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/interrupt) support.

Network features

  • MPLS Multicast FIB

  • BFD FIB integration

  • NAT64 support

  • GRE over IPv6

  • Segment routing MPLS

  • IOAM configuration for SRv6 localsid

  • LISP

    • NSH support

    • native forward static routes

    • L2 ARP

  • ACL multi-core support

  • Flowprobe:

    • Add flowstartns, flowendns and tcpcontrolbits

    • Stateful flows and IPv6, L4 recording

  • GTP-U support

  • VXLAN GPE support for FIB2.0 and bypass.

Known issues

For the full list of issues please refer to fd.io JIRA.

Issues fixed

For the full list of fixed issues please refer to: