VSPERF Results

1. VSPERF Test Scenarios

Predefined Tests suitable for automated execution with CI:

Test Definition
phy2phy_tput PacketLossRatio for Phy2Phy
back2back BackToBackFrames for Phy2Phy
phy2phy_tput_mod_vlan PacketLossRatioFrameModification for Phy2Phy
phy2phy_cont Phy2Phy blast vswitch at x% TX rate and measure throughput
pvp_cont PVP blast vswitch at x% TX rate and measure throughput
pvvp_cont PVVP blast vswitch at x% TX rate and measure throughput
phy2phy_scalability Scalability0PacketLoss for Phy2Phy
pvp_tput PacketLossRatio for PVP
pvp_back2back BackToBackFrames for PVP
pvvp_tput PacketLossRatio for PVVP
pvvp_back2back BackToBackFrames for PVVP
phy2phy_cpu_load CPU0PacketLoss for Phy2Phy
phy2phy_mem_load Same as CPU0PacketLoss but using a memory intensive app

Deployment topologies:

  • Phy2Phy: Physical port -> vSwitch -> Physical port.
  • PVP: Physical port -> vSwitch -> VNF -> vSwitch -> Physical port.
  • PVVP: Physical port -> vSwitch -> VNF -> vSwitch -> VNF -> vSwitch -> Physical port.

Loopback applications in the Guest:

Supported traffic generators:

  • Spirent Testcenter
  • Ixia: IxOS and IxNet.
  • Xena
  • MoonGen
  • Dummy
  • T-Rex

2. OPNFV Test Results

VSPERF CI jobs are run daily and sample results can be found at https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/vsperf/Vsperf+Results

Testcase names shown in the dashboard are combination of orignal testcase name from VSPERF framework and indication of used vswitch.

Example:

Testcase phy2phy_tput is executed for three vSwitch types: OvsDpdkVhost, OvsVanilla and VppDpdkVhost. In this case, following testcase names will be used in the dashboard: phy2phy_tput_ovsdpdkvhost, phy2phy_tput_ovsvanilla and phy2phy_tput_vppdpdkvhost.

In case of RFC2544 Throughput test, the recorded metric is FPS (frames per second) without packet loss. For RFC2544 Back2Back test, the recorded metric is back-to-back value (number of frames) without packet loss.

The loopback application in the VNF used for PVP and PVVP scenarios was DPDK testpmd.

Guest interface types are vhost-user for OvsDpdkVhost and VppDpdkVhost and virtio-net for OvsVanilla.