.. _vpp17.04: ############################### 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>`_