1、 ETSI GS NFV-IFA 003 V2.3.1 (2017-08) Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) Release 2; Acceleration Technologies; vSwitch Benchmarking and Acceleration Specification Disclaimer The present document has been produced and approved by the Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) ETSI Industry Specificat
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10、ents Intellectual Property Rights 4g3Foreword . 4g3Modal verbs terminology 4g31 Scope 5g32 References 5g32.1 Normative references . 5g32.2 Informative references 5g33 Definitions and abbreviations . 6g33.1 Definitions 6g33.2 Abbreviations . 6g34 Overview 7g34.1 Problem Statement . 7g34.2 vSwitch Use
11、 Cases . 8g34.2.1 Virtual Forwarding . 8g34.2.2 Overlay based Virtual Networks . 8g34.2.3 Traffic Filtering 9g34.2.4 Distributed Network Services . 9g34.2.5 Traffic Monitoring 9g34.2.6 Load Balancing . 10g34.2.7 Latency/Jitter Sensitive Workloads 10g34.2.8 Efficient Policy and QoS Control . 11g34.2.
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17、d in direct citation. ETSI ETSI GS NFV-IFA 003 V2.3.1 (2017-08) 5 1 Scope The present document specifies performance benchmarking metrics for virtual switching, with the goal that the metrics will adequately quantify performance gains achieved through virtual switch acceleration conforming to the as
18、sociated requirements specified herein. The acceleration-related requirements will be applicable to common virtual switching functions across usage models such as packet delivery into VNFs, network overlay and tunnel termination, stateful Network Address Translators (NAT), service chaining, load bal
19、ancing and, in general, match-action based policies/flows applied to traffic going to/from the VMs. The present document will also provide deployment scenarios with applicability to multiple vendor implementations and recommendations for follow-on proof of concept activities. 2 References 2.1 Normat
20、ive references References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the referenced document (including any amendments) ap
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22、 referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document. 1 ETSI GS NFV 003: “Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV); Terminology for Main Concepts in NFV“. 2 IETF RFC 2544: “Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect Devices“. 3 IETF RFC 7679: “A One-Way Delay Metric f
23、or IP Performance Metrics (IPPM)“. 4 IETF RFC 7680: “A One-Way Loss Metric for IP Performance Metrics (IPPM)“. 5 IETF RFC 3511: “Benchmarking Methodology for Firewall Performance“. 6 IETF RFC 4737: “Packet Reordering Metrics“. 7 IETF RFC 5481: “Packet Delay Variation Applicability Statement“. 8 IETF
24、 RFC 6703: “Reporting IP Network Performance Metrics: Different Points of View“. 2.2 Informative references References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-spe
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26、pplication of the present document but they assist the user with regard to a particular subject area. i.1 IETF draft-ietf-bmwg-ipsec-term-12.txt: “Terminology for Benchmarking IPsec Devices“. i.2 IETF draft-ietf-bmwg-ipsec-meth-05.txt: “Methodology for Benchmarking IPsec Devices“. ETSI ETSI GS NFV-I
27、FA 003 V2.3.1 (2017-08) 6 i.3 IETF draft-ietf-bmwg-virtual-net-01.txt: “Considerations for Benchmarking Virtual Network Functions and Their Infrastructure“. i.4 IETF draft-vsperf-bmwg-vswitch-opnfv-01.txt: “Benchmarking Virtual Switches in OPNFV“. i.5 IETF RFC 6049: “Spatial Composition of Metrics“.
28、 i.6 IETF RFC 7348: “Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN): A Framework for Overlaying Virtualized Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks“. i.7 ETSI GS NFV-INF 007: “Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV); Infrastructure; Methodology to describe Interfaces and Abstractions“. i.8 ETSI GS NFV-
29、IFA 002: “Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV); Acceleration Technologies; VNF Interfaces Specification“. i.9 IETF RFC 6815: “Applicability Statement for RFC 2544: Use on Production Networks Considered Harmful“. i.10 IETF RFC 6985: “IMIX Genome: Specification of Variable Packet Sizes for Additiona
30、l Testing“. 3 Definitions and abbreviations 3.1 Definitions For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in ETSI GS NFV 003 1 apply. 3.2 Abbreviations For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply: ACK Acknowledge ACPI Advanced Configuration
31、 and Power Interface ARP Address Resolution Protocol BIOS Basic Input Output System BS Block Storage CPU Central Processing Unit DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module DPDK Data Plane Development Kit DUT Device Under Test GRUB Grand Unified Bootloader HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol IMIX Internet MIX IO I
32、nput OutputIP Internet Protocol MAC Media Access Control MTU Maximum Transmission Unit NAT Network Address Translation NFP Network Forwarding Path NFV Network Functions Virtualisation NFVI NFV Infrastructure NIC Network Interface Card NUMA Non Uniform Memory Access OPNFV Open Platform for NFV PCI Pe
33、ripheral Component Interconnect PDV Packet Delay Variation RSS Receive Side Scaling SF Service Function SFC Service Function Chaining ETSI ETSI GS NFV-IFA 003 V2.3.1 (2017-08) 7 SFF Service Function Forwarders SLA Service Level Agreement SUT System Under Test SW Software TCP Transmission Control Pro
34、tocol TSO TCP Segment Offload VBS Virtual Block Storage VIM Virtual Infrastructure Manager VM Virtual Machine VNF Virtualised Network Function VNFC Virtual Network Function Component VNFD Virtual Network Function Description VNFFG VNF Forwarding Graph VNI VxLAN Network Identifier VSPERF OPNFV vSwitc
35、h Performance Project VXLAN Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network 4 Overview 4.1 Problem Statement Inside a compute platform a virtual switch (vSwitch) is used to interconnect VNFs that share the same platform. The vSwitch is in a unique position of being at the intersection of the network and the V
36、NFs themselves. As such the implementation and specifics of the virtual switching on the platform need to be transparent to the VNFs in the system, thus as opposed to ETSI GS NFV-IFA 002 i.8 where VNFs are requesting acceleration, vSwitch acceleration needs to be transparent to individual VNFs, and
37、controlled from the VIM. NOTE: In the context of the present document, vSwitch may include some of the functionality of vRouter as defined in ETSI GS NFV-INF 007 i.7. A flow within the vSwitch is given as the classification (locator + domain) and the port forwarding action. This definition of flow d
38、iffers from what is tracked as a flow within a VNF or even within the VIM. In this context the vSwitch is only concerned with the flow information needed to perform the virtual switching functionality. Since the vSwitch finds itself in this unique position between the rest of the network and the VNF
39、s, it is very common to add additional functionality at this point of control. In the present document, these are called in-line functions, and are defined as network services that have been placed in-line with the switching function. Examples of in-line functions include: ACLs: Doing a more complex
40、 (usually wildcard based) classification for security and monitoring purposes Tunnel Endpoint: Pushing packets in and out of a tunnel in order to traverse a physical network Address Translation/NAT: Translating packet headers to expand the address space of the network Load Balancing: Choosing from a
41、 set of destinations to forward a packet QoS: assigning a class of service for the purpose of traffic shaping, rate limiting, priority queuing, mapping of per-packet features of VNF to infrastructure These in-line functions are logically separate from the baseline virtual switching function, and as
42、such may have their own specific definition of what constitutes a flow, and what additional classification and state information is tracked. In addition to above in-line functions, stateful operations such as Firewall or Load Balancer may be implemented. In contrast to in-line functions, network fun
43、ctions could also sit within a VNF, in which case a vSwitch may choose to classify the packet and switch it to this VNF. In order to provide service-to-service context and to preserve the initial classification of the packet, service chaining may be used to position more complicated functions inside
44、 or outside of a VNF. ETSI ETSI GS NFV-IFA 003 V2.3.1 (2017-08) 8 The present document defines the critical aspects of vSwitch performance by treating the vSwitch as a Device Under Test (DUT), with specific configurations that are consistent across instantiations of a vSwitch on a compute platform.
45、Existing testing and benchmarks specifications (see i.1, i.2, i.3 and i.4) should be used to measure the performance of the DUT under these configurations and conditions, including measurement of metrics that support service engineering (such as the Composition Functions defined in IETF RFC 6049 i.5
46、). The following configurations are of importance (see clause 7 for more detail and diagrams): vSwitch Physical to Physical: A vSwitch configured to receive traffic from a physical interface (uplink), make a forwarding decision, and re-forward the frame back out a physical interface (uplink). vSwitc
47、h Virtual to Virtual: A vSwitch configured to receive traffic from a VNF, make a forwarding decision, and re-forward the frame back out to a VNF. vSwitch VNF Loopback: A vSwitch is configured to receive traffic from a physical interface (uplink), make a forwarding decision, and then forward the fram
48、e to a VNF. The VNF should simply loopback the frames back to the vSwitch, which should do another forwarding decision to push the frame back out a physical interface (VNF). In each configuration, the vSwitch may have a specific set of in-line functions configured such as L2 forwarding rules, L3 for
49、warding rules, tunnel termination, and wildcard rules used for ACLs, QoS, and monitoring. These in-line functions define the use case under test. 4.2 vSwitch Use Cases 4.2.1 Virtual Forwarding The function of a vSwitch is minimally defined as a classification based on a locator (derived from the packet header) and a domain, both of which are matched upon to deliver the packet to a destination. The domain is derived either from the packet header (for example a VXLAN, or VNI) or from the ingress port on t
