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Release Notes for the <xxx Blue Print>l

Summary

OVS-DPDK offload into SmartNIC

what is released

Summary

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components of the release (Akraino new)

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DPDK version 19.11

Open vSwitch 2.13.90

LINUX Kernel 4.4

SmartNIC BlueField 1 

dependencies of the release (upstream version, patches)

N/A

differences from the previous version

This is the first release.

Upgrade Procedures

N/A

Release Data

• Module version changes

• Document Version Changes

• Software Deliverable

• Documentation Deliverable

• Fixed Issues and Bugs

• Enhancements
  • Functionality changes
  • New Features

• Version change

• Deliverable

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Known Limitations, Issues and Workarounds

• System Limitations

• Known Issues

• Workarounds

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References

Enhancements

Currently, the community version of Open vSwitch does not work well for VXLAN decap/encap offload.

We are going to open-source our implementation of Open vSwitch with VXLAN decap/encap offload on BlueField SmartNIC card.

Functionality changes

N/A

New Features

N/A

Version change

Module version changes

N/A

Document Version Changes

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Release Notes for the IEC Type 5

Summary

• OVS-DPDK offload in SmartNIC

• Dependencies of the release (upstream version, patches)

  • OVS-DPDK version 19.11
  • LINUX Kernel 4.4
• Differences from previous version: N/A

Upgrade Procedures

N/A

This is the first release.

Release Data

• Enhancement

      N/A

• Version change

      N/A

Deliverable

Software Deliverable

OVS-DPDK with VXLAN ENCAP/DECAP offload.

Documentation Deliverable

N/A

Fixed Issues and Bugs

N/A

Known Limitations, Issues and

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Workarounds

The OVS code only supports offloading a subset of OpenFlow actions.

The evaluation OpenFlow ruleset for SmartNIC will only contain VXLAN decap/encap actions.

References

N/A