14:02:47 <bin_> #startmeeting Weekly Technical Discussion 14:02:47 <collabot`> Meeting started Thu Nov 17 14:02:47 2016 UTC. The chair is bin_. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 14:02:47 <collabot`> Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic. 14:02:47 <collabot`> The meeting name has been set to 'weekly_technical_discussion' 14:03:00 <bin_> #info Bin Hu 14:03:53 <cgoncalves> #info Carlos Goncalves 14:04:01 <hongbo1> #info hongbo 14:04:10 <morgan_orange> #info Morgan Richomme 14:05:37 <rprakash> #info rprakash 14:06:05 <bin_> #topic Certification Program and Dovetail 14:06:52 <bin_> #info Wenjing introduced background of CVP, which was chartered by Board 14:07:09 <bin_> #info Dovetail defines test case etc 14:10:24 <bin_> #info Team looked at scenarios, configurations, feature use cases, etc. 14:10:55 <bin_> #info intend to define test framework, tools and test cases 14:12:29 <bin_> #info Wenjing described OPNFV Reference Platform concept and diagram on slide #2 14:13:13 <bin_> #info and common interface points on slide #3 14:16:58 <bin_> #info there are 2 types of SUTs. Hardware platform and NFVI+VIM (software), illustrated on slide #4 14:18:36 <bin_> #info Morgan asked if the word "derived" means something from existing tests or something different 14:19:10 <bin_> #info Wenjing said now it is identical, in the future, it might be slightly different 14:19:50 <bin_> #info Wenjing said main difference could be in NFVI to VIM interface 14:20:53 <bin_> #info Morgan said it should be possible to flag those test cases that will be used for certification tests 14:21:27 <bin_> #info There could be additional test cases for certification tests purpose 14:24:23 <bin_> #info if there are just additional functions, it can be added to existing test cases. No problem to add improvement in existing test cases 14:24:52 <bin_> #info if there are new features such as onboarding, Yardstick can do. 14:25:49 <bin_> #info Hongbo said FuncTest and Yardstick have already helped a lot, and we will work together 14:26:35 <bin_> #info Wenjing introduced self-testing method on slide #5 14:27:21 <bin_> #info One is to validate hardware SUT, and the other is to validate HW+NFVI+VIM SUT 14:28:07 <bin_> #info and the documentation needed 14:28:40 <bin_> #info a view of test suite coverage is presented on slide #6 14:30:46 <bin_> #info IPv6 will be covered 14:30:58 <bin_> # SDNVPN is considered 14:31:09 <bin_> #info SDNVPN is considered 14:31:16 <bin_> #info MANO will be in the future 14:32:54 <bin_> #info a workflow from test suite, test area, test case, tools is depicted on slide #7 14:34:19 <bin_> #info Morgan mentioned test WG's workflow, including CI, is very similar. 14:34:34 <bin_> #info several categories have been defined already 14:35:06 <bin_> #info there are unit test cases such as Tempest, all the VIM part, and smoke tests 14:35:54 <ljlamers> #info Larry Lamers 14:36:07 <bin_> #info So current test WG workflow could satisfy the need of certification test, because all the mechanisms have been in place 14:37:12 <bin_> #info Wenjing mentioned it could be great to harmonize, especially for Danube 14:37:56 <bin_> #info Other general project information is available on slide #8 14:38:28 <bin_> #info Hongbo introduced PlugFest planned for December 14:39:01 <bin_> #info First try to run Dovetail on different hardware platform 14:39:26 <bin_> #info Second task to try to use some tools for interoperability 14:39:57 <bin_> #info we are developing some tools 14:40:17 <bin_> #info need to collaborate with test WG 14:40:48 <bin_> #info Wenjing asked for questions 14:41:18 <bin_> #info Dave N said the purpose is to raise community awareness, and get feedback from community 14:42:57 <bin_> #info Wenjing welcome more participation in PlugFest 14:43:38 <bin_> #info Bryan asked where was the awareness of dovetail came from 14:44:25 <bin_> #info Wenjing answered from TSC call, Infra WG, etc. for lacking the visibility 14:51:16 <bin_> #topic OPNFV Vision and Priorities for Danube 14:51:35 <bin_> #info Morgan indicated that it is not ready for community discussion yet 14:51:56 <bin_> #info we started discussion on TSC, and will create a wiki based on discussion on TSC 14:52:11 <bin_> #info we are not trying to create competition among project 14:52:36 <bin_> #info but to optimize resources and harmonization 14:52:57 <bin_> #info the discussion is collected in etherpad for various points 14:53:19 <bin_> #info such as what are 5 priorities in Danube 14:53:32 <hongbo1> leo_wang: zaibu? 14:53:38 <bin_> #info the coordination is already a challenging 14:55:36 <bin_> #info difficult to explain new features and new scenarios in marketing 14:55:57 <bin_> #info the idea is to collect points before December 14:56:15 <bin_> #info to know where we want to go 14:56:38 <bin_> #info and a little bit steering from TSC 14:57:03 <hongbo1> agree 14:59:33 <bin_> #info Morgan will send email in a few days to initiate the discussion 14:59:38 <bin_> #topic AOB 15:00:07 <bin_> #info Because of Thanksgiving Holiday in US on next Thursday, all agreed to cancel the meeting next Thursday Nov 24. 15:00:32 <bin_> #info all agreed to re-convene the weekly technical discussion in 2 weeks on Dec 1. 15:01:21 <bin_> #info there will be OPNFV Bay Area User Meetup tomorrow Friday hosted by Huawei. All in Bay Area are encouraged to participate in person 15:02:07 <bin_> #info please RSVP first for logistic purpose 15:02:11 <bin_> #link https://www.opnfv.org/news-faq/events/2016-11-18/opnfv-bay-area-user-group-meetup 15:02:22 <bin_> #info Meeting adjourned 15:02:47 <bin_> #endmeeting