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authorMartin Klozik <martin.klozik@tieto.com>2018-05-15 01:42:35 -0700
committerMartin Klozik <martin.klozik@tieto.com>2018-05-28 05:48:23 -0700
commit63b56ed1d74657129006f066a3f118c4c369d23c (patch)
tree33624c57bbf9800668647da82bb9d6edbd1bcd93 /docs
parentc79adfe7660ffa43f597af794412c0616a785943 (diff)
connections: Introduction of generic API
Redesign of vSwitch and vSwitch controller classes, to use generic connection methods for configuration of vSwitch. This API is more generic and vSwitch agnostic, thus deployment scenarios like P2P, PVP, PVVP (i.e. PVVPx) can be used for all (currently) supported vSwitches. Usage of new API will simplify an introduction of new vSwitches in the future. This patchset introduces following changes: * OVS: implementation of add_, del_, dump_ connection(s) and their validation methods * VPP: bidir parameter removed - it is up to the deployment scenario implementation to take care about bidirectional connections * P2P and PXP controllers were updated to use connection methods instead of flow related methods. Thus standard TCs will support both OVS and VPP. NOTE, PVPV is not supported for VPP (yet?). * refactoring of vSwitch interfaces and inherited classes * VPP step driven TCs were replaced by standard TCs with appropriate deployment scenarios. This is for backward compatibility with TC reporting. Once reporting of VPP TC results into results DB will be modified, this TCs can be removed. * OVS routing tables support was generalized to support P2P and PXP deployments and step driven TCs. Usage of OVS routing tables is now configurable (turned off by default) for better comparison of results among various vSwitches. * Multistream pre_installed_flows feature was generalized to support P2P and PXP deployments and step driven TCs. * IxNet: TRAFFIC['l4']['dstport'] will be used as a start value for port iteration if L4 multistream feature is enabled. * OVS: default flow template is now configurable via OVS_FLOW_TEMPLATE * OVS: support of TRAFFIC['flow_type']='ip' was generalized to work with connection methods (i.e. with P2P and PXP deployments and step driven TCs) * integration TCs: modification of integration TCs and their macros to utilize new generic connection based API * CI: list of TCs for VERIFY & MERGE jobs was changed to run the same generic tests for both OVS & VPP * documentation update * small fixes and improvements JIRA: VSPERF-579 Change-Id: If4e6e6037929eab9f16c2bbcb8a0fb30e5d6f9b0 Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martin.klozik@tieto.com> Reviewed-by: Richard Elias <richard.elias@tieto.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Sridhar Rao <sridhar.rao@spirent.com>
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-rw-r--r--docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/vswitchperf_design.rst14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/vswitchperf_design.rst b/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/vswitchperf_design.rst
index 7fbde886..b8a3ba19 100644
--- a/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/vswitchperf_design.rst
+++ b/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/vswitchperf_design.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
-.. (c) OPNFV, Intel Corporation, AT&T and others.
+.. (c) OPNFV, Intel Corporation, AT&T, Tieto and others.
.. _vsperf-design:
@@ -332,7 +332,6 @@ Detailed description of ``TRAFFIC`` dictionary items follows:
feature. If enabled, it will implicitly insert a flow
for each stream. If multistream is disabled, then
pre-installed flows will be ignored.
- Note: It is supported only for p2p deployment scenario.
Data type: str
Supported values:
"Yes" - flows will be inserted into OVS
@@ -777,6 +776,13 @@ As it is able to forward traffic between multiple VM NIC pairs.
Note: In case of ``linux_bridge``, all NICs are connected to the same
bridge inside the VM.
+Note: In case that multistream feature is configured and ``pre_installed_flows``
+is set to ``Yes``, then stream specific flows will be inserted only for connections
+originating at physical ports. The rest of the flows will be based on port
+numbers only. The same logic applies in case that ``flow_type`` TRAFFIC option
+is set to ``ip``. This configuration will avoid a testcase malfunction if frame headers
+are modified inside VM (e.g. MAC swap or IP change).
+
VM, vSwitch, Traffic Generator Independence
===========================================
@@ -912,6 +918,10 @@ Vsperf uses a standard set of routing tables in order to allow tests to easily
mix and match Deployment Scenarios (PVP, P2P topology), Tuple Matching and
Frame Modification requirements.
+The usage of routing tables is driven by configuration parameter ``OVS_ROUTING_TABLES``.
+Routing tables are disabled by default (i.e. parameter is set to ``False``) for better
+comparison of results among supported vSwitches (e.g. OVS vs. VPP).
+
.. code-block:: console
+--------------+