From 06dcd45ff81e06bc8cf40ed487c0b2652d346a5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John DeNisco Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2018 12:45:10 -0400 Subject: Initial commit of Sphinx docs Change-Id: I9fca8fb98502dffc2555f9de7f507b6f006e0e77 Signed-off-by: John DeNisco --- docs/overview/whatisvpp/dataplane.rst | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/overview/whatisvpp/dataplane.rst (limited to 'docs/overview/whatisvpp/dataplane.rst') 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 `_ and `FreeBSD `_ support + + * Wide support for standard Operating System Interfaces such as AF_Packet, Tun/Tap & Netmap. + +* Wide network and cryptograhic hardware support with `DPDK `_. +* 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 `_ and `Switches `_. + * `Cloud Infrastructure and Virtual Network Functions `_ + * `Cloud Native Infrastructure `_ + * The same binary package for all use cases. + +* Out of the box production quality, with thanks to `CSIT `_. + +For more information, please see :ref:`features` for the complete list. + -- cgit 1.2.3-korg