docs/release/NEWS.rst

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   3 .. (c) OPNFV, Intel Corporation, AT&T and others.
   4
   5 OPNFV Colorado Release
   6 ======================
   7 * Support for DPDK v16.07
   8 * Support for yardstick testing framework
   9 * Support for stp/rstp configuration
  10 * Support for veth ports and network namespaces
  11 * Support for multi-queue usage by testpmd loopback app
  12 * Support for reporting of test execution length
  13 * Support for MoonGen traffic generator.
  14 * Support for OVS version 2.5 + DPDK 2.2.
  15 * Support for DPDK v16.04
  16 * Support for Xena traffic generator.
  17 * Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  18 * Support for mode of operation (trafficgen, trafficgen-off)
  19 * Support for Integration tests for OVS with DPDK including:
  20   * Physical ports.
  21   * Virtual ports (vhost user and vhost cuse).
  22   * Flow addition and removal tests.
  23   * Overlay (VXLAN, GRE and NVGRE) encapsulation and decapsulation tests.
  24 * Supporting configuration of OVS with DPDK through the OVS DB as well as the
  25   legacy commandline arguments.
  26 * Support for VM loopback (SR-IOV) benchmarking.
  27 * Support for platform baseline benchmarking without a vswitch using testpmd.
  28 * Support for Spirent Test Center REST APIs.
  29
  30 OPNFV Brahmaputra Release
  31 =========================
  32 Supports both OVS and OVS with DPDK.
  33
  34 Available tests:
  35
  36 * phy2phy_tput:     LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.PacketLossRatio
  37 * back2back:        LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.BackToBackFrames
  38 * phy2phy_tput_mod_vlan:LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.PacketLossRatioFrameModification
  39 * phy2phy_cont:     Phy2Phy Continuous Stream
  40 * pvp_cont:         PVP Continuous Stream
  41 * pvvp_cont:        PVVP Continuous Stream
  42 * phy2phy_scalability:LTD.Scalability.RFC2544.0PacketLoss
  43 * pvp_tput:         LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.PacketLossRatio
  44 * pvp_back2back:    LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.BackToBackFrames
  45 * pvvp_tput:        LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.PacketLossRatio
  46 * pvvp_back2back:   LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.BackToBackFrames
  47 * phy2phy_cpu_load: LTD.CPU.RFC2544.0PacketLoss
  48 * phy2phy_mem_load: LTD.Memory.RFC2544.0PacketLoss
  49
  50 Supported deployment scenarios:
  51
  52 * Physical port -> vSwitch -> Physical port.
  53 * Physical port -> vSwitch -> VNF -> vSwitch -> Physical port.
  54 * Physical port -> vSwitch -> VNF -> vSwitch -> VNF -> vSwitch -> Physical port.
  55
  56 Loopback applications in the Guest can be:
  57
  58 * DPDK testpmd.
  59 * Linux Bridge.
  60 * l2fwd Kernel Module.
  61
  62 Supported traffic generators:
  63
  64 * Ixia: IxOS and IxNet.
  65 * Spirent.
  66 * Dummy.
  67
  68 Release Data
  69 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  70
  71 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
  72 | **Project**                          | vswitchperf                          |
  73 |                                      |                                      |
  74 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
  75 | **Repo/tag**                         | brahmaputra.1.0                      |
  76 |                                      |                                      |
  77 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
  78 | **Release designation**              | Brahmaputra base release             |
  79 |                                      |                                      |
  80 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
  81 | **Release date**                     | February 26 2016                     |
  82 |                                      |                                      |
  83 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
  84 | **Purpose of the delivery**          | Brahmaputra base release             |
  85 |                                      |                                      |
  86 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
  87
  88 November 2015
  89 ==============
  90
  91 - Support of opnfv_test_dashboard
  92
  93 October 2015
  94 ==============
  95
  96 - Support of PVP and PVVP deployment scenarios using Vanilla OVS
  97
  98 September 2015
  99 ==============
 100
 101 - Implementation of system statistics based upon pidstat command line tool.
 102 - Support of PVVP deployment scenario using bhost-cuse and vhost user access
 103   methods
 104
 105 August 2015
 106 ===========
 107
 108 - Backport and enhancement of reporting
 109 - PVP deployment scenario testing using vhost-cuse as guest access method
 110 - Implementation of LTD.Scalability.RFC2544.0PacketLoss testcase
 111 - Support for background load generation with command line tools like stress
 112   and stress-ng
 113
 114 July 2015
 115 =========
 116
 117 - PVP deployment scenario testing using vhost-user as guest access method
 118   - Verified on CentOS7 and Fedora 20
 119   - Requires QEMU 2.2.0 and DPDK 2.0
 120
 121 May 2015
 122 ========
 123
 124 This is the initial release of a re-designed version of the software
 125 based on community feedback. This initial release supports only the
 126 Phy2Phy deployment scenario and the
 127 LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.PacketLossRatio test - both described in the
 128 OPNFV vswitchperf 'CHARACTERIZE VSWITCH PERFORMANCE FOR TELCO NFV USE
 129 CASES LEVEL TEST DESIGN'. The intention is that more test cases will
 130 follow once the community has digested the initial release.
 131
 132 -  Performance testing with continuous stream
 133 -  Vanilla OVS support added.
 134
 135    -  Support for non-DPDK OVS build.
 136    -  Build and installation support through Makefile will be added via
 137       next patch(Currently it is possible to manually build ovs and
 138       setting it in vsperf configuration files).
 139    -  PvP scenario is not yet implemented.
 140
 141 -  CentOS7 support
 142 -  Verified on CentOS7
 143 -  Install & Quickstart documentation
 144
 145 -  Better support for mixing tests types with Deployment Scenarios
 146 -  Re-work based on community feedback of TOIT
 147 -  Framework support for other vSwitches
 148 -  Framework support for non-Ixia traffic generators
 149 -  Framework support for different VNFs
 150 -  Python3
 151 -  Support for biDirectional functionality for ixnet interface
 152
 153 Missing
 154 =======
 155
 156 -  xmlunit output is currently disabled
 157