Test Objectives

Test Goals

The focus of the testing of 5-Stage Fabric with Juniper Apstra JVD testing as follows:

• Design and provision Datacenter blueprint deployment through Apstra
• Build OISM (BDNE) with internal and exteral source and receivers
• Design and build configurations for OISM (BDNE) and Class of service for ROCEv2 using configlet in Apstra.
• Congestion Management with PFC and ECN, including failure scenarios
• Build and validate overlay configuration Routing zones (VRFs) and Virtual Network and corresponding connectivity templates in Apstra.
• Build and validate DHCP bindings
• Overlay BFD sub-second (introduced as feature as part of 23.4R2)
• Duplicate MAC detection
• Validation of fabric operation and monitoring through Apstra analytics and telemetry dashboard
• Software operation verification (no anomalies, or issues found)
• Validation of end-to-end traffic flow
• System health, ARP, ND, MAC, BGP (route, next hop), interface traffic counters, and so on
• In order to pass validation, the 5-stage fabric with Juniper Apstra must also pass the following scenarios:

• Node Reboot - simulated real-world switch outage.
• Field scenarios like interface down/up and Laser on/off impact to the fabric and check anomalies reporting in Apstra.
• Traffic recovery was validated after all failure scenarios.
• Longevity tests with traffic flow for 3 hours and monitoring Apstra.

Other features tested:

• DHCP Bindings
• Routing-Engine Protection filter
• Multicast state (PIM JOIN and IGMP JOIN active state)
• MAC Move
• Storm Control

Refer to the test report for more information.

Test Non-Goals

Below are some of the test non-goals:

• LLDP
• Management VRF
• Apply pristine configs to devices
• Comparison of Symmetric IRB to Asymmetric IRB