VSPERF Test Specification

• 1. CHARACTERIZE VSWITCH PERFORMANCE FOR TELCO NFV USE CASES LEVEL TEST DESIGN
• 2. 1. Introduction
  • 2.1. 1.1. Document identifier
  • 2.2. 1.2. Scope
  • 2.3. 1.3. References
• 3. 2. Details of the Level Test Design
  • 3.1. 2.1. Features to be tested
• 4. 2.2. Approach
  • 4.1. 2.2.1 Test Categories
  • 4.2. 2.2.2 Deployment Scenarios
    • 4.2.1. Physical port → vSwitch → physical port
    • 4.2.2. Physical port → vSwitch → VNF → vSwitch → physical port
    • 4.2.3. Physical port → vSwitch → VNF → vSwitch → VNF → vSwitch → physical port
    • 4.2.4. Physical port → VNF → vSwitch → VNF → physical port
    • 4.2.5. Physical port → vSwitch → VNF
    • 4.2.6. VNF → vSwitch → physical port
    • 4.2.7. VNF → vSwitch → VNF → vSwitch
    • 4.2.8. HOST 1(Physical port → virtual switch → VNF → virtual switch →
    • 4.2.9. Physical port) → HOST 2(Physical port → virtual switch → VNF →
    • 4.2.10. virtual switch → Physical port)
  • 4.3. 2.2.3 General Methodology:
    • 4.3.1. 2.2.3.1 Default Test Parameters
    • 4.3.2. 2.2.3.2 Flow Classification
    • 4.3.3. 2.2.3.3 Test Priority
    • 4.3.4. 2.2.3.4 SUT Setup
      • 4.3.4.1. 2.2.3.4.1 Port Configuration
      • 4.3.4.2. 2.2.3.4.2 Frame Formats
      • 4.3.4.3. 2.2.3.4.3 Packet Throughput
      • 4.3.4.4. 2.2.3.4.4 System isolation and validation
    • 4.3.5. 2.2.4 RFCs for testing virtual switch performance
      • 4.3.5.1. RFC 1242 Benchmarking Terminology for Network Interconnection
      • 4.3.5.2. RFC 2544 Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect Devices
      • 4.3.5.3. RFC 2285 Benchmarking Terminology for LAN Switching Devices
      • 4.3.5.4. RFC 2889 Benchmarking Methodology for LAN Switching
      • 4.3.5.5. RFC 3918 Methodology for IP Multicast Benchmarking
      • 4.3.5.6. RFC 4737 Packet Reordering Metrics
      • 4.3.5.7. RFC 5481 Packet Delay Variation Applicability Statement
      • 4.3.5.8. RFC 6201 Device Reset Characterization
    • 4.3.6. 2.2.5 Details of the Test Report
  • 4.4. 2.3. Test identification
    • 4.4.1. 2.3.1 Throughput tests
      • 4.4.1.1. Test ID: LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.PacketLossRatio
      • 4.4.1.2. Test ID: LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.PacketLossRatioFrameModification
      • 4.4.1.3. Test ID: LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.Profile
      • 4.4.1.4. Test ID: LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.SystemRecoveryTime
      • 4.4.1.5. Test ID: LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.BackToBackFrames
      • 4.4.1.6. Test ID: LTD.Throughput.RFC2889.MaxForwardingRateSoak
      • 4.4.1.7. Test ID: LTD.Throughput.RFC2889.MaxForwardingRateSoakFrameModification
      • 4.4.1.8. Test ID: LTD.Throughput.RFC6201.ResetTime
      • 4.4.1.9. Test ID: LTD.Throughput.RFC2889.MaxForwardingRate
      • 4.4.1.10. Test ID: LTD.Throughput.RFC2889.ForwardPressure
      • 4.4.1.11. Test ID: LTD.Throughput.RFC2889.ErrorFramesFiltering
      • 4.4.1.12. Test ID: LTD.Throughput.RFC2889.BroadcastFrameForwarding
    • 4.4.2. 2.3.2 Packet Latency tests
      • 4.4.2.1. Test ID: LTD.PacketLatency.InitialPacketProcessingLatency
      • 4.4.2.2. Test ID: LTD.PacketDelayVariation.RFC3393.Soak
    • 4.4.3. 2.3.3 Scalability tests
      • 4.4.3.1. Test ID: LTD.Scalability.RFC2544.0PacketLoss
      • 4.4.3.2. Test ID: LTD.MemoryBandwidth.RFC2544.0PacketLoss.Scalability
    • 4.4.4. 2.3.4 Activation tests
      • 4.4.4.1. Test ID: LTD.Activation.RFC2889.AddressCachingCapacity
      • 4.4.4.2. Test ID: LTD.Activation.RFC2889.AddressLearningRate
    • 4.4.5. 2.3.5 Coupling between control path and datapath Tests
      • 4.4.5.1. Test ID: LTD.CPDPCouplingFlowAddition
    • 4.4.6. 2.3.6 CPU and memory consumption
      • 4.4.6.1. Test ID: LTD.CPU.RFC2544.0PacketLoss
    • 4.4.7. 2.3.7 Summary List of Tests

Revision:

Build date: December 16, 2015

Revision: de0aaffe31e1f787cefe21a5957a07924bb5956f

Build date: December 16, 2015