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diff --git a/docs/testing/ecosystem/overview.rst b/docs/testing/ecosystem/overview.rst index 940e720ab..ffd4c597d 100644 --- a/docs/testing/ecosystem/overview.rst +++ b/docs/testing/ecosystem/overview.rst @@ -8,18 +8,20 @@ OPNFV testing Introduction ============ -Testing is one of the key activities in OPNFV, including component level testing, -system testing, automated deployment validation and performance characteristics -or stress testing. +Testing is one of the key activities in OPNFV and includes unit, feature, component, system +level testing for development, automated deployment, performance characterization or stress +testing. -Some projects are fully dedicated to testing, they provide frameworks or tooling. -The feature projects also include their own test suites. -he test projects fulfill different roles (such as functional checks, performance -measurement, platform and component benchmarks, and analysis) on the scenarios -released in OPNFV. +Test projects are dedicated to provide frameworks, tooling and test-cases catagorized as +functional, performance or compliance testing. Test projects fulfill different roles such as +verifying VIM functionality, benchmarking components and platforms or analysis of measured +KPIs for the scenarios released in OPNFV. -This document will detail the OPNFV testing ecosystem, describe the commons used -by the projects and provide the links to project specific documentation. +Feature projects also provide their own test suites that either run independently or within a +test project. + +This document details the OPNFV testing ecosystem, describes test commonality used +by the projects and provides links to project specific documentation. OPNFV testing ecosystem @@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ The OPNFV testing projects may be summarized as follows: :align: center :alt: Overview of OPNFV Testing projects -The main projects of the testing projects are described in the table below: +The major testing projects are described in the table below: +----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ | Project | Description | @@ -46,8 +48,8 @@ The main projects of the testing projects are described in the table below: | | production environment, an automatic method for | | | executing benchmarks which plans to validate the | | | deployment during staging is adopted. This project | -| | provides a framework to find the bottlenecks of OPNFV | -| | infrastructure. | +| | forms a staging framework to find bottlenecks and to do | +| | analysis of the OPNFV infrastructure. | +----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ | CPerf | SDN Controller benchmarks and performance testing, | | | applicable to controllers in general. | @@ -86,15 +88,13 @@ The main projects of the testing projects are described in the table below: | | pass/fail thresholds for test, staging, and production | | | NFVI environments. | +----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ -| VSperf | The Project “vSwitch Performance" develops a generic and| -| | architecture agnostic vSwitch testing framework and | -| | associated tests, that will serve as a basis for | -| | validating the suitability of different vSwitch | -| | implementations in a Telco NFV deployment environment. | -| | The output of this project will be utilized by the OPNFV| -| | Performance and Test group and its associated projects, | -| | as part of OPNFV Platform and VNF level testing and | -| | validation. | +| VSperf | This project provides a framework for automation of NFV | +| | data-plane performance testing and benchmarking. The | +| | NFVI fast-path includes switch technology and network | +| | with physical and virtual interfaces. Vsperf can be | +| | used to evaluate the suitability of different Switch | +| | implementations and features, quantify data-path | +| | performance and optimize platform configurations. | +----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ | Yardstick | The goal of the Project is to verify the infrastructure | | | compliance when running VNF applications. NFV Use Cases | |