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authorMaryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com>2016-03-02 15:27:42 +0000
committerMaryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com>2016-03-04 10:41:37 +0000
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docs: add Scalability Tests for VMs in Series
Add LTD.Scalability.VNF.RFC2544.PacketLossProfile and LTD.Scalability.VNF.RFC2544.PacketLossRatio to LTD. JIRA: VSPERF-238 Change-Id: I26e2b9e06d7bdaf4cc5ab8de7d6ecf261e0a03d4 Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
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@@ -2063,10 +2063,169 @@ Test ID: LTD.MemoryBandwidth.RFC2544.0PacketLoss.Scalability
- The DUT's 0% packet loss throughput in the presence of cache sharing and
memory bandwidth between processes.
+.. 3.2.3.3.3
+
+Test ID: LTD.Scalability.VNF.RFC2544.PacketLossRatio
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ **Title**: VNF Scalability RFC 2544 X% packet loss ratio Throughput and
+ Latency Test
+
+ **Prerequisite Test**: N/A
+
+ **Priority**:
+
+ **Description**:
+
+ This test determines the DUT's throughput rate with X% traffic loss for
+ a constant load (fixed length frames at a fixed interval time) when the
+ number of VNFs on the DUT increases. The default loss percentages
+ to be tested are: - X = 0% - X = 10^-7% . The minimum number of
+ VNFs to be tested are 3.
+
+ Flow classification should be conducted with L2, L3 and L4 matching
+ to understand the matching and scaling capability of the vSwitch. The
+ matching fields which were used as part of the test should be reported
+ as part of the benchmark report.
+
+ The vSwitch is responsible for forwarding frames between the VNFs
+
+ The SUT (vSwitch and VNF daisy chain) operation should be validated
+ before running the test. This may be completed by running a burst or
+ continuous stream of traffic through the SUT to ensure proper operation
+ before a test.
+
+ **Note**: The traffic rate used to validate SUT operation should be low
+ enough not to stress the SUT.
+
+ **Note**: Other values can be tested if required by the user.
+
+ **Note**: The same VNF should be used in the "daisy chain" formation.
+ Each addition of a VNF should be conducted in a new test setup (The DUT
+ is brought down, then the DUT is brought up again). An atlernative approach
+ would be to continue to add VNFs without bringing down the DUT. The
+ approach used needs to be documented as part of the test report.
+
+ The selected frame sizes are those previously defined under `Default
+ Test Parameters <#DefaultParams>`__. The test can also be used to
+ determine the average latency of the traffic.
+
+ Under the `RFC2544 <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2544.txt>`__
+ test methodology, the test duration will
+ include a number of trials; each trial should run for a minimum period
+ of 60 seconds. A binary search methodology must be applied for each
+ trial to obtain the final result for Throughput.
+
+ **Expected Result**: At the end of each trial, the presence or absence
+ of loss determines the modification of offered load for the next trial,
+ converging on a maximum rate, or
+ `RFC2544 <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2544.txt>`__ Throughput with X%
+ loss.
+ The Throughput load is re-used in related
+ `RFC2544 <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2544.txt>`__ tests and other
+ tests.
+
+ If the test VNFs are rather light-weight in terms of processing, the test
+ provides a view of multiple passes through the vswitch on logical
+ interfaces. In other words, the test produces an optimistic count of
+ daisy-chained VNFs, but the cumulative effect of traffic on the vSwitch is
+ "real" (assuming that the vSwitch has some dedicated resources, and the
+ effects on shared resources is understood).
+
+
+ **Metrics Collected**:
+ The following are the metrics collected for this test:
+
+ - The maximum Throughput in Frames Per Second (FPS) and Mbps of
+ the DUT for each frame size with X% packet loss.
+ - The average latency of the traffic flow when passing through the DUT
+ and VNFs (if testing for latency, note that this average is different from the
+ test specified in Section 26.3 of
+ `RFC2544 <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2544.txt>`__).
+ - CPU and memory utilization may also be collected as part of this
+ test, to determine the vSwitch's performance footprint on the system.
+
+.. 3.2.3.3.4
+
+Test ID: LTD.Scalability.VNF.RFC2544.PacketLossProfile
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ **Title**: VNF Scalability RFC 2544 Throughput and Latency Profile
+
+ **Prerequisite Test**: N/A
+
+ **Priority**:
+
+ **Description**:
+
+ This test reveals how throughput and latency degrades as the number
+ of VNFs increases and offered rate varies in the region of the DUT's
+ maximum forwarding rate as determined by
+ LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.PacketLossRatio (0% Packet Loss).
+ For example it can be used to determine if the degradation of throughput
+ and latency as the number of VNFs and offered rate increases is slow
+ and graceful, or sudden and severe. The minimum number of VNFs to
+ be tested is 3.
+
+ The selected frame sizes are those previously defined under `Default
+ Test Parameters <#DefaultParams>`__.
+
+ The offered traffic rate is described as a percentage delta with respect
+ to the DUT's RFC 2544 Throughput as determined by
+ LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.PacketLoss Ratio (0% Packet Loss case). A delta
+ of 0% is equivalent to an offered traffic rate equal to the RFC 2544
+ Throughput; A delta of +50% indicates an offered rate half-way
+ between the Throughput and line-rate, whereas a delta of
+ -50% indicates an offered rate of half the maximum rate. Therefore the
+ range of the delta figure is natuarlly bounded at -100% (zero offered
+ traffic) and +100% (traffic offered at line rate).
+
+ The following deltas to the maximum forwarding rate should be applied:
+
+ - -50%, -10%, 0%, +10% & +50%
+
+ **Note**: Other values can be tested if required by the user.
+
+ **Note**: The same VNF should be used in the "daisy chain" formation.
+ Each addition of a VNF should be conducted in a new test setup (The DUT
+ is brought down, then the DUT is brought up again). An atlernative approach
+ would be to continue to add VNFs without bringing down the DUT. The
+ approach used needs to be documented as part of the test report.
+
+ Flow classification should be conducted with L2, L3 and L4 matching
+ to understand the matching and scaling capability of the vSwitch. The
+ matching fields which were used as part of the test should be reported
+ as part of the benchmark report.
+
+ The SUT (vSwitch and VNF daisy chain) operation should be validated
+ before running the test. This may be completed by running a burst or
+ continuous stream of traffic through the SUT to ensure proper operation
+ before a test.
+
+ **Note**: the traffic rate used to validate SUT operation should be low
+ enough not to stress the SUT
+
+ **Expected Result**: For each packet size a profile should be produced
+ of how throughput and latency vary with offered rate.
+
+ **Metrics Collected**:
+
+ The following are the metrics collected for this test:
+
+ - The forwarding rate in Frames Per Second (FPS) and Mbps of the DUT
+ for each delta to the maximum forwarding rate and for each frame
+ size.
+ - The average latency for each delta to the maximum forwarding rate and
+ for each frame size.
+ - CPU and memory utilization may also be collected as part of this
+ test, to determine the vSwitch's performance footprint on the system.
+ - Any failures experienced (for example if the vSwitch crashes, stops
+ processing packets, restarts or becomes unresponsive to commands)
+ when the offered load is above Maximum Throughput MUST be recorded
+ and reported with the results.
+
.. 3.2.3.4
Activation tests
------------------------
+----------------
The general aim of these tests is to understand the capacity of the
and speed with which the vswitch can accommodate new flows.