VSPERF Test Guide

VSPERF Test Execution

• 4.3.1. vSwitchPerf test suites userguide
  • 4.3.1.1. General
  • 4.3.1.2. VSPERF Installation
  • 4.3.1.3. Traffic Generator Setup
  • 4.3.1.4. Cloning and building src dependencies
  • 4.3.1.5. Configure the ./conf/10_custom.conf file
  • 4.3.1.6. Using a custom settings file
  • 4.3.1.7. Evaluation of configuration parameters
  • 4.3.1.8. Overriding values defined in configuration files
  • 4.3.1.9. Referencing parameter values
  • 4.3.1.10. vloop_vnf
  • 4.3.1.11. l2fwd Kernel Module
  • 4.3.1.12. Additional Tools Setup
  • 4.3.1.13. Executing tests
  • 4.3.1.14. Executing Vanilla OVS tests
  • 4.3.1.15. Executing tests with VMs
  • 4.3.1.16. Executing tests with VMs using Vanilla OVS
  • 4.3.1.17. Executing VPP tests
  • 4.3.1.18. Using vfio_pci with DPDK
  • 4.3.1.19. Using SRIOV support
  • 4.3.1.20. Using QEMU with PCI passthrough support
  • 4.3.1.21. Selection of loopback application for tests with VMs
  • 4.3.1.22. Mergable Buffers Options with QEMU
  • 4.3.1.23. Selection of dpdk binding driver for tests with VMs
  • 4.3.1.24. Guest Core and Thread Binding
  • 4.3.1.25. Qemu CPU features
  • 4.3.1.26. Multi-Queue Configuration
  • 4.3.1.27. Jumbo Frame Testing
  • 4.3.1.28. Executing Packet Forwarding tests
  • 4.3.1.29. Executing Packet Forwarding tests with one guest
  • 4.3.1.30. VSPERF modes of operation
  • 4.3.1.31. Performance Matrix
  • 4.3.1.32. Code change verification by pylint
  • 4.3.1.33. GOTCHAs:
  • 4.3.1.34. More information
• 4.3.2. Step driven tests
  • 4.3.2.1. Test objects and their functions
  • 4.3.2.2. Test Macros
  • 4.3.2.3. HelloWorld and other basic Testcases
• 4.3.3. Integration tests
  • 4.3.3.1. Executing Integration Tests
  • 4.3.3.2. Executing Tunnel encapsulation tests
  • 4.3.3.3. Executing VXLAN decapsulation tests
  • 4.3.3.4. Executing GRE decapsulation tests
  • 4.3.3.5. Executing GENEVE decapsulation tests
  • 4.3.3.6. Executing Native/Vanilla OVS VXLAN decapsulation tests
  • 4.3.3.7. Executing Native/Vanilla OVS GRE decapsulation tests
  • 4.3.3.8. Executing Native/Vanilla OVS GENEVE decapsulation tests
  • 4.3.3.9. Executing Tunnel encapsulation+decapsulation tests
• 4.3.4. Traffic Capture
  • 4.3.4.1. Traffic Capture inside of a VM
  • 4.3.4.2. Traffic Capture for testing NICs with HW offloading/acceleration
  • 4.3.4.3. Traffic Capture on the Traffic Generator
• 4.3.5. Execution of vswitchperf testcases by Yardstick
  • 4.3.5.1. General
  • 4.3.5.2. Yardstick Installation
  • 4.3.5.3. VM image with vswitchperf
  • 4.3.5.4. Testcase execution
  • 4.3.5.5. Testcase customization
• 4.3.6. List of vswitchperf testcases
  • 4.3.6.1. Performance testcases
  • 4.3.6.2. Integration testcases
  • 4.3.6.3. OVS/DPDK Regression TestCases
  • 4.3.6.4. T-Rex in VM TestCases