| .. _vpp17.04: | |
| ############################### | |
| Features for Release VPP 17.04 | |
| ############################### | |
| This section lists those features that became available in VPP Release 17.04: | |
| Features | |
| --------- | |
| Infrastructure | |
| +++++++++++++++ | |
| * make test improvements | |
| * vnet: add device-input threadplacement infra | |
| * 64 bit per-thread counters | |
| * process restart cli | |
| * High performance timer wheels | |
| * Plugin infrastructure improvements | |
| - Support for .default_disabled, .version_required | |
| * Added MAINTAINERS file | |
| Host stack | |
| +++++++++++ | |
| * TCP stack (experimental) | |
| * DHCPv4 / DHCPv6 relay multi-destination | |
| * DHCPv4 option 82 | |
| * ND proxy | |
| * Attached hosts | |
| * Consolidated DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 implementation | |
| Interfaces | |
| ++++++++++++++ | |
| * DPDK 17.02 (retire support for DPDK 16.07) | |
| * Add memif - packet memory interface for intra-host communication | |
| * vhost: support interrupt mode | |
| * DPDK as plugin (retired vpp_lite) | |
| * DPDPK input optimizations | |
| * Loopback interface allocation scheme | |
| Network features | |
| ++++++++++++++++++ | |
| * IP Multicast FIB | |
| * Bridging | |
| - Learning on local interfaces | |
| - Flushing of MACs from the L2 FIB | |
| * SNAT | |
| - CGN (Deterministic and dynamic) | |
| - CGN configurable port allocation algorithm | |
| - ICMP support | |
| - Tenant VRF id for SNAT outside addresses | |
| - Session dump / User dump | |
| - Port allocation per protocol | |
| * Security groups | |
| - Routed interface support | |
| - L2+L3 unified processing node | |
| - Improve fragment handling | |
| * Segment routing v6 | |
| - SR policies with weighted SID lists | |
| - Binding SID | |
| - SR steering policies | |
| - SR Local SIDs | |
| - Framework to expand local SIDs w/plugins | |
| - Documentation | |
| * IOAM | |
| - UDP Pinger w/path fault isolation | |
| - IOAM as type 2 metadata in NSH | |
| - IAOM raw IPFIX collector and analyzer | |
| - Anycast active server selection | |
| - Documentation | |
| - SRv6 Local SID | |
| - IP6 HBH header and SR header co-existence | |
| - Active probe | |
| * LISP | |
| - Statistics collection | |
| - Generalize encap for overlay transport (vxlan-gpe support) | |
| - Improve data plane speed | |
| * GPE | |
| - CLI | |
| - NSH added to encap/decap path | |
| - Renamed LISP GPE API to GPE | |
| * MPLS | |
| - Performance improvements (quad loop) | |
| * BFD | |
| - Command line interface | |
| - Echo function | |
| - Remote demand mode | |
| - SHA1 authentication | |
| * IPsec | |
| - IKEv2 initiator features | |
| * VXLAN | |
| - unify IP4/IP6 control plane handling | |
| API changes | |
| ++++++++++++++ | |
| * Python API: To avoid conflicts between VPP API messages names and the Python API binding function names, the VPP API methods are put into a separate proxy object https://gerrit.fd.io/r/#/c/5570/ | |
| The api methods are now referenced as: vpp_handle = VPP(jsonfiles) vpp_handle.connect(...) vpp = vpp_handle.api vpp.show_version() vpp_handle.disconnect() | |
| For backwards compatibility VPP API methods are left in the main name space (VPP), but will be removed from 17.07. | |
| - Python API: Change from cPython to CFFI. | |
| * create_loopback message to be replaced with create_loopback_instance create_loopback will be removed from 17.07. `<https://gerrit.fd.io/r/#/c/5572/>`_ | |
| Known issues | |
| --------------- | |
| For the full list of issues please refer to fd.io `JIRA <https://jira.fd.io/>`_. | |
| Issues fixed | |
| -------------- | |
| For the full list of fixed issues please refer to: | |
| * fd.io `JIRA <https://jira.fd.io/>`_ | |
| * git `commit log <https://git.fd.io/vpp/log/?h=stable/1704>`_ | |