CSIT/csit2101 plan

Introduction

This page tracks release information for FD.io CSIT-2101. It is updated regularly by hand. Real-time information is available in FD.io CSIT code repository and auto-generated docs.

Release Milestones

Milestone	Date	Deliverables
F0	2020-12-09	Test case keywords code complete. Only low-risk changes accepted.
RC1	2020-12-16 (F0+7)	Code complete. Pull first release branch. Only bug fixes accepted in release branch. Date aligned with VPP RC1. Start dry-runs to identify CSIT gaps on less frequently run tests.
RC2	2021-01-13 (RC1+28)	Dry-run testing begins of VPP RC2, performance and functional. Date aligned with VPP RC2.
CSIT Release	2021-01-27 (RC2+14)	CSIT release complete. VPP release testing starts. Date aligned with VPP Formal Release.
Report Publish	2021-02-10 (Rls+14)	CSIT report published for VPP release.

Release Deliverables

Name	Status	Jira Category	Description
VPP-DEV API coverages	DONE	Device	Add GENEVE tunnel L3 mode vpp_device tests for better VPP API coverage, as those are executed per vpp patch and per csit patch.
GENEVE tunnel perf tests	DONE	Performance	Add performance tests for GENEVE tunnel L3 mode.
ThunderX2 1n-tx2 testbeds	VERIFY	Device	Add Arm ThunderX2 VPP Device testbeds.
ThunderX2 2n-tx2 testbed	WIP	Performance	Add 2-node Arm ThunderX2 performance testbed.
Faster Arm perf job execution times	WIP	Performance	The Arm perf jobs are very slow. Change the Jenkins executor from ThunderX to something faster.

Jira Task Tracking

All CSIT release deliverables should be tracked in FDio CSIT Jira using one of the following Jira Epic categories:

Framework
CI process
Performance
Device
Methodology
Telemetry
Tools
Presentation
Honeycomb
Aarch64

Multi-Release Work Areas

Work Area	Description

External Dependencies

1. No known external dependencies.