docs/release/NEWS.rst

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   3 .. (c) OPNFV, Intel Corporation, AT&T and others.
   4
   5 OPNFV Brahmaputra Release
   6 =========================
   7 Supports both OVS and OVS with DPDK.
   8
   9 Available tests:
  10
  11 * phy2phy_tput:     LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.PacketLossRatio
  12 * back2back:        LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.BackToBackFrames
  13 * phy2phy_tput_mod_vlan:LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.PacketLossRatioFrameModification
  14 * phy2phy_cont:     Phy2Phy Continuous Stream
  15 * pvp_cont:         PVP Continuous Stream
  16 * pvvp_cont:        PVVP Continuous Stream
  17 * phy2phy_scalability:LTD.Scalability.RFC2544.0PacketLoss
  18 * pvp_tput:         LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.PacketLossRatio
  19 * pvp_back2back:    LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.BackToBackFrames
  20 * pvvp_tput:        LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.PacketLossRatio
  21 * pvvp_back2back:   LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.BackToBackFrames
  22 * phy2phy_cpu_load: LTD.CPU.RFC2544.0PacketLoss
  23 * phy2phy_mem_load: LTD.Memory.RFC2544.0PacketLoss
  24
  25 Supported deployment scenarios:
  26
  27 * Physical port -> vSwitch -> Physical port.
  28 * Physical port -> vSwitch -> VNF -> vSwitch -> Physical port.
  29 * Physical port -> vSwitch -> VNF -> vSwitch -> VNF -> vSwitch -> Physical port.
  30
  31 Loopback applications in the Guest can be:
  32
  33 * DPDK testpmd.
  34 * Linux Bridge.
  35 * l2fwd Kernel Module.
  36
  37 Supported traffic generators:
  38
  39 * Ixia: IxOS and IxNet.
  40 * Spirent.
  41 * Dummy.
  42
  43 Release Data
  44 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  45
  46 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
  47 | **Project**                          | vswitchperf                          |
  48 |                                      |                                      |
  49 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
  50 | **Repo/tag**                         | brahmaputra.1.0                      |
  51 |                                      |                                      |
  52 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
  53 | **Release designation**              | Brahmaputra base release             |
  54 |                                      |                                      |
  55 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
  56 | **Release date**                     | February 26 2016                     |
  57 |                                      |                                      |
  58 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
  59 | **Purpose of the delivery**          | Brahmaputra base release             |
  60 |                                      |                                      |
  61 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
  62
  63 November 2015
  64 ==============
  65
  66 - Support of opnfv_test_dashboard
  67
  68 October 2015
  69 ==============
  70
  71 - Support of PVP and PVVP deployment scenarios using Vanilla OVS
  72
  73 September 2015
  74 ==============
  75
  76 - Implementation of system statistics based upon pidstat command line tool.
  77 - Support of PVVP deployment scenario using bhost-cuse and vhost user access
  78   methods
  79
  80 August 2015
  81 ===========
  82
  83 - Backport and enhancement of reporting
  84 - PVP deployment scenario testing using vhost-cuse as guest access method
  85 - Implementation of LTD.Scalability.RFC2544.0PacketLoss testcase
  86 - Support for background load generation with command line tools like stress
  87   and stress-ng
  88
  89 July 2015
  90 =========
  91
  92 - PVP deployment scenario testing using vhost-user as guest access method
  93   - Verified on CentOS7 and Fedora 20
  94   - Requires QEMU 2.2.0 and DPDK 2.0
  95
  96 May 2015
  97 ========
  98
  99 This is the initial release of a re-designed version of the software
 100 based on community feedback. This initial release supports only the
 101 Phy2Phy deployment scenario and the
 102 LTD.Throughput.RFC2544.PacketLossRatio test - both described in the
 103 OPNFV vswitchperf 'CHARACTERIZE VSWITCH PERFORMANCE FOR TELCO NFV USE
 104 CASES LEVEL TEST DESIGN'. The intention is that more test cases will
 105 follow once the community has digested the initial release.
 106
 107 -  Performance testing with continuous stream
 108 -  Vanilla OVS support added.
 109
 110    -  Support for non-DPDK OVS build.
 111    -  Build and installation support through Makefile will be added via
 112       next patch(Currently it is possible to manually build ovs and
 113       setting it in vsperf configuration files).
 114    -  PvP scenario is not yet implemented.
 115
 116 -  CentOS7 support
 117 -  Verified on CentOS7
 118 -  Install & Quickstart documentation
 119
 120 -  Better support for mixing tests types with Deployment Scenarios
 121 -  Re-work based on community feedback of TOIT
 122 -  Framework support for other vSwitches
 123 -  Framework support for non-Ixia traffic generators
 124 -  Framework support for different VNFs
 125 -  Python3
 126 -  Support for biDirectional functionality for ixnet interface
 127
 128 Missing
 129 -------
 130
 131 -  xmlunit output is currently disabled