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+Network Working Group M. Tahhan
+Internet-Draft B. O'Mahony
+Intended status: Informational Intel
+Expires: January 9, 2017 A. Morton
+ AT&T Labs
+ July 8, 2016
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+ Benchmarking Virtual Switches in OPNFV
+ draft-ietf-bmwg-vswitch-opnfv-00
+
+Abstract
+
+ This memo describes the progress of the Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV)
+ project on virtual switch performance "VSWITCHPERF". This project
+ intends to build on the current and completed work of the
+ Benchmarking Methodology Working Group in IETF, by referencing
+ existing literature. The Benchmarking Methodology Working Group has
+ traditionally conducted laboratory characterization of dedicated
+ physical implementations of internetworking functions. Therefore,
+ this memo begins to describe the additional considerations when
+ virtual switches are implemented in general-purpose hardware. The
+ expanded tests and benchmarks are also influenced by the OPNFV
+ mission to support virtualization of the "telco" infrastructure.
+
+Requirements Language
+
+ The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
+ "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
+ document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
+
+Status of This Memo
+
+ This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the
+ provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79.
+
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+
+Table of Contents
+
+ 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
+ 2. Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
+ 3. Benchmarking Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
+ 3.1. Comparison with Physical Network Functions . . . . . . . 4
+ 3.2. Continued Emphasis on Black-Box Benchmarks . . . . . . . 4
+ 3.3. New Configuration Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
+ 3.4. Flow classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
+ 3.5. Benchmarks using Baselines with Resource Isolation . . . 7
+ 4. VSWITCHPERF Specification Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
+ 5. 3x3 Matrix Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
+ 5.1. Speed of Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
+ 5.2. Accuracy of Activation section . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
+ 5.3. Reliability of Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
+ 5.4. Scale of Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
+ 5.5. Speed of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
+ 5.6. Accuracy of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
+ 5.7. Reliability of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
+ 5.8. Scalability of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
+ 5.9. Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
+ 6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
+ 7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
+ 8. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
+ 9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
+ 9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
+ 9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
+ Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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+1. Introduction
+
+ Benchmarking Methodology Working Group (BMWG) has traditionally
+ conducted laboratory characterization of dedicated physical
+ implementations of internetworking functions. The Black-box
+ Benchmarks of Throughput, Latency, Forwarding Rates and others have
+ served our industry for many years. Now, Network Function
+ Virtualization (NFV) has the goal to transform how internetwork
+ functions are implemented, and therefore has garnered much attention.
+
+ This memo summarizes the progress of the Open Platform for NFV
+ (OPNFV) project on virtual switch performance characterization,
+ "VSWITCHPERF", through the Brahmaputra (second) release [BrahRel].
+ This project intends to build on the current and completed work of
+ the Benchmarking Methodology Working Group in IETF, by referencing
+ existing literature. For example, currently the most often
+ referenced RFC is [RFC2544] (which depends on [RFC1242]) and
+ foundation of the benchmarking work in OPNFV is common and strong.
+
+ See https://wiki.opnfv.org/
+ characterize_vswitch_performance_for_telco_nfv_use_cases for more
+ background, and the OPNFV website for general information:
+ https://www.opnfv.org/
+
+ The authors note that OPNFV distinguishes itself from other open
+ source compute and networking projects through its emphasis on
+ existing "telco" services as opposed to cloud-computing. There are
+ many ways in which telco requirements have different emphasis on
+ performance dimensions when compared to cloud computing: support for
+ and transfer of isochronous media streams is one example.
+
+ Note also that the move to NFV Infrastructure has resulted in many
+ new benchmarking initiatives across the industry. The authors are
+ currently doing their best to maintain alignment with many other
+ projects, and this Internet Draft is one part of the efforts. We
+ acknowledge the early work in
+ [I-D.huang-bmwg-virtual-network-performance], and useful discussion
+ with the authors.
+
+2. Scope
+
+ The primary purpose and scope of the memo is to inform the industry
+ of work-in-progress that builds on the body of extensive BMWG
+ literature and experience, and describe the extensions needed for
+ benchmarking virtual switches. Inital feedback indicates that many
+ of these extensions may be applicable beyond the current scope (to
+ hardware switches in the NFV Infrastructure and to virtual routers,
+ for example). Additionally, this memo serves as a vehicle to include
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+ more detail and commentary from BMWG and other Open Source
+ communities, under BMWG's chartered work to characterize the NFV
+ Infrastructure (a virtual switch is an important aspect of that
+ infrastructure).
+
+3. Benchmarking Considerations
+
+ This section highlights some specific considerations (from
+ [I-D.ietf-bmwg-virtual-net])related to Benchmarks for virtual
+ switches. The OPNFV project is sharing its present view on these
+ areas, as they develop their specifications in the Level Test Design
+ (LTD) document.
+
+3.1. Comparison with Physical Network Functions
+
+ To compare the performance of virtual designs and implementations
+ with their physical counterparts, identical benchmarks are needed.
+ BMWG has developed specifications for many network functions this
+ memo re-uses existing benchmarks through references, and expands them
+ during development of new methods. A key configuration aspect is the
+ number of parallel cores required to achieve comparable performance
+ with a given physical device, or whether some limit of scale was
+ reached before the cores could achieve the comparable level.
+
+ It's unlikely that the virtual switch will be the only application
+ running on the SUT, so CPU utilization, Cache utilization, and Memory
+ footprint should also be recorded for the virtual implementations of
+ internetworking functions.
+
+3.2. Continued Emphasis on Black-Box Benchmarks
+
+ External observations remain essential as the basis for Benchmarks.
+ Internal observations with fixed specification and interpretation
+ will be provided in parallel to assist the development of operations
+ procedures when the technology is deployed.
+
+3.3. New Configuration Parameters
+
+ A key consideration when conducting any sort of benchmark is trying
+ to ensure the consistency and repeatability of test results. When
+ benchmarking the performance of a vSwitch there are many factors that
+ can affect the consistency of results, one key factor is matching the
+ various hardware and software details of the SUT. This section lists
+ some of the many new parameters which this project believes are
+ critical to report in order to achieve repeatability.
+
+ Hardware details including:
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+ o Platform details
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+ o Processor details
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+ o Memory information (type and size)
+
+ o Number of enabled cores
+
+ o Number of cores used for the test
+
+ o Number of physical NICs, as well as their details (manufacturer,
+ versions, type and the PCI slot they are plugged into)
+
+ o NIC interrupt configuration
+
+ o BIOS version, release date and any configurations that were
+ modified
+
+ o CPU microcode level
+
+ o Memory DIMM configurations (quad rank performance may not be the
+ same as dual rank) in size, freq and slot locations
+
+ o PCI configuration parameters (payload size, early ack option...)
+
+ o Power management at all levels (ACPI sleep states, processor
+ package, OS...)
+
+ Software details including:
+
+ o OS parameters and behavior (text vs graphical no one typing at the
+ console on one system)
+
+ o OS version (for host and VNF)
+
+ o Kernel version (for host and VNF)
+
+ o GRUB boot parameters (for host and VNF)
+
+ o Hypervisor details (Type and version)
+
+ o Selected vSwitch, version number or commit id used
+
+ o vSwitch launch command line if it has been parameterised
+
+ o Memory allocation to the vSwitch
+
+ o which NUMA node it is using, and how many memory channels
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+ o DPDK or any other SW dependency version number or commit id used
+
+ o Memory allocation to a VM - if it's from Hugpages/elsewhere
+
+ o VM storage type: snapshot/independent persistent/independent non-
+ persistent
+
+ o Number of VMs
+
+ o Number of Virtual NICs (vNICs), versions, type and driver
+
+ o Number of virtual CPUs and their core affinity on the host
+
+ o Number vNIC interrupt configuration
+
+ o Thread affinitization for the applications (including the vSwitch
+ itself) on the host
+
+ o Details of Resource isolation, such as CPUs designated for Host/
+ Kernel (isolcpu) and CPUs designated for specific processes
+ (taskset). - Test duration. - Number of flows.
+
+ Test Traffic Information:
+
+ o Traffic type - UDP, TCP, IMIX / Other
+
+ o Packet Sizes
+
+ o Deployment Scenario
+
+3.4. Flow classification
+
+ Virtual switches group packets into flows by processing and matching
+ particular packet or frame header information, or by matching packets
+ based on the input ports. Thus a flow can be thought of a sequence
+ of packets that have the same set of header field values (5-tuple) or
+ have arrived on the same port. Performance results can vary based on
+ the parameters the vSwitch uses to match for a flow. The recommended
+ flow classification parameters for any vSwitch performance tests are:
+ the input port, the source IP address, the destination IP address and
+ the Ethernet protocol type field. It is essential to increase the
+ flow timeout time on a vSwitch before conducting any performance
+ tests that do not measure the flow setup time. Normally the first
+ packet of a particular stream will install the flow in the virtual
+ switch which adds an additional latency, subsequent packets of the
+ same flow are not subject to this latency if the flow is already
+ installed on the vSwitch.
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+3.5. Benchmarks using Baselines with Resource Isolation
+
+ This outline describes measurement of baseline with isolated
+ resources at a high level, which is the intended approach at this
+ time.
+
+ 1. Baselines:
+
+ * Optional: Benchmark platform forwarding capability without a
+ vswitch or VNF for at least 72 hours (serves as a means of
+ platform validation and a means to obtain the base performance
+ for the platform in terms of its maximum forwarding rate and
+ latency).
+
+ Benchmark platform forwarding capability
+
+ __
+ +--------------------------------------------------+ |
+ | +------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | | | | |
+ | | Simple Forwarding App | | Host
+ | | | | |
+ | +------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | | NIC | | |
+ +---+------------------------------------------+---+ __|
+ ^ :
+ | |
+ : v
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
+ | |
+ | traffic generator |
+ | |
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
+
+ * Benchmark VNF forwarding capability with direct connectivity
+ (vSwitch bypass, e.g., SR/IOV) for at least 72 hours (serves
+ as a means of VNF validation and a means to obtain the base
+ performance for the VNF in terms of its maximum forwarding
+ rate and latency). The metrics gathered from this test will
+ serve as a key comparison point for vSwitch bypass
+ technologies performance and vSwitch performance.
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+ __
+ +--------------------------------------------------+ |
+ | +------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | | | | |
+ | | VNF | | |
+ | | | | |
+ | +------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | | Passthrough/SR-IOV | | Host
+ | +------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | | NIC | | |
+ +---+------------------------------------------+---+ __|
+ ^ :
+ | |
+ : v
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
+ | |
+ | traffic generator |
+ | |
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
+
+ * Benchmarking with isolated resources alone, with other
+ resources (both HW&SW) disabled Example, vSw and VM are SUT
+
+ * Benchmarking with isolated resources alone, leaving some
+ resources unused
+
+ * Benchmark with isolated resources and all resources occupied
+
+ 2. Next Steps
+
+ * Limited sharing
+
+ * Production scenarios
+
+ * Stressful scenarios
+
+4. VSWITCHPERF Specification Summary
+
+ The overall specification in preparation is referred to as a Level
+ Test Design (LTD) document, which will contain a suite of performance
+ tests. The base performance tests in the LTD are based on the pre-
+ existing specifications developed by BMWG to test the performance of
+ physical switches. These specifications include:
+
+ o [RFC2544] Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect
+ Devices
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+ o [RFC2889] Benchmarking Methodology for LAN Switching
+
+ o [RFC6201] Device Reset Characterization
+
+ o [RFC5481] Packet Delay Variation Applicability Statement
+
+ Some of the above/newer RFCs are being applied in benchmarking for
+ the first time, and represent a development challenge for test
+ equipment developers. Fortunately, many members of the testing
+ system community have engaged on the VSPERF project, including an
+ open source test system.
+
+ In addition to this, the LTD also re-uses the terminology defined by:
+
+ o [RFC2285] Benchmarking Terminology for LAN Switching Devices
+
+ o [RFC5481] Packet Delay Variation Applicability Statement
+
+ Specifications to be included in future updates of the LTD include:
+
+ o [RFC3918] Methodology for IP Multicast Benchmarking
+
+ o [RFC4737] Packet Reordering Metrics
+
+ As one might expect, the most fundamental internetworking
+ characteristics of Throughput and Latency remain important when the
+ switch is virtualized, and these benchmarks figure prominently in the
+ specification.
+
+ When considering characteristics important to "telco" network
+ functions, we must begin to consider additional performance metrics.
+ In this case, the project specifications have referenced metrics from
+ the IETF IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) literature. This means that
+ the [RFC2544] test of Latency is replaced by measurement of a metric
+ derived from IPPM's [RFC2679], where a set of statistical summaries
+ will be provided (mean, max, min, etc.). Further metrics planned to
+ be benchmarked include packet delay variation as defined by [RFC5481]
+ , reordering, burst behaviour, DUT availability, DUT capacity and
+ packet loss in long term testing at Throughput level, where some low-
+ level of background loss may be present and characterized.
+
+ Tests have been (or will be) designed to collect the metrics below:
+
+ o Throughput Tests to measure the maximum forwarding rate (in frames
+ per second or fps) and bit rate (in Mbps) for a constant load (as
+ defined by [RFC1242]) without traffic loss.
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+ o Packet and Frame Delay Distribution Tests to measure average, min
+ and max packet and frame delay for constant loads.
+
+ o Packet Delay Tests to understand latency distribution for
+ different packet sizes and over an extended test run to uncover
+ outliers.
+
+ o Scalability Tests to understand how the virtual switch performs as
+ the number of flows, active ports, complexity of the forwarding
+ logic's configuration... it has to deal with increases.
+
+ o Stream Performance Tests (TCP, UDP) to measure bulk data transfer
+ performance, i.e. how fast systems can send and receive data
+ through the switch.
+
+ o Control Path and Datapath Coupling Tests, to understand how
+ closely coupled the datapath and the control path are as well as
+ the effect of this coupling on the performance of the DUT
+ (example: delay of the initial packet of a flow).
+
+ o CPU and Memory Consumption Tests to understand the virtual
+ switch's footprint on the system, usually conducted as auxiliary
+ measurements with benchmarks above. They include: CPU
+ utilization, Cache utilization and Memory footprint.
+
+ o The so-called "Soak" tests, where the selected test is conducted
+ over a long period of time (with an ideal duration of 24 hours,
+ and at least 6 hours). The purpose of soak tests is to capture
+ transient changes in performance which may occur due to infrequent
+ processes or the low probability coincidence of two or more
+ processes. The performance must be evaluated periodically during
+ continuous testing, and this results in use of [RFC2889] Frame
+ Rate metrics instead of [RFC2544] Throughput (which requires
+ stopping traffic to allow time for all traffic to exit internal
+ queues).
+
+ Future/planned test specs include:
+
+ o Request/Response Performance Tests (TCP, UDP) which measure the
+ transaction rate through the switch.
+
+ o Noisy Neighbour Tests, to understand the effects of resource
+ sharing on the performance of a virtual switch.
+
+ o Tests derived from examination of ETSI NFV Draft GS IFA003
+ requirements [IFA003] on characterization of acceleration
+ technologies applied to vswitches.
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+ The flexibility of deployment of a virtual switch within a network
+ means that the BMWG IETF existing literature needs to be used to
+ characterize the performance of a switch in various deployment
+ scenarios. The deployment scenarios under consideration include:
+
+ Physical port to virtual switch to physical port
+
+ __
+ +--------------------------------------------------+ |
+ | +--------------------+ | |
+ | | | | |
+ | | v | | Host
+ | +--------------+ +--------------+ | |
+ | | phy port | vSwitch | phy port | | |
+ +---+--------------+------------+--------------+---+ __|
+ ^ :
+ | |
+ : v
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
+ | |
+ | traffic generator |
+ | |
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
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+ port
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+ __
+ +---------------------------------------------------+ |
+ | | |
+ | +-------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | | Application | | |
+ | +-------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | ^ : | |
+ | | | | | Guest
+ | : v | |
+ | +---------------+ +---------------+ | |
+ | | logical port 0| | logical port 1| | |
+ +---+---------------+-----------+---------------+---+ __|
+ ^ :
+ | |
+ : v __
+ +---+---------------+----------+---------------+---+ |
+ | | logical port 0| | logical port 1| | |
+ | +---------------+ +---------------+ | |
+ | ^ : | |
+ | | | | | Host
+ | : v | |
+ | +--------------+ +--------------+ | |
+ | | phy port | vSwitch | phy port | | |
+ +---+--------------+------------+--------------+---+ __|
+ ^ :
+ | |
+ : v
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
+ | |
+ | traffic generator |
+ | |
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
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+ virtual switch to physical port
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+ __
+ +----------------------+ +----------------------+ |
+ | Guest 1 | | Guest 2 | |
+ | +---------------+ | | +---------------+ | |
+ | | Application | | | | Application | | |
+ | +---------------+ | | +---------------+ | |
+ | ^ | | | ^ | | |
+ | | v | | | v | | Guests
+ | +---------------+ | | +---------------+ | |
+ | | logical ports | | | | logical ports | | |
+ | | 0 1 | | | | 0 1 | | |
+ +---+---------------+--+ +---+---------------+--+__|
+ ^ : ^ :
+ | | | |
+ : v : v _
+ +---+---------------+---------+---------------+--+ |
+ | | 0 1 | | 3 4 | | |
+ | | logical ports | | logical ports | | |
+ | +---------------+ +---------------+ | |
+ | ^ | ^ | | | Host
+ | | |-----------------| v | |
+ | +--------------+ +--------------+ | |
+ | | phy ports | vSwitch | phy ports | | |
+ +---+--------------+----------+--------------+---+_|
+ ^ :
+ | |
+ : v
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
+ | |
+ | traffic generator |
+ | |
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
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+ __
+ +---------------------------------------------------+ |
+ | | |
+ | +-------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | | Application | | |
+ | +-------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | ^ | |
+ | | | | Guest
+ | : | |
+ | +---------------+ | |
+ | | logical port 0| | |
+ +---+---------------+-------------------------------+ __|
+ ^
+ |
+ : __
+ +---+---------------+------------------------------+ |
+ | | logical port 0| | |
+ | +---------------+ | |
+ | ^ | |
+ | | | | Host
+ | : | |
+ | +--------------+ | |
+ | | phy port | vSwitch | |
+ +---+--------------+------------ -------------- ---+ __|
+ ^
+ |
+ :
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
+ | |
+ | traffic generator |
+ | |
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
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+ __
+ +---------------------------------------------------+ |
+ | | |
+ | +-------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | | Application | | |
+ | +-------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | : | |
+ | | | | Guest
+ | v | |
+ | +---------------+ | |
+ | | logical port | | |
+ +-------------------------------+---------------+---+ __|
+ :
+ |
+ v __
+ +------------------------------+---------------+---+ |
+ | | logical port | | |
+ | +---------------+ | |
+ | : | |
+ | | | | Host
+ | v | |
+ | +--------------+ | |
+ | vSwitch | phy port | | |
+ +-------------------------------+--------------+---+ __|
+ :
+ |
+ v
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
+ | |
+ | traffic generator |
+ | |
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
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+ __
+ +----------------------+ +----------------------+ |
+ | Guest 1 | | Guest 2 | |
+ | +---------------+ | | +---------------+ | |
+ | | Application | | | | Application | | |
+ | +---------------+ | | +---------------+ | |
+ | | | | ^ | |
+ | v | | | | | Guests
+ | +---------------+ | | +---------------+ | |
+ | | logical ports | | | | logical ports | | |
+ | | 0 | | | | 0 | | |
+ +---+---------------+--+ +---+---------------+--+__|
+ : ^
+ | |
+ v : _
+ +---+---------------+---------+---------------+--+ |
+ | | 1 | | 1 | | |
+ | | logical ports | | logical ports | | |
+ | +---------------+ +---------------+ | |
+ | | ^ | | Host
+ | L-----------------+ | |
+ | | |
+ | vSwitch | |
+ +------------------------------------------------+_|
+
+ A set of Deployment Scenario figures is available on the VSPERF Test
+ Methodology Wiki page [TestTopo].
+
+5. 3x3 Matrix Coverage
+
+ This section organizes the many existing test specifications into the
+ "3x3" matrix (introduced in [I-D.ietf-bmwg-virtual-net]). Because
+ the LTD specification ID names are quite long, this section is
+ organized into lists for each occupied cell of the matrix (not all
+ are occupied, also the matrix has grown to 3x4 to accommodate scale
+ metrics when displaying the coverage of many metrics/benchmarks).
+ The current version of the LTD specification is available [LTD].
+
+ The tests listed below assess the activation of paths in the data
+ plane, rather than the control plane.
+
+ A complete list of tests with short summaries is available on the
+ VSPERF "LTD Test Spec Overview" Wiki page [LTDoverV].
+
+
+
+
+
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+5.1. Speed of Activation
+
+ o Activation.RFC2889.AddressLearningRate
+
+ o PacketLatency.InitialPacketProcessingLatency
+
+5.2. Accuracy of Activation section
+
+ o CPDP.Coupling.Flow.Addition
+
+5.3. Reliability of Activation
+
+ o Throughput.RFC2544.SystemRecoveryTime
+
+ o Throughput.RFC2544.ResetTime
+
+5.4. Scale of Activation
+
+ o Activation.RFC2889.AddressCachingCapacity
+
+5.5. Speed of Operation
+
+ o Throughput.RFC2544.PacketLossRate
+
+ o CPU.RFC2544.0PacketLoss
+
+ o Throughput.RFC2544.PacketLossRateFrameModification
+
+ o Throughput.RFC2544.BackToBackFrames
+
+ o Throughput.RFC2889.MaxForwardingRate
+
+ o Throughput.RFC2889.ForwardPressure
+
+ o Throughput.RFC2889.BroadcastFrameForwarding
+
+5.6. Accuracy of Operation
+
+ o Throughput.RFC2889.ErrorFramesFiltering
+
+ o Throughput.RFC2544.Profile
+
+5.7. Reliability of Operation
+
+ o Throughput.RFC2889.Soak
+
+ o Throughput.RFC2889.SoakFrameModification
+
+
+
+
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+
+ o PacketDelayVariation.RFC3393.Soak
+
+5.8. Scalability of Operation
+
+ o Scalability.RFC2544.0PacketLoss
+
+ o MemoryBandwidth.RFC2544.0PacketLoss.Scalability
+
+5.9. Summary
+
+|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| | | | | |
+| | SPEED | ACCURACY | RELIABILITY | SCALE |
+| | | | | |
+|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| | | | | |
+| Activation | X | X | X | X |
+| | | | | |
+|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| | | | | |
+| Operation | X | X | X | X |
+| | | | | |
+|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| | | | | |
+| De-activation | | | | |
+| | | | | |
+|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+
+6. Security Considerations
+
+ Benchmarking activities as described in this memo are limited to
+ technology characterization of a Device Under Test/System Under Test
+ (DUT/SUT) using controlled stimuli in a laboratory environment, with
+ dedicated address space and the constraints specified in the sections
+ above.
+
+ The benchmarking network topology will be an independent test setup
+ and MUST NOT be connected to devices that may forward the test
+ traffic into a production network, or misroute traffic to the test
+ management network.
+
+ Further, benchmarking is performed on a "black-box" basis, relying
+ solely on measurements observable external to the DUT/SUT.
+
+ Special capabilities SHOULD NOT exist in the DUT/SUT specifically for
+ benchmarking purposes. Any implications for network security arising
+ from the DUT/SUT SHOULD be identical in the lab and in production
+ networks.
+
+
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+
+7. IANA Considerations
+
+ No IANA Action is requested at this time.
+
+8. Acknowledgements
+
+ The authors appreciate and acknowledge comments from Scott Bradner,
+ Marius Georgescu, Ramki Krishnan, Doug Montgomery, Martin Klozik,
+ Christian Trautman, and others for their reviews.
+
+9. References
+
+9.1. Normative References
+
+ [NFV.PER001]
+ "Network Function Virtualization: Performance and
+ Portability Best Practices", Group Specification ETSI GS
+ NFV-PER 001 V1.1.1 (2014-06), June 2014.
+
+ [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
+ Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
+ DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
+ <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
+
+ [RFC2285] Mandeville, R., "Benchmarking Terminology for LAN
+ Switching Devices", RFC 2285, DOI 10.17487/RFC2285,
+ February 1998, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2285>.
+
+ [RFC2330] Paxson, V., Almes, G., Mahdavi, J., and M. Mathis,
+ "Framework for IP Performance Metrics", RFC 2330,
+ DOI 10.17487/RFC2330, May 1998,
+ <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2330>.
+
+ [RFC2544] Bradner, S. and J. McQuaid, "Benchmarking Methodology for
+ Network Interconnect Devices", RFC 2544,
+ DOI 10.17487/RFC2544, March 1999,
+ <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2544>.
+
+ [RFC2679] Almes, G., Kalidindi, S., and M. Zekauskas, "A One-way
+ Delay Metric for IPPM", RFC 2679, DOI 10.17487/RFC2679,
+ September 1999, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2679>.
+
+ [RFC2680] Almes, G., Kalidindi, S., and M. Zekauskas, "A One-way
+ Packet Loss Metric for IPPM", RFC 2680,
+ DOI 10.17487/RFC2680, September 1999,
+ <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2680>.
+
+
+
+
+
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+ [RFC2681] Almes, G., Kalidindi, S., and M. Zekauskas, "A Round-trip
+ Delay Metric for IPPM", RFC 2681, DOI 10.17487/RFC2681,
+ September 1999, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2681>.
+
+ [RFC2889] Mandeville, R. and J. Perser, "Benchmarking Methodology
+ for LAN Switching Devices", RFC 2889,
+ DOI 10.17487/RFC2889, August 2000,
+ <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2889>.
+
+ [RFC3393] Demichelis, C. and P. Chimento, "IP Packet Delay Variation
+ Metric for IP Performance Metrics (IPPM)", RFC 3393,
+ DOI 10.17487/RFC3393, November 2002,
+ <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3393>.
+
+ [RFC3432] Raisanen, V., Grotefeld, G., and A. Morton, "Network
+ performance measurement with periodic streams", RFC 3432,
+ DOI 10.17487/RFC3432, November 2002,
+ <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3432>.
+
+ [RFC3918] Stopp, D. and B. Hickman, "Methodology for IP Multicast
+ Benchmarking", RFC 3918, DOI 10.17487/RFC3918, October
+ 2004, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3918>.
+
+ [RFC4689] Poretsky, S., Perser, J., Erramilli, S., and S. Khurana,
+ "Terminology for Benchmarking Network-layer Traffic
+ Control Mechanisms", RFC 4689, DOI 10.17487/RFC4689,
+ October 2006, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4689>.
+
+ [RFC4737] Morton, A., Ciavattone, L., Ramachandran, G., Shalunov,
+ S., and J. Perser, "Packet Reordering Metrics", RFC 4737,
+ DOI 10.17487/RFC4737, November 2006,
+ <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4737>.
+
+ [RFC5357] Hedayat, K., Krzanowski, R., Morton, A., Yum, K., and J.
+ Babiarz, "A Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP)",
+ RFC 5357, DOI 10.17487/RFC5357, October 2008,
+ <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5357>.
+
+ [RFC5905] Mills, D., Martin, J., Ed., Burbank, J., and W. Kasch,
+ "Network Time Protocol Version 4: Protocol and Algorithms
+ Specification", RFC 5905, DOI 10.17487/RFC5905, June 2010,
+ <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5905>.
+
+ [RFC6201] Asati, R., Pignataro, C., Calabria, F., and C. Olvera,
+ "Device Reset Characterization", RFC 6201,
+ DOI 10.17487/RFC6201, March 2011,
+ <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6201>.
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+9.2. Informative References
+
+ [BrahRel] "Brahmaputra, Second OPNFV Release https://www.opnfv.org/
+ brahmaputra".
+
+ [I-D.huang-bmwg-virtual-network-performance]
+ Huang, L., Rong, G., Mandeville, B., and B. Hickman,
+ "Benchmarking Methodology for Virtualization Network
+ Performance", draft-huang-bmwg-virtual-network-
+ performance-01 (work in progress), April 2015.
+
+ [I-D.ietf-bmwg-virtual-net]
+ Morton, A., "Considerations for Benchmarking Virtual
+ Network Functions and Their Infrastructure", draft-ietf-
+ bmwg-virtual-net-03 (work in progress), June 2016.
+
+ [IFA003] "https://docbox.etsi.org/ISG/NFV/Open/Drafts/
+ IFA003_Acceleration_-_vSwitch_Spec/".
+
+ [LTD] "LTD Test Specification
+ http://artifacts.opnfv.org/vswitchperf/docs/requirements/
+ index.html".
+
+ [LTDoverV]
+ "LTD Test Spec Overview https://wiki.opnfv.org/wiki/
+ vswitchperf_test_spec_review".
+
+ [RFC1242] Bradner, S., "Benchmarking Terminology for Network
+ Interconnection Devices", RFC 1242, DOI 10.17487/RFC1242,
+ July 1991, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1242>.
+
+ [RFC5481] Morton, A. and B. Claise, "Packet Delay Variation
+ Applicability Statement", RFC 5481, DOI 10.17487/RFC5481,
+ March 2009, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5481>.
+
+ [RFC6049] Morton, A. and E. Stephan, "Spatial Composition of
+ Metrics", RFC 6049, DOI 10.17487/RFC6049, January 2011,
+ <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6049>.
+
+ [RFC6248] Morton, A., "RFC 4148 and the IP Performance Metrics
+ (IPPM) Registry of Metrics Are Obsolete", RFC 6248,
+ DOI 10.17487/RFC6248, April 2011,
+ <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6248>.
+
+ [RFC6390] Clark, A. and B. Claise, "Guidelines for Considering New
+ Performance Metric Development", BCP 170, RFC 6390,
+ DOI 10.17487/RFC6390, October 2011,
+ <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6390>.
+
+
+
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+
+ [TestTopo]
+ "Test Topologies https://wiki.opnfv.org/vsperf/
+ test_methodology".
+
+Authors' Addresses
+
+ Maryam Tahhan
+ Intel
+
+ Email: maryam.tahhan@intel.com
+
+
+ Billy O'Mahony
+ Intel
+
+ Email: billy.o.mahony@intel.com
+
+
+ Al Morton
+ AT&T Labs
+ 200 Laurel Avenue South
+ Middletown,, NJ 07748
+ USA
+
+ Phone: +1 732 420 1571
+ Fax: +1 732 368 1192
+ Email: acmorton@att.com
+ URI: http://home.comcast.net/~acmacm/
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?>
+<!DOCTYPE rfc SYSTEM "rfc2629.dtd">
+<?rfc toc="yes"?>
+<?rfc tocompact="yes"?>
+<?rfc tocdepth="3"?>
+<?rfc tocindent="yes"?>
+<?rfc symrefs="yes"?>
+<?rfc sortrefs="yes"?>
+<?rfc comments="yes"?>
+<?rfc inline="yes"?>
+<?rfc compact="yes"?>
+<?rfc subcompact="no"?>
+<rfc category="info" docName="draft-ietf-bmwg-vswitch-opnfv-00"
+ ipr="trust200902">
+ <front>
+ <title abbrev="Benchmarking vSwitches">Benchmarking Virtual Switches in
+ OPNFV</title>
+
+ <author fullname="Maryam Tahhan" initials="M." surname="Tahhan">
+ <organization>Intel</organization>
+
+ <address>
+ <postal>
+ <street/>
+
+ <city/>
+
+ <region/>
+
+ <code/>
+
+ <country/>
+ </postal>
+
+ <phone/>
+
+ <facsimile/>
+
+ <email>maryam.tahhan@intel.com</email>
+
+ <uri/>
+ </address>
+ </author>
+
+ <author fullname="Billy O'Mahony" initials="B." surname="O'Mahony">
+ <organization>Intel</organization>
+
+ <address>
+ <postal>
+ <street/>
+
+ <city/>
+
+ <region/>
+
+ <code/>
+
+ <country/>
+ </postal>
+
+ <phone/>
+
+ <facsimile/>
+
+ <email>billy.o.mahony@intel.com</email>
+
+ <uri/>
+ </address>
+ </author>
+
+ <author fullname="Al Morton" initials="A." surname="Morton">
+ <organization>AT&T Labs</organization>
+
+ <address>
+ <postal>
+ <street>200 Laurel Avenue South</street>
+
+ <city>Middletown,</city>
+
+ <region>NJ</region>
+
+ <code>07748</code>
+
+ <country>USA</country>
+ </postal>
+
+ <phone>+1 732 420 1571</phone>
+
+ <facsimile>+1 732 368 1192</facsimile>
+
+ <email>acmorton@att.com</email>
+
+ <uri>http://home.comcast.net/~acmacm/</uri>
+ </address>
+ </author>
+
+ <date day="8" month="July" year="2016"/>
+
+ <abstract>
+ <t>This memo describes the progress of the Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV)
+ project on virtual switch performance "VSWITCHPERF". This project
+ intends to build on the current and completed work of the Benchmarking
+ Methodology Working Group in IETF, by referencing existing literature.
+ The Benchmarking Methodology Working Group has traditionally conducted
+ laboratory characterization of dedicated physical implementations of
+ internetworking functions. Therefore, this memo begins to describe the
+ additional considerations when virtual switches are implemented in
+ general-purpose hardware. The expanded tests and benchmarks are also
+ influenced by the OPNFV mission to support virtualization of the "telco"
+ infrastructure.</t>
+ </abstract>
+
+ <note title="Requirements Language">
+ <t>The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
+ "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
+ document are to be interpreted as described in <xref
+ target="RFC2119">RFC 2119</xref>.</t>
+
+ <t/>
+ </note>
+ </front>
+
+ <middle>
+ <section title="Introduction">
+ <t>Benchmarking Methodology Working Group (BMWG) has traditionally
+ conducted laboratory characterization of dedicated physical
+ implementations of internetworking functions. The Black-box Benchmarks
+ of Throughput, Latency, Forwarding Rates and others have served our
+ industry for many years. Now, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has
+ the goal to transform how internetwork functions are implemented, and
+ therefore has garnered much attention.</t>
+
+ <t>This memo summarizes the progress of the Open Platform for NFV
+ (OPNFV) project on virtual switch performance characterization,
+ "VSWITCHPERF", through the Brahmaputra (second) release <xref
+ target="BrahRel"/>. This project intends to build on the current and
+ completed work of the Benchmarking Methodology Working Group in IETF, by
+ referencing existing literature. For example, currently the most often
+ referenced RFC is <xref target="RFC2544"/> (which depends on <xref
+ target="RFC1242"/>) and foundation of the benchmarking work in OPNFV is
+ common and strong.</t>
+
+ <t>See
+ https://wiki.opnfv.org/characterize_vswitch_performance_for_telco_nfv_use_cases
+ for more background, and the OPNFV website for general information:
+ https://www.opnfv.org/</t>
+
+ <t>The authors note that OPNFV distinguishes itself from other open
+ source compute and networking projects through its emphasis on existing
+ "telco" services as opposed to cloud-computing. There are many ways in
+ which telco requirements have different emphasis on performance
+ dimensions when compared to cloud computing: support for and transfer of
+ isochronous media streams is one example.</t>
+
+ <t>Note also that the move to NFV Infrastructure has resulted in many
+ new benchmarking initiatives across the industry. The authors are
+ currently doing their best to maintain alignment with many other
+ projects, and this Internet Draft is one part of the efforts. We
+ acknowledge the early work in <xref
+ target="I-D.huang-bmwg-virtual-network-performance"/>, and useful
+ discussion with the authors.</t>
+ </section>
+
+ <section title="Scope">
+ <t>The primary purpose and scope of the memo is to inform the industry
+ of work-in-progress that builds on the body of extensive BMWG literature
+ and experience, and describe the extensions needed for benchmarking
+ virtual switches. Inital feedback indicates that many of these
+ extensions may be applicable beyond the current scope (to hardware
+ switches in the NFV Infrastructure and to virtual routers, for example).
+ Additionally, this memo serves as a vehicle to include more detail and
+ commentary from BMWG and other Open Source communities, under BMWG's
+ chartered work to characterize the NFV Infrastructure (a virtual switch
+ is an important aspect of that infrastructure).</t>
+ </section>
+
+ <section title="Benchmarking Considerations">
+ <t>This section highlights some specific considerations (from <xref
+ target="I-D.ietf-bmwg-virtual-net"/>)related to Benchmarks for virtual
+ switches. The OPNFV project is sharing its present view on these areas,
+ as they develop their specifications in the Level Test Design (LTD)
+ document.</t>
+
+ <section title="Comparison with Physical Network Functions">
+ <t>To compare the performance of virtual designs and implementations
+ with their physical counterparts, identical benchmarks are needed.
+ BMWG has developed specifications for many network functions this memo
+ re-uses existing benchmarks through references, and expands them
+ during development of new methods. A key configuration aspect is the
+ number of parallel cores required to achieve comparable performance
+ with a given physical device, or whether some limit of scale was
+ reached before the cores could achieve the comparable level.</t>
+
+ <t>It's unlikely that the virtual switch will be the only application
+ running on the SUT, so CPU utilization, Cache utilization, and Memory
+ footprint should also be recorded for the virtual implementations of
+ internetworking functions.</t>
+ </section>
+
+ <section title="Continued Emphasis on Black-Box Benchmarks">
+ <t>External observations remain essential as the basis for Benchmarks.
+ Internal observations with fixed specification and interpretation will
+ be provided in parallel to assist the development of operations
+ procedures when the technology is deployed.</t>
+ </section>
+
+ <section title="New Configuration Parameters">
+ <t>A key consideration when conducting any sort of benchmark is trying
+ to ensure the consistency and repeatability of test results. When
+ benchmarking the performance of a vSwitch there are many factors that
+ can affect the consistency of results, one key factor is matching the
+ various hardware and software details of the SUT. This section lists
+ some of the many new parameters which this project believes are
+ critical to report in order to achieve repeatability.</t>
+
+ <t>Hardware details including:</t>
+
+ <t><list style="symbols">
+ <t>Platform details</t>
+
+ <t>Processor details</t>
+
+ <t>Memory information (type and size)</t>
+
+ <t>Number of enabled cores</t>
+
+ <t>Number of cores used for the test</t>
+
+ <t>Number of physical NICs, as well as their details
+ (manufacturer, versions, type and the PCI slot they are plugged
+ into)</t>
+
+ <t>NIC interrupt configuration</t>
+
+ <t>BIOS version, release date and any configurations that were
+ modified</t>
+
+ <t>CPU microcode level</t>
+
+ <t>Memory DIMM configurations (quad rank performance may not be
+ the same as dual rank) in size, freq and slot locations</t>
+
+ <t>PCI configuration parameters (payload size, early ack
+ option...)</t>
+
+ <t>Power management at all levels (ACPI sleep states, processor
+ package, OS...)</t>
+ </list>Software details including:</t>
+
+ <t><list style="symbols">
+ <t>OS parameters and behavior (text vs graphical no one typing at
+ the console on one system)</t>
+
+ <t>OS version (for host and VNF)</t>
+
+ <t>Kernel version (for host and VNF)</t>
+
+ <t>GRUB boot parameters (for host and VNF)</t>
+
+ <t>Hypervisor details (Type and version)</t>
+
+ <t>Selected vSwitch, version number or commit id used</t>
+
+ <t>vSwitch launch command line if it has been parameterised</t>
+
+ <t>Memory allocation to the vSwitch</t>
+
+ <t>which NUMA node it is using, and how many memory channels</t>
+
+ <t>DPDK or any other SW dependency version number or commit id
+ used</t>
+
+ <t>Memory allocation to a VM - if it's from Hugpages/elsewhere</t>
+
+ <t>VM storage type: snapshot/independent persistent/independent
+ non-persistent</t>
+
+ <t>Number of VMs</t>
+
+ <t>Number of Virtual NICs (vNICs), versions, type and driver</t>
+
+ <t>Number of virtual CPUs and their core affinity on the host</t>
+
+ <t>Number vNIC interrupt configuration</t>
+
+ <t>Thread affinitization for the applications (including the
+ vSwitch itself) on the host</t>
+
+ <t>Details of Resource isolation, such as CPUs designated for
+ Host/Kernel (isolcpu) and CPUs designated for specific processes
+ (taskset). - Test duration. - Number of flows.</t>
+ </list></t>
+
+ <t>Test Traffic Information:<list style="symbols">
+ <t>Traffic type - UDP, TCP, IMIX / Other</t>
+
+ <t>Packet Sizes</t>
+
+ <t>Deployment Scenario</t>
+ </list></t>
+
+ <t/>
+ </section>
+
+ <section title="Flow classification">
+ <t>Virtual switches group packets into flows by processing and
+ matching particular packet or frame header information, or by matching
+ packets based on the input ports. Thus a flow can be thought of a
+ sequence of packets that have the same set of header field values
+ (5-tuple) or have arrived on the same port. Performance results can
+ vary based on the parameters the vSwitch uses to match for a flow. The
+ recommended flow classification parameters for any vSwitch performance
+ tests are: the input port, the source IP address, the destination IP
+ address and the Ethernet protocol type field. It is essential to
+ increase the flow timeout time on a vSwitch before conducting any
+ performance tests that do not measure the flow setup time. Normally
+ the first packet of a particular stream will install the flow in the
+ virtual switch which adds an additional latency, subsequent packets of
+ the same flow are not subject to this latency if the flow is already
+ installed on the vSwitch.</t>
+ </section>
+
+ <section title="Benchmarks using Baselines with Resource Isolation">
+ <t>This outline describes measurement of baseline with isolated
+ resources at a high level, which is the intended approach at this
+ time.</t>
+
+ <t><list style="numbers">
+ <t>Baselines: <list style="symbols">
+ <t>Optional: Benchmark platform forwarding capability without
+ a vswitch or VNF for at least 72 hours (serves as a means of
+ platform validation and a means to obtain the base performance
+ for the platform in terms of its maximum forwarding rate and
+ latency). <figure>
+ <preamble>Benchmark platform forwarding
+ capability</preamble>
+
+ <artwork align="right"><![CDATA[ __
+ +--------------------------------------------------+ |
+ | +------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | | | | |
+ | | Simple Forwarding App | | Host
+ | | | | |
+ | +------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | | NIC | | |
+ +---+------------------------------------------+---+ __|
+ ^ :
+ | |
+ : v
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
+ | |
+ | traffic generator |
+ | |
+ +--------------------------------------------------+]]></artwork>
+
+ <postamble/>
+ </figure></t>
+
+ <t>Benchmark VNF forwarding capability with direct
+ connectivity (vSwitch bypass, e.g., SR/IOV) for at least 72
+ hours (serves as a means of VNF validation and a means to
+ obtain the base performance for the VNF in terms of its
+ maximum forwarding rate and latency). The metrics gathered
+ from this test will serve as a key comparison point for
+ vSwitch bypass technologies performance and vSwitch
+ performance. <figure align="right">
+ <preamble>Benchmark VNF forwarding capability</preamble>
+
+ <artwork><![CDATA[ __
+ +--------------------------------------------------+ |
+ | +------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | | | | |
+ | | VNF | | |
+ | | | | |
+ | +------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | | Passthrough/SR-IOV | | Host
+ | +------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | | NIC | | |
+ +---+------------------------------------------+---+ __|
+ ^ :
+ | |
+ : v
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
+ | |
+ | traffic generator |
+ | |
+ +--------------------------------------------------+]]></artwork>
+
+ <postamble/>
+ </figure></t>
+
+ <t>Benchmarking with isolated resources alone, with other
+ resources (both HW&SW) disabled Example, vSw and VM are
+ SUT</t>
+
+ <t>Benchmarking with isolated resources alone, leaving some
+ resources unused</t>
+
+ <t>Benchmark with isolated resources and all resources
+ occupied</t>
+ </list></t>
+
+ <t>Next Steps<list style="symbols">
+ <t>Limited sharing</t>
+
+ <t>Production scenarios</t>
+
+ <t>Stressful scenarios</t>
+ </list></t>
+ </list></t>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+
+ <section title="VSWITCHPERF Specification Summary">
+ <t>The overall specification in preparation is referred to as a Level
+ Test Design (LTD) document, which will contain a suite of performance
+ tests. The base performance tests in the LTD are based on the
+ pre-existing specifications developed by BMWG to test the performance of
+ physical switches. These specifications include:</t>
+
+ <t><list style="symbols">
+ <t><xref target="RFC2544"/> Benchmarking Methodology for Network
+ Interconnect Devices</t>
+
+ <t><xref target="RFC2889"/> Benchmarking Methodology for LAN
+ Switching</t>
+
+ <t><xref target="RFC6201"/> Device Reset Characterization</t>
+
+ <t><xref target="RFC5481"/> Packet Delay Variation Applicability
+ Statement</t>
+ </list></t>
+
+ <t>Some of the above/newer RFCs are being applied in benchmarking for
+ the first time, and represent a development challenge for test equipment
+ developers. Fortunately, many members of the testing system community
+ have engaged on the VSPERF project, including an open source test
+ system.</t>
+
+ <t>In addition to this, the LTD also re-uses the terminology defined
+ by:</t>
+
+ <t><list style="symbols">
+ <t><xref target="RFC2285"/> Benchmarking Terminology for LAN
+ Switching Devices</t>
+
+ <t><xref target="RFC5481"/> Packet Delay Variation Applicability
+ Statement</t>
+ </list></t>
+
+ <t/>
+
+ <t>Specifications to be included in future updates of the LTD
+ include:<list style="symbols">
+ <t><xref target="RFC3918"/> Methodology for IP Multicast
+ Benchmarking</t>
+
+ <t><xref target="RFC4737"/> Packet Reordering Metrics</t>
+ </list></t>
+
+ <t>As one might expect, the most fundamental internetworking
+ characteristics of Throughput and Latency remain important when the
+ switch is virtualized, and these benchmarks figure prominently in the
+ specification.</t>
+
+ <t>When considering characteristics important to "telco" network
+ functions, we must begin to consider additional performance metrics. In
+ this case, the project specifications have referenced metrics from the
+ IETF IP Performance Metrics (IPPM) literature. This means that the <xref
+ target="RFC2544"/> test of Latency is replaced by measurement of a
+ metric derived from IPPM's <xref target="RFC2679"/>, where a set of
+ statistical summaries will be provided (mean, max, min, etc.). Further
+ metrics planned to be benchmarked include packet delay variation as
+ defined by <xref target="RFC5481"/> , reordering, burst behaviour, DUT
+ availability, DUT capacity and packet loss in long term testing at
+ Throughput level, where some low-level of background loss may be present
+ and characterized.</t>
+
+ <t>Tests have been (or will be) designed to collect the metrics
+ below:</t>
+
+ <t><list style="symbols">
+ <t>Throughput Tests to measure the maximum forwarding rate (in
+ frames per second or fps) and bit rate (in Mbps) for a constant load
+ (as defined by <xref target="RFC1242"/>) without traffic loss.</t>
+
+ <t>Packet and Frame Delay Distribution Tests to measure average, min
+ and max packet and frame delay for constant loads.</t>
+
+ <t>Packet Delay Tests to understand latency distribution for
+ different packet sizes and over an extended test run to uncover
+ outliers.</t>
+
+ <t>Scalability Tests to understand how the virtual switch performs
+ as the number of flows, active ports, complexity of the forwarding
+ logic’s configuration… it has to deal with
+ increases.</t>
+
+ <t>Stream Performance Tests (TCP, UDP) to measure bulk data transfer
+ performance, i.e. how fast systems can send and receive data through
+ the switch.</t>
+
+ <t>Control Path and Datapath Coupling Tests, to understand how
+ closely coupled the datapath and the control path are as well as the
+ effect of this coupling on the performance of the DUT (example:
+ delay of the initial packet of a flow).</t>
+
+ <t>CPU and Memory Consumption Tests to understand the virtual
+ switch’s footprint on the system, usually conducted as
+ auxiliary measurements with benchmarks above. They include: CPU
+ utilization, Cache utilization and Memory footprint.</t>
+
+ <t>The so-called "Soak" tests, where the selected test is conducted
+ over a long period of time (with an ideal duration of 24 hours, and
+ at least 6 hours). The purpose of soak tests is to capture transient
+ changes in performance which may occur due to infrequent processes
+ or the low probability coincidence of two or more processes. The
+ performance must be evaluated periodically during continuous
+ testing, and this results in use of <xref target="RFC2889"/> Frame
+ Rate metrics instead of <xref target="RFC2544"/> Throughput (which
+ requires stopping traffic to allow time for all traffic to exit
+ internal queues).</t>
+ </list></t>
+
+ <t>Future/planned test specs include:<list style="symbols">
+ <t>Request/Response Performance Tests (TCP, UDP) which measure the
+ transaction rate through the switch.</t>
+
+ <t>Noisy Neighbour Tests, to understand the effects of resource
+ sharing on the performance of a virtual switch.</t>
+
+ <t>Tests derived from examination of ETSI NFV Draft GS IFA003
+ requirements <xref target="IFA003"/> on characterization of
+ acceleration technologies applied to vswitches.</t>
+ </list>The flexibility of deployment of a virtual switch within a
+ network means that the BMWG IETF existing literature needs to be used to
+ characterize the performance of a switch in various deployment
+ scenarios. The deployment scenarios under consideration include:</t>
+
+ <t><figure>
+ <preamble>Physical port to virtual switch to physical
+ port</preamble>
+
+ <artwork><![CDATA[ __
+ +--------------------------------------------------+ |
+ | +--------------------+ | |
+ | | | | |
+ | | v | | Host
+ | +--------------+ +--------------+ | |
+ | | phy port | vSwitch | phy port | | |
+ +---+--------------+------------+--------------+---+ __|
+ ^ :
+ | |
+ : v
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
+ | |
+ | traffic generator |
+ | |
+ +--------------------------------------------------+]]></artwork>
+ </figure></t>
+
+ <t><figure>
+ <preamble>Physical port to virtual switch to VNF to virtual switch
+ to physical port</preamble>
+
+ <artwork><![CDATA[ __
+ +---------------------------------------------------+ |
+ | | |
+ | +-------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | | Application | | |
+ | +-------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | ^ : | |
+ | | | | | Guest
+ | : v | |
+ | +---------------+ +---------------+ | |
+ | | logical port 0| | logical port 1| | |
+ +---+---------------+-----------+---------------+---+ __|
+ ^ :
+ | |
+ : v __
+ +---+---------------+----------+---------------+---+ |
+ | | logical port 0| | logical port 1| | |
+ | +---------------+ +---------------+ | |
+ | ^ : | |
+ | | | | | Host
+ | : v | |
+ | +--------------+ +--------------+ | |
+ | | phy port | vSwitch | phy port | | |
+ +---+--------------+------------+--------------+---+ __|
+ ^ :
+ | |
+ : v
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
+ | |
+ | traffic generator |
+ | |
+ +--------------------------------------------------+]]></artwork>
+ </figure><figure>
+ <preamble>Physical port to virtual switch to VNF to virtual switch
+ to VNF to virtual switch to physical port</preamble>
+
+ <artwork><![CDATA[ __
+ +----------------------+ +----------------------+ |
+ | Guest 1 | | Guest 2 | |
+ | +---------------+ | | +---------------+ | |
+ | | Application | | | | Application | | |
+ | +---------------+ | | +---------------+ | |
+ | ^ | | | ^ | | |
+ | | v | | | v | | Guests
+ | +---------------+ | | +---------------+ | |
+ | | logical ports | | | | logical ports | | |
+ | | 0 1 | | | | 0 1 | | |
+ +---+---------------+--+ +---+---------------+--+__|
+ ^ : ^ :
+ | | | |
+ : v : v _
+ +---+---------------+---------+---------------+--+ |
+ | | 0 1 | | 3 4 | | |
+ | | logical ports | | logical ports | | |
+ | +---------------+ +---------------+ | |
+ | ^ | ^ | | | Host
+ | | |-----------------| v | |
+ | +--------------+ +--------------+ | |
+ | | phy ports | vSwitch | phy ports | | |
+ +---+--------------+----------+--------------+---+_|
+ ^ :
+ | |
+ : v
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
+ | |
+ | traffic generator |
+ | |
+ +--------------------------------------------------+]]></artwork>
+ </figure><figure>
+ <preamble>Physical port to virtual switch to VNF</preamble>
+
+ <artwork><![CDATA[ __
+ +---------------------------------------------------+ |
+ | | |
+ | +-------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | | Application | | |
+ | +-------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | ^ | |
+ | | | | Guest
+ | : | |
+ | +---------------+ | |
+ | | logical port 0| | |
+ +---+---------------+-------------------------------+ __|
+ ^
+ |
+ : __
+ +---+---------------+------------------------------+ |
+ | | logical port 0| | |
+ | +---------------+ | |
+ | ^ | |
+ | | | | Host
+ | : | |
+ | +--------------+ | |
+ | | phy port | vSwitch | |
+ +---+--------------+------------ -------------- ---+ __|
+ ^
+ |
+ :
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
+ | |
+ | traffic generator |
+ | |
+ +--------------------------------------------------+]]></artwork>
+ </figure><figure>
+ <preamble>VNF to virtual switch to physical port</preamble>
+
+ <artwork><![CDATA[ __
+ +---------------------------------------------------+ |
+ | | |
+ | +-------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | | Application | | |
+ | +-------------------------------------------+ | |
+ | : | |
+ | | | | Guest
+ | v | |
+ | +---------------+ | |
+ | | logical port | | |
+ +-------------------------------+---------------+---+ __|
+ :
+ |
+ v __
+ +------------------------------+---------------+---+ |
+ | | logical port | | |
+ | +---------------+ | |
+ | : | |
+ | | | | Host
+ | v | |
+ | +--------------+ | |
+ | vSwitch | phy port | | |
+ +-------------------------------+--------------+---+ __|
+ :
+ |
+ v
+ +--------------------------------------------------+
+ | |
+ | traffic generator |
+ | |
+ +--------------------------------------------------+]]></artwork>
+ </figure><figure>
+ <preamble>VNF to virtual switch to VNF</preamble>
+
+ <artwork><![CDATA[ __
+ +----------------------+ +----------------------+ |
+ | Guest 1 | | Guest 2 | |
+ | +---------------+ | | +---------------+ | |
+ | | Application | | | | Application | | |
+ | +---------------+ | | +---------------+ | |
+ | | | | ^ | |
+ | v | | | | | Guests
+ | +---------------+ | | +---------------+ | |
+ | | logical ports | | | | logical ports | | |
+ | | 0 | | | | 0 | | |
+ +---+---------------+--+ +---+---------------+--+__|
+ : ^
+ | |
+ v : _
+ +---+---------------+---------+---------------+--+ |
+ | | 1 | | 1 | | |
+ | | logical ports | | logical ports | | |
+ | +---------------+ +---------------+ | |
+ | | ^ | | Host
+ | L-----------------+ | |
+ | | |
+ | vSwitch | |
+ +------------------------------------------------+_|]]></artwork>
+ </figure></t>
+
+ <t>A set of Deployment Scenario figures is available on the VSPERF Test
+ Methodology Wiki page <xref target="TestTopo"/>.</t>
+ </section>
+
+ <section title="3x3 Matrix Coverage">
+ <t>This section organizes the many existing test specifications into the
+ "3x3" matrix (introduced in <xref target="I-D.ietf-bmwg-virtual-net"/>).
+ Because the LTD specification ID names are quite long, this section is
+ organized into lists for each occupied cell of the matrix (not all are
+ occupied, also the matrix has grown to 3x4 to accommodate scale metrics
+ when displaying the coverage of many metrics/benchmarks). The current
+ version of the LTD specification is available <xref target="LTD"/>.</t>
+
+ <t>The tests listed below assess the activation of paths in the data
+ plane, rather than the control plane.</t>
+
+ <t>A complete list of tests with short summaries is available on the
+ VSPERF "LTD Test Spec Overview" Wiki page <xref target="LTDoverV"/>.</t>
+
+ <section title="Speed of Activation">
+ <t><list style="symbols">
+ <t>Activation.RFC2889.AddressLearningRate</t>
+
+ <t>PacketLatency.InitialPacketProcessingLatency</t>
+ </list></t>
+ </section>
+
+ <section title="Accuracy of Activation section">
+ <t><list style="symbols">
+ <t>CPDP.Coupling.Flow.Addition</t>
+ </list></t>
+ </section>
+
+ <section title="Reliability of Activation">
+ <t><list style="symbols">
+ <t>Throughput.RFC2544.SystemRecoveryTime</t>
+
+ <t>Throughput.RFC2544.ResetTime</t>
+ </list></t>
+ </section>
+
+ <section title="Scale of Activation">
+ <t><list style="symbols">
+ <t>Activation.RFC2889.AddressCachingCapacity</t>
+ </list></t>
+ </section>
+
+ <section title="Speed of Operation">
+ <t><list style="symbols">
+ <t>Throughput.RFC2544.PacketLossRate</t>
+
+ <t>CPU.RFC2544.0PacketLoss</t>
+
+ <t>Throughput.RFC2544.PacketLossRateFrameModification</t>
+
+ <t>Throughput.RFC2544.BackToBackFrames</t>
+
+ <t>Throughput.RFC2889.MaxForwardingRate</t>
+
+ <t>Throughput.RFC2889.ForwardPressure</t>
+
+ <t>Throughput.RFC2889.BroadcastFrameForwarding</t>
+ </list></t>
+ </section>
+
+ <section title="Accuracy of Operation">
+ <t><list style="symbols">
+ <t>Throughput.RFC2889.ErrorFramesFiltering</t>
+
+ <t>Throughput.RFC2544.Profile</t>
+ </list></t>
+ </section>
+
+ <section title="Reliability of Operation">
+ <t><list style="symbols">
+ <t>Throughput.RFC2889.Soak</t>
+
+ <t>Throughput.RFC2889.SoakFrameModification</t>
+
+ <t>PacketDelayVariation.RFC3393.Soak</t>
+ </list></t>
+ </section>
+
+ <section title="Scalability of Operation">
+ <t><list style="symbols">
+ <t>Scalability.RFC2544.0PacketLoss</t>
+
+ <t>MemoryBandwidth.RFC2544.0PacketLoss.Scalability</t>
+ </list></t>
+ </section>
+
+ <section title="Summary">
+ <t><figure>
+ <artwork><![CDATA[|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| | | | | |
+| | SPEED | ACCURACY | RELIABILITY | SCALE |
+| | | | | |
+|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| | | | | |
+| Activation | X | X | X | X |
+| | | | | |
+|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| | | | | |
+| Operation | X | X | X | X |
+| | | | | |
+|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| | | | | |
+| De-activation | | | | |
+| | | | | |
+|------------------------------------------------------------------------|]]></artwork>
+ </figure></t>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+
+ <section title="Security Considerations">
+ <t>Benchmarking activities as described in this memo are limited to
+ technology characterization of a Device Under Test/System Under Test
+ (DUT/SUT) using controlled stimuli in a laboratory environment, with
+ dedicated address space and the constraints specified in the sections
+ above.</t>
+
+ <t>The benchmarking network topology will be an independent test setup
+ and MUST NOT be connected to devices that may forward the test traffic
+ into a production network, or misroute traffic to the test management
+ network.</t>
+
+ <t>Further, benchmarking is performed on a "black-box" basis, relying
+ solely on measurements observable external to the DUT/SUT.</t>
+
+ <t>Special capabilities SHOULD NOT exist in the DUT/SUT specifically for
+ benchmarking purposes. Any implications for network security arising
+ from the DUT/SUT SHOULD be identical in the lab and in production
+ networks.</t>
+ </section>
+
+ <section anchor="IANA" title="IANA Considerations">
+ <t>No IANA Action is requested at this time.</t>
+ </section>
+
+ <section title="Acknowledgements">
+ <t>The authors appreciate and acknowledge comments from Scott Bradner,
+ Marius Georgescu, Ramki Krishnan, Doug Montgomery, Martin Klozik,
+ Christian Trautman, and others for their reviews.</t>
+ </section>
+ </middle>
+
+ <back>
+ <references title="Normative References">
+ <?rfc ?>
+
+ <?rfc include="reference.RFC.2119"?>
+
+ <?rfc ?>
+
+ <?rfc include="reference.RFC.2330"?>
+
+ <?rfc include='reference.RFC.2544'?>
+
+ <?rfc include="reference.RFC.2679"?>
+
+ <?rfc include='reference.RFC.2680'?>
+
+ <?rfc include='reference.RFC.3393'?>
+
+ <?rfc include='reference.RFC.3432'?>
+
+ <?rfc include='reference.RFC.2681'?>
+
+ <?rfc include='reference.RFC.5905'?>
+
+ <?rfc include='reference.RFC.4689'?>
+
+ <?rfc include='reference.RFC.4737'?>
+
+ <?rfc include='reference.RFC.5357'?>
+
+ <?rfc include='reference.RFC.2889'?>
+
+ <?rfc include='reference.RFC.3918'?>
+
+ <?rfc include='reference.RFC.6201'?>
+
+ <?rfc include='reference.RFC.2285'?>
+
+ <reference anchor="NFV.PER001">
+ <front>
+ <title>Network Function Virtualization: Performance and Portability
+ Best Practices</title>
+
+ <author fullname="ETSI NFV" initials="" surname="">
+ <organization/>
+ </author>
+
+ <date month="June" year="2014"/>
+ </front>
+
+ <seriesInfo name="Group Specification"
+ value="ETSI GS NFV-PER 001 V1.1.1 (2014-06)"/>
+
+ <format type="PDF"/>
+ </reference>
+ </references>
+
+ <references title="Informative References">
+ <?rfc include='reference.RFC.1242'?>
+
+ <?rfc include='reference.RFC.5481'?>
+
+ <?rfc include='reference.RFC.6049'?>
+
+ <?rfc include='reference.RFC.6248'?>
+
+ <?rfc include='reference.RFC.6390'?>
+
+ <?rfc include='reference.I-D.ietf-bmwg-virtual-net'?>
+
+ <?rfc include='reference.I-D.huang-bmwg-virtual-network-performance'?>
+
+ <reference anchor="TestTopo">
+ <front>
+ <title>Test Topologies
+ https://wiki.opnfv.org/vsperf/test_methodology</title>
+
+ <author>
+ <organization/>
+ </author>
+
+ <date/>
+ </front>
+ </reference>
+
+ <reference anchor="LTDoverV">
+ <front>
+ <title>LTD Test Spec Overview
+ https://wiki.opnfv.org/wiki/vswitchperf_test_spec_review</title>
+
+ <author>
+ <organization/>
+ </author>
+
+ <date/>
+ </front>
+ </reference>
+
+ <reference anchor="LTD">
+ <front>
+ <title>LTD Test Specification
+ http://artifacts.opnfv.org/vswitchperf/docs/requirements/index.html</title>
+
+ <author>
+ <organization/>
+ </author>
+
+ <date/>
+ </front>
+ </reference>
+
+ <reference anchor="BrahRel">
+ <front>
+ <title>Brahmaputra, Second OPNFV Release
+ https://www.opnfv.org/brahmaputra</title>
+
+ <author>
+ <organization/>
+ </author>
+
+ <date/>
+ </front>
+ </reference>
+
+ <reference anchor="IFA003">
+ <front>
+ <title>https://docbox.etsi.org/ISG/NFV/Open/Drafts/IFA003_Acceleration_-_vSwitch_Spec/</title>
+
+ <author>
+ <organization/>
+ </author>
+
+ <date/>
+ </front>
+ </reference>
+ </references>
+ </back>
+</rfc>
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