1.4. CSIT 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.
1.4.1. Topology TAGs¶
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.
1.4.2. 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).
1.4.3. 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.
1.4.4. NIC model tags¶
NIC_Intel-X520-DA2
Intel X520-DA2 NIC.
NIC_Intel-XL710
Intel XL710 NIC.
NIC_Intel-X710
Intel X710 NIC.
NIC_Cisco-VIC-1227
VIC-1227 by Cisco.
NIC_Cisco-VIC-1385
VIC-1385 by Cisco.
1.4.5. Scaling TAGs¶
FIB_20K
2x10,000 entries in single fib table
FIB_200K
2x100,000 entries in single fib table
FIB_2M
2x1,000,000 entries in single fib table
1.4.6. Tags marking functional vs. performance of tests¶
FUNCTEST
All functional test cases.
PERFTEST
All performance test cases.
1.4.7. Performance testing tags¶
PDRDISC
Partial Drop Rate evaluation of single run result, with non-zero packet loss tolerance (LT) expressed in percentage of packets transmitted.
NDRDISC
Non Drop Rate evaluation of results. Loss acceptance of dropped packets is set to zero lost packets.
NDRCHK
Performance tests where TG verifies DUTs’ throughput at ref-NDR (reference Non Drop Rate) with zero packet loss tolerance.
NDRPDRDISC
Find performance of DUT based on RFC2544 with linear / binary / combined search. (Previous LONG tests.)
1.4.8. Ethernet frame size tags for performance tests¶
64B
64B frames used for test.
78B
78B frames used for test.
IMIX
IMIX frame sequence (28x 64B, 16x 570B, 4x 1518B) used for test.
1460B
1460B frames used for test.
1480B
1480B frames used for test.
1514B
1514B frames used for test.
1518B
1518B frames used for test.
9000B
9000B frames used for test.
1.4.9. Test type tags¶
BASE
Baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in tests.
IP4BASE
IPv4 baseline test cases, no encapsulation, no feature(s) configured in tests.
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.
SCALE
Scale test cases.
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).
1.4.10. 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.
1.4.12. Overlay tags¶
L2OVRLAY
L2 overlay.
IP4OVRLAY
IPv4 overlay (IPv4 payload).
IP6OVRLAY
IPv6 overlay (IPv6 payload).
1.4.13. Encapsulation tags¶
ETH
All test cases with base Ethernet (no encapsulation).
DOT1Q
All test cases with dot1q.
DOT1AD
All test cases with dot1ad.
LISP
All test cases with LISP.
LISPGPE
All test cases with LISP-GPE.
VXLAN
All test cases with Vxlan.
VXLANGPE
All test cases with VXLAN-GPE.
GRE
All test cases with GRE.
IPSEC
All test cases with IPSEC.
1.4.14. Interface tags¶
PHY
All test cases which use physical interface(s).
VHOST
All test cases which uses VHOST.
TUNTAP
All test cases which uses TUN and TAP.
AFPKT
All test cases which uses AFPKT.
NETMAP
All test cases which uses Netmap.
1.4.15. Feature tags¶
IACLDST
iACL destination.
COPWHLIST
COP whitelist.
SNAT
SNAT configured and tested.
1.4.16. Encryption tags¶
IPSECSW
Crypto in software.
IPSECHW
Crypto in hardware.
IPSECTRAN
IPSec in transport mode.
IPSECTUN
IPSec in tunnel mode.
1.4.17. Client-workload tags¶
VM
All test cases which use at least one virtual machine.
LXC
All test cases which use Linux container.
APP
All test cases with specific APP use.
1.4.18. Multi-threading tags¶
STHREAD
All test cases using single poll mode thread.
MTHREAD
All test cases using more then one poll mode driver thread.
1NUMA
All test cases with packet processing on single socket.
2NUMA
All test cases with packet processing on two sockets.
SMT
All test cases with symmetric Multi-Threading (HyperThreading) enabled.
NOSMT
All test cases with symmetric Multi-Threading (HyperThreading) disabled.
1T1C
1 worker thread pinned to 1 dedicated physical core. 1 receive queue per interface. Main thread pinned to core 0.
2T2C
2 worker threads pinned to 2 dedicated physical cores. 1 receive queue per interface. Main thread pinned to core 0.
4T4C
4 worker threads pinned to 4 dedicated physical cores. 2 receive queues per interface. Main thread pinned to core 0.
6T6C
6 worker threads pinned to 6 dedicated physical cores. 3 receive queues per interface. Main thread pinned to core 0.
8T8C
8 worker threads pinned to 8 dedicated physical cores. 4 receive queues per interface. Main thread pinned to core 0.