Features for Release VPP 17.07¶
This section lists those features that became available in VPP Release 17.07:
Features¶
Infrastructure¶
- make test; improved debuggability.
- TAB auto-completion on the CLI
- DPDK 17.05
- python 3 support in test infra
Host stack¶
- Improved Linux TCP stack compatibility using IWL test suite (https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-720)
- Improved loss recovery (RFC5681, RFC6582, RF6675)
- Basic implementation of Eifel detection algorithm (RFC3522)
- Basic support for buffer chains
- Refactored session layer API
- Overall performance, scale and hardening
Interfaces¶
- memif: IP mode, jumbo frames, multi queue
- virtio-user support
- vhost-usr; adaptive (poll/interupt) support.
Network features¶
- MPLS Multicast FIB
- BFD FIB integration
- NAT64 support
- GRE over IPv6
- Segement routing MPLS
- IOAM configuration for SRv6 localsid
- LISP
- NSH support
- native forward static routes
- L2 ARP
- ACL multi-core suuport
- Flowprobe:
- Add flowstartns, flowendns and tcpcontrolbits
- Stateful flows and IPv6, L4 recording
- GTP-U support
- VXLAN GPE support for FIB2.0 and bypass.