1.1. OPNFV Jerma Release

  • The only supported test VNF in this release for dataplane benchmarking purposes is PROX

  • PROX supporting up to DPDK:20.05

  • Introducing ability to make test cloud-configured dataplane networking benchmarks using ETSI NFV TST009 standard methods

  • Test automation using X-testing

1.2. OPNFV Hunter Release

This Hunter release provides SampleVNF as a approx VNF repository for VNF/NFVI testing, characterization and OPNFV feature testing, automated on OPNFV platform, including:

  • Documentation generated with Sphinx

    • User Guide

    • Developer Guide

    • Release notes (this document)

    • Results

  • Automated SampleVNF test suit in OPNFV Yardstick_ Project

  • SampleVNF source code

For Hunter release, the SampleVNF supported:

VNF

Name

version

CGNAPT

Carrier Grade Network Address and port Translation .5.0

v0.1.0

Prox
Packet pROcessing eXecution engine

acts as traffic generator, L3FWD, L2FWD, BNG etc

v0.40.0

vACL

Access Control List

v0.1.0

vFW

Firewall

v0.1.0

UDP_replay

UDP_Replay

v0.1.0

Note

Highlevel Desgin and features supported by each of the VNFs is described in Developer and user guide.

For Hunter release, the SampleVNF is used for the following testing:

  • OPNFV platform testing - generic test cases to measure the categories:

    • NFVI Characterization:

      • Network

    • VNF Characterization:

      • Network - rfc2544, rfc3511, latency, http_test etc

The SampleVNF is developed in the OPNFV community, by the SampleVNF_ team. The Network Service Benchmarking SampleVNF Characterization Testing tool is a part of the Yardstick Project.

Note

The test case description template used for the SampleVNF in yardstick test cases is based on the document ETSI-ISG NFV-TST001_; the results report template used for the SampleVNF test results is based on the IEEE Std 829-2008.

1.2.1. Release Data

Project

SampleVNF

Repo/tag

opnfv-8.0

SampleVNF Docker image tag

Hunter 8.0

Release designation

Hunter 8.0

Release date

“May 10 2019”

Purpose of the delivery

Hunter alignment to Released bug-fixes for the following: - Memory leak - minimum latency - Increase default mbuf size and

code simplification/cleanup

  • Crash in rx/tx distribution

1.2.2. Deliverables

1.2.2.2. Software Deliverables

  • The SampleVNF Docker image: To be added

SampleVNF tested on Contexts

Context

Description

Heat

Models orchestration using OpenStack Heat

Node

Models Baremetal, Controller, Compute

Standalone

Models VM running on Non-Managed NFVi

1.2.2.3. Document Version Changes

This is the first version of the SampleVNF in OPNFV. It includes the following documentation updates:

  • SampleVNF User Guide:

  • SampleVNF Developer Guide

  • SampleVNF Release Notes for SampleVNF: this document

1.2.2.4. Feature additions

  • Support for DPDK 18.05 and DPDK 18.08

  • Add support for counting non dataplane related packets

  • test improvements and fixes for image creation

  • Local Documentation Builds

  • Improve l3fwd performance

  • Enable the local cache mac address

  • Initial support for DPDK 18.05

  • Adding centos.json to be used with packer to generate a VM with PROX

  • Adding support for Ubuntu 17.10…

  • Get multiple port stats simultaneously

  • Increase default mbuf size and code simplification/cleanup

  • update from src port in the pvt/pub handler

Bug fixes: - Fix potential crash with latency accuracy - TempFix: vCGNAPT/vACL ipv4 perf issue - Temp Fix for vFW perf issue - fix code standard in VNFs/DPPD-PROX/handle_esp.c - Workaround DPDK net/virtio queue setup issue - Fix potential crash when shuffling mbufs

1.2.2.5. Known Issues/Faults

  • Huge page freeing needs to be handled properly while running the application else it might cause system crash. Known issue from DPDK.

  • UDP Replay is used to capture throughput for dynamic cgnapt

  • Hardware Checksum offload is not supported for IPv6 traffic

  • SampleVNF on sriov is tested till 4 threads

  • Rest API is supported only for vACL, vFW, vCGNAPT

  • Rest API uses port 80, make sure other webservices are stopped before using SampleVNF RestAPI.

1.2.2.6. Corrected Faults

Hunter 8.2:

JIRA REFERENCE

DESCRIPTION

SAMPLEVNF-129

Support for DPDK 18.05 and DPDK 18.08

SAMPLEVNF-130

Add support for counting non dataplane related packets

SAMPLEVNF-131

test improvements and fixes for image creation

SAMPLEVNF-132

Local Documentation Builds

SAMPLEVNF-133

Improve l3fwd performance

SAMPLEVNF-134

Enable the local cache mac address

SAMPLEVNF-135

Initial support for DPDK 18.05

SAMPLEVNF-136

Adding centos.json to be used with packer to generate a VM with PROX

SAMPLEVNF-137

Adding support for Ubuntu 17.20…

SAMPLEVNF-138

Get multiple port stats simultaneously

SAMPLEVNF-139

Increase default mbuf size and code simplification/cleanup

SAMPLEVNF-140

update from src port in the pvt/pub handler

Bug Fix Jira:

JIRA REFERENCE

DESCRIPTION

SAMPLEVNF-141

Fix potential crash with latency accuracy

SAMPLEVNF-142

TempFix: vCGNAPT/vACL ipv4 perf issue

SAMPLEVNF-143

Temp Fix for vFW perf issue

SAMPLEVNF-144

fix code standard in VNFs/DPPD-PROX/handle_esp.c

SAMPLEVNF-145

Workaround DPDK net/virtio queue setup issue

SAMPLEVNF-146

Fix potential crash when shuffling mbufs

1.2.3. Hunter known restrictions/issues

Installer

Scenario

Issue

1.2.4. Open JIRA tickets

JIRA REFERENCE

DESCRIPTION