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+###############################
+Features for Release VPP 17.01
+###############################
+
+This section lists those features that became available in VPP Release 17.01:
+
+Features
+---------
+
+* Integrated November 2016 DPDK release
+* Complete rework of Forwarding Information Base (FIB)
+* Performance Improvements
+   - Improvements in DPDK input and output nodes
+   - Improvements in L2 path
+   - Improvmeents in IPv4 lookup node
+* Feature Arcs Improvements
+   - Consolidation of the code
+   - New feature arcs
+      + device-input
+      + interface-output
+* DPDK Cryptodev Support
+   - Software and Hardware Crypto Support
+* DPDK HQoS support
+* Simple Port Analyzer (SPAN)
+* Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
+   - Basic implementation
+* IPFIX Improvements
+* L2 GRE over IPSec tunnels
+* Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
+* Vhost-user Improvements
+   - Performance Improvements
+   - Multiqueue
+   - Reconnect
+* LISP Enhancements
+   - Source/Dest control plane support
+   - L2 over LISP and GRE
+   - Map-Register/Map-Notify/RLOC-probing support
+   - L2 API improvements, overall code hardening
+* Plugins:
+   - New: ACL
+   - New: Flow per Packet
+   - Improved: SNAT
+      + Mutlithreading
+      + Flow export
+* Doxygen Enhancements
+* Luajit API bindings
+* API Refactoring
+   - file split
+   - message signatures
+* Python and Scapy based unit testing infrastructure
+   - Infrastructure
+   - Various tests
+* Packet Generator improvements
+* TUN/TAP jumbo frames support
+* Other various bug fixes and improvements
+
+
+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/1804>`_