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+###############################

+Features for Release VPP 17.04

+###############################

+

+This section lists those features that became available in VPP Release 17.04:

+

+Features

+---------

+

+Infrastructure

++++++++++++++++

+

+

+* make test improvements

+* vnet: add device-input threadplacement infra

+* 64 bit per-thread counters

+* process restart cli

+* High performance timer wheels

+* Plugin infrastructure improvements

+   -  Support for .default_disabled, .version_required

+* Added MAINTAINERS file

+

+	

+Host stack

++++++++++++

+

+* TCP stack (experimental)

+* DHCPv4 / DHCPv6 relay multi-destination

+* DHCPv4 option 82

+* ND proxy

+* Attached hosts

+* Consolidated DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 implementation

+

+Interfaces

+++++++++++++++

+

+* DPDK 17.02 (retire support for DPDK 16.07)

+* Add memif - packet memory interface for intra-host communication

+* vhost: support interrupt mode

+* DPDK as plugin (retired vpp_lite)

+* DPDPK input optimizations

+* Loopback interface allocation scheme

+

+

+Network features

+++++++++++++++++++

+

+* IP Multicast FIB

+* Bridging

+   -  Learning on local interfaces

+   -  Flushing of MACs from the L2 FIB

+* SNAT

+   -  CGN (Deterministic and dynamic)

+   -  CGN configurable port allocation algorithm

+   -  ICMP support

+   -  Tentant VRF id for SNAT outside addresses

+   -  Session dump / User dump

+   -  Port allocation per protocol

+* Security groups

+   -  Routed interface support

+   -  L2+L3 unified processing node

+   -  Improve fragment handling

+* Segement routing v6

+   -  SR policies with weighted SID lists

+   -  Binding SID

+   -  SR steering policies

+   -  SR Local SIDs

+   -  Framework to expand local SIDs w/plugins

+   -  Documentation

+* IOAM

+   -  UDP Pinger w/path fault isolation

+   -  IOAM as type 2 metadata in NSH

+   -  IAOM raw IPFIX collector and analyzer

+   -  Anycast active server selection

+   -  Documentation

+   -  SRv6 Local SID

+   -  IP6 HBH header and SR header co-existence

+   -  Active probe

+* LISP

+   -  Statistics collection

+   -  Generalize encap for overlay transport (vxlan-gpe support)

+   -  Improve data plane speed

+* GPE

+   -  CLI

+   -  NSH added to encap/decap path

+   -  Renamed LISP GPE API to GPE

+* MPLS

+   -  Performance improvements (quad loop)

+* BFD

+   -  Command line interface

+   -  Echo function

+   -  Remote demand mode

+   -  SHA1 authentication

+* IPsec

+   -  IKEv2 initiator features

+* VXLAN

+   -  unify IP4/IP6 control plane handling

+

+API changes

+++++++++++++++

+

+* Python API: To avoid conflicts between VPP API messages names and the Python API binding function names, the VPP API methods are put into a separate proxy object https://gerrit.fd.io/r/#/c/5570/ 

+

+  The api methods are now referenced as: vpp_handle = VPP(jsonfiles) vpp_handle.connect(...) vpp = vpp_handle.api vpp.show_version() vpp_handle.disconnect()

+

+  For backwards compatibility VPP API methods are left in the main name space (VPP), but will be removed from 17.07.

+

+   -  Python API: Change from cPython to CFFI.

+   

+* create_loopback message to be replaced with create_loopback_instance create_loopback will be removed from 17.07. `<https://gerrit.fd.io/r/#/c/5572/>`_ 

+

+

+Known issues

+---------------

+

+For the full list of issues please refer to fd.io `JIRA <https://jira.fd.io/>`_.

+

+Issues fixed

+--------------

+

+For the full list of fixed issues please refer to:

+

+* fd.io `JIRA <https://jira.fd.io/>`_

+* git `commit log <https://git.fd.io/vpp/log/?h=stable/1704>`_

+

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