Final documentation update for Jerma release
[samplevnf.git] / docs / release / release-notes / release-notes.rst
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@@ -3,64 +3,20 @@
 .. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
 .. (c) OPNFV, Intel Corporation and others.
 
-=======
-License
-=======
 
-OPNFV release note for SampleVNF Docs
-are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
-You should have received a copy of the license along with this.
-If not, see <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>.
-:
-The *SampleVNFs*, the *SampleVNF test cases* are opensource software,
- licensed under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+OPNFV Jerma Release
+===================
+* The only supported test VNF in this release for dataplane benchmarking purposes is PROX
+* PROX supporting up to DPDK:20.05
+* Introducing ability to make test cloud-configured dataplane networking benchmarks using
+  ETSI NFV TST009 standard methods
+* Test automation using X-testing
 
-===========================================
-OPNFV Euphrates Release Note for SampleVNF
-===========================================
 
-.. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 2
-
-.. _SampleVNF: https://wiki.opnfv.org/samplevnf
-
-.. _Yardstick: https://wiki.opnfv.org/yardstick
-
-.. _NFV-TST001: http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_gs/NFV-TST/001_099/001/01.01.01_60/gs_NFV-TST001v010101p.pdf
-
-
-Abstract
-========
-
-This document describes the release note of SampleVNF project.
-
-
-Version History
-===============
-
-+----------------+--------------------+---------------------------------+
-| *Date*         | *Version*          | *Comment*                       |
-|                |                    |                                 |
-+----------------+--------------------+---------------------------------+
-+----------------+--------------------+---------------------------------+
-|                |  1.0               | SampleVNF for Euphrates release    |
-|                |                    |                                 |
-+----------------+--------------------+---------------------------------+
-
-
-Important Notes
-===============
-
-The software delivered in the OPNFV SampleVNF_ Project, comprising the
-*SampleVNF VNFs*, the *SampleVNF test cases* and performance test case
-are part of  OPNFV Yardstick_ Project is a realization of the methodology in
-ETSI-ISG NFV-TST001_.
-
-
-OPNFV Euphrates Release
+OPNFV Hunter Release
 ======================
 
-This Euphrates release provides *SampleVNF* as a approx VNF repository for
+This Hunter release provides *SampleVNF* as a approx VNF repository for
 VNF/NFVI testing, characterization and OPNFV feature testing, automated on
 OPNFV platform, including:
 
@@ -78,12 +34,32 @@ OPNFV platform, including:
 
 * SampleVNF source code
 
-For Euphrates release, the *SampleVNF * is used for the following
+For Hunter release, the *SampleVNF* supported:
+
++----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
+| *VNF*          |                 *Name*                                  |    *version*      |
++----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
+| *CGNAPT*       | Carrier Grade Network Address and port Translation .5.0 |     v0.1.0        |
++----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
+| *Prox*         | Packet pROcessing eXecution engine                      |     v0.40.0       |
+|                |  acts as traffic generator, L3FWD, L2FWD, BNG etc       |                   |
++----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
+| *vACL*         | Access Control List                                     |     v0.1.0        |
++----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
+| *vFW*          | Firewall                                                |     v0.1.0        |
++----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
+| *UDP_replay*   | UDP_Replay                                              |     v0.1.0        |
++----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
+
+.. note:: Highlevel Desgin and features supported by each of the VNFs is described in Developer
+          and user guide.
+
+For Hunter release, the *SampleVNF* is used for the following
 testing:
 
 * OPNFV platform testing - generic test cases to measure the categories:
 
-  * NFVi Characterization:
+  * NFVI Characterization:
 
     * Network
 
@@ -92,9 +68,9 @@ testing:
     * Network - rfc2544, rfc3511, latency, http_test etc
 
 
-The *SampleVNF* is developed in the OPNFV community, by the
-SampleVNF_ team. The *Network Service Benchmarking* Testing tool is a part of
-the Yardstick Project.
+The *SampleVNF* is developed in the OPNFV community, by the SampleVNF_ team.
+The *Network Service Benchmarking* SampleVNF Characterization Testing tool is a part of the
+Yardstick Project.
 
 .. note:: The test case description template used for the SampleVNF in yardstick
   test cases is based on the document ETSI-ISG NFV-TST001_; the results report template
@@ -102,42 +78,48 @@ the Yardstick Project.
 
 
 Release Data
-============
+------------
 
 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
 | **Project**                          | SampleVNF                            |
 |                                      |                                      |
 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
-| **Repo/tag**                         |                                      |
+| **Repo/tag**                         | opnfv-8.0                            |
 |                                      |                                      |
 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
-| **SampleVNF Docker image tag**       |                                      |
+| **SampleVNF Docker image tag**       | Hunter 8.0                           |
 |                                      |                                      |
 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
-| **Release designation**              | Euphrates                            |
+| **Release designation**              | Hunter 8.0                           |
 |                                      |                                      |
 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
-| **Release date**                     |                                      |
+| **Release date**                     | "May 10 2019"                        |
 |                                      |                                      |
 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
-| **Purpose of the delivery**          |                                      |
+| **Purpose of the delivery**          | Hunter alignment to Released         |
+|                                      | bug-fixes for the following:         |
+|                                      | - Memory leak                        |
+|                                      | - minimum latency                    |
+|                                      | - Increase default mbuf size and     |
+|                                      |   code simplification/cleanup        |
+|                                      | - Crash in rx/tx distribution        |
 |                                      |                                      |
 +--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
 
 
 Deliverables
-============
+------------
 
 Documents
----------
+^^^^^^^^^
 
- - User Guide:  To be added
+ - User Guide: http://artifacts.opnfv.org/samplevnf/docs/testing_user_userguide/index.html
 
- - Developer Guide: To be added
+ - Developer Guide: http://artifacts.opnfv.org/samplevnf/docs/testing_developer/index.html
 
 
 Software Deliverables
----------------------
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
  - The SampleVNF Docker image: To be added
 
@@ -159,15 +141,12 @@ Software Deliverables
 +---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
 
 Document Version Changes
-------------------------
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 This is the first version of the SampleVNF  in OPNFV.
 It includes the following documentation updates:
 
 - SampleVNF User Guide:
-  add "network service benchmarking(NSB)" chapter;
-  add "SampleVNF - NSB Testing -Installation" chapter; add "SampleVNF API" chapter;
-  add "SampleVNF user interface" chapter; Update SampleVNF installation chapter;
 
 - SampleVNF Developer Guide
 
@@ -175,34 +154,96 @@ It includes the following documentation updates:
 
 
 Feature additions
------------------
-
-- SampleVNF RESTful API support
-
-- Introduce Network service benchmarking
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- Support for DPDK 18.05 and DPDK 18.08
+- Add support for counting non dataplane related packets
+- test improvements and fixes for image creation
+- Local Documentation Builds
+- Improve l3fwd performance
+- Enable the local cache mac address
+- Initial support for DPDK 18.05
+- Adding centos.json to be used with packer to generate a VM with PROX
+- Adding support for Ubuntu 17.10...
+- Get multiple port stats simultaneously
+- Increase default mbuf size and code simplification/cleanup
+- update from src port in the pvt/pub handler
+
+Bug fixes:
+- Fix potential crash with latency accuracy
+- TempFix: vCGNAPT/vACL ipv4 perf issue
+- Temp Fix for vFW perf issue
+- fix code standard in VNFs/DPPD-PROX/handle_esp.c
+- Workaround DPDK net/virtio queue setup issue
+- Fix potential crash when shuffling mbufs
 
 
 Known Issues/Faults
-------------
-
-
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+- Huge page freeing needs to be handled properly while running the application else it might
+  cause system crash. Known issue from DPDK.
+- UDP Replay is used to capture throughput for dynamic cgnapt
+- Hardware Checksum offload is not supported for IPv6 traffic
+- SampleVNF on sriov is tested till 4 threads
+- Rest API is supported only for vACL, vFW, vCGNAPT
+- Rest API uses port 80, make sure other webservices are stopped before using SampleVNF RestAPI.
 
 Corrected Faults
-----------------
-
-Euphrates.1.0:
-
-+----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
-| **JIRA REFERENCE**         | **DESCRIPTION**                                |
-|                            |                                                |
-+----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
-| JIRA: samplevnf-           |                                                |
-|                            |                                                |
-+----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
-
-
-Euphrates  known restrictions/issues
-====================================
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Hunter 8.2:
+
++----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| **JIRA REFERENCE**         | **DESCRIPTION**                                                      |
++----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| SAMPLEVNF-129              |  Support for DPDK 18.05 and DPDK 18.08                               |
++----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| SAMPLEVNF-130              |  Add support for counting non dataplane related packets              |
++----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| SAMPLEVNF-131              |  test improvements and fixes for image creation                      |
++----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| SAMPLEVNF-132              |  Local Documentation Builds                                          |
++----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| SAMPLEVNF-133              |  Improve l3fwd performance                                           |
++----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| SAMPLEVNF-134              |  Enable the local cache mac address                                  |
++----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| SAMPLEVNF-135              |  Initial support for DPDK 18.05                                      |
++----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| SAMPLEVNF-136              |  Adding centos.json to be used with packer to generate a VM with PROX|
++----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| SAMPLEVNF-137              |  Adding support for Ubuntu 17.20...                                  |
++----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| SAMPLEVNF-138              |  Get multiple port stats simultaneously                              |
++----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| SAMPLEVNF-139              |  Increase default mbuf size and code simplification/cleanup          |
++----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| SAMPLEVNF-140              |  update from src port in the pvt/pub handler                         |
++----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+
+
+
+Bug Fix Jira:
+
++----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| **JIRA REFERENCE**         | **DESCRIPTION**                                                   |
++----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| SAMPLEVNF-141              |  Fix potential crash with latency accuracy                        |
++----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| SAMPLEVNF-142              |  TempFix: vCGNAPT/vACL ipv4 perf issue                            |
++----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| SAMPLEVNF-143              |  Temp Fix for vFW perf issue                                      |
++----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| SAMPLEVNF-144              |  fix code standard in VNFs/DPPD-PROX/handle_esp.c                 |
++----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| SAMPLEVNF-145              |  Workaround DPDK net/virtio queue setup issue                     |
++----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| SAMPLEVNF-146              |  Fix potential crash when shuffling mbufs                         |
++----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+Hunter known restrictions/issues
+--------------------------------
 +-----------+-----------+----------------------------------------------+
 | Installer | Scenario  |  Issue                                       |
 +===========+===========+==============================================+
@@ -211,7 +252,7 @@ Euphrates  known restrictions/issues
 
 
 Open JIRA tickets
-=================
+-----------------
 
 +----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
 | **JIRA REFERENCE**         | **DESCRIPTION**                                |
@@ -223,11 +264,11 @@ Open JIRA tickets
 
 
 Useful links
-============
+------------
 
  - wiki project page: https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/SAM
 
- - wiki SampleVNF Euphrates release planing page: https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/SAM/SampleVNF+Euphrates+Release+Planning
+ - wiki SampleVNF Hunter release planing page: https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/SAM/G+-+Release+SampleVNF+planning
 
  - SampleVNF repo: https://git.opnfv.org/cgit/samplevnf