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diff --git a/docs/testing/user/userguide/glossary.rst b/docs/testing/user/userguide/glossary.rst index be98aa6c0..cef9b69a5 100644 --- a/docs/testing/user/userguide/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/testing/user/userguide/glossary.rst @@ -13,50 +13,153 @@ Glossary API Application Programming Interface - DPI - Deep Packet Inspection + 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. 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. + + KPI + Key Performance Indicator + + Kubernetes + k8s + Kubernetes is an open-source container-orchestration system for automating + 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 + on proprietary, dedicated hardware, and virtualize them to run on general + purpose hardware. + + NFVI + Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure + The servers, routers, switches, etc on which the NFV system runs. 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 + licensed under the Apache License 2.0. + PBFS Packet Based per Flow State + PROX + Packet pROcessing eXecution engine + QoS Quality of Service + The ability to guarantee certain network or storage requirements to + satisfy a Service Level Agreement (SLA) between an application provider + and end users. + Typically includes performance requirements like networking bandwidth, + latency, jitter correction, and reliability as well as storage + 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 + provide a certain level of service/performance. + + SR-IOV + Single Root IO Virtualization + A specification that, when implemented by a physical PCIe + device, enables it to appear as multiple separate PCIe devices. This + enables multiple virtualized guests to share direct access to the + physical device. + + 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 VLAN - Virtual LAN + Virtual LAN (Local Area Network) VM Virtual Machine + An operating system instance that runs on top of a hypervisor. + Multiple VMs can run at the same time on the same physical + host. VNF Virtual Network Function VNFC Virtual Network Function Component - - NFVI - Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure - - SR-IOV - Single Root IO Virtualization - - SUT - System Under Test - - ToS - Type of Service |