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authorDeepak S <deepak.s@linux.intel.com>2017-07-17 09:46:42 +0000
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.. (c) OPNFV, National Center of Scientific Research "Demokritos" and others.
=========================================================
-Virtual Firewall - vFW
+vFW - Release Notes
=========================================================
-1. Introduction
+Introduction
================
This is a beta release for Sample Virtual Firewall VNF.
This vFW can application can be run independently (refer INSTALL.rst).
-2. User Guide
+User Guide
===============
Refer to README.rst for further details on vFW, HLD, features supported, test
plan. For build configurations and execution requisites please refer to
INSTALL.rst.
-3. Feature for this release
+Feature for this release
===========================
-This release supports following features as part of vFW:
+This release supports following features as part of vFW
+
- Basic packet filtering (malformed packets, IP fragments)
- Connection tracking for TCP and UDP
- Access Control List for rule based policy enforcement
@@ -37,42 +38,55 @@ This release supports following features as part of vFW:
- Multithread support
- Multiple physical port support
-4. System requirements - OS and kernel version
+System requirements - OS and kernel version
==============================================
This is supported on Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 16.04 and kernel version less than 4.5
VNFs on BareMetal support:
- OS: Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04 LTS
- kernel: < 4.5
- http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/
- Download/Install the image: ubuntu-16.04.1-server-amd64.iso
-
- VNFs on Standalone Hypervisor
- HOST OS: Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04 LTS
- http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/
- Download/Install the image: ubuntu-16.04.1-server-amd64.iso
- - OVS (DPDK) - 2.5
- - kernel: < 4.5
- - Hypervisor - KVM
- - VM OS - Ubuntu 16.04/Ubuntu 14.04
-
-5. Known Bugs and limitations
+ OS: Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04 LTS
+ kernel: < 4.5
+ http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/
+ Download/Install the image: ubuntu-16.04.1-server-amd64.iso
+
+ VNFs on Standalone Hypervisor:
+ HOST OS: Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04 LTS
+ http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/
+ Download/Install the image: ubuntu-16.04.1-server-amd64.iso
+
+ - OVS (DPDK) - 2.5
+ - kernel: < 4.5
+ - Hypervisor - KVM
+ - VM OS - Ubuntu 16.04/Ubuntu 14.04
+
+Known Bugs and limitations
=============================
+
- Hadware Load Balancer feature is supported on fortville nic FW version 4.53 and below.
- Hardware Checksum offload is not supported for IPv6 traffic.
- vFW on sriov is tested upto 4 threads
- Http Multiple clients/server with HWLB is not working
-6. Future Work
+Future Work
==============
Following would be possible enhancement functionalities
+
- Automatic enable/disable of synproxy
- Support TCP timestamps with synproxy
- FTP ALG integration
- Performance optimization on different platforms
-7. References
+References
=============
-Following links provides additional information
- .. _QUICKSTART: http://dpdk.org/doc/guides-16.04/linux_gsg/quick_start.html
- .. _DPDKGUIDE: http://dpdk.org/doc/guides-16.04/prog_guide/index.html
+Following links provides additional information for differenet version of DPDKs
+
+.. _QUICKSTART:
+ http://dpdk.org/doc/guides-16.04/linux_gsg/quick_start.html
+ http://dpdk.org/doc/guides-16.11/linux_gsg/quick_start.html
+ http://dpdk.org/doc/guides-17.02/linux_gsg/quick_start.html
+ http://dpdk.org/doc/guides-17.05/linux_gsg/quick_start.html
+
+.. _DPDKGUIDE:
+ http://dpdk.org/doc/guides-16.04/prog_guide/index.html
+ http://dpdk.org/doc/guides-16.11/prog_guide/index.html
+ http://dpdk.org/doc/guides-17.02/prog_guide/index.html
+ http://dpdk.org/doc/guides-17.05/prog_guide/index.html