| Nathan Skrzypczak | 9ad39c0 | 2021-08-19 11:38:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | Release notes for VPP 16.06 |
| 2 | =========================== |
| 3 | |
| 4 | The FD.io Project, relentlessly focused on data IO speed and efficiency |
| 5 | supporting the creation of high performance, flexible, and scalable |
| 6 | software defined infrastructures, announces the availability of the |
| 7 | community’s first software release (16.06). |
| 8 | |
| 9 | In the four months since launching, FD.io has brought together more than |
| 10 | 75 developers from 11 different companies including network operators, |
| 11 | solution providers chip vendors, and network equipment vendors who are |
| 12 | collaborating to enhance and innovate around the Vector Packet |
| 13 | Processing (VPP) technology. The FD.io community has quickly formed to |
| 14 | grow the number of projects from the initial VPP project to an |
| 15 | additional 6 projects addressing a diverse set of requirements and |
| 16 | usability across a variety of deployment environments. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | The 16.06 release brings unprecedented performance: 480Gbps/200mpps with |
| 19 | 8 million routes and 2k whitelist entries on standard high volume x86 |
| 20 | servers. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | Features |
| 23 | -------- |
| 24 | |
| 25 | In addition to the existing full suite of vswitch/vrouter features, the |
| 26 | new 16.06 release adds: |
| 27 | |
| 28 | - Enhanced Switching and Routing: |
| 29 | |
| 30 | - IPv6 Segment Routing multicast support. |
| 31 | - LISP xTR support. |
| 32 | - VXLAN over IPv6 underlay. |
| 33 | - Per interface whitelists. |
| 34 | - Shared adjacencies in FIB. |
| 35 | |
| 36 | - New and improved interface support: |
| 37 | |
| 38 | - Jumbo frame support for vhost-user. |
| 39 | - Netmap interface support. |
| 40 | - AF_Packet interface support. |
| 41 | |
| 42 | - Expanded and improved programmability: |
| 43 | |
| 44 | - Python API bindings. |
| 45 | - Enhanced JVPP Java API bindings. |
| 46 | - Debugging CLI. |
| 47 | |
| 48 | - Expanded Hardware and Software Support: |
| 49 | |
| 50 | - Support for ARM 32 targets including Rasberry Pi single-board |
| 51 | computer. |
| 52 | - Support for DPDK 16.04. |