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4Features for Release VPP 18.04
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7This section lists those features that became available in VPP Release 18.04. There is a summary graphic that identifies what areas the features are associated with, followed by a list of all the features for this release:
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9.. image:: /_images/Features1804.png
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11Infrastructure
12+++++++++++++++
13
14* DPDK 18.02.1
15* ARM aarch64 integrated into CI
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17VNET & Plugins
18+++++++++++++++
19
20* ERSPAN
21* L3DSR load balancing support
22* VPC bonding / LACP
23* IPv4/IPv6 packet reassembly
24* IPv6 link-local support
25* Asymmetrical static NAT
26* 464XLAT for NAT44
27* MAP-T CE support
28* Intel Adaptive Virtual Function native device driver plugin
29* Marvell device plugin
30* SRv6 static, dynamic and masquerading proxy plugins
31* MPLS Uniform mode
32* IGMP plugin
33* IPIP tunnel support (IPv4/IPv6 over IPv4/IPv6)
34* IPv6 Router Discovery mechanism
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36VLIB
37+++++
38
39* ARM-optimized library variations for key functions
40* Better handling of physmem on non-NUMA kernels
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42Host stack
43+++++++++++
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45* TLS support via OpenSSL or mbedtls software engines
46* Session layer can utilize both shm and memfd (secure) FIFO segments
47* STCP
48* VCL logging / tracing
49
50API framework
51++++++++++++++
52
53* New API definition compiler (vppapigen)
54* Memory (shm) and socket APIs refactored
55* API handlers refactored to make them transport (shared memory or socket) agnostic
56* Improved support for bootstrapping of the shm API with memfd segments over the socket API
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58Packaging
59++++++++++
60
61* SELinux for RPM builds
62* Debuginfo RPMs
63* ARM aarch64 for Ubuntu
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65Known issues
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68For the full list of issues please refer to fd.io `JIRA <https://jira.fd.io/>`_.
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70Issues fixed
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73For the full list of fixed issues please refer to:
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75* fd.io `JIRA <https://jira.fd.io/>`_
76* git `commit log <https://git.fd.io/vpp/log/?h=stable/1804>`_
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