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2017-03-15vpp: Initial support of VPP vSwitchMartin Klozik1-0/+1
Support of VPP was implemented into VSPERF. Initial implementation uses step driven testcases to configure P2P, PVP and PVVP network scenarios. These testcases were prepared for three RFC2544 traffic types, i.e. throughput, continuous stream and back to back. VPP configuration is driven by new configuration option VSWITCH_VPP_ARGS. It is possible to use three types of l2 port connection supported by VPP, i.e. l2 xconnect (default), l2patch and l2 bridge features. Configuration is driven by parameter VSWITCH_VPP_L2_CONNECT_MODE. JIRA: VSPERF-495 Change-Id: Idebef9b10fb0d70796adb3405fec77302de00a7e Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Sridhar Rao <sridhar.rao@spirent.com> Reviewed-by: Trevor Cooper <trevor.cooper@intel.com>
2017-01-30docs: Remove hyperlinks to docs in artifactsMartin Klozik1-0/+4
It is possible to use sphinx cross referencing feature in case, that only one level of toctree is used. Thus documentation was reorganized to utilize just one top level index with toctree. After that it was possible to use rst native syntax to create a cross links among vsperf documentation chapters. As a result only 2 hyperlinks to the yardstick documentation are version specific. JIRA: VSPERF-442 Change-Id: I15c2f53922e88765506448de61af4a299f5d53c5 Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Bill Michalowski <bmichalo@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Antonio Fischetti <antonio.fischetti@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Sridhar Rao <sridhar.rao@spirent.com> Reviewed-by: Martin Goldammer <martinx.goldammer@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Trevor Cooper <trevor.cooper@intel.com>
2017-01-27pkt_gen: STC - RFC 2889 Address Learning and Caching SupportSridhar K. N. Rao1-7/+86
This patch adds RFC-2889 address-learning-rate test and address-caching-capacity tests. The patch includes following changes 1. 01_testcases.conf: testcase definitions are added for new tests 2. results_constants.py: 3 new results constants are added, removed unsupported constants 3. testcenter-rfc2889-rest.py: Added support to these two new tests. Removed un-necessary synchronization of db-file. 5 new configuration parameters are added - which are explained in (4). 4. trafficgen.rst: Configuration description for rfc2889 tests are added. Stale information is removed. 5. testcenter.py: Support for two new tests are added. Separate functions for results analysis and parameter settings are added. 6. traffic_controller_rfc2889.py: Calls to functions in testcenter.py, based on the traffic_type, are added. Removed trailing whitespaces from trafficgen.rst JIRA: VSPERF-395 Change-Id: Ie6ca87519b7736e7410d7f0e60904579934af24a Signed-off-by: Sridhar K. N. Rao <sridhar.rao@spirent.com>
2017-01-23xena_cont_learning: Adds learning preemption to continuous trafficChristian Trautman1-0/+13
Adds a configurable learning preemptive option when running xena continuous traffic tests. This resolves a missing packet or two when running OVS tests at flow rates that should not drop packets. JIRA: VSPERF-473 Change-Id: I056578ed9c9181287d97aea55a002f09aac14e81 Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
2017-01-18docs: Ixia docs updateMartin Klozik1-36/+46
Ixia generator related documenation was reviewed and updated. Links to the chapters specific to supported traffic generators were created. JIRA: VSPERF-454 Change-Id: I3a19b054002ac8be3ed3115bc21986b3ca4ea187 Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Bill Michalowski <bmichalo@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Antonio Fischetti <antonio.fischetti@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Sridhar Rao <sridhar.rao@spirent.com>
2017-01-18docs: Dummy pre-configured resultsMartin Klozik1-15/+84
In case of Dummy traffic generator, the test results can be pre-configured. Configuration and examples were described in trafficgen related chapter. JIRA: VSPERF-458 Change-Id: I6179e98f3999e5b2df2ad4080582302bf4177cda Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Bill Michalowski <bmichalo@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Antonio Fischetti <antonio.fischetti@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Sridhar Rao <sridhar.rao@spirent.com>
2017-01-16traffic: Configurable traffic detailsMartin Klozik1-5/+12
Traffic generated by traffic generator is based on default values and their modifications specific to particular testing scenario. Traffic default values were defined inside VSPERF code and it was not possible to change them. This patch introduces new TRAFFIC dictionary inside 03_traffic.conf. Thus user can modify any of TRAFFIC values either in configuration file or by CLI or by 'Parameters' section of testcase definition. Following CLI options were obsoleted by this patch: 'bidirectional', 'traffic_type', 'iload', 'multistream', 'stream_type' and 'pre-installed_flows' Following CLI option was renamed to be consistent with other options: 'tunnel_type' => 'TUNNEL_TYPE' Following sections of testcase definition were obsoleted: "Traffic Type", "biDirectional", "MultiStream", "Stream Type", "Pre-installed Flows", "Flow Type" and "iLoad" New TRAFFIC dictionary should be used instead of old CLI options and old testcase definition sections. Testcase definitons, yardstick sample testcases and documentation were updated to reflect configuration changes. JIRA: VSPERF-433 Change-Id: I03a388c766491d5688e715f6d7b51e8e0377ec27 Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Bill Michalowski <bmichalo@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Antonio Fischetti <antonio.fischetti@intel.com> Reviewed-by: <sridhar.rao@spirent.com>
2016-12-07Merge "conf:Traffic-type naming convention and consistency"Martin Klozik1-1/+1
2016-12-07conf:Traffic-type naming convention and consistencySridhar K. N. Rao1-1/+1
Following changes are added following first review 1. Descriptions in integration/01_testcases.conf 2. Comment in conf/01_testcases.conf 3. Checking all cases of traffic types in traffic_controller_rfc2544.py 4. Removing whitespaces 5. Missing changes (throughput->rfc2544_throughput) 6. Syntax error in core/traffic_controller_rfc2544.py Currently the traffic-type values that are provided as part of the test case definition needs some fix to support additional traffic - apart from rfc2544. The Current and the proposed changed is summarized in the below table: |--------------------------------------------------------------------| | Parameter | Existing traffic_type value | Changed to | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Throughput | rfc2544 OR throughput | rfc2544_throughput | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Back2Back | back2back | rfc2544_back2back | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Continuous | continuous | rfc2544_continuous | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JIRA: VSPERF-420 Change-Id: I22bd897f6389d2b568a6a3735c67f0003e813445 Signed-off-by: Sridhar K. N. Rao <sridhar.rao@spirent.com>
2016-11-30pkt_gen: MoonGen updated to keep parity with masterbmichalo1-10/+9
Need to make VSPERF's MoonGen codebase in parity with master emmerich MoonGen branch. JIRA: VSPERF-400 Change-Id: I8c50ed89c9e7b0080497107c1af826f49c1e82f0 Signed-off-by: bmichalo <bmichalo@redhat.com>
2016-11-09cli: Modify configuration via CLIMartin Klozik1-2/+3
In the past, only a few configuration parameters could be modified via --test-params CLI argument and it was not easy to find out their complete list. This patch adds support for generic modification of any configuration parameter via CLI argument --test-params or by "Parameters" section of testcase definition. Thus it is possible to customize a vsperf configuration environment per testcase or for each vsperf execution. Old CLI parameters duration, pkt_sizes, rfc2544_tests and rfc2889_trials were renamed to TRAFFICGEN_DURATION, TRAFFICGEN_PKT_SIZES, TRAFFICGEN_RFC2544_TESTS and TRAFFICGEN_RFC2889_TRIALS to be consistent with other configuration parameters. JIRA: VSPERF-375 Change-Id: I50a1f4ff7250d754aa8af0295a9c7c1be8151175 Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Bill Michalowski <bmichalo@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Antonio Fischetti <antonio.fischetti@intel.com> Reviewed-by: <sridhar.rao@spirent.com>
2016-10-18doc: fix copy-paste error in Moongen configuration sectionOtto Sabart1-2/+2
JIRA: VSPERF-414 Change-Id: I1924c8a0c949695b4ec0699a206b9e39ee2ef724 Signed-off-by: Otto Sabart <osabart@redhat.com>
2016-09-21pkt_gen: Spirent Testcenter RFC 2889 SupportSridhar K. N. Rao1-0/+36
The changes/additions, apart from spirent testcenter-specific, also includes to some files in conf (01_testcase and 03_traffic) and core (result- constants, traffic_controller and component_factory) folders. Currently, only RFC2889 Forwarding testcase is supported. Incorporated following review suggestions: 1. Log level fixes 2. Removing unused function in results_constants.py 3. Added documentation to docs/configguide/trafficgen.rst. Userguide will be updated once other RFC2889 tests are implemented. 4. string matching in component_factory. 5. Remove Trailing Whitespaces JIRA: VSPERF-286 Change-Id: I0195720ab2f8cf2c3a5aa490d66166bdca0afcb0 Signed-off-by: Sridhar K. N. Rao <sridhar.rao@spirent.com>
2016-08-12doc_fixup: Grammar and link fixes to documentationChristian Trautman1-4/+4
Fixes minor grammar and link issues. JIRA: VSPERF-349 Change-Id: Id8708aee5b099287b5c99e79ca6da9ab8778897f Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
2016-08-12pkt_gen: Update MoonGen Documentionbmichalo1-0/+15
Updating MoonGen configuration guide JIRA: VSPERF-370 Change-Id: I577491a6ece249a6162e1a3595a8682b826e5734 Signed-off-by: bmichalo <bmichalo@redhat.com>
2016-08-09Xena_2544_tput_options: Add options for rfc 2544 testingChristian Trautman1-0/+19
Adds options to Xena for testing options when running RFC 2544 throughput testing. JIRA: VSPERF-369 Change-Id: I3145bd1a4d697d7b06cafda4f9d77cce859d1839 Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
2016-08-09Merge "bugfix: Harmonize test/trial RFC2544 terminology"Maryam Tahhan1-2/+2
2016-08-05Merge "pkt_gen: MoonGen start rates not correct"Maryam Tahhan1-0/+2
2016-08-04bugfix: Harmonize test/trial RFC2544 terminologyMartin Klozik1-2/+2
VSPERF framework was updated to follow RFC2544 definition of 'test' and 'trial' terms. Test parameter 'rfc2544_trials' was replaced by new parameter 'rfc2544_tests'. Both code and documentation were updated to reflect these changes. JIRA: VSPERF-300 Change-Id: I144a28359fd06394f1f87ef324458bafd5aad45f Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: <bmichalo@redhat.com>
2016-08-03pkt_gen: MoonGen start rates not correctbmichalo1-0/+2
The VSPERF traffic profile for starting rate is in a percentage of line rate. MoonGen programs its starting rate as Mpps. Therefore the traffic profile for VSPERF needs to be converted to a MoonGen format. There was a hardcoding of 14.88 that was used for the starting frame rate for all frame sizes. This needs to be corrected to take into account all frame sizes. JIRA: VSPERF-350 Change-Id: Ied71668a560d7d2b03483f9a1192dd2fb4965996 Signed-off-by: bmichalo <bmichalo@redhat.com>
2016-07-27docs: Enhancement of IxNetwork configuration guideMartin Klozik1-0/+82
Configuration guide has been updated with description of IxNetwork specific configuration options. New section was added with description of test results sharing between IxNetwork and VSPERF. Additional changes: * wrong formatting inside installation.rst was fixed * description of IxNetwork configuration was updated inside ixnet.py JIRA: VSPERF-302 Change-Id: Ida0e086e69b82fd1f9821d16ea750b2dec1d5aa2 Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: <bmichalo@redhat.com>
2016-07-01Merge "pkt_gen: Adding MoonGen traffic generator"Christian Trautman1-0/+43
2016-06-30pkt_gen: Adding MoonGen traffic generatorbmichalo1-0/+43
Adds support for the MoonGen packet generator. The following traffic types are included: * RFC 2544 Throughput: Synchronous Interface * RFC 2544 Back 2 Back: Synchronous Interface * Continous Flow: Synchronous Interface JIRA: VSPERF-168 Sample log of execution can be found as an attachment within JIRA VSPERF-168 Change-Id: I5bb84290945f4ba41bc962370e643bbbeff0e486 Signed-off-by: bmichalo <bmichalo@redhat.com>
2016-06-29xena_bug: Resolve baseconfig reporting option to work with new versionsChristian Trautman1-0/+2
Fix baseconfig to work with new Xena2544.exe versions. Reporting option for latency/jitter collection has changed. Added note to trafficgen document reflecting recommended version to use for Xena2544.exe. JIRA: VSPERF-311 Change-Id: I1974ea3c9f9e4c0935fc8adead6ddd5a92a16a04 Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
2016-04-25xena_port_ip: Add port ip assignment for Xena traffic generatorChristian Trautman1-0/+1
Adds port ip set options as part of conf files. Allows for IPv4 address assignment. Adds ipv6 options for later implementation when available in framework. * Adds Xena to documentation area where available traffic gens are listed. JIRA: VSPERF-273 Change-Id: Ia4129222ea95f1d399d5cc0c589c9a99d7b1b81a Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
2016-04-19xena: Back 2 Back implementationChristian Trautman1-0/+7
Allows for execution of back 2 back tests by enabling back to back test scenario in json file when executing Xena2544.exe. Return results are the number of frames. Results for test execution can be found in the coresponding JIRA ticket. - Disabled throughput by default in json file. - Modified test params in baseconfig file for b2b test - Modified create_result method to use data in resulting xml file over using inspect strategy to detect test type - Added line to Xena installation guide for issue that was found locally after installation JIRA: VSPERF-264 Change-Id: I0ecd6e1ce750613c53fe308aea3f5a55cca69c20 Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
2016-04-11docs: Fix param name test-param to test-paramsChristian Trautman1-2/+2
Repair of documentation and configuration files where test-params is incorrectly listed as test-param. JIRA: VSPERF-266 Change-Id: I6be6c387fd57338f5dc5fba2ca8e1438dada0852 Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
2016-04-08xena: Throughput method implementation for Xena NetworksChristian Trautman1-0/+41
Add files for Xena Networks 2544 throughput implementation. This allows for Xena to execute tput tests from VSPerf. For information on how this works please see the JIRA ticket. Modify traffic gen guide on install instructions for Xena. Add in scapy to requirements file. Modify conf file for Xena chassis connection information. * Added license info to __init__.py / baseconfig.x2544 * Set initial rate to 10% line rate for tput testing * Modified default mac address xena_json->set_header_layer2 from aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa to cc:cc:cc:cc:cc:cc * Removed obsolete multistream params * Added traffic params to 03_traffic.conf * Comments to explain try/catch for latency values * Removed unused import * Rebased to fix merge conflict * Added Xena to available traffic gen list in conf files JIRA: VSPERF-261 Change-Id: I3c4b4a332fd532e10b6096e9ed97a4a39d410839 Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
2016-04-07pkt_gen: Adding Support of testcenter traffic generation using STC REST API.sridharkn1-0/+16
Stcrestclient package based script is added. Support for RFC22544 backtoback, latency, frameloss are also added, along with the throughput. Comments Addressed: 1. Parameter name consistency. Ex: use duration (refer dummy.py). 2. Moved 'only the necessary contents of README to configguide/trafficgen.rst. 3. Removed README file 4. Commit message format (pkt_gen: and linewrap) 5. Merged 4 scripts (throughput/backtoback/latency/frameloss) that were rest-based into one single script. Name: testcenter-rfc2544-test.py 6. Changed year to 2016 7. Moved imports to the top (testcenter-rfc2544-rest.py) 8. Changed prints to Log (testcenter-rfc2544-rest.py) 9. Reporting the frame loss percentage. 10. Calls to frameloss and latency are not added as the 'caller' class TrafficControllerRFC2544 is only calling backtoback and throughput. 11. Changed Exception, e to Exception as e for python 3 compatibility 12. Remaining prints to debug and logger.error for errors. 13. Moved Session creation under try block. 14. Removed deadcode 15. Fixed missing docstring 16. Generic to specific Exception. 17. if-if to if-elif 18. Debug level logging only under verbose flag. 19. Fixed Arguments mismatch. 20. Ordering of the imports Note: The testcenter-rfc2544-rest.py is spawned as a separate process, and need not be wrapped in a class. JIRA: VSPERF-237 Change-Id: I05d2b24fca1da4ba67bc4d79206c5d755ebf8f20 Signed-off-by: sridharkn <sridhar.rao@spirent.com>
2016-03-11bugfix: Cleanup of traffic gen api and default traffic valuesMartin Klozik1-2/+4
Both documentation and traffic generator API are updated to match current code logic. Additional default values are added into TRAFFIC_DEFAULTS dictionary. Constructor of TestCase class uses default values from TRAFFIC_DEFAULTS instead of magic numbers. Change-Id: Id2f4983945e4b123adddbc9a2a832f4a735b27f6 JIRA: VSPERF-253 Signed-off-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
2016-02-05docs: adding license to rest of rst filesMaryam Tahhan1-0/+4
Add Creative Commons Creative Commons license to missed documentation in vsperf. One of these files is not on the stable Brahmaputra branch. JIRA: VSPERF-239 Change-Id: If1420c3b84ba5ba9e1b4c1f9d75347f1b6e6117f Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Billy O Mahony <billy.o.mahony@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Brian Castelli <brian.castelli@spirent.com>
2016-01-25docs: updates and final fixesMaryam Tahhan1-0/+218
Migrate the installation guide for vsperf to a configguide directory, update the links to the installation guide. Re-add top level index.rst and remove the all directory. Update release documentation with vsperf Rel B support. Change-Id: Ib643b9d3581d8109b85c377027c8cc6be4b797fc Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Radek Zetik <radekx.zetik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Dino Simeon Madarang <dino.simeonx.madarang@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Brian Castelli <brian.castelli@spirent.com>