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diff --git a/docs/vFW/RELEASE_NOTES.rst b/docs/vFW/RELEASE_NOTES.rst index 0c880042..540f671d 100644 --- a/docs/vFW/RELEASE_NOTES.rst +++ b/docs/vFW/RELEASE_NOTES.rst @@ -4,24 +4,25 @@ .. (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 |