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diff --git a/docs/testing/user/userguide/glossary.rst b/docs/testing/user/userguide/glossary.rst index 6a153943c..cef9b69a5 100644 --- a/docs/testing/user/userguide/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/testing/user/userguide/glossary.rst @@ -13,23 +13,54 @@ Glossary API Application Programming Interface + Barometer + OPNFV NFVi Service Assurance project. Barometer upstreams changes to + collectd, OpenStack, etc to improve features related to NFVi monitoring + and service assurance. + More info on: https://opnfv-barometer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ + + collectd + collectd is a system statistics collection daemon. + More info on: https://collectd.org/ + + context + A context describes the environment in which a yardstick testcase will + be run. It can refer to a pre-provisioned environment, or an environment + that will be set up using OpenStack or Kubernetes. + Docker Docker provisions and manages containers. Yardstick and many other OPNFV projects are deployed in containers. Docker is required to launch the containerized versions of these projects. - DPI - Deep Packet Inspection - DPDK Data Plane Development Kit + DPI + Deep Packet Inspection + DSCP Differentiated Services Code Point + flavor + A specification of virtual resources used by OpenStack in the creation + of a VM instance. + + Grafana + A visualization tool, used in Yardstick to retrieve test data from + InfluxDB and display it. Grafana works by defining dashboards, which are + combinations of visualization panes (e.g. line charts and gauges) and + forms that assist the user in formulating SQL-like queries for InfluxDB. + More info on: https://grafana.com/ + IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol + InfluxDB + One of the Dispatchers supported by Yardstick, it allows test results to + be reported to a time-series database. + More info on: https://www.influxdata.com/ + IOPS Input/Output Operations Per Second A performance measurement used to benchmark storage devices. @@ -43,6 +74,9 @@ Glossary deployment, scaling and management of containerized applications. It is one of the contexts supported in Yardstick. + MPLS + Multiprotocol Label Switching + NFV Network Function Virtualization NFV is an initiative to take network services which were traditionally run @@ -56,6 +90,10 @@ Glossary NIC Network Interface Controller + NSB + Network Services Benchmarking. A subset of Yardstick features concerned + with NFVI and VNF characterization. + OpenStack OpenStack is a cloud operating system that controls pools of compute, storage, and networking resources. OpenStack is an open source project @@ -77,6 +115,18 @@ Glossary performance in Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS), throttling agreements, and performance expectations at peak load + runner + The part of a Yardstick testcase that determines how the test will be run + (e.g. for x iterations, y seconds or until state z is reached). The runner + also determines when the metrics are collected/reported. + + SampleVNF + OPNFV project providing a repository of reference VNFs. + More info on: https://opnfv-samplevnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ + + scenario + The part of a Yardstick testcase that describes each test step. + SLA Service Level Agreement An SLA is an agreement between a service provider and a customer to @@ -92,6 +142,10 @@ Glossary SUT System Under Test + testcase + A task in Yardstick; the yaml file that is read by Yardstick to + determine how to run a test. + ToS Type of Service |