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diff --git a/docs/overview/whatisvpp/index.rst b/docs/overview/whatisvpp/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f8cb25dfd1e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/overview/whatisvpp/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +.. _whatisvpp: + +========================================= +What is VPP? +========================================= + +FD.io's Vector Packet Processing (VPP) technology is a :ref:`fast`, +:ref:`packet-processing` stack that runs on commodity CPUs. It provides +out-of-the-box production quality switch/router functionality and much, much +more. FD.io VPP is at the same time, an :ref:`extensible` and +:ref:`developer-friendly` framework, capable of boot-strapping the development +of packet-processing applications. The benefits of FD.io VPP are its high +performance, proven technology, its modularity and flexibility, integrations and +rich feature set. + +FD.io VPP is vector packet processing software, to learn more about what that +means, see the :ref:`what-is-vector-packet-processing` section. + +For more detailed information on FD.io features, see the following sections: + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + dataplane.rst + fast.rst + developer.rst + extensible.rst |