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