<div dir="ltr">Hi Mykola,<div> </div><div>I'm copy and pasting my reply and Aaron's reply from Slack here, as I see you have some additional Napatech people CC'd. </div><div> </div><div>1. 2 servers would be required for a testbed, in order to align with the recommended topology for DTS. 2. only one testbed is needed. It is normal for us to test a few NICs on one testbed, if that is a concern of yours. 3. [Aaron Conole] "Yes - there is specific member level for adding hardware to the lab. You need to be Gold member with the project, unless there is an exception granted by the Gov Board. but for that, you would need to send mail to gov board and ask them for consideration, and I don't think they are going to do that currently" 4. Napatech will have ssh access to the lab testbed to do any desired maintenance, updates, testing tuning, or anything else. Lab employees are also available to help with all of this, of course. 5. The only final thing I would note is you asked about upstreaming DTS testsuites 2.5 weeks ago at the ci meeting. As there has been no movement on that thread for the dts mailing list, I encourage you to go ahead and submit patchseries adding your testsuites to DTS as soon as your are able to do so. I don't think you're going to get blocked due to scheduling rules. </div></div> <div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 5:34 AM Mykola Kostenok <<a href="mailto:mko-plv@napatech.com">mko-plv@napatech.com</a>> wrote: </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-4129459381481302105"> <div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"> <div class="m_-4129459381481302105WordSection1"> Hi. <ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc"> <li class="m_-4129459381481302105MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(29,28,29);margin-left:0cm"> If we follow the option of sending Napatech NIC to DPDK lab, how many servers are required for 1 testbed? </li><li class="m_-4129459381481302105MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(29,28,29);margin-left:0cm"> How many testbeds are needed? Please confirm that no yearly fee is required, Just contribution in the form of servers. </li><li class="m_-4129459381481302105MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(29,28,29);margin-left:0cm"> What is the procedure of upgrade of Napatech NIC software? Will Napatech engineers have access to the LAB? Or should Napatech share the instructions on how to upgrade NICs to the LAB engineers?</li><li class="m_-4129459381481302105MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(29,28,29);margin-left:0cm"> Is a specific membership tier required for hardware inclusion in the lab? </li><li class="m_-4129459381481302105MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(29,28,29);margin-left:0cm"> There was mentioned that governing board approval might be required to get new vendor into community LAB. How to get this approval? </li><li class="m_-4129459381481302105MsoListParagraph" style="color:rgb(29,28,29);margin-left:0cm"> Who is right contact person for this and next questions?</li></ul> Best regards, Mykola Kostenok. </div> Disclaimer: This email and any files transmitted with it may contain confidential information intended for the addressee(s) only. The information is not to be surrendered or copied to unauthorized persons. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail from your system. </div> </div></blockquote></div> <div> </div>-- <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Patrick RobbTechnical Service ManagerUNH InterOperability Laboratory21 Madbury Rd, Suite 100, Durham, NH 03824<a href="http://www.iol.unh.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.iol.unh.edu</a> <img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/7sTY8VswXadak_YT0J13osh5ockNVRX2BuYaRsKoTTpkpilBokA0WlocYHLB4q7XUgXNHka6-ns47S8R_am0sOt7MYQQ1ILQ3S-P5aezsrjp3-IsJMmMrErHWmTARNgZhpAx06n2" width="150" height="37" style="border: none;"></div></div>