14:03:27 <mackonstan> #startmeeting FD.io CSIT Project Meeting
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14:03:42 <tifrank> #info Tibor Frank
14:03:52 <mackonstan> #chair
14:03:52 <collab-meetbot> Current chairs: mackonstan
14:03:58 <jgelety> #info Jan Gelety
14:05:00 <mackonstan> #topic Agenda bashing
14:05:19 <mackonstan> #topic Inputs from projects - VPP
14:05:55 <mackonstan> #info Andrew, pushing v20.09, only open patch is rls notes :)
14:08:48 <mackonstan> #info Andrew, DPDK meson-based build patches reverted after discussion
14:08:58 <mackonstan> #info Jan, it was affecting csit ipsec tests
14:10:04 <mackonstan> #info Andres, v20.09 artefacts should be out today, should be good for csit testing start tomorrow EU time
14:11:16 <mackonstan> #info Damjan voted a new VP PTL
14:11:25 <mackonstan> #info Inputs from projects - VSAP
14:11:34 <mackonstan> #info #info Inputs from projects - TSC
14:12:24 <mackonstan> #topic Inputs from projects - CNCF
14:14:18 <mackonstan> #info Questions coming back about running VPP in unprivileged containers
14:14:31 <mackonstan> #info Andrew, need to investigate first
14:16:11 <mackonstan> #info Maciek, let's form a small workgroup to investigate; Dave wants to be included
14:17:26 <mackonstan> #info Peter, there are number of levels of integration to be investigated, not only in standalone unprivileged container, but also container distribution, impact of orchestration (e.g. Nomad)
14:19:09 <mackonstan> #topic Releases CSIT-2009
14:24:05 <mackonstan> #info Tibor, RC2 dry runs completed, sample results from 5 runs in draft report here
14:24:14 <mackonstan> #link https://docs.fd.io/csit/master/report/_static/vpp/performance-changes-2n-clx-xxv710-2t1c-pdr.txt
14:25:58 <mackonstan> #info Maciek, ip6 rnd tests are missing (unfinished).
14:28:06 <mackonstan> #info RC2 tests results look good, can move ahead with rls and for-report testing
14:29:56 <mackonstan> #info Jan, nat44det and nat44ed TRex STL tests, fixing bugs/issues with ramp-up phase and nat44 session established check, targeting merge today EU time …
14:30:28 <mackonstan> #info Vratko, nat44ed cps tests with TRex ASTF tests, require one more rebase
14:31:00 <mackonstan> #info Vratko, cps tests should be ready for final review after dry runs tomorrow
14:31:26 <mackonstan> #info Vratko, pps tests, doing good progress but still require more time to complete
14:34:12 <mackonstan> #info Tibor, okay to start testing rls2009 w/o any nat tests or with any that are finished by tomorrow, and add remaining nat tests once ready and dry runs complete
14:36:54 <mackonstan> #info Tibor, this patch needs to be merged before rls2009 testing commences
14:36:56 <mackonstan> #link https://gerrit.fd.io/r/c/csit/+/29036
14:38:46 <mackonstan> #info Tibor, report, one or two patches in-review for environment, then need to add methodology, rls notes and RCA
14:38:54 <mackonstan> #info Maciek, doing methodology
14:39:04 <mackonstan> #info Everyone, rls notes
14:39:27 <mackonstan> #info Vratko, will lead RCA
14:40:59 <mackonstan> #info Keesang, would like to see AMD perf test data to be included in CSIT-2009
14:41:57 <mackonstan> #info Maciek, DNV testbed are out of production till further notice, see ticket for NIC replacements
14:42:05 <mackonstan> #info Juraj, Arm Tishans working and included
14:45:55 <mackonstan> #topic Physical Infrastructure
14:46:55 <mackonstan> #info Juraj, ThunderX2 phy install completed, onboarding and testing continues
14:49:08 <mackonstan> #info Keesang, AMD, want to verify the outputs of spectre-meltdown.sh script, and will go about updating cpu ucode accordingly.
14:52:09 <mackonstan> #info Keesang, AMD, BIOS versions should be aligned too.
14:56:12 <mackonstan> #info Peter, once bios and ucode points addressed, can go ahead with AMD pre-production testing
14:58:32 <mackonstan> #info Maciek, FD.io lab extension in 2021, ballpark numbers provided
14:59:44 <mackonstan> #info Maciek, looking for volunteers to help out to assess the impact of putting new server build(s) into a new DC location, per Trishan question
15:00:47 <mackonstan> #info Maciek, Dave, put together a high-level assessment about adding a new DC location, run it by key folks involved in VPP and CSIT jobs i.e. Andrew, Peter
15:01:17 <mackonstan> #topic Virtual Infrastructure, CI/CD
15:01:47 <mackonstan> #info Dave, finishing the main automation patch ge28022, should be merging and going production next week
15:06:07 <mackonstan> #info Juraj, would be great to add Arm builds for Centos and Ubuntu
15:07:29 <mackonstan> #info Dave, will take care of it
15:07:32 <mackonstan> #endmeeting