2.3.6. VM vhost Connections

Following sections provide a summary of VPP Phy-to-VM-to-Phy VM vhost-user performance illustrating NDR throughput (zero packet loss) and PDR throughput (<0.5% packet loss). Performance is reported for VPP running in multiple configurations of VPP worker thread(s), a.k.a. VPP data plane thread (s), and their physical CPU core(s) placement.

Title of each graph is a regex (regular expression) matching all plotted throughput test cases, X-axis labels are indeces of csit-vpp-perf-1701 jobs that created result output files used as data sources for the graph, Y-axis labels are measured Packets Per Second [pps] values, and the graph legend identifes the plotted test suites.

Note

Data sources for reported test results: i) FD.io test executor jobs csit-vpp-perf-1701-all and csit-vpp-perf-1701-long , ii) archived FD.io jobs test result output files.

2.3.6.1. NDR Throughput

VPP NDR Throughput - running in configuration of one worker thread (1t) on one physical core (1c) - is presented in the figure below.

Figure 1. VPP 1thread 1core - NDR Throughput for Phy-to-VM-to-Phy VM vhost-user.

CSIT test cases used to generate results presented above can be found in CSIT git repository by filtering with specified regex as follows:

$ csit/tests/perf
$ grep -E "64B-1t1c-.*vhost.*-ndrdisc" *

10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc01-64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc01-64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
10ge2p1x520-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc01-64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
10ge2p1x520-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc01-64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
10ge2p1x520-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc01-64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
10ge2p1x520-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc01-64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc01-64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
40ge2p1xl710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc01-64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc

VPP NDR Throughput - running in configuration of two worker threads (2t) on two physical cores (2c) - is presented in the figure below.

Figure 2. VPP 2threads 2cores - NDR Throughput for Phy-to-VM-to-Phy VM vhost-user.

CSIT test cases used to generate results presented above can be found in CSIT git repository by filtering with specified regex as follows:

$ csit/tests/perf
$ grep -E "64B-2t2c-.*vhost.*-ndrdisc" *

10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc07-64B-2t2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc07-64B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
10ge2p1x520-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc07-64B-2t2c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
10ge2p1x520-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc07-64B-2t2c-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
10ge2p1x520-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc07-64B-2t2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
10ge2p1x520-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc07-64B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc07-64B-2t2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
40ge2p1xl710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc07-64B-2t2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc

VPP NDR Throughput - running in configuration of four worker threads (4t) on four physical cores (4c) - is presented in the figure below.

Figure 3. VPP 4threads 4cores - NDR Throughput for Phy-to-VM-to-Phy VM vhost-user.

CSIT test cases used to generate results presented above can be found in CSIT git repository by filtering with specified regex as follows:

$ csit/tests/perf
$ grep -E "64B-4t4c-.*vhost.*-ndrdisc" *

10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc13-64B-4t4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc13-64B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
10ge2p1x520-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc13-64B-4t4c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
10ge2p1x520-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc13-64B-4t4c-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
10ge2p1x520-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc13-64B-4t4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
10ge2p1x520-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc13-64B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc13-64B-4t4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc
40ge2p1xl710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc13-64B-4t4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc

2.3.6.2. PDR Throughput

VPP PDR Throughput - running in configuration of one worker thread (1t) on one physical core (1c) - is presented in the figure below. PDR at below 0.5% packet loss ratio.

Figure 4. VPP 1thread 1core - PDR Throughput for Phy-to-VM-to-Phy VM vhost-user.

CSIT test cases used to generate results presented above can be found in CSIT git repository by filtering with specified regex as follows:

$ csit/tests/perf
$ grep -E "64B-1t1c-.*vhost.*-pdrdisc" *

10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc02-64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc02-64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
10ge2p1x520-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc02-64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
10ge2p1x520-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc02-64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
10ge2p1x520-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc02-64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
10ge2p1x520-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc02-64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc02-64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
40ge2p1xl710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc02-64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc

VPP PDR Throughput - running in configuration of two worker threads (2t) on two physical cores (2c) - is presented in the figure below.

Figure 5. VPP 2thread 2core - PDR Throughput for Phy-to-VM-to-Phy VM vhost-user.

CSIT test cases used to generate results presented above can be found in CSIT git repository by filtering with specified regex as follows:

$ csit/tests/perf
$ grep -E "64B-2t2c-.*vhost.*-pdrdisc" *

10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
10ge2p1x520-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
10ge2p1x520-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
10ge2p1x520-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
10ge2p1x520-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
40ge2p1xl710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc08-64B-2t2c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc

VPP PDR Throughput - running in configuration of four worker threads (4t) on four physical cores (4c) - is presented in the figure below.

Figure 6. VPP 4thread 4core - PDR Throughput for Phy-to-VM-to-Phy VM vhost-user.

CSIT test cases used to generate results presented above can be found in CSIT git repository by filtering with specified regex as follows:

$ csit/tests/perf
$ grep -E "64B-4t4c-.*vhost.*-pdrdisc" *

10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc14-64B-4t4c-dot1q-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
10ge2p1x520-dot1q-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc14-64B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
10ge2p1x520-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc14-64B-4t4c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
10ge2p1x520-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc14-64B-4t4c-ethip4vxlan-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
10ge2p1x520-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc14-64B-4t4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
10ge2p1x520-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc14-64B-4t4c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
10ge2p1x710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc14-64B-4t4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc
40ge2p1xl710-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc.robot:| tc14-64B-4t4c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc