16:03:10 <SRao> #startmeeting vswitchperf
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16:03:29 <SRao> #chair acmacm
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16:04:07 <acmacm> #topic Release REquirements
16:05:26 <acmacm> #info RELREQ 6 and 9, 6 maps to VSPERF-617 and 619, and
16:06:23 <SRao> #info New T-Rex Version Support - Testing Completed, Patch to be submitted. Version: 2.86.
16:08:16 <acmacm> #info a few changes in 03_traffic.conf and name change from trex.py to trex_client.py
16:09:33 <acmacm> #info no "wow" features in new version, maybe latency percentiles?
16:11:25 <acmacm> #topic Openstack Demo:  Status and Demo of RelReq-6 (Openstack Dataplane Performance Benchmarking)
16:12:20 <acmacm> #info
16:12:41 <SRao> #info The os_deploy_tgen tool, Deploy Traffic-generator in different topologies, and updates the VSPERF-Configuration (runtime).
16:13:50 <acmacm> #info IP addresses are needed from the OS deployment, traffic must come back to T-rex single instance
16:14:47 <acmacm> #info this is mostly for IXIA and Sprient Tgens
16:14:57 <SRao> #info one update is done, vsperf will continue to run in Trafficgen mode.
16:15:53 <acmacm> #info new flag "--openstack" , sets mode as trafficgen
16:16:42 <acmacm> #info some IXIA updates coming, migration from windows to linux traffic controller
16:23:06 <acmacm> #info demo instantiates an IXIA Master and Slave, then run vsperf
16:24:20 <acmacm> #info there is a new config file, 11_openstack.conf  needs image names, other OS info.
16:25:19 <acmacm> #topic Status and Demo of RelReq-9 (K8S Container Networking Benchmarking with VSPERF)
16:27:04 <acmacm> #info only implementing qemu vnf today
16:27:38 <acmacm> #info parth automated network attachment
16:28:44 <acmacm> #info another new conf   12_k8s.conf , two new files and dpdk
16:29:13 <SRao> #info Flow: When run with --k8s option, VSPERF will deploy the switch (if it is ovsdpdk or vpp), then deploy the Pod, then run the test.
16:34:48 <acmacm> #info  So, with --k8s and pcp_thput command line option  VSPERF does more of the automation, including setting-up the pods , vswitch,
16:35:30 <acmacm> #info, also needs to add OVS flow entries
16:36:37 <acmacm> #info kubctl getpods will show that the pod is running
16:39:04 <acmacm> #info Trex is using Binary Search with loss verification.  result seems to be +7Gbps
16:41:35 <acmacm> #info Parth and emmanuel's cluster-deployment deploys MULTUS, a variable determines ovsdpdk, vpp, sriov
16:42:53 <acmacm> #info documentation and some other things need small update, but it's working now, using pcp_thput  config
16:44:25 <acmacm> #info  all the patches are -1 at the moment
16:48:04 <acmacm> #info  ovs-dpdk is deployed as an application, not as a pod...
16:51:57 <acmacm> #topic Release readiness
16:52:34 <acmacm> #info all VSPERF issues that are essential are in good shape.
16:53:40 <acmacm> #info VSPERF-610, parth & sridhar will try to complete this week
16:54:16 <SRao> #info Parth to share the existing code-base for VSPERF_610.
17:03:12 <SRao> #endmeeting