4,
+ IPv6-over-IPv6, IPv4-over-IPv6 in IPv4 and IPv6 routed-forwarding modes.
+ - **VXLAN** - VXLAN overlay tunnelling integration with L2XC and L2BD.
+ - **QoS Policer** - ingress packet rate measuring, marking and limiting
+ (IPv4).
+
+- 2port40GE XL710 Intel
+
+ - **L2XC** - L2 Cross-Connect switched-forwarding of untagged Ethernet frames.
+ - **L2BD** - L2 Bridge-Domain switched-forwarding of untagged Ethernet frames
+ with MAC learning.
+ - **IPv4** - IPv4 routed-forwarding.
+ - **IPv6** - IPv6 routed-forwarding.
+ - **VM with vhost-user** - switching between NIC ports and VM over vhost-user
+ interfaces in different switching modes incl. L2 Bridge-Domain.
+
+- 2port10GE X710 Intel
+
+ - **L2BD** - L2 Bridge-Domain switched-forwarding of untagged Ethernet frames
+ with MAC learning.
+ - **VM with vhost-user** - switching between NIC ports and VM over vhost-user
+ interfaces in different switching modes incl. L2 Bridge-Domain.
+
+- 2port10GE VIC1227 Cisco
+
+ - **L2BD** - L2 Bridge-Domain switched-forwarding of untagged Ethernet frames
+ with MAC learning.
+
+- 2port40GE VIC1385 Cisco
+
+ - **L2BD** - L2 Bridge-Domain switched-forwarding of untagged Ethernet frames
+ with MAC learning.
+
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