VNF Service Chains

In each test, a single service chain is added, the re-configuration contains all the steps the initial chains got, except the last step (starting VMs) is skipped.

Additional information about graph data:

  1. Graph Title: describes tested VPP packet path. Format:

    • wire encapsulation dot1qip4vlxan,

    • VPP forwarding mode l2bd,

    • total number {Y} of initial service chains {Y}ch,

    • total number of additional chains being reconfigured 1ach,

    • total number of initial vhost-user interfaces forwarding packets on VPP with {Y} chains and {X} VMs per chain {2XY}vh (2 interfaces per {X} VMs per {Y} chains),

    • total number {XY} of (both initial and final) VNF VMs forwarding packets {XY}vm and finally

    • VNF workload in VM testpmd.

  2. X-axis Labels: indices of individual test suites as listed in Graph Legend.

  3. Y-axis Labels: measured Effective Blocked Time [s] values.

  4. Graph Legend: lists X-axis indices with associated CSIT test suites executed to generate graphed test results and the average value of packet loss (measured in packets).

  5. Hover Information: lists minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum. If either type of outlier is present the whisker on the appropriate side is taken to 1.5×IQR from the quartile (the “inner fence”) rather than the max or min, and individual outlying data points are displayed as unfilled circles (for suspected outliers) or filled circles (for outliers). (The “outer fence” is 3×IQR from the quartile.)

2n-icx-xxv710

imix-2t1c-dot1qip4vxlan-l2bd

imix-4t2c-dot1qip4vxlan-l2bd

imix-8t4c-dot1qip4vxlan-l2bd

2n-skx-xxv710

imix-2t1c-dot1qip4vxlan-l2bd

imix-4t2c-dot1qip4vxlan-l2bd

imix-8t4c-dot1qip4vxlan-l2bd

2n-clx-xxv710

imix-2t1c-dot1qip4vxlan-l2bd

imix-4t2c-dot1qip4vxlan-l2bd

imix-8t4c-dot1qip4vxlan-l2bd