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==================================
VF L3 Forwarding Performance Tests
==================================
This document provides benchmark test for NIC VFs which are created from
kernel PFs or DPDK PFs. These tests use l3fwd as a simple forwarder
between NIC vfs. The goal of this test plan is to have a tested benchmark
between NIC vfs.
Prerequisites
==============
* Hardware requirements:
* XL710, XXV710: 2 ports from 2 NICs, 1 port per NIC, 2 cores & 2 queues per VF.
::
+------------------------------+
| DUT | TESTER |
+==============================+
| NIC-1,Port-1 --- TG,Port-1 |
| NIC-2,Port-1 --- TG,Port-2 |
+------------------------------+
* X710: 4 ports from 1 NIC, 1 core 1 queues per port.
::
+------------------------------+
| DUT | TESTER |
+==============================+
| NIC-1,Port-1 --- TG,Port-1 |
| NIC-1,Port-2 --- TG,Port-2 |
| NIC-1,Port-3 --- TG,Port-3 |
| NIC-1,Port-4 --- TG,Port-4 |
+------------------------------+
* 825992: 2 ports from 2 NIC, 1 core 1 queues per port.
::
+ -----------------------------+
| DUT | TESTER |
+==============================+
| NIC-1,Port-1 --- TG,Port-1 |
| NIC-2,Port-1 --- TG,Port-2 |
+------------------------------+
Setup overview
==============
Set up topology as above based on the NIC used.
Test Case 1: Measure performance with kernel PF & dpdk VF
=========================================================
1, Bind PF ports to kernel driver, i40e or ixgbe, then create 1 VF from each PF,
take XL710 for example::
echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:18\:00.0/sriov_numvfs
echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:18\:00.1/sriov_numvfs
2, Set vf mac address::
ip link set ens5f0 vf 0 mac 00:12:34:56:78:01
ip link set ens5f1 vf 0 mac 00:12:34:56:78:02
3, Bind all the created VFs to dpdk driver, igb_uio or vfio-pci::
./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b igb_uio 18:02.0 18:06.0
4, Start dpdk l3fwd with 1:1 matched cores and queues::
./examples/l3fwd/build/l3fwd -c 0xf -n 4 -- -p 0x3 --config '(0,0,0),(1,0,1),(0,1,2),(1,1,3)'
5, Send packet with frame size from 64bytes to 1518bytes with ixia traffic generator,
make sure your traffic configuration meets LPM rules, and will go to all queues, all ports.
Fill out this table with results.
+-------+------+--------+-----------+
| Frame | mode | Mpps | %linerate |
+=======+======+========+===========+
| 64 | lpm | | |
+-------+------+--------+-----------+
| 128 | lpm | | |
+-------+------+--------+-----------+
| 256 | lpm | | |
+-------+------+--------+-----------+
| 512 | lpm | | |
+-------+------+--------+-----------+
| 1024 | lpm | | |
+-------+------+--------+-----------+
| 1518 | lpm | | |
+-------+------+--------+-----------+
Test Case 2: Measure performance with dpdk PF & dpdk VF
=======================================================
1, Bind PF ports to igb_uio driver, then create 1 VF from each PF,
take XL710 for example::
./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b igb_uio 18:00.0 18:00.1
echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:18\:00.0/max_vfs
echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:18\:00.1/max_vfs
2, Bind the two created VFs to dpdk driver, igb_uio or vfio-pci::
./usertools/dpdk-devbind.py -b igb_uio 18:02.0 18:06.0
3, Start testpmd and set vfs mac address::
./x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc/app/testpmd -c 0x3 -n 4 --socket-mem=1024,1024 --file-prefix=pf -b 0000:18:02.0 -b 0000:18:06.0 -- -i
testpmd>set vf mac addr 0 0 00:12:34:56:78:01
testpmd>set vf mac addr 1 0 00:12:34:56:78:02
4, Start dpdk l3fwd with 1:1 matched cores and queues::
./examples/l3fwd/build/l3fwd -c 0x3c -n 4 -w 0000:18:02.0 -w 0000:18:06.0 -- -p 0x3 --config '(0,0,2),(1,0,3),(0,1,4),(1,1,5)'
5, Send packet with frame size from 64bytes to 1518bytes with ixia traffic generator,
make sure your traffic configuration meets LPM rules, and will go to all queues, all ports.
Fill out this table with results.
+-------+------+--------+-----------+
| Frame | mode | Mpps | %linerate |
+=======+======+========+===========+
| 64 | lpm | | |
+-------+------+--------+-----------+
| 128 | lpm | | |
+-------+------+--------+-----------+
| 256 | lpm | | |
+-------+------+--------+-----------+
| 512 | lpm | | |
+-------+------+--------+-----------+
| 1024 | lpm | | |
+-------+------+--------+-----------+
| 1518 | lpm | | |
+-------+------+--------+-----------+