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#fdio-csit: FD.io CSIT TWS call - new integration tests proposal
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Meeting started by mackonstan at 13:01:39 UTC.  The full logs are
available at
http://ircbot.wl.linuxfoundation.org/meetings/fdio-csit/2018/fdio-csit.2018-06-08-13.01.log.html
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Meeting summary
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* Peter Mikus  (pmikus, 13:01:46)
* Juraj Linkes  (jlinkess, 13:02:14)
* Jan Gelety  (jgelety1, 13:02:40)
* Vratko Polak  (vrpolak, 13:03:19)
* background to this call is in emails in csit-dev  (mackonstan,
  13:07:16)
* VIRL is supposed to be isolating simulations vs running them in
  Vexxhost Cloud  (pmikus, 13:11:08)
* Post-VIRL: Idea is to having dedicated hosts. Number of physical hosts
  to be adjusted over time  (pmikus, 13:12:05)
* Forward: Using Docker containerized platform - orchestrated (K8S,
  Swarm?), to enable conrurent executions of CSIT having multiple VPP
  instances running on hosts  (pmikus, 13:14:25)
* Leveraging NIC VFs (SRIOV) to be able to test NICs by multiple CSIT
  runs (VPP instances), AVF - Fortville NICS  (pmikus, 13:15:42)
* Mellanox driver issue due to external dependencies during DPDK
  compilation  (pmikus, 13:18:47)
* x520 TBD but as these NICs are end of life, decision forward would be
  use X710  (pmikus, 13:19:33)
* The Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X710 supports up to 32 VFs per
  port, for a total of up to 128 VFs  (pmikus, 13:21:45)
* LINK:
  https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/embedded/products/networking/xl710-sr-iov-config-guide-gbe-linux-brief.html
  (pmikus, 13:21:59)
* NICs on site 30x Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA4,
  OEM Gen  (mackonstan, 13:23:12)
* X520 SRIOV
  https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/embedded/products/networking/82599-sr-iov-driver-companion-guide.html
  (pmikus, 13:33:22)
* LINK: https://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/armada-80xx/
  (sirshak, 13:33:31)
* csit-dev emails used during the call as a background  (mackonstan,
  14:41:54)
* subject "Draft proposal to introduce a new set of integration tests"
  (mackonstan, 14:42:12)
* LINK: https://lists.fd.io/g/csit-dev/message/2750  (mackonstan,
  14:42:18)
* subject "FD.io CSIT TWS call - new integration tests proposal"
  (mackonstan, 14:42:45)
* LINK: https://lists.fd.io/g/csit-dev/message/2771  (mackonstan,
  14:42:52)
* subject "FD.io CSIT TWS call - new integration tests proposal" - notes
  from call  (mackonstan, 14:43:24)
* LINK: https://lists.fd.io/g/csit-dev/message/2772  (mackonstan,
  14:44:23)
* all agreed to hold regular weekly TWS call to drive the new design
  home, and also agree on the execution plan  (mackonstan, 14:56:42)



Meeting ended at 14:56:47 UTC.



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* pmikus (10)
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* vrpolak (1)



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