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| author |   Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> | 2015-09-07 00:44:50 +0100 |
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| committer |   Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> | 2015-10-08 12:56:08 +0000 |
| commit | 32d4bf344c538c7d9a17906994e34a8e431721bd (patch) | |
| tree | 848323208bd1b0172128da0304739a89788ee324 /docs | |
| parent | d8e69f9d31492faf685bd92944cc3f4e76c4b1d1 (diff) | |
test_spec: Note need for 3 test ports in RFC2889 address/cache
The RFC 2889 Address Learning and Cache Capacity tests require
a listening port to check for flooded frames.
JIRA: VSPERF-74
Change-Id: I7b4d2461e819d01d642c9c4d95b938dfbe056f2c
Signed-off-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com>
Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/to-be-reorganized/vswitchperf_ltd.rst | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/to-be-reorganized/vswitchperf_ltd.rst b/docs/to-be-reorganized/vswitchperf_ltd.rst index d4d61787..ccba2131 100644 --- a/docs/to-be-reorganized/vswitchperf_ltd.rst +++ b/docs/to-be-reorganized/vswitchperf_ltd.rst @@ -443,6 +443,11 @@ Physical port → vSwitch → VNF → vSwitch → VNF → vSwitch → physical p diagram above (with 2 sending and 2 receiving ports, though all ports could be used bi-directionally). +**Note:** When Deployment Scenarios are used in RFC 2889 address learning +or cache capacity testing, an additional port from the vSwitch must be +connected to the test device. This port is used to listen for flooded +frames. + 2.2.3 General Methodology: -------------------------- To establish the baseline performance of the virtual switch, tests would @@ -1544,7 +1549,7 @@ Test ID: LTD.Throughput.RFC2889.AddressCachingCapacity **Deployment scenario**: - - Physical → virtual switch → physical. + - Physical → virtual switch → 2 x physical (one receiving, one listening). Test ID: LTD.Throughput.RFC2889.AddressLearningRate ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -1568,7 +1573,7 @@ Test ID: LTD.Throughput.RFC2889.AddressLearningRate learning rate can be obtained. **Expected Result**: It may be worthwhile to report the behaviour when - operating beyond address capacity - some DUTS may be more friendly to + operating beyond address capacity - some DUTs may be more friendly to new addresses than others. **Metrics collected**: @@ -1579,7 +1584,7 @@ Test ID: LTD.Throughput.RFC2889.AddressLearningRate **Deployment scenario**: - - Physical → virtual switch → physical. + - Physical → virtual switch → 2 x physical (one receiving, one listening). Test ID: LTD.Throughput.RFC2889.ErrorFramesFiltering ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |