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2016-09-02Merge "multi VM: Multi VMs in serial or parallel"Martin Klozik1-12/+27
2016-09-02docs: Remove links to Brahmaputra documentationMartin Klozik1-2/+2
Hyperlinks to the yardstick documentation were updated to refer to files generated from the master branch. JIRA: VSPERF-349 Change-Id: I248795b6a951377885492515fa9b96a694c9da5d 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: Bill Michalowski <bmichalo@redhat.com>
2016-09-01multi VM: Multi VMs in serial or parallelMartin Klozik1-12/+27
Support for deployment scenarios with any number of VMs in both serial and parallel configuration. Detailed content of the patch: * VswitchControllerPXP class for multi VM support * pvvpxx and pvpvxx deployments for xx VMs in serial respective parallel configuration * special GUEST_ options expansion to requested number of VMs; * support of GUEST_ options specific macros #VMINDEX, #MAC(), #IP() and #EVAL() * all GUEST specific options are turned to lists to be VM specific * support for VM with 1 NIC * support for VM with multiple NIC pairs; traffic is routed in serial or parallel between NIC paris based on deployment scenario * support for PVVP and PVPV scenarios using VMs with different numbers of NICs JIRA: VSPERF-361 Change-Id: I05bedbdfa9a81ea0166d9b03d83ae49d6cb8b19b 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: Bill Michalowski <bmichalo@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Antonio Fischetti <antonio.fischetti@intel.com>
2016-08-24Vanilla_Multi_Queue: Add vanilla ovs multi-queue functionalityChristian Trautman1-19/+32
Adds multi-queue for vanilla OVS using virtio-net. TunTap ports will use multi_queue parameter when ports are created/deleted if guest nic queues are enabled and vswitch is ovs vanilla. Virtio net will now add guest nic queues to qemu command line if appropriate. Reworked multi-queue documentation to reflect these changes. Adds vhost net thread affinitization which is recommended when performing vanilla ovs multi-queue. Guests will require ethtool if using l2fwd or linux bridge as the loopback application when vanilla ovs multi-queue is enabled. Modified dpdk setting in vswitch conf to be better worded for separation from vanilla ovs multi-queue. Updated release and installation doc for new vloop image that includes required ethtool utility. JIRA: VSPERF-373 Change-Id: Idb550515190b1a93390308c11f54da368f962512 Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
2016-08-18cuse: Remove vHost Cuse supportMartin Klozik1-26/+1
Support of vHost Cuse interface is not supported by OVS anymore, so it was removed also from VSPERF. Cuse can be used with older VSPERF release if needed. JIRA: VSPERF-376 Change-Id: Id786bddf5fa9dce5706a93de7b089707a60317cd 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: Bill Michalowski <bmichalo@redhat.com>
2016-08-18Merge "old_style_multi-queue: Allows for multi-queue with ovs <= 2.5.0"Martin Klozik1-1/+10
2016-08-16integration: Support for VxLAN TC without using overlay traffic gen.Sugesh Chandran1-0/+49
The test case for verifying the vxlan tunneling feature without using any ingress tunnel traffic. The virtual switch(OVS) is configured to mangle and generate tunnel traffic in the deployment. The packet flow in the test case is as follows TRAFFIC-IN --> [ENCAP-PKT] --> [MOD-PKT] --> [DECAP-PKT] --> TRAFFIC-OUT ENCAP-PKT - Encapsulate the ingress packet to a tunnel type. MOD-PKT - Modify the tunnel header to match the following decap interface. DECAP-PKT - Decapsulate the newly generated tunneled packet. Change-Id: Ie24bacb3cb1c069bd60403e5a4ef8bcdf0e12e54 Signed-off-by: Sugesh Chandran <sugesh.chandran@intel.com>
2016-08-16old_style_multi-queue: Allows for multi-queue with ovs <= 2.5.0Christian Trautman1-1/+10
Enables multi-queue option for OVS versions 2.5.0 or less with dpdk. Instead of enabling MQ on a port by port basis this sets the global MQ option after starting the ovs switch. JIRA: VSPERF-372 Change-Id: I245c76779695518d0005122d8214bbf3f141bb96 Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
2016-08-12doc_fixup: Grammar and link fixes to documentationChristian Trautman2-1/+15
Fixes minor grammar and link issues. JIRA: VSPERF-349 Change-Id: Id8708aee5b099287b5c99e79ca6da9ab8778897f Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
2016-08-09Merge "bugfix: Harmonize test/trial RFC2544 terminology"Maryam Tahhan1-1/+1
2016-08-05dpdk: Testpmd forwarding mode changes in v16.07Martin Klozik1-2/+5
Testpmd forwarding mode mac_retry was obsoleted in DPDK v16.07. Retry option is supported by multiple forwarding modes now. Former "mac_retry" mode can be replaced by "mac retry" construct. JIRA: VSPERF-333 Change-Id: I1563427985966264f07d10b1a8351784fe999d74 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>
2016-08-04bugfix: Harmonize test/trial RFC2544 terminologyMartin Klozik1-1/+1
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>
2016-07-27Integration docs: HelloWorld and other basic examples.Antonio Fischetti1-1/+327
This patch adds to Integration docs some simple testcase examples like a HelloWorld. The purpose is to show how to use some basic features: rules on L3/L4 fields, MultiStream, Multi-VM setup. Patch Set 2: removed trailing whitespaces. Patch Set 3: moved the examples to the middle of the file to avoid potential conflicts with the VxLan TC patch from Sugesh. Patch Set 4: fix typo. Patch Set 5: added descriptions on each example. Patch Set 6: reworked description for VM Replacement TC. JIRA: VSPERF-331 Change-Id: I9dea23c26138db874fd67f41d8de8a628db5d91f Signed-off-by: Antonio Fischetti <antonio.fischetti@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com>
2016-07-13docs: Update yardstick userguideMartin Klozik1-2/+2
Documentation update based on review comments received after the merge of original patch. JIRA: VSPERF-288 Change-Id: I86305fa064cc07e2e0797276a7b89b1d4b23d126 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> Reviewed-by: <sridhar.rao@spirent.com>
2016-07-08yardstick: Documentation and YAML testcase definitionsMartin Klozik2-0/+224
Yardstick supports execution of vsperf specific testcases. These testcases are specified by YAML files located inside yardstick/tests directory. Documentation describing yardstick usage and execution of vsperf testcases is part of the userguide. JIRA: VSPERF-288 Change-Id: I5a575d28d344e0f3e0a1c8434e2f3231fd312d31 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> Reviewed-by: <sridhar.rao@spirent.com>
2016-06-29multi-queue: Add basic multi-queue functionalityChristian Trautman1-0/+58
Adds support for multi-queue using the following config. * VNF = QemuDpdkVhostUser * VSWITCH = OvsDpdkVhost * Guest Loopback as testpmd Adds CPU mask, nbcore, rxq, and txq options for testpmd. Adds option for guest nic multi-queue. Adds option for dpdkvhostuser and dpdk multi-queue enable JIRA: VSPERF-309 Change-Id: I5296fc18b430eace598d8c51620fc27a6c46a65e Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
2016-05-26integration_doc: Update integration documentChristian Trautman1-3/+91
Update integration document to reflect tests are not just overlay tests. * Include instructions for using macros * Include information on test step validation JIRA: VSPERF-298 Change-Id: Ic0d5f277b2a8b646f331e967f83421708b374f21 Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
2016-05-06dpdk: Support new way of DPDK configuration in ovs-vswitchdMartin Klozik1-0/+10
Configuration of DPDK options in ovs-vswitchd has changed. Previously used option --dpdk was deprecated and all DPDK related options have to be configured through ovsdb via ovs-vsctl calls. VSPERF was modified to detect and use correct version of DPDK configuration. New configuration options should be put into VSWITCHD_DPDK_CONFIG dictionary. VSPERF classes specific to OVS were refactored. Change-Id: Ia3fad5906221439f477638f1f9734289dbf737bb JIRA: VSPERF-291 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: Brian Castelli <brian.castelli@spirent.com>
2016-04-14sriov: Support of SRIOV and Qemu PCI passthroughMartin Klozik2-2/+61
Generic support of SRIOV has been added. Virtual interfaces can be used in multiplei scenarios instead of physical NICs. Virtual functions can be directly accessed from VM by PCI passthrough method. Another option is to use VFs with vSwtich to evaluate impact on performance. Additonal modifications: * Automatic detection of NIC details has been added to simplify configuration. * Obsoleted configuration options have been removed. * Logging usage within vsperf script was fixed. * Vsperf main was refactored and final cleanup function added. * Configurable forwarding mode of TestPMD executed inside VM. JIRA: VSPERF-198 Change-Id: I4a0d5d262b245d433b12419de79399fb5825a623 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: Brian Castelli <brian.castelli@spirent.com>
2016-04-11docs: Fix param name test-param to test-paramsChristian Trautman1-4/+4
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>
2016-03-21integration: Support of integration testcasesMartin Klozik1-11/+11
Generic support for integration testcases with first set of tests for vswitch testing. New test option "TestSteps" has been introduced to define test step by step directly in configuration file. In case that this concept will be accepted, there are plenty of possibilities for future improvements. For example: * use it also for performance tests without explicit call of validation methods * introduce step macros for repetitive scenarios, so new tests can be easily written * further generalization, which would go beyond usage of controllers and will operate directly with vswitch, vnf and trafficgen objects Change-Id: Ifad166c8ef9cfbda6694682fe6b3421e0e97bbf2 JIRA: VSPERF-212 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: Brian Castelli <brian.castelli@spirent.com>
2016-03-16tunneling: Vanilla OVS decapsulation testsDino Simeon Madarang2-128/+287
Add Vanilla OVS VXLAN/GRE/GENEVE decapsulation tests Recent changes: * Line wrap * Fix GENEVE IP settings * Add GRE and GENEVE steps to integration.rst * Add DUT_NIC1_MAC and DUT_NIC2_MAC * Remove unnecessary call to vswitch.set_tunnel_arp * Move optional VXLAN/GRE/GENEVE decap settings to a different section * Add tunnel type to report files md and rst * Fix typo error: l4 to L4 in conf/integration/03_traffic.conf Change-Id: I8a43521668d5870ec893aed1df49467f0a84a07d JIRA: VSPERF-180 Signed-off-by: Dino Simeon Madarang <dino.simeonx.madarang@intel.com> 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: Brian Castelli <brian.castelli@spirent.com>
2016-03-11bugfix: Cleanup of traffic gen api and default traffic valuesMartin Klozik1-2/+0
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>
2016-03-08dpdk: enable vfio_pci supportMaryam Tahhan1-0/+37
Enable vfio_pci support for DPDK in the case where the end user doesn't want to use igb_uio. Changes: * Use generic functions to strip the path and .ko extension from the module to be inserted/removed. * Removed debug line in Modules_Manager. * Removed commented code. * Fixed all pylint issues. JIRA: VSPERF-249 Change-Id: I69c9077735879bcbf7ce5c970c1ec53c219e9f90 Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com>
2016-02-24Altering the heading levels to fit into the composite docs user guide.ChristopherPrice1-19/+30
Is required or it leaves the context of the document segment in the userguide. Change-Id: Idb476b7926ba0fce11ed3be54eaa6837e34bff66 Signed-off-by: ChristopherPrice <christopher.price@ericsson.com>
2016-02-23trafficgen: pause trafficgeneratorMaryam Tahhan1-0/+1
Add a mode to pause the traffic generator before transmission to bypass manual setup if required. Change-Id: Iad62a5e7cb83a311e2814d8a9ee2bc9b2d2ed4de Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com>
2016-02-21docs: Fixing typo in testusage.rst for port name example.Christian Trautman1-1/+1
JIRA: VSPERF-222 Signed-off-by: Christian Trautman <ctrautma@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com>
2016-02-16Altering the filename for autogenerationChristopherPrice2-4/+9
Updated the heading and moved to a new filename for composite docs. Added a link to the vsp userguide at the end of the doc. Change-Id: I416228be9347275bcd4c90e394678e4eb93198d4 Signed-off-by: ChristopherPrice <christopher.price@ericsson.com>
2016-02-05docs: adding license to all rst files.Maryam Tahhan3-0/+12
Add Creative Commons Creative Commons license to all documentation in vsperf. JIRA: VSPERF-239 Change-Id: I88721205a36078f6e0d4a4c5dd842907729d2b6b 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>
2016-02-03pkt_gen: Add support for generating GENEVE framesDino Simeon Madarang1-0/+69
Add option to generate GENEVE frames for decapsulation tests. IxNet 7.3X does not have a native support of GENEVE protocol. The template, GeneveIxNetTemplate.xml_ClearText.xml, should be imported into IxNET for this testcase to work. Recent changes: * Updated dependency * Updated userguide * Move inner frame variables & srcport/dstport to L4 Change-Id: I90f5fb256b51ae44bc1bc7983c599c9dbbffea08 JIRA: VSPERF-192 Signed-off-by: Dino Simeon Madarang <dino.simeonx.madarang@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Mark D. Gray <mark.d.gray@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com> Reviewed-by: Brian Castelli <brian.castelli@spirent.com>
2016-02-03pkt_gen: Add IxNet support for GRE framesDino Simeon Madarang1-0/+43
Add option to generate GRE frames for testing GRE decapsulation tests. Recent changes: * Fix merge conflict * Updated userguides * Complete set of fields and working decap * Move GRE ixnet calls to if statement to reuse inner frame settings Change-Id: I0cf9243953a72a464ae4701a858e76aecbdb8528 JIRA: VSPERF-191 Signed-off-by: Dino Simeon Madarang <dino.simeonx.madarang@intel.com> Reviewed-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>
2016-02-03Add simple VxLAN decapsulation performance testDino Simeon Madarang1-0/+47
Measure OVS DPDK VXLAN decapsulation performance. The DUT is configured as a VTEP (VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint) which performs decapsulation of frames and sends traffic to the 2nd traffic generator port. This test is unidirectional. Recent changes: * Userguide update * Move src/dstport from L2 to L4 (conf, TCL) * Fix 'TestCase' object has no attribute '_tunnel_operation' error when running non overlay tests * Fix merge conflict * Move doc to docs/userguide/integration.rst * Add setting of DUT_NIC1_MAC and setting of other variables to docs/userguide/integration.rst Change-Id: Ia44f8888ef727831543c80f5c98c866686c5c92c JIRA: VSPERF-190 Signed-off-by: Dino Simeon Madarang <dino.simeonx.madarang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Robert Wojciechowicz <robertx.wojciechowicz@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Timo Puha <timox.puha@intel.com> Reviewed-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
2016-02-03Add OVS tunnel encapsulation performance testDino Simeon Madarang2-0/+98
Measure OVS DPDK and native VXLAN/GRE/GENEVE encapsulation performance. This patch creates a new deployment scenario, Overlay_P2P. The DUT is configured as a TEP (Tunnel Endpoint) which performs encapsulation of frames and sends traffic to the 2nd traffic generator port. The traffic generator in this case receives an encapsulated frame. No decapsulation is performed in this testcase. Introduce a vsperf param, --run-integration, to filter tests to integration tests. When running integration tests, variables defined in the directory conf/integration/*conf as well as the conf/*.conf are available. This test case requires DPDK 2.1.0 and OVS master - 6bb4a18 or newer. Change-Id: Ide2f418909d647119388df9b30d0d0a3656b4e53 JIRA: VSPERF-180 Signed-off-by: Dino Simeon Madarang <dino.simeonx.madarang@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com>
2016-01-25docs: updates and final fixesMaryam Tahhan2-0/+468
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>