Packet Processing

• Layer 2 - 4 Network Stack
  • Fast lookup tables for routes, bridge entries
  • Arbitrary n-tuple classifiers
  • Control Plane, Traffic Management and Overlays
• Linux and FreeBSD support
  • Wide support for standard Operating System Interfaces such as AF_Packet, Tun/Tap & Netmap.
• Wide network and cryptograhic hardware support with DPDK.
• Container and Virtualization support
  • Para-virtualized intefaces; Vhost and Virtio
  • Network Adapters over PCI passthrough
  • Native container interfaces; MemIF
• Universal Data Plane: one code base, for many use cases
  • Discrete appliances; such as Routers and Switches.
  • Cloud Infrastructure and Virtual Network Functions
  • Cloud Native Infrastructure
  • The same binary package for all use cases.
• Out of the box production quality, with thanks to CSIT.

For more information, please see Features for the complete list.