From b8876c76394202d78eb76bc8a5a864cd633a4896 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Per Holmgren Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:49:55 +0100 Subject: Adds new Yardstick test case TC009, Network Performance, Packet Loss Similar to Yardstick TC001. Main difference is that each packet size is run 10 times before next packet size. JIRA: YARDSTICK-87 Change-Id: If0f59590dff9c8e5b86760667f01a373afe8aff0 --- docs/yardstick/opnfv_yardstick_tc009.rst | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/yardstick/opnfv_yardstick_tc009.rst (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/yardstick/opnfv_yardstick_tc009.rst b/docs/yardstick/opnfv_yardstick_tc009.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..07d7fbfea --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/yardstick/opnfv_yardstick_tc009.rst @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +************************************* +Yardstick Test Case Description TC009 +************************************* ++-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +|Network Performance | ++==============+==============================================================+ +|test case id | OPNFV_YARDSTICK_TC009_NW PERF, Packet loss | ++--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ +|metric | Number of flows and throughput | ++--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ +|test purpose | To evaluate the IaaS network performance with regards to | +| | flows and throughput, such as if and how different amounts | +| | of flows matter for the throughput between VMs on different | +| | compute blades. | +| | Typically e.g. the performance of a vSwitch | +| | depends on the number of flows running through it. Also | +| | performance of other equipment or entities can depend | +| | on the number of flows or the packet sizes used. | +| | The purpose is also to be able to spot trends. Test results, | +| | graphs ans similar shall be stored for comparison reasons and| +| | product evolution understanding between different OPNFV | +| | versions and/or configurations. | ++--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ +|configuration | file: opnfv_yardstick_tc009.yaml | +| | | +| | Packet size: 64 bytes | +| | | +| | Number of ports: 1, 10, 50, 100, 500 and 1000. The amount of | +| | 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. | +| | | +| | The client and server are distributed on different HW. | +| | | +| | For SLA max_ppm is set to 1000. | ++--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ +|test tool | pktgen | +| | | +| | (Pktgen is not always part of a Linux distribution, hence it | +| | needs to be installed. It is part of the Yardstick Docker | +| | image. | +| | As an example see the /yardstick/tools/ directory for how | +| | to generate a Linux image with pktgen included.) | ++--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ +|references |https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt| +| | | +| |ETSI-NFV-TST001 | ++--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ +|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. | ++--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ +|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 verdict | Fails only if SLA is not passed, or if there is a test case | +| | execution problem. | ++--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ -- cgit 1.2.3-korg