CSIT/VnetInfraPlan

CSIT Hardware testbeds

1. [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]
2. [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
3. [TBD] NIC onboarding into CSIT
   • [DONE] 2p10GE 82599 Niantic, Intel
   • [TBD] 2p10GE X710 Fortville, Intel
   • [TBD] 2p40GE XL710 Fortville, Intel
   • [TBD] 2p40GE VIC1385, Cisco
   • [TBD] 2p10GE VIC1227, Cisco
   • [TBD] Need to resolve NIC fancy features getting in the way
   • [TBD] pending functional testcases to utilize additional NIC
4. [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
5. [TBD] Scripted UCS reinstallation
   • switch between OS/distributions
   • re-install after failure

CSIT VIRL testbeds

1. [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
2. [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
3. [TBD] Implement additional topologies
   • [TBD] 2-node testbed
   • [TBD] Star topologies
   • [TBD] Larger rings
4. [DONE, ckoester] Nested VM [gerrit.fd.io change]
   • [DONE] used for vhost-user interface testing
5. [TBD] Host management and monitoring
   • Reservations, load-balancing, redundancy
   • Usage monitoring

CSIT LF VM cloud testbeds

1. [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

CSIT Testsuite Portability

1. [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

Multiple Operating System testing

(tbd: Hardware and/or virtual)

1. [TBD] Be able to switch between various OS [distributions]x[versions]