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-rw-r--r--docs/report/introduction/general_notes.rst20
-rw-r--r--docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/overview.rst11
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diff --git a/docs/report/introduction/general_notes.rst b/docs/report/introduction/general_notes.rst
index 50a9d4c4a3..e6a2a9875f 100644
--- a/docs/report/introduction/general_notes.rst
+++ b/docs/report/introduction/general_notes.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,25 @@ is listed separately, as follows:
both for Phy-to-Phy (NIC-to-NIC) and Phy-to-VM-to-Phy (NIC-to-VM-to-NIC)
forwarding topologies. Tested across a range of NICs, 10GE and 40GE
interfaces, range of multi-thread and multi-core configurations. VPP
- application runs in host user- mode. TRex is used as a traffic generator.
+ application runs in host user-mode. TRex is used as a traffic generator.
+
+#. **Container memif connections** - VPP memif virtual interface (shared memory
+ interface) tests to interconnect VPP instances. VPP vswitch instance runs in
+ bare-metal user-mode handling Intel x520 NIC 10GbE interfaces and connecting
+ over memif (Master side) virtual interfaces to more instances of VPP running
+ in LXC or in Docker Containers, both with memif virtual interfaces (Slave
+ side). Tested across a range of NICs, 10GE and 40GE interfaces, range of
+ multi-thread and multi-core configurations. VPP application runs in host
+ user-mode. TRex is used as a traffic generator.
+
+#. **Container Orchestrated Performance Tests** - CSIT |release| introduced new
+ tests of Container topologies connected over the memif virtual interface
+ (shared memory interface). For these tests VPP vswitch instance runs in a
+ Docker Container handling Intel x520 NIC 10GbE interfaces and connecting over
+ memif (Master side) virtual interfaces to more instances of VPP running in
+ Docker Containers with memif virtual interfaces (Slave side). Tested across a
+ range of multi-thread and multi-core configurations. VPP application runs in
+ host user-mode. TRex is used as a traffic generator.
#. **DPDK Performance Tests** - VPP is using DPDK code to control and drive
the NICs and physical interfaces. Testpmd tests are used as a baseline to
diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/overview.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/overview.rst
index 669c5d10b1..d9b31bd10e 100644
--- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/overview.rst
+++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/overview.rst
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ CSIT |release| includes following performance test suites, listed per NIC type:
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.
+ - **L2BD Scale** - L2 Bridge-Domain switched-forwarding of untagged Ethernet
+ frames with MAC learning; disabled MAC learning i.e. static MAC tests to be
+ added with 20k, 200k and 2M FIB entries.
- **IPv4** - IPv4 routed-forwarding.
- **IPv6** - IPv6 routed-forwarding.
- **IPv4 Scale** - IPv4 routed-forwarding with 20k, 200k and 2M FIB entries.
@@ -143,14 +146,18 @@ CSIT |release| includes following performance test suites, listed per NIC type:
of 2 VMs using vhost-user interfaces, with VPP forwarding 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.
+ - **ACL** - L2, IPv4 and IPv6 routed-forwarding with ACL 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).
- - **CGNAT** - Carrier Grade Network Address Translation tests with varying
+ - **NAT** - (Source) Network Address Translation tests with varying
number of users and ports per user.
+ - **Container memif connections** - VPP memif virtual interface tests to
+ interconnect VPP instances.
+ - **Container Orchestrated Topologies** - Container topologies connected over
+ the memif virtual interface.
- 2port40GE XL710 Intel