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| Packet Processing |
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| * Layer 2 - 4 Network Stack |
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| * Fast lookup tables for routes, bridge entries |
| * Arbitrary n-tuple classifiers |
| * Control Plane, Traffic Management and Overlays |
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| * `Linux <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux>`_ and `FreeBSD <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD>`_ support |
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| * Wide support for standard Operating System Interfaces such as AF_Packet, Tun/Tap & Netmap. |
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| * Wide network and cryptograhic hardware support with `DPDK <https://www.dpdk.org/>`_. |
| * Container and Virtualization support |
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| * Para-virtualized intefaces; Vhost and Virtio |
| * Network Adapters over PCI passthrough |
| * Native container interfaces; MemIF |
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| * Universal Data Plane: one code base, for many use cases |
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| * Discrete appliances; such as `Routers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Router_(computing)>`_ and `Switches <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_switch>`_. |
| * `Cloud Infrastructure and Virtual Network Functions <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_function_virtualization>`_ |
| * `Cloud Native Infrastructure <https://www.cncf.io/>`_ |
| * The same binary package for all use cases. |
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| * Out of the box production quality, with thanks to `CSIT <https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT#Start_Here>`_. |
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| For more information, please see :ref:`features` for the complete list. |
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