2. VPP Performance Tests

• 2.1. Overview
  • 2.1.1. Tested Physical Topologies
  • 2.1.2. Performance Tests Coverage
  • 2.1.3. Performance Tests Naming
• 2.2. CSIT Release Notes
  • 2.2.1. Changes in CSIT rls1804
  • 2.2.2. Performance Changes
    • 2.2.2.1. NDR Changes
    • 2.2.2.2. PDR Changes
    • 2.2.2.3. MRR Changes
  • 2.2.3. Throughput Trending
  • 2.2.4. Known Issues
• 2.3. Test Methodology
  • 2.3.1. Multi-Core and Multi-Threading
  • 2.3.2. Packet Throughput
  • 2.3.3. Maximum Receive Rate (MRR)
  • 2.3.4. Packet Latency
  • 2.3.5. vhostuser with KVM VMs
  • 2.3.6. Memif with LXC and Docker Containers
  • 2.3.7. Memif with K8s Pods/Containers
  • 2.3.8. IPSec with Intel QAT HW cards
  • 2.3.9. TRex Traffic Generator Usage
  • 2.3.10. TCP/IP tests with WRK tool
• 2.4. Packet Throughput Graphs
  • 2.4.1. L2 Ethernet Switching
    • 2.4.1.1. NDR Throughput
    • 2.4.1.2. PDR Throughput
  • 2.4.2. IPv4 Routed-Forwarding
    • 2.4.2.1. NDR Throughput
    • 2.4.2.2. PDR Throughput
  • 2.4.3. IPv6 Routed-Forwarding
    • 2.4.3.1. NDR Throughput
    • 2.4.3.2. PDR Throughput
  • 2.4.4. SRv6
    • 2.4.4.1. NDR Throughput
    • 2.4.4.2. PDR Throughput
  • 2.4.5. IPv4 Overlay Tunnels
    • 2.4.5.1. NDR Throughput
    • 2.4.5.2. PDR Throughput
  • 2.4.6. IPv6 Overlay Tunnels
    • 2.4.6.1. NDR Throughput
    • 2.4.6.2. PDR Throughput
  • 2.4.7. VM vhost Connections
    • 2.4.7.1. NDR Throughput
    • 2.4.7.2. PDR Throughput
  • 2.4.8. Container memif Connections
    • 2.4.8.1. NDR Throughput
    • 2.4.8.2. PDR Throughput
  • 2.4.9. Container Orchestrated Topologies
    • 2.4.9.1. NDR Throughput
    • 2.4.9.2. PDR Throughput
  • 2.4.10. IPSec Crypto HW: IP4 Routed-Forwarding
    • 2.4.10.1. NDR Throughput
    • 2.4.10.2. PDR Throughput
• 2.5. Throughput Speedup Multi-Core
  • 2.5.1. L2 Ethernet Switching
    • 2.5.1.1. NDR Throughput
      • 2.5.1.1.1. NIC 10ge2p1x520
      • 2.5.1.1.2. NIC 40ge2p1xl710
    • 2.5.1.2. PDR Throughput
      • 2.5.1.2.1. NIC 10ge2p1x520
  • 2.5.2. IPv4 Routed-Forwarding
    • 2.5.2.1. NDR Throughput
      • 2.5.2.1.1. NIC 10ge2p1x520
      • 2.5.2.1.2. NIC 40ge2p1xl710
    • 2.5.2.2. PDR Throughput
      • 2.5.2.2.1. NIC 10ge2p1x520
  • 2.5.3. IPv6 Routed-Forwarding
    • 2.5.3.1. NDR Throughput
      • 2.5.3.1.1. NIC 10ge2p1x520
      • 2.5.3.1.2. NIC 40ge2p1xl710
    • 2.5.3.2. PDR Throughput
      • 2.5.3.2.1. NIC 10ge2p1x520
  • 2.5.4. SRv6
    • 2.5.4.1. NDR Throughput
      • 2.5.4.1.1. NIC 10ge2p1x520
    • 2.5.4.2. PDR Throughput
      • 2.5.4.2.1. NIC 10ge2p1x520
  • 2.5.5. IPv4 Overlay Tunnels
    • 2.5.5.1. NDR Throughput
      • 2.5.5.1.1. NIC 10ge2p1x520
    • 2.5.5.2. PDR Throughput
      • 2.5.5.2.1. NIC 10ge2p1x520
  • 2.5.6. IPv6 Overlay Tunnels
    • 2.5.6.1. NDR Throughput
      • 2.5.6.1.1. NIC 10ge2p1x520
    • 2.5.6.2. PDR Throughput
      • 2.5.6.2.1. NIC 10ge2p1x520
  • 2.5.7. VM vhost Connections
    • 2.5.7.1. NDR Throughput
      • 2.5.7.1.1. NIC 10ge2p1x520
      • 2.5.7.1.2. NIC 10ge2p1x710
      • 2.5.7.1.3. NIC 40ge2p1xl710
    • 2.5.7.2. PDR Throughput
      • 2.5.7.2.1. NIC 10ge2p1x520
      • 2.5.7.2.2. NIC 10ge2p1x710
      • 2.5.7.2.3. NIC 40ge2p1xl710
  • 2.5.8. Container memif Connections
    • 2.5.8.1. NDR Throughput
      • 2.5.8.1.1. NIC 10ge2p1x520
    • 2.5.8.2. PDR Throughput
      • 2.5.8.2.1. NIC 10ge2p1x520
  • 2.5.9. Container Orchestrated Topologies
    • 2.5.9.1. NDR Throughput
      • 2.5.9.1.1. NIC 10ge2p1x520
      • 2.5.9.1.2. NIC 10ge2p1x710
    • 2.5.9.2. PDR Throughput
      • 2.5.9.2.1. NIC 10ge2p1x520
      • 2.5.9.2.2. NIC 10ge2p1x710
  • 2.5.10. IPSec Crypto HW: IP4 Routed-Forwarding
    • 2.5.10.1. NDR Throughput
      • 2.5.10.1.1. NIC 40ge2p1xl710
    • 2.5.10.2. PDR Throughput
      • 2.5.10.2.1. NIC 40ge2p1xl710
• 2.6. Packet Latency Graphs
  • 2.6.1. L2 Ethernet Switching
  • 2.6.2. IPv4 Routed-Forwarding
  • 2.6.3. IPv6 Routed-Forwarding
  • 2.6.4. SRv6
  • 2.6.5. IPv4 Overlay Tunnels
  • 2.6.6. IPv6 Overlay Tunnels
  • 2.6.7. VM vhost Connections
  • 2.6.8. Container memif Connections
  • 2.6.9. Container Orchestrated Topologies
  • 2.6.10. IPSec Crypto HW: IP4 Routed-Forwarding
• 2.7. VPP HTTP Server Performance Results
  • 2.7.1. Connections per second
  • 2.7.2. Requests per second
• 2.8. Experimental: MDR Search
  • 2.8.1. Overview
  • 2.8.2. Search Implementation
    • 2.8.2.1. Input Parameters
    • 2.8.2.2. Initial phase
    • 2.8.2.3. Non-initial phases
  • 2.8.3. Implementation Deviations
  • 2.8.4. Test Effectiveness Comparison
    • 2.8.4.1. Introduction
    • 2.8.4.2. Tables
    • 2.8.4.3. Conclusions
  • 2.8.5. Search Time Graphs
• 2.9. Test Environment
  • 2.9.1. Server Specification and Configuration
  • 2.9.2. SUT Configuration
  • 2.9.3. SUT Configuration - Host OS Linux
  • 2.9.4. DUT Configuration - VPP
  • 2.9.5. TG Configuration - TRex
• 2.10. Documentation
  • 2.10.1. Container Orchestration in CSIT
    • 2.10.1.1. Overview
      • 2.10.1.1.1. Linux Containers
      • 2.10.1.1.2. Unprivileged Containers
      • 2.10.1.1.3. Privileged Containers
      • 2.10.1.1.4. Orchestrating Container Lifecycle Events
    • 2.10.1.2. Container Orchestration Systems Used in CSIT
      • 2.10.1.2.1. LXC
      • 2.10.1.2.2. Docker
      • 2.10.1.2.3. Kubernetes
      • 2.10.1.2.4. Ligato
    • 2.10.1.3. Implementation
      • 2.10.1.3.1. Container Data Structure
      • 2.10.1.3.2. Kubernetes
      • 2.10.1.3.3. Ligato
      • 2.10.1.3.4. Tested Topologies
      • 2.10.1.3.5. References
  • 2.10.2. VPP Performance Tests