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opnfv_testbed_infrastructure [2014/12/01 20:27]
Trevor Cooper
opnfv_testbed_infrastructure [2015/01/14 06:43]
Wenjing Chu
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 ==== OPNFV Project Proposal: Testbed Infrastructure ==== ==== OPNFV Project Proposal: Testbed Infrastructure ====
  
-Version: 1.0 (Nov 24, 2014)+Version: 1.0 (Dec 2, 2014)
  
 **Project Name: **  **Project Name: ** 
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 **Project repository:​** ​ **Project repository:​** ​
  
-opnfv-repo-pharos ​or opnfv-repo-tbd+pharos
  
 **Project Categories:​** **Project Categories:​**
  
-    * Documentation 
     * Integration & Testing     * Integration & Testing
-    * Collaborative Development+
  
 **Project Description** **Project Description**
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 This project proposes developing a test-bed framework for creating a federated NFV test capability that will be hosted by a number of companies in the OPNFV community. We have at least 1 volunteer party in each of Asia, Europe and US at this time. The volunteer parties will be responsible to setup, operate, and maintain these test-beds in a way that is consistent with the proposed OPNFV test-bed framework. This project proposes developing a test-bed framework for creating a federated NFV test capability that will be hosted by a number of companies in the OPNFV community. We have at least 1 volunteer party in each of Asia, Europe and US at this time. The volunteer parties will be responsible to setup, operate, and maintain these test-beds in a way that is consistent with the proposed OPNFV test-bed framework.
  
 +{{ :​opnfv-test.jpg?​600 }}
  
 There are many reasons that community testbeds are important resources to the success of the OPNFV mission. Here are just to name a few (and by no means exhaustive):​ There are many reasons that community testbeds are important resources to the success of the OPNFV mission. Here are just to name a few (and by no means exhaustive):​
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 ** Scope ** ** Scope **
  
-Three work threads are proposed for developing and operating the infrastructure and will be undertaken ​within ​the Test and Performance sub-group ... +Three work threads are proposed for developing and operating the infrastructure and this work will be undertaken ​by the Test and Performance sub-group ... 
-  1. Test-bed governance and policy+  1. Test-bed governance and policy ​
   2. Reference platform hardware and software definition   2. Reference platform hardware and software definition
   3. Test-bed tooling   3. Test-bed tooling
  
  
-  * First, this project is to produce a common entry web interface to community testbeds hosted by different companies. This web portal will be accessible within OPNFV wiki. +//Test-bed governance and policy//
  
-  * It should document ​common ​information,​ status, and guides about the testbeds, including governance and policies.+  * First, this project is to produce a common ​web interface to community test-beds that will be hosted by different companies. This web portal will be accessible from OPNFV wiki as the common entry point
  
-  * In order for the testbeds have some basic commonality and portability (to upper layer software), we will define a reference hardware configuration. We will also initially define a "​bootstrap"​ software configuration to get started, and eventually migrate to use OPNFV release(s) coming out of Continuous Integration (CI) project.+  ​* Web interface should document information about the infrastructures and setups that is common across the various implementations as well as individual variations, including ... 
 +    * Description of systems (detailed specifications of available compute nodes), test-tools, network topologies, etc. 
 +    * Status of the test-bed (including scheduled projects) and reservation process 
 +    * User-guides for accessing the test-bed remotely and getting support 
 +    * Governance and usage policies (under community control and at discretion of hosting company ... e.g. prioritization of projects, escalation process, ...) 
 +    * Provide ways for making results of test campaigns on the different testbeds available for sharing and encouraging community involvement through e.g. comments on results and suggestions for further testing. 
 + 
 +//Reference platform hardware and software definition//​ 
 + 
 +  ​* In order for the testbeds have some commonality and portability (to upper layer software), we will define a reference hardware configuration. We will also initially define a "​bootstrap"​ software configuration to get started ​(see [[get_started|Project:​ Bootstrap/​Get started!]] project), and eventually migrate to use OPNFV release(s) coming out of Continuous Integration (CI) project.
  
   * The basic hardware components of the initial version of the testbeds will likely include (only for illustration of scope): x86 servers of relatively recent architectures,​ relatively high throughput PCIe, 1G and 10G Ethernet Adaptors, local storage, and 1/10G Ethernet switches.   * The basic hardware components of the initial version of the testbeds will likely include (only for illustration of scope): x86 servers of relatively recent architectures,​ relatively high throughput PCIe, 1G and 10G Ethernet Adaptors, local storage, and 1/10G Ethernet switches.
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   * The basic software components of the bootstrap version may include (only for illustration of scope): Linux OS, Qemu/KVM, OpenStack, OpenVSwitch.   * The basic software components of the bootstrap version may include (only for illustration of scope): Linux OS, Qemu/KVM, OpenStack, OpenVSwitch.
  
 +//Test-bed tooling//
  
 +  * This project should include a minimum "smoke test" that can be run regularly to verify basic operational status of the test environment and report this status using the web interface. ​
  
-  * Finally, this project should also include a minimum "​smoke ​test' set that can be run regularly ​to maintain basic operational status and report this status in the common wiki page+  * An objectives of the test-bed is to provide a repository for the community to easily store and share test artifacts ... including test workloads (e.g. VNFs), test scripts (e.g. for configuring test-harness components or device under test), traffic profiles, test results, etc.)
  
-Excluded from this project: + 
-  * Performance benchmarks +__Out of scope__: 
-  * Comprehensive functional tests + 
-  * VNF use case tests and benchmarks+The following projects are envisaged to be executed using the proposed test-bed infrastructure,​ however are not considered integral to this proposal (these will be submitted as a separate ​project ​proposal) 
 +  * Platform performance benchmarking / characterization ... bottoms up approach to understanding performance 
 +  * VNF deployment testing (NFV use cases) ... tops down approach with focus on functionality and VNF life-cycle management 
 +  * Carrier Grade Requirements ... class of tests that focus on operational requirements for a Telco environment
  
 ** Dependencies ** ** Dependencies **
  
 This project has the following dependencies This project has the following dependencies
-  * Eventually, the software we use will need to be the output of the CI project. ​+  * Eventually, the software we use will need to be the output of the [[get_started:​get_started_project_proposal|Get Started/​Bootstrap]] or [[octopus:​project_proposal|CI project]]
   * We may use tools from other OPNFV projects or from other upstream projects.   * We may use tools from other OPNFV projects or from other upstream projects.
   * We may use commercial hardware test equipment or non-open-source test software in non-exclusive basis.   * We may use commercial hardware test equipment or non-open-source test software in non-exclusive basis.
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 ** Committers and Contributors ** ** Committers and Contributors **
  
-A partial list at this moment:+Committers:
  
   * Wenjing Chu, wenjing_chu@dell.com, ​   * Wenjing Chu, wenjing_chu@dell.com, ​
   * Morgan Richomme <​morgan.richomme@orange.com>, ​   * Morgan Richomme <​morgan.richomme@orange.com>, ​
   * Trevor Cooper, trevor.cooper@intel.com, ​   * Trevor Cooper, trevor.cooper@intel.com, ​
 +  * Qiao Fu, fuqiao@chinamobile.com
 +  * Sean Chen (s.chen@huawei.com)
 +  * sheng-ann.yu@ericsson.com
 +
 +Contributors:​
   * C.Donley@cablelabs.com,​   * C.Donley@cablelabs.com,​
   * erica.johnson@iol.unh.edu,​   * erica.johnson@iol.unh.edu,​
-  * sheng-ann.yu@ericsson.com, +  * Kuppuswamy, Prabu <Prabu.Kuppuswamy@spirent.com> 
-  * Qiao Fu,  fuqiao@chinamobile.com,+  * Saikrishna M Kotha <​saikrishna.kotha@xilinx.com>​ 
 +  * Eugene Yu (yuyijun@huawei.com
  
 ** Planned Deliverables ** ** Planned Deliverables **
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   * A set of software tools for users to access the testbeds.   * A set of software tools for users to access the testbeds.
   * Smoke test and tools for running/​automating the smoke test.   * Smoke test and tools for running/​automating the smoke test.
 +  * A repository for storing and sharing test artifacts
  
 ** Proposed Release Schedule ** ** Proposed Release Schedule **
  
-  * Nov 26, 2014: Official project ​proposal submission to TSC. +  * Dec 5, 2014: Project ​proposal submission to TSC. 
-  * Completion of the project phase I: Q1 2015, or aligned with OPNFV Release 1.+  * Completion of the project phase I: Q1 2015, aligned with OPNFV Release 1.
  
- --- //​[[wenjing_chu@dell.com|Wenjing Chu]] 2014/11/24 06:23// 
  
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opnfv_testbed_infrastructure.txt · Last modified: 2015/01/15 06:27 by Trevor Cooper