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OPNFV Euphrates Release Note for SampleVNF
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.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
.. _SampleVNF: https://wiki.opnfv.org/SAM
.. _Yardstick: https://wiki.opnfv.org/yardstick
.. _NFV-TST001: http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_gs/NFV-TST/001_099/001/01.01.01_60/gs_NFV-TST001v010101p.pdf
Abstract
========
This document describes the release note of SampleVNF project.
Version History
===============
+----------------+--------------------+---------------------------------+
| *Date* | *Version* | *Comment* |
| | | |
+----------------+--------------------+---------------------------------+
| "Oct 20 2017" | 5.1 | SampleVNF for Euphrates release |
| | | |
+----------------+--------------------+---------------------------------+
Important Notes
===============
The software delivered in the OPNFV SampleVNF_ Project, comprising the
*SampleVNF VNFs* and performance test case are part of OPNFV Yardstick_
Project is a realization of the methodology in ETSI-ISG NFV-TST001_.
OPNFV Euphrates Release
======================
This Euphrates release provides *SampleVNF* as a approx VNF repository for
VNF/NFVI testing, characterization and OPNFV feature testing, automated on
OPNFV platform, including:
* Documentation generated with Sphinx
* User Guide
* Developer Guide
* Release notes (this document)
* Results
* Automated SampleVNF test suit in OPNFV Yardstick_ Project
* SampleVNF source code
For Euphrates release, the *SampleVNF* supported:
+----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| *VNF* | *Name* | *version* |
+----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| *CGNAPT* | Carrier Grade Network Address and port Translation .5.0 | v0.1.0 |
+----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| *Prox* | Packet pROcessing eXecution engine | v0.39.0 |
| | acts as traffic generator, L3FWD, L2FWD, BNG etc | |
+----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| *vACL* | Access Control List | v0.1.0 |
+----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| *vFW* | Firewall | v0.1.0 |
+----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| *UDP_replay* | UDP_Replay | v0.1.0 |
+----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
.. note:: Highlevel Desgin and features supported by each of the VNFs is described in Developer
and user guide.
For Euphrates release, the *SampleVNF* is used for the following
testing:
* OPNFV platform testing - generic test cases to measure the categories:
* NFVI Characterization:
* Network
* VNF Characterization:
* Network - rfc2544, rfc3511, latency, http_test etc
The *SampleVNF* is developed in the OPNFV community, by the SampleVNF_ team.
The *Network Service Benchmarking* SampleVNF Characterization Testing tool is a part of the
Yardstick Project.
.. note:: The test case description template used for the SampleVNF in yardstick
test cases is based on the document ETSI-ISG NFV-TST001_; the results report template
used for the SampleVNF test results is based on the IEEE Std 829-2008.
Release Data
============
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| **Project** | SampleVNF |
| | |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| **Repo/tag** | samplevnf/Euphrates.5.1 |
| | |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| **SampleVNF Docker image tag** | Euphrates.5.1 |
| | |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| **Release designation** | Euphrates |
| | |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| **Release date** | "October 20 2017" |
| | |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| **Purpose of the delivery** | OPNFV Euphrates release 5.1 |
| | |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
Deliverables
============
Documents
---------
- User Guide: http://artifacts.opnfv.org/samplevnf/euphrates/5.0.0/docs/testing_user_userguide/index.html
- Developer Guide: http://artifacts.opnfv.org/samplevnf/euphrates/5.0.0/docs/testing_developer/index.html
Software Deliverables
---------------------
- The SampleVNF Docker image: To be added
**SampleVNF tested on Contexts**
+---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| **Context** | **Description** |
| | |
+---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| *Heat* | Models orchestration using OpenStack Heat |
| | |
+---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| *Node* | Models Baremetal, Controller, Compute |
| | |
+---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| *Standalone* | Models VM running on Non-Managed NFVi |
| | |
+---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
Document Version Changes
------------------------
This is the first version of the SampleVNF in OPNFV.
It includes the following documentation updates:
- SampleVNF User Guide:
- SampleVNF Developer Guide
- SampleVNF Release Notes for SampleVNF: this document
Feature additions
-----------------
- SampleVNF RESTful API support
- Introduce Network service benchmarking
Known Issues/Faults
-------------------
- Huge page freeing needs to be handled properly while running the application else it might
cause system crash. Known issue from DPDK.
- UDP Replay is used to capture throughput for dynamic cgnapt
- Hardware Checksum offload is not supported for IPv6 traffic
- SampleVNF on sriov is tested till 4 threads
- Rest API is supported only for vACL, vFW, vCGNAPT
- Rest API uses port 80, make sure other webservices are stopped before using SampleVNF RestAPI.
Corrected Faults
----------------
Euphrates.5.1:
+----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| **JIRA REFERENCE** | **DESCRIPTION** |
| | |
+----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| | |
| | |
+----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
Euphrates known restrictions/issues
====================================
+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------------------+
| Installer | Scenario | Issue |
+===========+===========+==============================================+
| | | |
+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------------------+
Open JIRA tickets
=================
+----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| **JIRA REFERENCE** | **DESCRIPTION** |
| | |
+----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| | |
| | |
+----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
Useful links
============
- wiki project page: https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/SAM
- wiki SampleVNF Euphrates release planing page: https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/SAM/SampleVNF+Euphrates+Release+Planning
- SampleVNF repo: https://git.opnfv.org/cgit/samplevnf
- SampleVNF IRC chanel: #opnfv-samplevnf