13:01:39 <mackonstan> #startmeeting FD.io CSIT TWS call - new integration tests proposal 13:01:39 <collabot_> Meeting started Fri Jun 8 13:01:39 2018 UTC. The chair is mackonstan. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 13:01:39 <collabot_> Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic. 13:01:39 <collabot_> The meeting name has been set to 'fd_io_csit_tws_call___new_integration_tests_proposal' 13:01:46 <pmikus> #info Peter Mikus 13:01:54 <mackonstan> #chair 13:01:54 <collabot_> Current chairs: mackonstan 13:02:14 <jlinkess> #info Juraj Linkes 13:02:40 <jgelety1> #info Jan Gelety 13:03:19 <vrpolak> #info Vratko Polak 13:07:16 <mackonstan> #info background to this call is in emails in csit-dev 13:11:08 <pmikus> #info VIRL is supposed to be isolating simulations vs running them in Vexxhost Cloud 13:12:05 <pmikus> #info Post-VIRL: Idea is to having dedicated hosts. Number of physical hosts to be adjusted over time 13:14:25 <pmikus> #info Forward: Using Docker containerized platform - orchestrated (K8S, Swarm?), to enable conrurent executions of CSIT having multiple VPP instances running on hosts 13:15:42 <pmikus> #info Leveraging NIC VFs (SRIOV) to be able to test NICs by multiple CSIT runs (VPP instances), AVF - Fortville NICS 13:18:47 <pmikus> #info Mellanox driver issue due to external dependencies during DPDK compilation 13:19:33 <pmikus> #info x520 TBD but as these NICs are end of life, decision forward would be use X710 13:21:45 <pmikus> #info The Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X710 supports up to 32 VFs per port, for a total of up to 128 VFs 13:21:59 <pmikus> #link https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/embedded/products/networking/xl710-sr-iov-config-guide-gbe-linux-brief.html 13:23:12 <mackonstan> #info NICs on site 30x Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA4, OEM Gen 13:33:22 <pmikus> #info X520 SRIOV https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/embedded/products/networking/82599-sr-iov-driver-companion-guide.html 13:33:31 <sirshak> #link https://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/armada-80xx/ 14:41:54 <mackonstan> #info csit-dev emails used during the call as a background 14:42:12 <mackonstan> #info subject "Draft proposal to introduce a new set of integration tests" 14:42:18 <mackonstan> #link https://lists.fd.io/g/csit-dev/message/2750 14:42:45 <mackonstan> #info subject "FD.io CSIT TWS call - new integration tests proposal" 14:42:52 <mackonstan> #link https://lists.fd.io/g/csit-dev/message/2771 14:43:24 <mackonstan> #info subject "FD.io CSIT TWS call - new integration tests proposal" - notes from call 14:44:23 <mackonstan> #link https://lists.fd.io/g/csit-dev/message/2772 14:56:42 <mackonstan> #info all agreed to hold regular weekly TWS call to drive the new design home, and also agree on the execution plan 14:56:47 <mackonstan> #endmeeting