CSIT RF Tags Descriptions

All CSIT test cases are labelled with Robot Framework tags used to allow for easy test case type identification, test case grouping and selection for execution. Following sections list currently used CSIT TAGs and their documentation based on the content of tag documentation rst file.

Testbed Topology Tags

2_NODE_DOUBLE_LINK_TOPO

2 nodes connected in a circular topology with two links interconnecting the devices.

2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO

2 nodes connected in a circular topology with at least one link interconnecting devices.

3_NODE_DOUBLE_LINK_TOPO

3 nodes connected in a circular topology with two links interconnecting the devices.

3_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO

3 nodes connected in a circular topology with at least one link interconnecting devices.

Objective Tags

SKIP_PATCH

Test case(s) marked to not run in case of vpp-csit-verify (i.e. VPP patch) and csit-vpp-verify jobs (i.e. CSIT patch).

SKIP_VPP_PATCH

Test case(s) marked to not run in case of vpp-csit-verify (i.e. VPP patch).

Environment Tags

HW_ENV

DUTs and TGs are running on bare metal.

VM_ENV

DUTs and TGs are running in virtual environment.

VPP_VM_ENV

DUTs with VPP and capable of running Virtual Machine.

NIC Model Tags

NIC_Intel-X520-DA2

Intel X520-DA2 NIC.

NIC_Intel-XL710

Intel XL710 NIC.

NIC_Intel-X710

Intel X710 NIC.

NIC_Intel-XXV710

Intel XXV710 NIC.

NIC_Cisco-VIC-1227

VIC-1227 by Cisco.

NIC_Cisco-VIC-1385

VIC-1385 by Cisco.

NIC_Amazon-Nitro-50G

Amazon EC2 ENA NIC.

Scaling Tags

FIB_20K

2x10,000 entries in single fib table

FIB_200K

2x100,000 entries in single fib table

FIB_1M

2x500,000 entries in single fib table

FIB_2M

2x1,000,000 entries in single fib table

L2BD_1

Test with 1 L2 bridge domain.

L2BD_10

Test with 10 L2 bridge domains.

L2BD_100

Test with 100 L2 bridge domains.

L2BD_1K

Test with 1000 L2 bridge domains.

VLAN_1

Test with 1 VLAN sub-interface.

VLAN_10

Test with 10 VLAN sub-interfaces.

VLAN_100

Test with 100 VLAN sub-interfaces.

VLAN_1K

Test with 1000 VLAN sub-interfaces.

VXLAN_1

Test with 1 VXLAN tunnel.

VXLAN_10

Test with 10 VXLAN tunnels.

VXLAN_100

Test with 100 VXLAN tunnels.

VXLAN_1K

Test with 1000 VXLAN tunnels.

TNL_{t}

IPSec in tunnel mode - {t} tunnels.

SRC_USER_{u}

Traffic flow with {u} unique IPs (users) in one direction. {u}=(1,10,100,1000,2000,4000).

100_FLOWS

Traffic stream with 100 unique flows (10 IPs/users x 10 UDP ports) in one direction.

10k_FLOWS

Traffic stream with 10 000 unique flows (10 IPs/users x 1000 UDP ports) in one direction.

100k_FLOWS

Traffic stream with 100 000 unique flows (100 IPs/users x 1000 UDP ports) in one direction.

HOSTS_{h}

Stateless or stateful traffic stream with {h} client source IP4 addresses, usually with 63 flow differing in source port number. Could be UDP or TCP. If NAT is used, the clients are inside. Outside IP range can differ. {h}=(1024,4096,16384,65536,262144).

GENEVE4_{t}TUN

Test with {t} GENEVE IPv4 tunnel. {t}=(1,4,16,64,256,1024)

Test Category Tags

DEVICETEST

All vpp_device functional test cases.

PERFTEST

All performance test cases.

VPP Device Type Tags

SCAPY

All test cases that uses Scapy for packet generation and validation.

Performance Type Tags

NDRPDR

Single test finding both No Drop Rate and Partial Drop Rate simultaneously. The search is done by optimized algorithm which performs multiple trial runs at different durations and transmit rates. The results come from the final trials, which have duration of 30 seconds.

MRR

Performance tests where TG sends the traffic at maximum rate (line rate) and reports total sent/received packets over trial duration. The result is an average of 10 trials of 1 second duration.

SOAK

Performance tests using PLRsearch to find the critical load.

RECONF

Performance tests aimed to measure lost packets (time) when performing reconfiguration while full throughput offered load is applied.

Ethernet Frame Size Tags

These are describing the traffic offered by Traffic Generator, “primary” traffic in case of asymmetric load. For traffic between DUTs, or for “secondary” traffic, see ${overhead} value.

{b}B

{b} Bytes frames used for test.

IMIX

IMIX frame sequence (28x 64B, 16x 570B, 4x 1518B) used for test.

Test Type Tags

BASE

Baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in tests. No scaling whatsoever, beyond minimum needed for RSS.

IP4BASE

IPv4 baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in tests. Minimal number of routes. Other quantities may be scaled.

IP6BASE

IPv6 baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in tests.

L2XCBASE

L2XC baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in tests.

L2BDBASE

L2BD baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in tests.

L2PATCH

L2PATCH baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in tests.

SCALE

Scale test cases. Other tags specify which quantities are scaled. Also applies if scaling is set on TG only (e.g. DUT works as IP4BASE).

ENCAP

Test cases where encapsulation is used. Use also encapsulation tag(s).

FEATURE

At least one feature is configured in test cases. Use also feature tag(s).

UDP

Tests which use any kind of UDP traffic (STL or ASTF profile).

TCP

Tests which use any kind of TCP traffic (STL or ASTF profile).

TREX

Tests which test trex traffic without any software DUTs in the traffic path.

UDP_UDIR

Tests which use unidirectional UDP traffic (STL profile only).

UDP_BIDIR

Tests which use bidirectional UDP traffic (STL profile only).

UDP_CPS

Tests which measure connections per second on minimal UDP pseudoconnections. This implies ASTF traffic profile is used. This tag selects specific output processing in PAL.

TCP_CPS

Tests which measure connections per second on empty TCP connections. This implies ASTF traffic profile is used. This tag selects specific output processing in PAL.

TCP_RPS

Tests which measure requests per second on empty TCP connections. This implies ASTF traffic profile is used. This tag selects specific output processing in PAL.

UDP_PPS

Tests which measure packets per second on lightweight UDP transactions. This implies ASTF traffic profile is used. This tag selects specific output processing in PAL.

TCP_PPS

Tests which measure packets per second on lightweight TCP transactions. This implies ASTF traffic profile is used. This tag selects specific output processing in PAL.

HTTP

Tests which use traffic formed of valid HTTP requests (and responses).

LDP_NGINX

LDP NGINX is un-modified NGINX with VPP via LD_PRELOAD.

NF_DENSITY

Performance tests that measure throughput of multiple VNF and CNF service topologies at different service densities.

NF Service Density Tags

CHAIN

NF service density tests with VNF or CNF service chain topology(ies).

PIPE

NF service density tests with CNF service pipeline topology(ies).

NF_L3FWDIP4

NF service density tests with DPDK l3fwd IPv4 routing as NF workload.

NF_VPPIP4

NF service density tests with VPP IPv4 routing as NF workload.

{r}R{c}C

Service density matrix locator {r}R{c}C, {r}Row denoting number of service instances, {c}Column denoting number of NFs per service instance. {r}=(1,2,4,6,8,10), {c}=(1,2,4,6,8,10).

{n}VM{t}T

Service density {n}VM{t}T, {n}Number of NF Qemu VMs, {t}Number of threads per NF.

{n}DCRt}T

Service density {n}DCR{t}T, {n}Number of NF Docker containers, {t}Number of threads per NF.

{n}_ADDED_CHAINS

{n}Number of chains (or pipelines) added (and/or removed) during RECONF test.

Forwarding Mode Tags

L2BDMACSTAT

VPP L2 bridge-domain, L2 MAC static.

L2BDMACLRN

VPP L2 bridge-domain, L2 MAC learning.

L2XCFWD

VPP L2 point-to-point cross-connect.

IP4FWD

VPP IPv4 routed forwarding.

IP6FWD

VPP IPv6 routed forwarding.

LOADBALANCER_MAGLEV

VPP Load balancer maglev mode.

LOADBALANCER_L3DSR

VPP Load balancer l3dsr mode.

LOADBALANCER_NAT4

VPP Load balancer nat4 mode.

N2N

Mode, where NICs from the same physical server are directly connected with a cable.

Underlay Tags

IP4UNRLAY

IPv4 underlay.

IP6UNRLAY

IPv6 underlay.

MPLSUNRLAY

MPLS underlay.

Overlay Tags

L2OVRLAY

L2 overlay.

IP4OVRLAY

IPv4 overlay (IPv4 payload).

IP6OVRLAY

IPv6 overlay (IPv6 payload).

Tagging Tags

DOT1Q

All test cases with dot1q.

DOT1AD

All test cases with dot1ad.

Encapsulation Tags

ETH

All test cases with base Ethernet (no encapsulation).

LISP

All test cases with LISP.

LISPGPE

All test cases with LISP-GPE.

LISP_IP4o4

All test cases with LISP_IP4o4.

LISPGPE_IP4o4

All test cases with LISPGPE_IP4o4.

LISPGPE_IP6o4

All test cases with LISPGPE_IP6o4.

LISPGPE_IP4o6

All test cases with LISPGPE_IP4o6.

LISPGPE_IP6o6

All test cases with LISPGPE_IP6o6.

VXLAN

All test cases with Vxlan.

VXLANGPE

All test cases with VXLAN-GPE.

GRE

All test cases with GRE.

GTPU

All test cases with GTPU.

GTPU_HWACCEL

All test cases with GTPU_HWACCEL.

IPSEC

All test cases with IPSEC.

WIREGUARD

All test cases with WIREGUARD.

SRv6

All test cases with Segment routing over IPv6 dataplane.

SRv6_1SID

All SRv6 test cases with single SID.

SRv6_2SID_DECAP

All SRv6 test cases with two SIDs and with decapsulation.

SRv6_2SID_NODECAP

All SRv6 test cases with two SIDs and without decapsulation.

GENEVE

All test cases with GENEVE.

GENEVE_L3MODE

All test cases with GENEVE tunnel in L3 mode.

FLOW

All test cases with FLOW.

FLOW_DIR

All test cases with FLOW_DIR.

FLOW_RSS

All test cases with FLOW_RSS.

NTUPLE

All test cases with NTUPLE.

L2TPV3

All test cases with L2TPV3.

Interface Tags

PHY

All test cases which use physical interface(s).

GSO

All test cases which uses Generic Segmentation Offload.

VHOST

All test cases which uses VHOST.

VHOST_1024

All test cases which uses VHOST DPDK driver with qemu queue size set to 1024.

VIRTIO

All test cases which uses VIRTIO native VPP driver.

VIRTIO_1024

All test cases which uses VIRTIO native VPP driver with qemu queue size set to 1024.

CFS_OPT

All test cases which uses VM with optimised scheduler policy.

TUNTAP

All test cases which uses TUN and TAP.

AFPKT

All test cases which uses AFPKT.

NETMAP

All test cases which uses Netmap.

MEMIF

All test cases which uses Memif.

SINGLE_MEMIF

All test cases which uses only single Memif connection per DUT. One DUT instance is running in container having one physical interface exposed to container.

LBOND

All test cases which uses link bonding (BondEthernet interface).

LBOND_DPDK

All test cases which uses DPDK link bonding.

LBOND_VPP

All test cases which uses VPP link bonding.

LBOND_MODE_XOR

All test cases which uses link bonding with mode XOR.

LBOND_MODE_LACP

All test cases which uses link bonding with mode LACP.

LBOND_LB_L34

All test cases which uses link bonding with load-balance mode l34.

LBOND_{n}L

All test cases which use {n} link(s) for link bonding.

DRV_{d}

All test cases which NIC Driver for DUT is set to {d}. Default is VFIO_PCI. {d}=(AVF, RDMA_CORE, VFIO_PCI, AF_XDP).

TG_DRV_{d}

All test cases which NIC Driver for TG is set to {d}. Default is IGB_UIO. {d}=(RDMA_CORE, IGB_UIO).

RXQ_SIZE_{n}

All test cases which RXQ size (RX descriptors) are set to {n}. Default is 0, which means VPP (API) default.

TXQ_SIZE_{n}

All test cases which TXQ size (TX descriptors) are set to {n}. Default is 0, which means VPP (API) default.

Feature Tags

IACLDST

iACL destination.

ADLALWLIST

ADL allowlist.

NAT44

NAT44 configured and tested.

NAT64

NAT44 configured and tested.

ACL

ACL plugin configured and tested.

IACL

ACL plugin configured and tested on input path.

OACL

ACL plugin configured and tested on output path.

ACL_STATELESS

ACL plugin configured and tested in stateless mode (permit action).

ACL_STATEFUL

ACL plugin configured and tested in stateful mode (permit+reflect action).

ACL1

ACL plugin configured and tested with 1 not-hitting ACE.

ACL10

ACL plugin configured and tested with 10 not-hitting ACEs.

ACL50

ACL plugin configured and tested with 50 not-hitting ACEs.

SRv6_PROXY

SRv6 endpoint to SR-unaware appliance via proxy.

SRv6_PROXY_STAT

SRv6 endpoint to SR-unaware appliance via static proxy.

SRv6_PROXY_DYN

SRv6 endpoint to SR-unaware appliance via dynamic proxy.

SRv6_PROXY_MASQ

SRv6 endpoint to SR-unaware appliance via masquerading proxy.

Encryption Tags

IPSECSW

Crypto in software.

IPSECHW

Crypto in hardware.

IPSECTRAN

IPSec in transport mode.

IPSECTUN

IPSec in tunnel mode.

IPSECINT

IPSec in interface mode.

AES

IPSec using AES algorithms.

AES_128_CBC

IPSec using AES 128 CBC algorithms.

AES_128_GCM

IPSec using AES 128 GCM algorithms.

AES_256_GCM

IPSec using AES 256 GCM algorithms.

HMAC

IPSec using HMAC integrity algorithms.

HMAC_SHA_256

IPSec using HMAC SHA 256 integrity algorithms.

HMAC_SHA_512

IPSec using HMAC SHA 512 integrity algorithms.

SCHEDULER

IPSec using crypto sw scheduler engine.

FASTPATH

IPSec policy mode with spd fast path enabled.

Client-Workload Tags

VM

All test cases which use at least one virtual machine.

LXC

All test cases which use Linux container and LXC utils.

DRC

All test cases which use at least one Docker container.

DOCKER

All test cases which use Docker as container manager.

APP

All test cases with specific APP use.

Container Orchestration Tags

{n}VSWITCH

{n} VPP running in {n} Docker container(s) acting as a VSWITCH. {n}=(1).

{n}VNF

{n} VPP running in {n} Docker container(s) acting as a VNF work load. {n}=(1).

Multi-Threading Tags

STHREAD

Dynamic tag. All test cases using single poll mode thread.

MTHREAD

Dynamic tag.

All test cases using more then one poll mode driver thread.

{n}NUMA

All test cases with packet processing on {n} socket(s). {n}=(1,2).

{c}C

{c} worker thread pinned to {c} dedicated physical core; or if HyperThreading is enabled, {c}*2 worker threads each pinned to a separate logical core within 1 dedicated physical core. Main thread pinned to core 1. {t}=(1,2,4).

{t}T{c}C

Dynamic tag.

{t} worker threads pinned to {c} dedicated physical cores. Main thread pinned to core 1. By default CSIT is configuring same amount of receive queues per interface as worker threads. {t}=(1,2,4,8), {t}=(1,2,4).