From 12c3608c3464add7664e3b8f41b07b9b8fd03f1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tibor Frank Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 11:16:19 +0200 Subject: Report 2005: Add data, review graphs Change-Id: I2913ed579369a26a1226cfbe958432d1b3e11789 Signed-off-by: Tibor Frank --- .../report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst | 27 ---------------------- 1 file changed, 27 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst') diff --git a/docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst b/docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst index da817f269d..7c4d5dfc9f 100644 --- a/docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst +++ b/docs/report/introduction/test_environment_intro.rst @@ -28,30 +28,3 @@ physical testbeds are maintained in FD.io CSIT repository: `FD.io CSIT testbeds - Xeon Cascade Lake`_, `FD.io CSIT testbeds - Xeon Skylake, Arm, Atom`_ and `FD.io CSIT Testbeds - Xeon Haswell`_. - -Pre-Test Server Calibration ---------------------------- - -Number of SUT server sub-system runtime parameters have been identified -as impacting data plane performance tests. Calibrating those parameters -is part of FD.io CSIT pre-test activities, and includes measuring and -reporting following: - -#. System level core jitter - measure duration of core interrupts by - Linux in clock cycles and how often interrupts happen. Using - `CPU core jitter tool `_. - -#. Memory bandwidth - measure bandwidth with `Intel MLC tool - `_. - -#. Memory latency - measure memory latency with Intel MLC tool. - -#. Cache latency at all levels (L1, L2, and Last Level Cache) - measure - cache latency with Intel MLC tool. - -Measured values of listed parameters are especially important for -repeatable zero packet loss throughput measurements across multiple -system instances. Generally they come useful as a background data for -comparing data plane performance results across disparate servers. - -Following sections include measured calibration data for testbeds. -- cgit 1.2.3-korg