CSIT/Meeting

Meeting Details

Weekly on Wednesday 15:00 Greenwich, London time. FD.io Zoom Meeting room (passcode <remove spaces> '4 1 2 3 2 4')
If no DST in Europe and US: 07:00 PST, 10:00 EST, 15:00 UTC, 15:00 UK/GMT, 16:00 CET, 17:00 Israel Std Time, 20:30 India Std Time, 23:00 China Std Time.
If DST in Europe: 07:00 PDT, 10:00 EDT, 14:00 UTC, 15:00 UK/BST, 16:00 CEST, 17:00 Israel Summer Time, 19:30 India Std Time, 22:00 China Std Time.
If no DST in Europe and DST in US: 08:00 PDT, 11:00 EDT, 15:00 UTC, 15:00 UK/GMT, 16:00 CET, 17:00 Israel Std Time, 20:30 India Std Time, 23:00 China Std Time.

Topic: FD.io CSIT Project Meeting

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/my/fastdata?pwd=Z3Z0UnJyUmRIMlU3eTJLcGF6VEptQT09

Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll):  +14086380968,,5301185804# or +16465588656,,5301185804#

Or Telephone:
    Dial: +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll) or +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll)
    +1 855 880 1246 (US Toll Free)
    +1 877 369 0926 (US Toll Free)
    Meeting ID: 530 118 5804
    International numbers available: https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=ppBOQMQTVxGYmbxNsVemC6KNo8eX2ptF

Issues connecting to the meeting? Contact: Maciek Konstantynowicz <mkonstan@cisco.com>.

• IRC
  • #fdio-meeting room on libera
    • More info: https://lists.fd.io/g/csit-dev/message/4345
  • Web-based IRC client: https://web.libera.chat/

Agenda

The next CSIT meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 11-Jan 15:00-16:00 Greenwich, London time / 07:00-08:00 PST. Proposed topics:

1. Notes: `#chair dwallacelf jlinkes vrpolak mackonstan`
2. Agenda bashing.
3. Inputs from projects
   • FD.io: VPP, TSC, other.
4. New or refactored tests
   • E810 flow "offload" tests
     • device: WIP updating tests with new dpdk offload flags.
     • perf: gtpu and ipsec policy tests.
       • gtpusw and gtpuhw results comparison - CSIT vs Intel labs
   • Scale tests API optimization
     • Moving from VAT to Async PAPI
5. VPP and CSIT (not so hot) items
   • CSIT env. move to Ubuntu 22.04
     • vpp_device 1n-skx testbeds on Ubuntu 20.04
     • proposal to move to Ubuntu 22.04 with introduction of 1n-spr testbeds and decommissioning 1n-skx ones
   • Intel FVL/CVL driver compatibility matrix - FW, DPDK, AVF
     • Tracked in CSIT compatibility matrix
   • Spectre-BHB security vulnerability (on-hold)
     • docs: Add references to Spectre-BHB security vulnerability
     • covering CVE-2022-0001 and CVE-2022-0002 got never merged
     • spectre-meltdown-checker not maintained anymore - waiting for vendor (AMD, Arm, Intel) recommendations re what verification tool to use
   • AMD performance results review - FD.io CSIT labs vs. AMD CSIT labs, Keesang et al
     • Current state in CSIT lab.
6. Next Release CSIT-2302
7. Physical Infrastructure
   • Performance testing: Xeon Skx/Ckx/Icx, Arm, Atom.
   • Functional driver testing: Xeon Skx, Arm Tx2.
   • Updated LFN FD.io infra support documentation.
   • Lab new builds:
     • 3n-snr - Atom SnowRidge performance testbed.
       • experimental with new TRex v3.00 DPDK ICE driver
       • waiting for new QSFP28 pluggables to address link flapping problem
   • Lab extension proposal
     • 2022: decommission 2n-skx, 3n-skx, 2n-dnv, 3n-dnv
     • 2022: add 4 x 2n-spr; add mlx cx7 2p200ge to 2n-spr; add mlx cx6 2p100ge to 2n-icx and 3n-icx;
     • 2023: add spr tg, 2n-icxd? (intel), 2n-octeon10-dpu (arm), 2n-zn3 (amd)
8. Virtual Infrastructure, CI/CD
   • LFN FD.io CI/CD systems.
   • Jenkins jobs: csit-vpp, vpp-csit, trending.
   • vpp-csit jobs: vpp-csit-verify-device-{..}-tx2 (now voting), vpp-csit-verify-device-{..}-skx (voting)
9. Environment, Framework
   • VPP API changes' tracking.
   • VPP CLI usage in CSIT.
     • Functional checks, e.g. "show nat44 summary" to count established sessions.
       • VPP changed output in: 34877: nat: TCP state tracking based on RFC 7857/RFC 6146 | https://gerrit.fd.io/r/c/vpp/+/34877
       • CSIT test were failing until fix: 35295: fix(nat): parse new show nat44 summary output | https://gerrit.fd.io/r/c/csit/+/35295
10. Trending and Test Failures
    • Hoststack tests: Requested tests to be added are the same as CSIT Report Hoststack Iterative Job Specs
    • CSIT Test Failures Summary and Status
    • CSIT Performance Dashboard
      • Performance Trending
      • Per Release Performance
      • Test Job Statistics
      • Failures and Anomalies
11. Analytics, Presentation.
12. Fd.io Events.
13. Housekeeping.
    • Maintainers, commit message template, https://www.conventionalcommits.org

Meeting Minutes

• CSIT Meeting Minutes
• CSIT Meeting Minutes Archive 2020
• CSIT Meeting Minutes Archive 2019
• CSIT Meeting Minutes Archive 2018
• CSIT Meeting Minutes Archive 2017
• CSIT Meeting Minutes Archive 2016