CSIT/VnetInfraPlan

CSIT Hardware testbeds

[DONE, ckoester] Initial installation
- 3x 3-node-ucsc240m4 at LF
- Operating System installation
- Topology and connectivity tests completed
  - FD.io CSIT physical testbeds wiring [link to wiring file]
[DONE, ckoester] All NICs installed and verified
- 2p10GE 82599 Niantic, Intel
- 2p10GE X710 Fortville, Intel
- 2p40GE XL710 Fortville, Intel
- 2p40GE VIC1385, Cisco
- 2p10GE VIC1227, Cisco
[TBD] NIC onboarding into CSIT
- [TBD] Need to resolve NIC fancy features getting in the way
- [TBD] pending functional testcases to utilize additional NIC
[TBD] Establish HW performance boundaries
- [TBD] Need to validate functional testing for all NICs first
- [TBD] UCS servers with NICs, CPU, PCI and Memory sub-systems

[DONE, ckoester] Initial setup
- 3-node topology (similar to physical testbeds)
- Automatic spawning of VIRL topology, VPP installation, creation of topology file for CSIT testing
[TBD, ckoester] Expand hardware - PRIO 1 - ETA week of 04/11
- Install two more ucs c240m4
- Waiting for UCS servers to be delivered and installed, ETA 2 weeks
[TBD] Implement additional topologies
- [TBD] 2-node testbed
- [TBD] Star topologies
- [TBD] Larger rings
[DONE, ckoester] Nested VM [gerrit.fd.io change]
- [DONE] used for vhost-user interface testing
[TBD] Host management and monitoring
- Reservations, load-balancing, redundancy
- Usage monitoring

[TBD] Develop nested virtualisation
- [DONE, ckoester] KVM-in-KVM working on VIRL machines gerrit.fd.io change
- [TBD] Run 3-node topology inside LF hosted VM cloud
  - Once running, it will enable elastic scaling of funcational VPP tests in LF VM cloud

[TBD] Distributable VIRL
- [TBD] Small VIRL topology for portable/laptop use
- [TBD] Public repository of topologies
- [TBD] Allow VPP code developers to test their code in their environment before committing