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-rwxr-xr-xtests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/cleanup_dpdk.sh90
-rwxr-xr-xtests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/init_dpdk.sh35
-rwxr-xr-xtests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/install_dpdk.sh63
-rwxr-xr-xtests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/run_l2fwd.sh115
-rwxr-xr-xtests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/run_l3fwd.sh104
-rw-r--r--tests/dpdk/perf/10ge2p1x520-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrpdrdisc.robot374
-rw-r--r--tests/dpdk/perf/10ge2p1x520-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-ndrpdrdisc.robot421
-rw-r--r--tests/dpdk/perf/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrpdrdisc.robot422
-rw-r--r--tests/dpdk/perf/40ge2p1xl710-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrpdrdisc.robot424
-rw-r--r--tests/dpdk/perf/__init__.robot38
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diff --git a/tests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/cleanup_dpdk.sh b/tests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/cleanup_dpdk.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..48e1a29b63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/cleanup_dpdk.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+
+# Setting variables
+DPDK_VERSION=dpdk-17.05
+ROOTDIR=/tmp/openvpp-testing
+TESTPMDLOG=screenlog.0
+PWDDIR=$(pwd)
+
+# Setting command line arguments
+port1_driver=$1
+port1_pci=$2
+port2_driver=$3
+port2_pci=$4
+
+# Try to kill the testpmd
+sudo pgrep testpmd
+if [ $? -eq "0" ]; then
+ success=false
+ sudo pkill testpmd
+ echo "RC = $?"
+ for attempt in {1..5}; do
+ echo "Checking if testpmd is still alive, attempt nr ${attempt}"
+ sudo pgrep testpmd
+ if [ $? -eq "1" ]; then
+ echo "testpmd is dead"
+ success=true
+ break
+ fi
+ echo "testpmd is still alive, waiting 1 second"
+ sleep 1
+ done
+ if [ "$success" = false ]; then
+ echo "The command sudo pkill testpmd failed"
+ sudo pkill -9 testpmd
+ echo "RC = $?"
+ exit 1
+ fi
+else
+ echo "testpmd is not running"
+fi
+
+#also kill the l3fwd
+sudo pgrep l3fwd
+if [ $? -eq "0" ]; then
+ success=false
+ sudo pkill l3fwd
+ echo "RC = $?"
+ for attempt in {1..5}; do
+ echo "Checking if l3fwd is still alive, attempt nr ${attempt}"
+ sudo pgrep l3fwd
+ if [ $? -eq "1" ]; then
+ echo "l3fwd is dead"
+ success=true
+ break
+ fi
+ echo "l3fwd is still alive, waiting 1 second"
+ sleep 1
+ done
+ if [ "$success" = false ]; then
+ echo "The command sudo pkill l3fwd failed"
+ sudo pkill -9 l3fwd
+ echo "RC = $?"
+ exit 1
+ fi
+else
+ echo "l3fwd is not running"
+fi
+
+# Remove hugepages
+sudo rm -f /dev/hugepages/*
+
+# Unbind interfaces
+cd ${ROOTDIR}/${DPDK_VERSION}/
+sudo ./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b ${port1_driver} ${port1_pci} || \
+ { echo "Unbind ${port1_pci} failed"; exit 1; }
+sudo ./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b ${port2_driver} ${port2_pci} || \
+ { echo "Unbind ${port1_pci} failed"; exit 1; }
+
+sleep 2
+
+if1_name=`./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py --s | grep "${port1_pci}" | sed -n 's/.*if=\(\S\)/\1/p' | awk -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+if2_name=`./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py --s | grep "${port2_pci}" | sed -n 's/.*if=\(\S\)/\1/p' | awk -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+
+# Remove igb_uio driver
+rmmod igb_uio || \
+ { echo "Removing igb_uio failed"; exit 1; }
+
+cd ${PWDDIR}
diff --git a/tests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/init_dpdk.sh b/tests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/init_dpdk.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..bc4870e73e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/init_dpdk.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+
+# Setting variables
+DPDK_VERSION=dpdk-17.05
+ROOTDIR=/tmp/openvpp-testing
+PWDDIR=$(pwd)
+cd ${ROOTDIR}/${DPDK_VERSION}/
+
+modprobe uio
+echo "RC = $?"
+
+lsmod | grep igb_uio
+if [ $? -ne 1 ];
+then
+ rmmod igb_uio || \
+ { echo "Failed to remove igb_uio module"; exit 1; }
+fi
+
+lsmod | grep uio_pci_generic
+if [ $? -ne 1 ];
+then
+ rmmod uio_pci_generic || \
+ { echo "Failed to remove uio_pci_generic module"; exit 1; }
+fi
+
+insmod ./x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/kmod/igb_uio.ko || \
+ { echo "Failed to insert igb_uio module"; exit 1; }
+
+# Binding
+./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b igb_uio $1 $2 || \
+ { echo "Failed to bind interface $1 and $2 to igb_uio"; exit 1; }
+
+cd ${PWDDIR}
diff --git a/tests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/install_dpdk.sh b/tests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/install_dpdk.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..126e8cafc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/install_dpdk.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+
+# Setting variables
+DPDK_VERSION=dpdk-17.05
+DPDK_DIR=${DPDK_VERSION}
+DPDK_PACKAGE=${DPDK_DIR}.tar.xz
+ROOTDIR=/tmp/openvpp-testing
+PWDDIR=$(pwd)
+
+# Download the DPDK package
+cd ${ROOTDIR}
+wget "fast.dpdk.org/rel/${DPDK_PACKAGE}" || \
+ { echo "Failed to download $DPDK_PACKAGE"; exit 1; }
+tar xJvf ${DPDK_PACKAGE} || \
+ { echo "Failed to extract $DPDK_PACKAGE"; exit 1; }
+
+# Compile the DPDK
+cd ./${DPDK_DIR}
+sudo sed -i 's/^CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_16BYTE_RX_DESC=n/CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_16BYTE_RX_DESC=y/g' ./config/common_base
+make install T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc -j || \
+ { echo "Failed to compile $DPDK_VERSION"; exit 1; }
+cd ${PWDDIR}
+
+# Compile the l3fwd
+export RTE_SDK=${ROOTDIR}/${DPDK_DIR}/
+export RTE_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
+cd ${RTE_SDK}/examples/l3fwd
+sudo sed -i 's/^#define RTE_TEST_RX_DESC_DEFAULT 128/#define RTE_TEST_RX_DESC_DEFAULT 2048/g' ./main.c
+sudo sed -i 's/^#define RTE_TEST_TX_DESC_DEFAULT 512/#define RTE_TEST_TX_DESC_DEFAULT 2048/g' ./main.c
+make -j || \
+ { echo "Failed to compile l3fwd"; exit 1; }
+cd ${PWDDIR}
+
+# Check and setup the hugepages
+SYS_HUGEPAGE=$(cat /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages)
+echo " SYS_HUGEPAGE = ${SYS_HUGEPAGE}"
+if [ ${SYS_HUGEPAGE} -lt 4096 ]; then
+ echo " It is not enough, should be at least 4096"
+ MOUNT=$(mount | grep /mnt/huge)
+ while [ "${MOUNT}" != "" ]
+ do
+ sudo umount /mnt/huge
+ sleep 1
+ MOUNT=$(mount | grep /mnt/huge)
+ done
+
+ echo 2048 | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/node/node0/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages
+ echo 2048 | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/node/node1/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages
+
+ echo " Mounting hugepages"
+ sudo mkdir -p /mnt/huge
+ sudo mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/huge/ || \
+ { echo "Failed to mount hugepages"; exit 1; }
+fi
+
+# Check and set the max map count
+SYS_MAP=$(cat /proc/sys/vm/max_map_count)
+
+if [ ${SYS_MAP} -lt 200000 ]; then
+ echo 200000 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/max_map_count
+fi
diff --git a/tests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/run_l2fwd.sh b/tests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/run_l2fwd.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..20c41d6d6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/run_l2fwd.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+
+# Setting variables
+DPDK_VERSION=dpdk-17.05
+ROOTDIR=/tmp/openvpp-testing
+TESTPMDLOG=screenlog.0
+PWDDIR=$(pwd)
+
+# Setting command line arguments
+cpu_corelist=$1
+nb_cores=$2
+queue_nums=$3
+jumbo_frames=$4
+
+# Try to kill the testpmd
+sudo pgrep testpmd
+if [ $? -eq "0" ]; then
+ success=false
+ sudo pkill testpmd
+ echo "RC = $?"
+ for attempt in {1..5}; do
+ echo "Checking if testpmd is still alive, attempt nr ${attempt}"
+ sudo pgrep testpmd
+ if [ $? -eq "1" ]; then
+ echo "testpmd is dead"
+ success=true
+ break
+ fi
+ echo "testpmd is still alive, waiting 1 second"
+ sleep 1
+ done
+ if [ "$success" = false ]; then
+ echo "The command sudo pkill testpmd failed"
+ sudo pkill -9 testpmd
+ echo "RC = $?"
+ exit 1
+ fi
+else
+ echo "testpmd is not running"
+fi
+
+# Try to kill the l3fwd
+sudo pgrep l3fwd
+if [ $? -eq "0" ]; then
+ success=false
+ sudo pkill l3fwd
+ echo "RC = $?"
+ for attempt in {1..5}; do
+ echo "Checking if l3fwd is still alive, attempt nr ${attempt}"
+ sudo pgrep l3fwd
+ if [ $? -eq "1" ]; then
+ echo "l3fwd is dead"
+ success=true
+ break
+ fi
+ echo "l3fwd is still alive, waiting 1 second"
+ sleep 1
+ done
+ if [ "$success" = false ]; then
+ echo "The command sudo pkill l3fwd failed"
+ sudo pkill -9 l3fwd
+ echo "RC = $?"
+ exit 1
+ fi
+else
+ echo "l3fwd is not running"
+fi
+
+# Remove hugepages
+sudo rm -f /dev/hugepages/*
+
+sleep 2
+
+cd ${ROOTDIR}/${DPDK_VERSION}/
+rm -f ${TESTPMDLOG}
+if [ "$jumbo_frames" = "yes" ]; then
+ sudo sh -c "screen -dmSL DPDK-test ./x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/testpmd \
+ -l ${cpu_corelist} -n 4 -- \
+ --numa \
+ --nb-ports=2 \
+ --portmask=0x3 \
+ --nb-cores=${nb_cores} \
+ --max-pkt-len=9000 \
+ --txqflags=0 \
+ --forward-mode=io \
+ --rxq=${queue_nums} \
+ --txq=$((${nb_cores} + 1)) \
+ --burst=64 \
+ --rxd=1024 \
+ --txd=1024 \
+ --disable-link-check \
+ --auto-start"
+else
+ sudo sh -c "screen -dmSL DPDK-test ./x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/testpmd \
+ -l ${cpu_corelist} -n 4 -- \
+ --numa \
+ --nb-ports=2 \
+ --portmask=0x3 \
+ --nb-cores=${nb_cores} \
+ --forward-mode=io \
+ --rxq=${queue_nums} \
+ --txq=$((${nb_cores} + 1)) \
+ --burst=64 \
+ --rxd=1024 \
+ --txd=1024 \
+ --disable-link-check \
+ --auto-start"
+fi
+
+sleep 10
+less -r ${TESTPMDLOG}
+
+cd ${PWDDIR}
diff --git a/tests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/run_l3fwd.sh b/tests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/run_l3fwd.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..3363d71875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dpdk/dpdk_scripts/run_l3fwd.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+
+# Setting variables
+DPDK_VERSION=dpdk-17.05
+ROOTDIR=/tmp/openvpp-testing
+L3FWDLOG=screenlog.0
+PWDDIR=$(pwd)
+
+cpu_corelist=$1
+port_config=$2
+adj_mac0=$3
+adj_mac1=$4
+jumbo_frames=$5
+
+SCRIPT_NAME=$(basename $0)
+
+# define a function to get the l3fwd PID
+function get_l3fwd_pid()
+{
+ pid_l3fwd=`sudo ps -elf | grep l3fwd | grep -v grep | grep -v SCREEN | grep -v ${SCRIPT_NAME} | awk '{print $4}'`
+ echo ${pid_l3fwd}
+}
+
+# Try to kill the l3fwd
+# Don't use the pgrep and pkill
+l3fwd_pid=`get_l3fwd_pid`
+echo ${l3fwd_pid}
+if [ ! -z ${l3fwd_pid} ]; then
+ success=false
+ sudo kill -15 ${l3fwd_pid}
+ echo "RC = $?"
+ for attempt in {1..5}; do
+ echo "Checking if l3fwd is still alive, attempt nr ${attempt}"
+ l3fwd_pid=`get_l3fwd_pid`
+ if [ -z ${l3fwd_pid} ]; then
+ echo "l3fwd is dead"
+ success=true
+ break
+ fi
+ echo "l3fwd is still alive, waiting 1 second"
+ sleep 1
+ done
+ if [ "$success" = false ]; then
+ echo "The command sudo kill -15 l3fwd failed"
+ sudo kill -9 ${l3fwd_pid}
+ echo "RC = $?"
+ exit 1
+ fi
+else
+ echo "l3fwd is not running"
+fi
+
+# Try to kill the testpmd
+sudo pgrep testpmd
+if [ $? -eq "0" ]; then
+ success=false
+ sudo pkill testpmd
+ echo "RC = $?"
+ for attempt in {1..5}; do
+ echo "Checking if testpmd is still alive, attempt nr ${attempt}"
+ sudo pgrep testpmd
+ if [ $? -eq "1" ]; then
+ echo "testpmd is dead"
+ success=true
+ break
+ fi
+ echo "testpmd is still alive, waiting 1 second"
+ sleep 1
+ done
+ if [ "$success" = false ]; then
+ echo "The command sudo pkill testpmd failed"
+ sudo pkill -9 testpmd
+ echo "RC = $?"
+ exit 1
+ fi
+else
+ echo "testpmd is not running"
+fi
+
+sudo rm -f /dev/hugepages/*
+
+sleep 2
+
+#run the l3fwd
+cd ${ROOTDIR}/${DPDK_VERSION}/
+rm -f ${L3FWDLOG}
+if [ "$jumbo_frames" = "yes" ]; then
+ sudo sh -c "screen -dmSL DPDK-test ./examples/l3fwd/build/app/l3fwd \
+ -l ${cpu_corelist} -n 4 -- -P -L -p 0x3 --config='${port_config}' \
+ --enable-jumbo --max-pkt-len=9000 --eth-dest=0,${adj_mac0} \
+ --eth-dest=1,${adj_mac1} --parse-ptype"
+else
+ sudo sh -c "screen -dmSL DPDK-test ./examples/l3fwd/build/app/l3fwd \
+ -l ${cpu_corelist} -n 4 -- -P -L -p 0x3 --config='${port_config}' \
+ --eth-dest=0,${adj_mac0} --eth-dest=1,${adj_mac1} --parse-ptype"
+fi
+
+sleep 10
+less -r ${L3FWDLOG}
+
+cd ${PWDDIR}
+
diff --git a/tests/dpdk/perf/10ge2p1x520-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrpdrdisc.robot b/tests/dpdk/perf/10ge2p1x520-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrpdrdisc.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..962552dae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dpdk/perf/10ge2p1x520-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrpdrdisc.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,374 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_setup.robot
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/dpdk/default.robot
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.topology.Topology
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.NodePath
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.InterfaceUtil
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.DPDK.DPDKTools
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | HW_ENV | PERFTEST | NDRPDRDISC | 1NUMA
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2 | DPDK | ETH | L2XCFWD | BASE
+| Suite Setup | Set up DPDK 3-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down DPDK 3-node performance topology
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput IPv4 routing test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 frame forwarding.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 run the DPDK testpmd\
+| ... | application and use the io forwarding mode. DUT1 and DUT2 tested with\
+| ... | 2p10GE NIC X520 Niantic by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance or throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using either binary search or linear search\
+| ... | algorithms with configured starting rate and final step that determines\
+| ... | throughput measurement resolution. Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 253 flows per flow-group) with all packets\
+| ... | containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header with IP protocol=61 and static\
+| ... | payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# X520-DA2 bandwidth limit
+| ${s_limit} | ${10000000000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile} | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4src254
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 64 Byte frames\
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc02-64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 64 Byte frames\
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc03-1518B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 1518 Byte frames\
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 1518 Byte frames\
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc05-9000B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 9000 Byte frames\
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc06-9000B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 9000 Byte frames\
+| | ... | using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc07-64B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 64 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc08-64B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 64 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps,\
+| | ... | LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc09-1518B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 1518 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc10-1518B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 1518 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps,\
+| | ... | LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc11-9000B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 9000 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc12-9000B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 9000 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps,\
+| | ... | LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc13-64B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 64 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc14-64B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 64 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps,\
+| | ... | LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc15-1518B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 1518 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc16-1518B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 1518 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps,\
+| | ... | LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc17-9000B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Find NDR for 9000 Byte\
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc18-9000B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port. [Ver] Find PDR for 9000 Byte
+| | ... | frames using binary search start at 10GE linerate, step 5kpps,\
+| | ... | LT=0.5%.
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
diff --git a/tests/dpdk/perf/10ge2p1x520-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-ndrpdrdisc.robot b/tests/dpdk/perf/10ge2p1x520-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-ndrpdrdisc.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_setup.robot
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/dpdk/default.robot
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.topology.Topology
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.NodePath
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.InterfaceUtil
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.DPDK.DPDKTools
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDRDISC | 1NUMA
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X520-DA2 | DPDK | IP4FWD | BASE | ETH
+| Suite Setup | Set up DPDK 3-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | Intel-X520-DA2
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down DPDK 3-node performance topology
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput IPv4 routing test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L3 IPv4 routing.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 run the DPDK l3fwd application
+| ... | DUT1 and DUT2 tested with 2p10GE NIC X520 Niantic by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance or throughput PDR (Partial Drop
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using either binary search or linear search
+| ... | algorithms with configured starting rate and final step that determines
+| ... | throughput measurement resolution. Test packets are generated by TG on
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 253 flows per flow-group) with all packets
+| ... | containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header with IP protocol=61 and static
+| ... | payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# X520-DA2 bandwidth limit
+| ${s_limit} | ${10000000000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile} | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4dst253_l3fwd
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L3 IPv4 routing config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 64 Byte frames using binary search start\
+| | ... | at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L3FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ... | ${threshold}
+
+| tc02-64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L3 IPv4 routing config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 64 Byte frames using binary search start\
+| | ... | at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L3FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ... | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc03-1518B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L3 IPv4 routing config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start\
+| | ... | at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L3FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ... | ${threshold}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L3 IPv4 routing config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start\
+| | ... | at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L3FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ... | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc05-9000B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L3 IPv4 routing config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start\
+| | ... | at 10GE linerate, step 5kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L3FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ... | ${threshold}
+
+| tc06-9000B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L3 IPv4 routing config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start\
+| | ... | at 10GE linerate, step 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L3FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ... | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc07-64B-2t2c-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L3 IPv4 routing config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 64 Byte frames using binary search start\
+| | ... | at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L3FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ... | ${threshold}
+
+| tc08-64B-2t2c-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L3 IPv4 routing config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 64 Byte frames using binary search start\
+| | ... | at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L3FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ... | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc09-1518B-2t2c-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L3 IPv4 routing config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start\
+| | ... | at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L3FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ... | ${threshold}
+
+| tc10-1518B-2t2c-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L3 IPv4 routing config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start\
+| | ... | at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L3FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ... | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc11-9000B-2t2c-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L3 IPv4 routing config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start\
+| | ... | at 10GE linerate, step 5kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L3FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ... | ${threshold}
+
+| tc12-9000B-2t2c-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L3 IPv4 routing config with 2 threads, 2 phy cores,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start\
+| | ... | at 10GE linerate, step 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L3FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ... | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc13-64B-4t4c-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L3 IPv4 routing config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores,\
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 64 Byte frames using binary search start\
+| | ... | at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L3FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ... | ${threshold}
+
+| tc14-64B-4t4c-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L3 IPv4 routing config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores,\
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 64 Byte frames using binary search start\
+| | ... | at 10GE linerate, step 100kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L3FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ... | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc15-1518B-4t4c-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L3 IPv4 routing config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores,\
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start\
+| | ... | at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L3FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ... | ${threshold}
+
+| tc16-1518B-4t4c-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L3 IPv4 routing config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores,\
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start\
+| | ... | at 10GE linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L3FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ... | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc17-9000B-4t4c-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L3 IPv4 routing config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores,\
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start\
+| | ... | at 10GE linerate, step 5kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L3FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ... | ${threshold}
+
+| tc18-9000B-4t4c-ethip4-ip4base-l3fwd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L3 IPv4 routing config with 4 threads, 4 phy cores,\
+| | ... | 2 receive queues per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start\
+| | ... | at 10GE linerate, step 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L3FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile} | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate}
+| | ... | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
diff --git a/tests/dpdk/perf/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrpdrdisc.robot b/tests/dpdk/perf/10ge2p1x710-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrpdrdisc.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_setup.robot
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/dpdk/default.robot
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.topology.Topology
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.NodePath
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.InterfaceUtil
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.DPDK.DPDKTools
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | HW_ENV | PERFTEST | NDRPDRDISC | 1NUMA
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | DPDK | ETH | L2XCFWD | BASE
+| Suite Setup | Set up DPDK 3-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-X710
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down DPDK 3-node performance topology
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput IPv4 routing test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 frame forwarding.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 run the DPDK testpmd\
+| ... | application and use the io forwarding mode. DUT1 and DUT2 tested with\
+| ... | 2p10GE NIC X710 Niantic by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance or throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using either binary search or linear search\
+| ... | algorithms with configured starting rate and final step that determines\
+| ... | throughput measurement resolution. Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 253 flows per flow-group) with all packets\
+| ... | containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header with IP protocol=61 and static\
+| ... | payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# X520-DA2 bandwidth limit
+| ${s_limit} | ${10000000000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile} | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4src254
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 64 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 100kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc02-64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 64 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 100kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc03-1518B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc05-9000B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc06-9000B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc07-64B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 64 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 100kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc08-64B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 64 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 100kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc09-1518B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc10-1518B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc11-9000B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc12-9000B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc13-64B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 64 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 100kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc14-64B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 64 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 100kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc15-1518B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc16-1518B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc17-9000B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc18-9000B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start at 10GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_limit} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type} \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/dpdk/perf/40ge2p1xl710-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrpdrdisc.robot b/tests/dpdk/perf/40ge2p1xl710-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrpdrdisc.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_setup.robot
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/dpdk/default.robot
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.topology.Topology
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.NodePath
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.InterfaceUtil
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.DPDK.DPDKTools
+| Force Tags | 3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | HW_ENV | PERFTEST | NDRPDRDISC | 1NUMA
+| ... | NIC_Intel-XL710 | DPDK | ETH | L2XCFWD | BASE
+| Suite Setup | Set up DPDK 3-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L2 | Intel-XL710
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down DPDK 3-node performance topology
+| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput IPv4 routing test cases*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-DUT2-TG 3-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 frame forwarding.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 and DUT2 run the DPDK testpmd\
+| ... | application and use the io forwarding mode. DUT1 and DUT2 tested with\
+| ... | 2p40GE NIC XL710 Niantic by Intel.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance or throughput PDR (Partial Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage\
+| ... | of packets transmitted. NDR and PDR are discovered for different\
+| ... | Ethernet L2 frame sizes using either binary search or linear search\
+| ... | algorithms with configured starting rate and final step that determines\
+| ... | throughput measurement resolution. Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 253 flows per flow-group) with all packets\
+| ... | containing Ethernet header, IPv4 header with IP protocol=61 and static\
+| ... | payload. MAC addresses are matching MAC addresses of the TG node\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+# XL710-DA2 bandwidth limit ~49Gbps/2=24.5Gbps
+| ${s_24.5G} | ${24500000000}
+# XL710-DA2 Mpps limit 37.5Mpps/2=18.75Mpps
+| ${s_18.75Mpps} | ${18750000}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile} | trex-sl-3n-ethip4-ip4src254
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 64 Byte frames using binary search start at 40GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 100kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${s_18.75Mpps}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc02-64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 64 Byte frames using binary search start at 40GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 100kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${s_18.75Mpps}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc03-1518B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start at 40GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_24.5G} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start at 40GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_24.5G} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc05-9000B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start at 40GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_24.5G} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc06-9000B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 1 thread, 1 phy core,\
+| | ... | 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start at 40GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 1T1C | STHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_24.5G} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '1' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc07-64B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 64 Byte frames using binary search start at 40GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 100kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${s_18.75Mpps}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc08-64B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 64 Byte frames using binary search start at 40GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 100kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${s_18.75Mpps}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc09-1518B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start at 40GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_24.5G} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc10-1518B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start at 40GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_24.5G} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc11-9000B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start at 40GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_24.5G} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc12-9000B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 2 threads, 2 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 1 receive queue per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start at 40GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 2T2C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_24.5G} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '2' worker threads and '1' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc13-64B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 64 Byte frames using binary search start at 40GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 100kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${s_18.75Mpps}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc14-64B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 64 Byte frames using binary search start at 40GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 100kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${64}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${100000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Set Variable | ${s_18.75Mpps}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc15-1518B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start at 40GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_24.5G} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc16-1518B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 1518 Byte frames using binary search start at 40GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${1518}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_24.5G} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'no'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type}
+
+| tc17-9000B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-ndrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find NDR for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start at 40GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 10kpps.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | NDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_24.5G} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find NDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold}
+
+| tc18-9000B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-testpmd-pdrdisc
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2 frame forwarding config with 4 threads, 4 phy\
+| | ... | cores, 2 receive queues per NIC port.
+| | ... | [Ver] Find PDR for 9000 Byte frames using binary search start at 40GE\
+| | ... | linerate, step 5kpps, LT=0.5%.
+| | ...
+| | [Tags] | 4T4C | MTHREAD | PDRDISC | SKIP_PATCH
+| | ...
+| | ${framesize}= | Set Variable | ${9000}
+| | ${min_rate}= | Set Variable | ${10000}
+| | ${max_rate}= | Calculate pps | ${s_24.5G} | ${framesize}
+| | ${binary_min}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | ${binary_max}= | Set Variable | ${max_rate}
+| | ${threshold}= | Set Variable | ${min_rate}
+| | Given Start L2FWD '4' worker threads and '2' rxqueues with jumbo frames 'yes'
+| | Then Find PDR using binary search and pps | ${framesize} | ${binary_min}
+| | ... | ${binary_max} | ${traffic_profile}
+| | ... | ${min_rate} | ${max_rate} | ${threshold} | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance}
+| | ... | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type} \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/dpdk/perf/__init__.robot b/tests/dpdk/perf/__init__.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5801fd1b25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dpdk/perf/__init__.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+*** Settings ***
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/shared/default.robot
+| Resource | resources/libraries/robot/shared/interfaces.robot
+| Library | resources.libraries.python.DPDK.SetupDPDKTest
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords | Setup performance global Variables
+| ... | AND | Setup DPDK Test | ${nodes}
+| ... | AND | Get CPU Layout from all nodes | ${nodes}
+| ... | AND | Update All Numa Nodes
+| ... | ${nodes} | skip_tg=${True}
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Setup performance global Variables
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | Setup suite Variables. Variables are used across performance testing.
+| | ...
+| | ... | _NOTE:_ This KW sets following suite variables:
+| | ... | - perf_trial_duration - Duration of traffic run [s].
+| | ... | - perf_pdr_loss_acceptance - Loss acceptance treshold
+| | ... | - perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type - Loss acceptance treshold type
+| | ... | - perf_vm_image - Guest VM disk image
+| | ...
+| | Set Global Variable | ${perf_trial_duration} | 10
+| | Set Global Variable | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance} | 0.5
+| | Set Global Variable | ${perf_pdr_loss_acceptance_type} | percentage
+| | Set Global Variable | ${perf_vm_image} | /var/lib/vm/csit-nested-1.6.img