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@@ -151,7 +151,71 @@ TBD
Testing
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-TBD
+In order to test how effectively the virtual switch handles high priority traffic
+types, the following scheme is suggested.::
+
+ +---------------------------+ Ingress Traffic Parameters
+ | | +-------------------------------------------+
+ | |
+ | | Packet Size: The size of the Ethernet frames
+ | |
+ | | Tmax: RFC2544 Max. Throughput for traffic of
+ | PHY0 <-------+ "Packet Size"
+ | |
+ | | Total Offered Rate: The offered rate of both
+ | | traffic classes combined expressed as a % of
+ | | Tmax
+ | |
+ | | Ingress Rates are expressed as a percentage
+ | | of Total Offered Rate.
+ | |
+ | | Class A:
+ | OVS | Ethernet PCP = 0 (Background)
+ | (BR0) | Ingress Rate : rate_ingress_a(n) Mfps
+ | |
+ | | Class B:
+ | | Ethernet PCP = 7 (Highest)
+ | | Ingress Rate : rate_ingress_b(n) Mfps
+ | |
+ | | Egress Traffic Measurements
+ | | +-------------------------------------------+
+ | | Class A:
+ | | Egress Throughput : rate_egress_a(n) Mfps
+ | | Egress Latency : max_lat_egrees_a(n) ms
+ | | Egress Jitter : max_jit_egress_a(n) ms
+ | PHY1 +------->
+ | | Class B:
+ | | Egress Throughput : rate_egress_b(n) Mfps
+ | | Egress Latency : max_lat_egrees_b(n) ms
+ +---------------------------+ Egress Jitter : max_jit_egress_b(n) ms
+
+
+Open vSwitch is configured to forward traffic between two ports agnostic to the
+traffic type. For example, using the following command:
+
+ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 in_port=0,actions=output:1
+
+The test will be carried out with the functionality to enable high-priority
+traffic enabled and disabled in order to guage the change in performance for
+both cases.
+
+Two classes of traffic will be generated by a traffic generator. In the example
+above, the classes are differentiated using the Ethernet PCP field. However,
+another means for differentiating traffic could be used, depending the
+prioritization scheme that is developed.
+
+Tests should be performed for each combination of:
+
+* Packet Sizes in (64, 512)
+* Total Offered Rate in (80, 120, 150)
+* rate_ingress_b(n) / rate_ingress_a(n) in (0.1, 0.2, 0.5)
+
+For each set, the following metrics should be collected for each traffic
+class over a specified time period:
+
+Egress Throughput (Mfps)
+Maximum Egress Latency (ms)
+Maximum Egress Jitter (ms)
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