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- [2. Details of the Level Test Design](#DetailsOfTheLevelTestDesign)
- [2.1. Features to be tested](#FeaturesToBeTested)
- [2.2. Approach](#Approach)
+ - [2.2.1 Details of the Test Report](#TestReport)
- [2.3. Test identification](#TestIdentification)
- [2.3.1 Throughput tests](#ThroughputTests)
- [2.3.2 Packet Delay Tests](#PacketDelayTests)
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#####RFC 6201 Device Reset Characterization
RFC 6201 extends the methodology for characterizing the speed of recovery of the DUT from device or software reset described in RFC 2544.
+ <a name="TestReport"></a>
+ ####2.2.1 Details of the Test Report
+ There are a number of parameters related to the system, DUT and tests that can affect the repeatability of a test results and should be recorded. In order to minimise the variation in the results of a test, it is recommended that the test report includes the following information:
+
+ - Hardware details including:
+ - Platform details.
+ - Processor details.
+ - Memory information (type and size).
+ - Number of enabled cores.
+ - Number of cores used for the test.
+ - Number of physical NICs, as well as their details (manufacturer, versions, type and the PCI slot they are plugged into).
+ - NIC interrupt configuration.
+ - BIOS version, release date and any configurations that were modified.
+ - Software details including:
+ - OS version (for host and VNF)
+ - Kernel version (for host and VNF)
+ - GRUB boot parameters (for host and VNF).
+ - Hypervisor details (Type and version).
+ - Selected vSwitch, version number or commit id used.
+ - vSwitch launch command line if it has been parameterised.
+ - Memory allocation to the vSwitch – which NUMA node it is using, and how many memory channels.
+ - DPDK or any other SW dependency version number or commit id used.
+ - Memory allocation to a VM - if it's from Hugpages/elsewhere.
+ - VM storage type: snapshot/independent persistent/independent non-persistent.
+ - Number of VMs.
+ - Number of Virtual NICs (vNICs), versions, type and driver.
+ - Number of virtual CPUs and their core affinity on the host.
+ - Number vNIC interrupt configuration.
+ - Thread affinitization for the applications (including the vSwitch itself) on the host.
+ - Details of Resource isolation, such as CPUs designated for Host/Kernel (isolcpu) and CPUs designated for specific processes (taskset).
+ - Test duration.
+ - Number of flows.
+ - Traffic Information:
+ - Traffic type - UDP, TCP, IMIX / Other.
+ - Packet Sizes.
+ - Deployment Scenario.
+
+ Note: Tests that require additional parameters to be recorded will explicitly specify this.
<a name="TestIdentification"></a>
###2.3. Test identification