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*************************************
Yardstick Test Case Description TC038
*************************************
+
+.. _cirros: https://download.cirros-cloud.net
+.. _pktgen: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-|Network Performance |
-+==============+==============================================================+
-|test case id | OPNFV_YARDSTICK_TC038_NW PERF |
+|Latency, CPU Load, Throughput, Packet Loss (Extended measurements) |
+| |
++--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+|test case id | OPNFV_YARDSTICK_TC038_Latency,CPU Load,Throughput,Packet Loss|
+| | |
+--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
|metric | Number of flows, latency, throughput, CPU load, packet loss |
+| | |
+--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
|test purpose | To evaluate the IaaS network performance with regards to |
| | flows and throughput, such as if and how different amounts |
@@ -19,22 +26,20 @@ Yardstick Test Case Description TC038
| | graphs ans similar shall be stored for comparison reasons and|
| | product evolution understanding between different OPNFV |
| | versions and/or configurations. |
+| | |
+--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
|configuration | file: opnfv_yardstick_tc038.yaml |
| | |
| | Packet size: 64 bytes |
-| | |
| | Number of ports: 1, 10, 50, 100, 300, 500, 750 and 1000. |
| | The amount configured ports map from 2 up to 1001000 flows, |
| | respectively. Each port amount is run ten times, for 20 |
| | seconds each. Then the next port_amount is run, and so on. |
-| | |
| | During the test CPU load on both client and server, and the |
| | network latency between the client and server are measured. |
-| | |
| | The client and server are distributed on different HW. |
-| | |
| | For SLA max_ppm is set to 1000. |
+| | |
+--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
|test tool | pktgen |
| | |
@@ -49,40 +54,46 @@ Yardstick Test Case Description TC038
| | Ping is normally part of any Linux distribution, hence it |
| | doesn't need to be installed. It is also part of the |
| | Yardstick Glance image. |
-| | (For example also a Cirros image can be downloaded from |
-| | https://download.cirros-cloud.net, it includes ping) |
+| | (For example also a cirros_ image can be downloaded, it |
+| | includes ping) |
| | |
| | mpstat |
| | |
| | (Mpstat is not always part of a Linux distribution, hence it |
| | needs to be installed. It is part of the Yardstick Glance |
| | image. |
+| | |
+--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
|references | Ping and Mpstat man pages |
| | |
-| |https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt|
+| | pktgen_ |
+| | |
+| | ETSI-NFV-TST001 |
| | |
-| |ETSI-NFV-TST038 |
+--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
|applicability | Test can be configured with different packet sizes, amount |
| | of flows and test duration. Default values exist. |
| | |
-| |SLA (optional): |
-| | max_ppm: The number of packets per million packets sent |
-| | that are acceptable to lose, i.e. not received. |
+| | SLA (optional): max_ppm: The number of packets per million |
+| | packets sent that are acceptable to loose, not received. |
+| | |
+--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
|pre-test | The test case image needs to be installed into Glance |
|conditions | with pktgen included in it. |
| | |
| | No POD specific requirements have been identified. |
-+--------------+------+----------------------------------+--------------------+
-|test sequence | step | description | result |
-| +------+----------------------------------+--------------------+
-| | 1 | The hosts are installed, as | Logs are stored |
-| | | server and client. pktgen is | |
-| | | invoked and logs are produced | |
-| | | and stored. | |
-+--------------+------+----------------------------------+--------------------+
+| | |
++--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+|test sequence | description and expected result |
+| | |
++--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+|step 1 | The hosts are installed, as server and client. pktgen is |
+| | invoked and logs are produced and stored. |
+| | |
+| | Result: Logs are stored. |
+| | |
++--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
|test verdict | Fails only if SLA is not passed, or if there is a test case |
| | execution problem. |
+| | |
+--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+