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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 10R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 10DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 10 chains
+| ... | 10 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-10c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${10} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${10} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 10R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 10DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 10 chains
+| ... | 10 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-10c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${10} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${10} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R6C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 6DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 6 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c6n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${6} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${6} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a75068fc20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R6C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 6DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 6 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c6n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${6} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${6} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcecfccb02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R8C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 8DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 8 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c8n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${8} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${8} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bbea2a7ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R8C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 8DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 8 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c8n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${8} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${8} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd5ac3248e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R10C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 10DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 10 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c10n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${10} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${10} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ed3535430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R10C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 10DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 10 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c10n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${10} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${10} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b78a43fa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 1 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0882d63d98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 1 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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index 0000000000..043c3296e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 2DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 2 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..353dd59c83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 2DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 2 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00d5bfa384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R4C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 4DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 4 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c4n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e9dbd1e8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R4C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 4DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 1 chain
+| ... | 4 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c4n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18dfe4393f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R4C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 8DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 2 chains
+| ... | 8 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c4n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8613bb70b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R4C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 8DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 2 chains
+| ... | 8 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c4n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R6C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 12DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 2 chains
+| ... | 12 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c6n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${6} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${6} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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index 0000000000..919205a45c
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+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R6C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 12DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 2 chains
+| ... | 12 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c6n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${6} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${6} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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index 0000000000..0da06ad980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R8C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 16DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 2 chains
+| ... | 16 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c8n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${8} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${8} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6322bd43b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R8C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 16DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 2 chains
+| ... | 16 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c8n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${8} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${8} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 2DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 2 chains
+| ... | 2 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..574018cc15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 2DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 2 chains
+| ... | 2 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a179af1a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 4DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 2 chains
+| ... | 4 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b977a60bff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 4DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 2 chains
+| ... | 4 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48c649ad7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 4R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 8DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 4 chains
+| ... | 8 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-4c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..067fd37e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 4R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 8DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 4 chains
+| ... | 8 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-4c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b201e07e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 4R4C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 16DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 4 chains
+| ... | 16 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-4c4n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08256b8832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 4R4C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 16DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 4 chains
+| ... | 16 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-4c4n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77814496d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 4R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 4DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 4 chains
+| ... | 4 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-4c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f47eed0f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 4R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 4DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 4 chains
+| ... | 4 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-4c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f84edae7cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 6R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 6DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 6 chains
+| ... | 6 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-6c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d59f4c1be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 6R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 6DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 6 chains
+| ... | 6 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-6c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d904b727f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 6R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 12DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 6 chains
+| ... | 12 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-6c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c866074bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 6R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 12DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 6 chains
+| ... | 12 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-6c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..974a0489e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 8R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 8DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 8 chains
+| ... | 8 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-8c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b10ebe5d3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 8R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 8DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 8 chains
+| ... | 8 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-8c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0789452c3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 8R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 16DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 8 chains
+| ... | 16 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-8c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e63bc8933d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 8R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | CHAIN | NF_VPPIP4 | 16DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with memif 8 chains
+| ... | 16 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-8c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | chain_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple chains with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/regenerate_testcases.py b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/regenerate_testcases.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2632018a80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/chain/regenerate_testcases.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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.
+
+from resources.libraries.python.autogen.Regenerator import Regenerator
+
+Regenerator().regenerate_glob("*.robot")
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69e6a381f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 10R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 10DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 20memif 10
+| ... | pipelines 1 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-10c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${10} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${10} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8622f0ba95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 10R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 10DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 20memif 10
+| ... | pipelines 1 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-10c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${10} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${10} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-10pl-20mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03e3fe6d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R10C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 10DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 2memif 1
+| ... | pipeline 10 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c10n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${10} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${10} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e76e69892a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R10C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 10DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 2memif 1
+| ... | pipeline 10 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c10n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${10} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${10} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-10dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 2memif 1
+| ... | pipeline 1 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5fb0d8a32c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 1DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 2memif 1
+| ... | pipeline 1 docker container*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-1dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcc0be980e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 2DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 2memif 1
+| ... | pipeline 2 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05f6dd621b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 2DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 2memif 1
+| ... | pipeline 2 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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index 0000000000..17750167fb
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+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R4C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 4DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 2memif 1
+| ... | pipeline 4 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c4n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9066c51236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R4C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 4DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 2memif 1
+| ... | pipeline 4 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c4n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86f8bf8eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R6C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 6DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 2memif 1
+| ... | pipeline 6 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c6n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${6} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${6} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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index 0000000000..f8ba6fd723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R6C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 6DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 2memif 1
+| ... | pipeline 6 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c6n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${6} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${6} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba4aa235e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R8C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 8DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 2memif 1
+| ... | pipeline 8 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c8n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${8} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${8} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fab19ecbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 1R8C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 8DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 2memif 1
+| ... | pipeline 8 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c8n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${8} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${8} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1pl-2mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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index 0000000000..da4487ccb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R6C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 12DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 4memif 2
+| ... | pipelines 12 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c6n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${6} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${6} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df0e15480f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R6C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 12DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 4memif 2
+| ... | pipelines 12 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c6n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${6} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${6} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b58ec9aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R8C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 16DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 4memif 2
+| ... | pipelines 16 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c8n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${8} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${8} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98f0e875bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R8C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 16DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 4memif 2
+| ... | pipelines 16 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c8n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${8} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${8} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16bcf0a31b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 2DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 4memif 2
+| ... | pipelines 2 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0a6c35509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 2DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 4memif 2
+| ... | pipelines 2 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-2dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6be96b8bb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 4DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 2memif 2
+| ... | pipelines 4 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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index 0000000000..348340788a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 4DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 2memif 2
+| ... | pipelines 4 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb3fc8e872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R4C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 8DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 4memif 2
+| ... | pipelines 8 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c4n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb60376f30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 2R4C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 8DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 4memif 2
+| ... | pipelines 8 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c4n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-4mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86041272c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 4R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 4DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 8memif 4
+| ... | pipelines 4 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-4c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa1003e85e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 4R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 4DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 8memif 4
+| ... | pipelines 4 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-4c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2pl-8mif-4dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..771b5ab577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 4R4C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 16DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 8memif 4
+| ... | pipelines 16 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-4c4n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df9485707a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 4R4C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 16DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 8memif 4
+| ... | pipelines 16 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-4c4n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${4} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a96dfb68f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 4R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 8DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 8memif 4
+| ... | pipelines 8 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-4c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d67127e55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 4R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 8DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 8memif 4
+| ... | pipelines 8 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-4c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-4pl-8mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..252705e437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 6R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 12DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 12memif 6
+| ... | pipelines 12 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-6c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0bf36e7da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 6R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 12DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 12memif 6
+| ... | pipelines 12 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-6c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-12dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aec6c725f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 6R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 6DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 12memif 6
+| ... | pipelines 1 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-6c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f98e355a44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 6R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 6DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 12memif 6
+| ... | pipelines 1 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-6c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-6pl-12mif-6dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..413b48467d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 8R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 16DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 16memif 8
+| ... | pipelines 16 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-8c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7330ecc688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 8R2C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 16DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 16memif 8
+| ... | pipelines 16 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-8c2n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${2} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-16dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdc151b4f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 8R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 8DCR1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 16memif 8
+| ... | pipelines 8 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-8c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7ac595d28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | MEMIF | DOCKER | 8R1C
+| ... | NF_DENSITY | PIPELINE | NF_VPPIP4 | 8DCR2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Run Keywords
+| ... | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model | L3
+| ... | ${nic_name}
+| ... | AND | Set up performance test suite with MEMIF
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Run Keywords
+| ... | Tear down performance test
+| ... | AND | Tear down performance test with container
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation | **RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 16memif 8
+| ... | pipelines 8 docker containers*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology with
+| ... | single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 bridge domain.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with two L2 bridge domains
+| ... | and MAC learning enabled. DUT1 tested with ${nic_name}.\
+| ... | Container is connected to VPP via Memif interface. Container is running
+| ... | same VPP version as running on DUT. Container is limited via cgroup to
+| ... | use cores allocated from pool of isolated CPUs. There are no memory
+| ... | contraints.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on links to DUTs. TG traffic profile
+| ... | contains two L3 flow-groups (flow-group per direction, 254 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.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-8c1n
+# Container
+| ${container_engine}= | Docker
+| ${container_chain_topology}= | pipeline_ip4
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | And Set up performance test with containers
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | And Initialize L2 Bridge Domain for multiple pipelines with memif pairs
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${1} | auto_scale=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-8pl-16mif-8dcr2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/regenerate_testcases.py b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/regenerate_testcases.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2632018a80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/dcr_memif/pipeline/regenerate_testcases.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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.
+
+from resources.libraries.python.autogen.Regenerator import Regenerator
+
+Regenerator().regenerate_glob("*.robot")
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99c5cda637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 10R1C | 10VM1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 20 vhost 10 chains 10 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-10c1n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${10} | nf_nodes=${1}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${10} | nf_nodes=${1} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec2c0aada8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 10R1C | 10VM2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 20 vhost 10 chains 10 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-10c1n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${10} | nf_nodes=${1}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${10} | nf_nodes=${1} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-10ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae78f0b1db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 1R6C | 6VM1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 12 vhost 1 chain 6 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c6n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${6}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${6} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6cd526a48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 1R6C | 6VM2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 12 vhost 1 chain 6 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c6n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${6}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${6} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bff538e49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 1R8C | 8VM1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 16 vhost 1 chain 8 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c8n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${8}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${8} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8cdff1aa72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 1R8C | 8VM2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 16 vhost 1 chain 8 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c8n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${8}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${8} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eda55f4130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 1R10C | 10VM1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 20 vhost 1 chain 10 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c10n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${10}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${10} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..934082fb53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 1R10C | 10VM2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 20 vhost 1 chain 10 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c10n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${10}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${10} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-20vh-10vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8200434094
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 1R1C | 1VM1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 2 vhost 1 chain 1 VM*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c1n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${1}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${1} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01a992c2dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 1R1C | 1VM2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 2 vhost 1 chain 1 VM*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c1n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${1}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${1} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-2vh-1vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2b5f3de9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 1R2C | 2VM1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 4 vhost 1 chain 2 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c2n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${2}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${2} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e787a23d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 1R2C | 2VM2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 4 vhost 1 chain 2 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c2n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${2}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${2} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..857989e6bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 1R4C | 4VM1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 8 vhost 1 chains 4 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c4n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${4}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${4} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e61dc5be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 1R4C | 4VM2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 8 vhost 1 chains 4 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-1c4n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${4}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${1} | nf_nodes=${4} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-1ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0aa8e8923b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 2R4C | 8VM1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 16 vhost 2 chains 8 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c4n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${4}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${4} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9de7998ec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 2R4C | 8VM2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 16 vhost 2 chains 8 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c4n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${4}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${4} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3915b39100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 2R6C | 12VM1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 24 vhost 2 chains 12 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c6n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${6}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${6} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f76412b18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 2R6C | 12VM2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 24 vhost 2 chains 12 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c6n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${6}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${6} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d80164991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 2R8C | 16VM1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 32 vhost 2 chains 16 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c8n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${8}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${8} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0fb2ce1603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 2R8C | 16VM2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 32 vhost 2 chains 16 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c8n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${8}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${8} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5257ff08b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 2R1C | 2VM1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 4 vhost 2 chains 2 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c1n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${1}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${1} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9c6dd7537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 2R1C | 2VM2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 4 vhost 2 chains 2 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c1n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${1}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${1} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-4vh-2vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a035a27fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 2R2C | 4VM1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 8 vhost 2 chains 4 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c2n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${2}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${2} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e621e502b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 2R2C | 4VM2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 8 vhost 2 chains 4 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-2c2n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${2}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${2} | nf_nodes=${2} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-2ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..923af98cf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 4R2C | 8VM1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 16 vhost 4 chains 8 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-4c2n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${2}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${2} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c841a90739
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 4R2C | 8VM2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 16 vhost 4 chains 8 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-4c2n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${2}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${2} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..400bd2274c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 4R4C | 16VM1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 32 vhost 4 chains 16 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-4c4n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${4}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${4} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6569d5712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 4R4C | 16VM2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 32 vhost 4 chains 16 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-4c4n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${4}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${4} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20d99015ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 4R1C | 4VM1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 8 vhost 4 chains 4 VM*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-4c1n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${1}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${1} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb696acc6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 4R1C | 4VM2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 8 vhost 4 chains 4 VM*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-4c1n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${1}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${4} | nf_nodes=${1} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-4ch-8vh-4vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36e69e6e64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 6R1C | 6VM1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 12 vhost 6 chains 6 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-6c1n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${1}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${1} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e6d7b8cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 6R1C | 6VM2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 12 vhost 6 chains 6 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-6c1n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${1}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${1} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-12vh-6vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00ce5360ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 6R2C | 12VM1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 24 vhost 6 chains 12 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-6c2n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${2}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${2} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2daeae488a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 6R2C | 12VM2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 24 vhost 6 chains 12 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-6c2n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${2}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${6} | nf_nodes=${2} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-6ch-24vh-12vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0459689ea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 8R1C | 8VM1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 16 vhost 8 chains 8 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-8c1n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${1}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${1} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7da25a3ab5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 8R1C | 8VM2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 16 vhost 8 chains 8 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-8c1n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${1}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${1} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-16vh-8vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4bbdacaead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 8R2C | 16VM1T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 32 vhost 8 chains 16 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${2}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${0.5}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-8c2n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${2}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${2} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc03-64B-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc06-1518B-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc09-9000B-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc12-IMIX-4c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm1t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73fdb5495e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/2n-10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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
+| ...
+| Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | L2BDMACLRN | BASE | VHOST | VM
+| ... | VHOST_1024 | NF_DENSITY | NF_VPPIP4 | CHAIN | 8R2C | 16VM2T
+| ...
+| Suite Setup | Set up 2-node performance topology with DUT's NIC model
+| ... | L3 | ${nic_name}
+| Suite Teardown | Tear down 2-node performance topology
+| ...
+| Test Setup | Set up performance test
+| Test Teardown | Tear down performance test with vhost
+| ...
+| Test Template | Local Template
+| ...
+| Documentation
+| ... | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput L2BD test cases with 32 vhost 8 chains 16 VMs*
+| ...
+| ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology\
+| ... | with single links between nodes.
+| ... | *[Enc] Packet Encapsulations:* Eth-IPv4 for L2 switching of IPv4.
+| ... | *[Cfg] DUT configuration:* DUT1 is configured with L2 bridge-\
+| ... | domain and MAC learning enabled. Qemu VNFs are connected to VPP via\
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces. Guest is running VPP IPv4 interconnecting \
+| ... | vhost-user interfaces, rxd/txd=1024. DUT1 is tested with ${nic_name}.
+| ... | *[Ver] TG verification:* TG finds and reports throughput NDR (Non Drop\
+| ... | Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance and 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 MLRsearch library.\
+| ... | Test packets are generated by TG on\
+| ... | links to DUTs. TG traffic profile contains two L3 flow-groups\
+| ... | (flow-group per direction, 254 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 NFs nodes\
+| ... | interfaces.
+| ... | *[Ref] Applicable standard specifications:* RFC2544.
+
+*** Variables ***
+| ${nic_name}= | Intel-X710
+| ${overhead}= | ${0}
+| ${nf_dtcr}= | ${1}
+| ${nf_dtc}= | ${1}
+# Traffic profile:
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-sl-2n3n-ethip4-ip4src254-8c2n
+
+*** Keywords ***
+| Local Template
+| | [Documentation]
+| | ... | [Cfg] DUT runs L2BD switching config.
+| | ... | Each DUT uses ${phy_cores} physical core(s) for worker threads.
+| | ... | [Ver] Measure NDR and PDR values using MLRsearch algorithm.\
+| | ...
+| | ... | *Arguments:*
+| | ... | - frame_size - Framesize in Bytes in integer or string (IMIX_v4_1).
+| | ... | Type: integer, string
+| | ... | - phy_cores - Number of physical cores. Type: integer
+| | ... | - rxq - Number of RX queues, default value: ${None}. Type: integer
+| | ...
+| | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
+| | ...
+| | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
+| | ...
+| | Given Add worker threads and rxqueues to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
+| | And Add PCI devices to all DUTs
+| | Set Max Rate And Jumbo And Handle Multi Seg
+| | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
+| | When Initialize L2 bridge domains for multiple chains with Vhost-User
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${2}
+| | And Configure chains of NFs connected via vhost-user
+| | ... | nf_chains=${8} | nf_nodes=${2} | jumbo=${jumbo}
+| | ... | use_tuned_cfs=${False} | auto_scale=${False} | vnf=vpp_chain_ip4
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
+
+*** Test Cases ***
+| tc01-64B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc02-64B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 64B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc04-1518B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc05-1518B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc07-9000B-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc08-9000B-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
+| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
+
+| tc10-IMIX-1c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
+
+| tc11-IMIX-2c-eth-l2bd-8ch-32vh-16vm2t-vppip4-ndrpdr
+| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
+| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/regenerate_testcases.py b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/regenerate_testcases.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2632018a80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/nfv_density/vm_vhost/chain/regenerate_testcases.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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.
+
+from resources.libraries.python.autogen.Regenerator import Regenerator
+
+Regenerator().regenerate_glob("*.robot")