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-rw-r--r--docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/trafficgen_integration_guide.rst17
-rw-r--r--docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/vswitchperf_design.rst40
-rw-r--r--docs/testing/user/configguide/trafficgen.rst99
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diff --git a/docs/release/release-notes/release-notes.rst b/docs/release/release-notes/release-notes.rst
index 860cca77..46eb74c0 100644
--- a/docs/release/release-notes/release-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/release/release-notes/release-notes.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,73 @@
.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
.. (c) OPNFV, Intel Corporation, AT&T and others.
+OPNFV Fraser Release
+====================
+
+* Supported Versions - DPDK:17.08, OVS:2.8.1, VPP:17.07, QEMU:2.9.1
+* Pylint 1.8.2 code conformity
+* Python virtualenv moved to python-3.
+* LTD: Requirements specification for Soak/Long Duration Tests
+* Performance Matrix functionality support
+* Several bugfixes and minor improvements
+
+* Documentation
+
+ * Configuration and installation of additional tools.
+ * Xena install document update.
+ * Installation prerequisites update
+ * Traffic Capture methods explained
+
+* Virtual-Switches
+
+ * OVS: Configurable arguments for ovs-\*ctl
+ * OVS: Fix vswitch shutdown process
+ * VPP: Define vppctl socket name
+ * VPP: Multiqueue support for VPP
+ * OVS and VPP: Improve add_phy_port error messages
+ * OVS and VPP: Updated to recent version
+
+* Tools
+
+ * Support for Stressor-VMs as a Loadgen
+ * Support for collectd as one of the collectors
+ * Support for LLC management with Intel RMD
+
+* Traffic Generators
+
+ * All Traffic-Gens: Postponed call of connect operation.
+ * Ixia: Added support of LISTs in TRAFFIC
+ * T-Rex: Version v2.38 support added.
+ * T-Rex: Support for T-Rex Traffic generator in a VM.
+ * T-Rex: Add logic for dealing with high speed cards.
+ * T-Rex: Improve error handling.
+ * T-Rex: Added support for traffic capture.
+ * T-Rex: RFC2544 verification functionality included.
+ * T-Rex: Added learning packet option.
+ * T-Rex: Added packet counts for reporting
+ * T-Rex: Added multistream support
+ * T-Rex: Added promiscuous option for SRIOV tests
+ * T-Rex: RFC2544 Throughput bugfixing
+
+* Tests
+
+ * Tests with T-Rex in VM
+ * Improvements of step driven Testcases
+ * OVS/DPDK regression tests
+ * Traffic Capture testcases added.
+
+* Installation Scripts
+
+ * Support for SLES15 and openSuse Tumbleweed
+ * Fedora installation script update
+ * rhel_path_fix: Fix pathing issue introduce by other commit
+ * Updated build scripts for Centos and RHEL to python34
+
+* CI
+
+ * Update hugepages configuration
+ * Support disabling VPP tests, if required
+
OPNFV Euphrates Release
=======================
diff --git a/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/trafficgen_integration_guide.rst b/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/trafficgen_integration_guide.rst
index c88b80ed..671c7fd8 100644
--- a/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/trafficgen_integration_guide.rst
+++ b/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/trafficgen_integration_guide.rst
@@ -199,13 +199,20 @@ functions:
Note: There are parameters specific to testing of tunnelling protocols,
which are discussed in detail at :ref:`integration-tests` userguide.
+ Note: A detailed description of the ``TRAFFIC`` dictionary can be found at
+ :ref:`configuration-of-traffic-dictionary`.
+
* param **traffic_type**: One of the supported traffic types,
- e.g. **rfc2544_throughput**, **rfc2544_continuous**
- or **rfc2544_back2back**.
- * param **frame_rate**: Defines desired percentage of frame
- rate used during continuous stream tests.
+ e.g. **rfc2544_throughput**, **rfc2544_continuous**,
+ **rfc2544_back2back** or **burst**.
* param **bidir**: Specifies if generated traffic will be full-duplex
(true) or half-duplex (false).
+ * param **frame_rate**: Defines desired percentage of frame
+ rate used during continuous stream tests.
+ * param **burst_size**: Defines a number of frames in the single burst,
+ which is sent by burst traffic type. Burst size is applied for each
+ direction, i.e. the total number of tx frames will be 2*burst_size
+ in case of bidirectional traffic.
* param **multistream**: Defines number of flows simulated by traffic
generator. Value 0 disables MultiStream feature.
* param **stream_type**: Stream Type defines ISO OSI network layer
@@ -224,6 +231,8 @@ functions:
**dstport** and l4 on/off switch **enabled**.
* param **vlan**: A dictionary with vlan specific parameters,
e.g. **priority**, **cfi**, **id** and vlan on/off switch **enabled**.
+ * param **scapy**: A dictionary with definition of the frame content for both traffic
+ directions. The frame content is defined by a SCAPY notation.
* param **tests**: Number of times the test is executed.
* param **duration**: Duration of continuous test or per iteration duration
diff --git a/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/vswitchperf_design.rst b/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/vswitchperf_design.rst
index 96ffcf62..7fbde886 100644
--- a/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/vswitchperf_design.rst
+++ b/docs/testing/developer/devguide/design/vswitchperf_design.rst
@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ Detailed description of ``TRAFFIC`` dictionary items follows:
.. code-block:: console
'traffic_type' - One of the supported traffic types.
- E.g. rfc2544_throughput, rfc2544_back2back
- or rfc2544_continuous
+ E.g. rfc2544_throughput, rfc2544_back2back,
+ rfc2544_continuous or burst
Data type: str
Default value: "rfc2544_throughput".
'bidir' - Specifies if generated traffic will be full-duplex (True)
@@ -304,6 +304,12 @@ Detailed description of ``TRAFFIC`` dictionary items follows:
continuous stream tests.
Data type: int
Default value: 100.
+ 'burst_size' - Defines a number of frames in the single burst, which is sent
+ by burst traffic type. Burst size is applied for each direction,
+ i.e. the total number of tx frames will be 2*burst_size in case of
+ bidirectional traffic.
+ Data type: int
+ Default value: 100.
'multistream' - Defines number of flows simulated by traffic generator.
Value 0 disables multistream feature
Data type: int
@@ -439,6 +445,34 @@ Detailed description of ``TRAFFIC`` dictionary items follows:
details.
Data type: str
Default value: ''
+ 'scapy' - A dictionary with definition of a frame content for both traffic
+ directions. The frame content is defined by a SCAPY notation.
+ NOTE: It is supported only by the T-Rex traffic generator.
+ Following keywords can be used to refer to the related parts of
+ the TRAFFIC dictionary:
+ Ether_src - refers to TRAFFIC['l2']['srcmac']
+ Ether_dst - refers to TRAFFIC['l2']['dstmac']
+ IP_proto - refers to TRAFFIC['l3']['proto']
+ IP_PROTO - refers to upper case version of TRAFFIC['l3']['proto']
+ IP_src - refers to TRAFFIC['l3']['srcip']
+ IP_dst - refers to TRAFFIC['l3']['dstip']
+ IP_PROTO_sport - refers to TRAFFIC['l4']['srcport']
+ IP_PROTO_dport - refers to TRAFFIC['l4']['dstport']
+ Dot1Q_prio - refers to TRAFFIC['vlan']['priority']
+ Dot1Q_id - refers to TRAFFIC['vlan']['cfi']
+ Dot1Q_vlan - refers to TRAFFIC['vlan']['id']
+ '0' - A string with the frame definition for the 1st direction.
+ Data type: str
+ Default value: 'Ether(src={Ether_src}, dst={Ether_dst})/'
+ 'Dot1Q(prio={Dot1Q_prio}, id={Dot1Q_id}, vlan={Dot1Q_vlan})/'
+ 'IP(proto={IP_proto}, src={IP_src}, dst={IP_dst})/'
+ '{IP_PROTO}(sport={IP_PROTO_sport}, dport={IP_PROTO_dport})'
+ '1' - A string with the frame definition for the 2nd direction.
+ Data type: str
+ Default value: 'Ether(src={Ether_dst}, dst={Ether_src})/'
+ 'Dot1Q(prio={Dot1Q_prio}, id={Dot1Q_id}, vlan={Dot1Q_vlan})/'
+ 'IP(proto={IP_proto}, src={IP_dst}, dst={IP_src})/'
+ '{IP_PROTO}(sport={IP_PROTO_dport}, dport={IP_PROTO_sport})',
.. _configuration-of-guest-options:
@@ -786,7 +820,7 @@ ITrafficGenerator
connect()
disconnect()
- send_burst_traffic(traffic, numpkts, time, framerate)
+ send_burst_traffic(traffic, time)
send_cont_traffic(traffic, time, framerate)
start_cont_traffic(traffic, time, framerate)
diff --git a/docs/testing/user/configguide/trafficgen.rst b/docs/testing/user/configguide/trafficgen.rst
index 52b1b4a5..f9e2db11 100644
--- a/docs/testing/user/configguide/trafficgen.rst
+++ b/docs/testing/user/configguide/trafficgen.rst
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ and is configured as follows:
TRAFFIC = {
'traffic_type' : 'rfc2544_throughput',
'frame_rate' : 100,
+ 'burst_size' : 100,
'bidir' : 'True', # will be passed as string in title format to tgen
'multistream' : 0,
'stream_type' : 'L4',
@@ -75,8 +76,22 @@ and is configured as follows:
'count': 1,
'filter': '',
},
+ 'scapy': {
+ 'enabled': False,
+ '0' : 'Ether(src={Ether_src}, dst={Ether_dst})/'
+ 'Dot1Q(prio={Dot1Q_prio}, id={Dot1Q_id}, vlan={Dot1Q_vlan})/'
+ 'IP(proto={IP_proto}, src={IP_src}, dst={IP_dst})/'
+ '{IP_PROTO}(sport={IP_PROTO_sport}, dport={IP_PROTO_dport})',
+ '1' : 'Ether(src={Ether_dst}, dst={Ether_src})/'
+ 'Dot1Q(prio={Dot1Q_prio}, id={Dot1Q_id}, vlan={Dot1Q_vlan})/'
+ 'IP(proto={IP_proto}, src={IP_dst}, dst={IP_src})/'
+ '{IP_PROTO}(sport={IP_PROTO_dport}, dport={IP_PROTO_sport})',
+ }
}
+A detailed description of the ``TRAFFIC`` dictionary can be found at
+:ref:`configuration-of-traffic-dictionary`.
+
The framesize parameter can be overridden from the configuration
files by adding the following to your custom configuration file
``10_custom.conf``:
@@ -857,6 +872,21 @@ place. This can be adjusted with the following configurations:
TRAFFICGEN_TREX_LEARNING_MODE=True
TRAFFICGEN_TREX_LEARNING_DURATION=5
+Latency measurements have impact on T-Rex performance. Thus vswitchperf uses a separate
+latency stream for each direction with limited speed. This workaround is used for RFC2544
+**Throughput** and **Continuous** traffic types. In case of **Burst** traffic type,
+the latency statistics are measured for all frames in the burst. Collection of latency
+statistics is driven by configuration option ``TRAFFICGEN_TREX_LATENCY_PPS`` as follows:
+
+ * value ``0`` - disables latency measurements
+ * non zero integer value - enables latency measurements; In case of Throughput
+ and Continuous traffic types, it specifies a speed of latency specific stream
+ in PPS. In case of burst traffic type, it enables latency measurements for all frames.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ TRAFFICGEN_TREX_LATENCY_PPS = 1000
+
SR-IOV and Multistream layer 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
T-Rex by default only accepts packets on the receive side if the destination mac matches the
@@ -907,3 +937,72 @@ The duration and maximum number of attempted verification trials can be set to c
behavior of this step. If the verification step fails, it will resume the binary search
with new values where the maximum output will be the last attempted frame rate minus the
current set thresh hold.
+
+Scapy frame definition
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+It is possible to use a SCAPY frame definition to generate various network protocols
+by the **T-Rex** traffic generator. In case that particular network protocol layer
+is disabled by the TRAFFIC dictionary (e.g. TRAFFIC['vlan']['enabled'] = False),
+then disabled layer will be removed from the scapy format definition by VSPERF.
+
+The scapy frame definition can refer to values defined by the TRAFFIC dictionary
+by following keywords. These keywords are used in next examples.
+
+* ``Ether_src`` - refers to ``TRAFFIC['l2']['srcmac']``
+* ``Ether_dst`` - refers to ``TRAFFIC['l2']['dstmac']``
+* ``IP_proto`` - refers to ``TRAFFIC['l3']['proto']``
+* ``IP_PROTO`` - refers to upper case version of ``TRAFFIC['l3']['proto']``
+* ``IP_src`` - refers to ``TRAFFIC['l3']['srcip']``
+* ``IP_dst`` - refers to ``TRAFFIC['l3']['dstip']``
+* ``IP_PROTO_sport`` - refers to ``TRAFFIC['l4']['srcport']``
+* ``IP_PROTO_dport`` - refers to ``TRAFFIC['l4']['dstport']``
+* ``Dot1Q_prio`` - refers to ``TRAFFIC['vlan']['priority']``
+* ``Dot1Q_id`` - refers to ``TRAFFIC['vlan']['cfi']``
+* ``Dot1Q_vlan`` - refers to ``TRAFFIC['vlan']['id']``
+
+In following examples of SCAPY frame definition only relevant parts of TRAFFIC
+dictionary are shown. The rest of the TRAFFIC dictionary is set to default values
+as they are defined in ``conf/03_traffic.conf``.
+
+Please check official documentation of SCAPY project for details about SCAPY frame
+definition and supported network layers at: http://www.secdev.org/projects/scapy
+
+#. Generate ICMP frames:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ 'scapy': {
+ 'enabled': True,
+ '0' : 'Ether(src={Ether_src}, dst={Ether_dst})/IP(proto={IP_proto}, src={IP_src}, dst={IP_dst})/ICMP()',
+ '1' : 'Ether(src={Ether_dst}, dst={Ether_src})/IP(proto={IP_proto}, src={IP_dst}, dst={IP_src})/ICMP()',
+ }
+
+#. Generate IPv6 ICMP Echo Request
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ 'l3' : {
+ 'srcip': 'feed::01',
+ 'dstip': 'feed::02',
+ },
+ 'scapy': {
+ 'enabled': True,
+ '0' : 'Ether(src={Ether_src}, dst={Ether_dst})/IPv6(src={IP_src}, dst={IP_dst})/ICMPv6EchoRequest()',
+ '1' : 'Ether(src={Ether_dst}, dst={Ether_src})/IPv6(src={IP_dst}, dst={IP_src})/ICMPv6EchoRequest()',
+ }
+
+#. Generate SCTP frames:
+
+ Example uses default SCAPY frame definition, which can reflect ``TRAFFIC['l3']['proto']`` settings. The same
+ approach can be used to generate other protocols, e.g. TCP.
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ 'l3' : {
+ 'proto' : 'sctp',
+ },
+ 'scapy': {
+ 'enabled': True,
+ }
+