Changelog & Release Notes

Dataplane Stack v23.05

New Features

  • Integrated and enabled L2 switching with VPP

  • Integrated and enabled TCP termination with VPP

  • Integrated and enabled SSL reverse proxy with VPP

Changed

Main software components versions:

  • DPDK v22.11

  • VPP v23.02

Documentation:

  • Added user guides for L2 switching, TCP termination and SSL reverse proxy.

  • Replaced RDMA driver with DPDK driver in quickstart guide and VPP IPv4 L3fwd user guide.

  • Improved code block display in quickstart guide, DPDK L3fwd and VPP IPv4 L3fwd user guides.

  • Updated required CPU cores number and isolated cores in guides.

  • Added instructions to install specific Mellanox ConnectX-5 firmware in FAQ.

Use case scripts:

  • Added scripts to run L2 switching, TCP termination and SSL reverse proxy use cases.

Tools:

  • Enabled Sphinx based spell check.

  • Imported traffic generator tool wrk2.

  • Improved license title year check.

Limitations

  • Users of this software stack must consider safety and security implications according to their own usage goals.

  • Does not provide native traffic generator for all use cases.

Resolved Issues

None.

Known Issues

None.

Dataplane Stack v22.06

New Features

  • Integrated and enabled DPDK L3Fwd sample application

  • Integrated and enabled IPv4 forwarding with VPP

Changed

Initial version.

Tested platforms:

  • DUT

    • Ampere Altra (Neoverse-N1)

      • Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS (Focal Fossa)

      • Kernel 5.17.0-051700-generic

  • NIC

    • Mellanox ConnectX-5

      • OFED driver: MLNX_OFED_LINUX-5.4-3.1.0.0

      • Firmware Version 16.30.1004 (MT_0000000013)

Main software components versions:

  • DPDK v21.11

  • VPP v22.02

Documentation:

  • Initial documentation with README, overview, quickstart guide, user guide and FAQ.

Tools:

  • Initialized QA checks to validate:

    • Sphinx based documentation generation

    • Dependent component compilation

    • Commit log format check

    • License-Identifier check

Limitations

  • Users of this software stack must consider safety and security implications according to their own usage goals.

  • Does not provide native traffic generator.

Resolved Issues

None.

Known Issues

None.