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diff --git a/docs/release/release-notes/release-notes.rst b/docs/release/release-notes/release-notes.rst index 7c9cbcb..655559d 100644 --- a/docs/release/release-notes/release-notes.rst +++ b/docs/release/release-notes/release-notes.rst @@ -5,6 +5,52 @@ RELEASE NOTES +++++++++++++ +Release 2.0 +=========== +Major release highlights: + +- Dedicated chain networks +- VxLAN support with VTEP in the traffic generator +- Enhanced chain analysis +- Code refactoring and enhanced unit testing +- Miscellaneous enhancement + +Dedicated chain networks +------------------------ +NFVbench 1.x only supported shared networks across chains. +For example, 20xPVP would create only 2 networks (left and right) shared by all chains. +With NFVbench 2.0, chain networks will become dedicated (unshared) by default with an option in +the nfvbench configuration to shared them. A 20xPVP run will create 2x20 networks instead. + +Enhanced chain analysis +----------------------- +The new chain analysis improves at multiple levels: + +- there is now one table for each direction (forward and reverse) that both read from left to right +- per-chain packet counters and latency +- all-chain aggregate packet counters and latency +- supports both shared and dedicated chain networks + +Code refactoring and enhanced unit testing +------------------------------------------ +The overall code structure is now better partitioned in the following functions: + +- staging and resource discovery +- traffic generator +- stats collection + +The staging algorithm was rewritten to be: + +- a lot more robust to errors and to handle better resource reuse use cases. + For example when a network with a matching name is discovered the new code will verify that the + network is associated to the right VM instance +- a lot more strict when it comes to the inventory of MAC addresses. For example the association + from each VM MAC to a chain index for each Trex port is handled in a much more strict manner. + +Although not all code is unit tested, the most critical parts are unit tested with the use of +the mock library. The resulting unit test code can run in isolation without needing a real system under test. + + OPNFV Fraser Release ==================== @@ -55,10 +101,3 @@ This is the introductory release for NFVbench. In this release, NFVbench provide - detailed results in JSON format - summary tabular results - can send logs and results to one or more fluentd aggregators (per configuration) - - - - - - - |