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diff --git a/docs/overview/whatisvpp/dataplane.rst b/docs/overview/whatisvpp/dataplane.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9113038fc57 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/overview/whatisvpp/dataplane.rst @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +.. _packet-processing: + +================= +Packet Processing +================= + +* Layer 2 - 4 Network Stack + + * Fast lookup tables for routes, bridge entries + * Arbitrary n-tuple classifiers + * Control Plane, Traffic Management and Overlays + +* `Linux <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux>`_ and `FreeBSD <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD>`_ support + + * Wide support for standard Operating System Interfaces such as AF_Packet, Tun/Tap & Netmap. + +* Wide network and cryptograhic hardware support with `DPDK <https://www.dpdk.org/>`_. +* Container and Virtualization support + + * Para-virtualized intefaces; Vhost and Virtio + * Network Adapters over PCI passthrough + * Native container interfaces; MemIF + +* Universal Data Plane: one code base, for many use cases + + * Discrete appliances; such as `Routers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Router_(computing)>`_ and `Switches <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_switch>`_. + * `Cloud Infrastructure and Virtual Network Functions <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_function_virtualization>`_ + * `Cloud Native Infrastructure <https://www.cncf.io/>`_ + * The same binary package for all use cases. + +* Out of the box production quality, with thanks to `CSIT <https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT#Start_Here>`_. + +For more information, please see :ref:`features` for the complete list. + |