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(c) OPNFV, Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd and others. ************************************* Yardstick Test Case Description TC011 ************************************* .. _iperf3: https://iperf.fr/ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Packet delay variation between VMs | | | +--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ |test case id | OPNFV_YARDSTICK_TC011_PACKET DELAY VARIATION BETWEEN VMs | | | | +--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ |metric | jitter: packet delay variation (ms) | | | | +--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ |test purpose | The purpose of TC011 is to evaluate the IaaS network | | | performance with regards to network jitter (packet delay | | | variation). | | | It measures the packet delay variation sending the packets | | | from one VM to the other. | | | | | | The purpose is also to be able to spot the trends. | | | Test results, graphs and similar shall be stored for | | | comparison reasons and product evolution understanding | | | between different OPNFV versions and/or configurations. | | | | +--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ |test tool | iperf3 | | | | | | iPerf3 is a tool for active measurements of the maximum | | | achievable bandwidth on IP networks. It supports tuning of | | | various parameters related to timing, buffers and protocols. | | | The UDP protocols can be used to measure jitter delay. | | | | | | (iperf3 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.) | | | | +--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ |test | iperf3 test is invoked between a host VM and a target VM. | |description | | | | Jitter calculations are continuously computed by the server, | | | as specified by RTP in RFC 1889. The client records a 64 bit | | | second/microsecond timestamp in the packet. The server | | | computes the relative transit time as (server's receive time | | | - client's send time). The client's and server's clocks do | | | not need to be synchronized; any difference is subtracted | | | outin the jitter calculation. Jitter is the smoothed mean of | | | differences between consecutive transit times. | | | | +--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ |configuration | File: opnfv_yardstick_tc011.yaml | | | | | | * options: | | | protocol: udp # The protocol used by iperf3 tools | | | bandwidth: 20m # It will send the given number of packets | | | without pausing | | | * runner: | | | duration: 30 # Total test duration 30 seconds. | | | | | | * SLA (optional): | | | jitter: 10 (ms) # The maximum amount of jitter that is | | | accepted. | | | | +--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ |applicability | Test can be configured with different: | | | | | | * bandwidth: Test case can be configured with different | | | bandwidth. | | | | | | * duration: The test duration can be configured. | | | | | | * jitter: SLA is optional. The SLA in this test case | | | serves as an example. | | | | +--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ |usability | This test case is one of Yardstick's generic test. Thus it | | | is runnable on most of the scenarios. | | | | +--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ |references | iperf3_ | | | | | | ETSI-NFV-TST001 | | | | +--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ |pre-test | The test case image needs to be installed into Glance | |conditions | with iperf3 included in the image. | | | | | | No POD specific requirements have been identified. | | | | +--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ |test sequence | description and expected result | | | | +--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ |step 1 | Two host VMs with iperf3 installed are booted, as server and | | | client. | | | | +--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ |step 2 | Yardstick is connected with the host VM by using ssh. | | | A iperf3 server is started on the server VM via the ssh | | | tunnel. | | | | +--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ |step 3 | iperf3 benchmark is invoked. Jitter is calculated and check | | | against the SLA. Logs are produced and stored. | | | | | | Result: Logs are stored. | | | | +--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ |step 4 | The host VMs are deleted. | | | | +--------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ |test verdict |