14:57:49 <mackonstan> #startmeeting FD.io CSIT project meeting
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14:58:05 <mackonstan> #topic Agenda bashing
14:58:13 <mackonstan> #chair
14:58:13 <collabot`> Current chairs: mackonstan
15:01:16 <jgelety> #info Jan Gelety
15:02:41 <mackonstan> #topic FD.io CSIT lab infrastructure
15:03:18 <mackonstan> #info no open issues on infra, so moving swiftly on
15:05:11 <mackonstan> #info Mohammed mgmt switch with qsfp interfaces is installed, to be used for managing thunderx2 servers
15:06:10 <mackonstan> #info Mohammed wiring installed per specs provided by Arm team, ports are not up as switch needs to be configured
15:07:03 <mackonstan> #info Sirshak correction: above mgmt switch is for thunderx1's not for thunderx2's. (latter is managed by SFP links)
15:08:23 <mackonstan> #info Juraj - QSFP cables for thunderx2 servers shipped, tracking info provided.
15:08:58 <mackonstan> #topic Inputs from LFN and FD.io projects
15:11:17 <mackonstan> #info VPP project - Maciek reporting - vpp-19.01 shipped, Andrew will write up suggestions to improve release process
15:12:27 <mackonstan> #info VPP project - Maciek - after buffer code rewrite, Damjan is reporting +25% higher MRR throughput for AVF paths in his testbed vs. CSIT trending. Need to investigate.
15:13:56 <mackonstan> #info HC - Michal reporting - HC 19.01 shipped, CSIT tests passing with 2 failures expected, fix coming into master, broken test, not HC code
15:14:59 <mackonstan> #topic Operational status
15:15:59 <michal-cmarada> #info HC - CSIT known issue VPP-649 for honeycomb resolved, tests will be fixed and reenabled in 1904
15:16:02 <mackonstan> #info no issues
15:16:06 <mackonstan> #topic VPP code performance
15:17:37 <mackonstan> #info Jan reporting: vpp failures - ipsec aes-gcm fixed now, issue was with activating dpdk crypto backend.
15:18:28 <mackonstan> #info Jan: vhost vhost/vm failures - issue with
15:19:02 <mackonstan> #info Jan: vhost vhost/vm failures - issue with VM install getting corrupted, workaround applied.
15:19:36 <mackonstan> #info Jan: vhost/vm 4c tests still failing, debugging with Peter
15:20:28 <mackonstan> #info Jan: lb tests - not reproducible by manual tests in CSIT testbeds, only happens with Jenkins driven tests, implementing coredump collection to catch the guy
15:22:40 <mackonstan> #info Peter: avf multi-core tests failing now too..
15:22:58 <mackonstan> #topic Releases
15:24:26 <mackonstan> #info Tibor: most static content is complete. Methodology section updated and split into multiple pages due to growth in size.
15:25:17 <mackonstan> #info Tibor: added graphs: i) NFV service density tests, ii) soak tests.
15:25:28 <mackonstan> #link https://docs.fd.io/csit/master/report/vpp_performance_tests/nf_service_density/vnf_service_chains.html
15:27:28 <mackonstan> #info Tibor: need to update rls notes for all sections, dmm/nsh based on working tests, HC sections, waiting for 1901 test results data
15:32:27 <mackonstan> #info 1901 test data, Jan: delay due to failing tests ( lb, vhost, memif). Selected performance: 3 runs finished, 3 running, remaining 4, expecting all to complete by Monday if no other issues.
15:33:37 <mackonstan> #info above line was for 2n-skx. 3n-skx: 2 run finished, 3 running. 3n-hsw: 1 finished, 3 running.
15:35:19 <mackonstan> #info NFV density - Peter: all code done, tests work well, need to run them to collect data for report.
15:36:26 <mackonstan> #info soak test PLRsearch - Vratko: identified one issue that sporadically prevents convergence.. working on a fix
15:36:56 <mackonstan> #topic Developments
15:38:09 <mackonstan> #topic framework
15:38:45 <mackonstan> #info Peter working on few improvements in VM and Container areas
15:41:17 <mackonstan> #info VAT to PAPI move - Peter assessment 1.5 man-months..
15:41:44 <mackonstan> #topic Test environments
15:42:24 <mackonstan> #info Peter: preparing VPP job for running vpp_device jobs
15:42:47 <mackonstan> #info expecting to productize after csit-1901 rls cycles
15:43:29 <mackonstan> #topic TRex developments status
15:44:49 <mackonstan> #info Peter: lots of fixes in TRex releases. We should upgrade TRex in csit-1904 cycle (csit is on v2.3.5, trex latest v2.5.2)
15:45:18 <pmikus> #info https://github.com/cisco-system-traffic-generator/trex-core/blob/master/doc/release_notes.asciidoc
15:45:31 <mackonstan> #link https://github.com/cisco-system-traffic-generator/trex-core/blob/master/doc/release_notes.asciidoc
15:47:17 <mackonstan> #topic Housekeeping
15:48:37 <mackonstan> #info looking for volunteers to update the CSIT installation guide that's now outdated on both wiki and git repo
15:49:11 <mackonstan> #endmeeting