Benchmarking Virtual Switches in OPNFV
draft-ietf-bmwg-vswitch-opnfv-03
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Network Working Group M. Tahhan
Internet-Draft B. O'Mahony
Intended status: Informational Intel
Expires: November 2, 2017 A. Morton
AT&T Labs
May 1, 2017
Benchmarking Virtual Switches in OPNFV
draft-ietf-bmwg-vswitch-opnfv-03
Abstract
This memo describes the progress of the Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV)
project on virtual switch performance "VSPERF". This project intends
to build on the current and completed work of the Benchmarking
Methodology Working Group in IETF, by referencing existing
literature. The Benchmarking Methodology Working Group has
traditionally conducted laboratory characterization of dedicated
physical implementations of internetworking functions. Therefore,
this memo begins to describe the additional considerations when
virtual switches are implemented in general-purpose hardware. The
expanded tests and benchmarks are also influenced by the OPNFV
mission to support virtualization of the "telco" infrastructure.
Requirements Language
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Benchmarking Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1. Comparison with Physical Network Functions . . . . . . . 5
3.2. Continued Emphasis on Black-Box Benchmarks . . . . . . . 5
3.3. New Configuration Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.4. Flow classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.5. Benchmarks using Baselines with Resource Isolation . . . 8
4. VSPERF Specification Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5. 3x3 Matrix Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.1. Speed of Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.2. Accuracy of Activation section . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.3. Reliability of Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.4. Scale of Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.5. Speed of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.6. Accuracy of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.7. Reliability of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5.8. Scalability of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.9. Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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