What is FDIO?

FD.io (Fast data - Input/Output) is a collection of several projects and libraries to amplify the transformation to support flexible, programmable and composable services on a generic hardware platform. FD.io offers the Software Defined Infrastructure developer community a landing site with multiple projects fostering innovations in software-based packet processing towards the creation of high-throughput, low-latency and resource-efficient IO services suitable to many architectures (x86, ARM, and PowerPC) and deployment environments (bare metal, VM, container).

A key component is the Vector Packet Processing (VPP) library donated by Cisco.

• Concepts
  • What is VPP?
    • Introduction
    • Why is it called vector processing?
    • Modular, Flexible, and Extensible
    • Feature Rich
      • List of Features
        • IPv4/IPv6
        • IPv4
        • IPv6
        • MPLS
        • L2
    • Example Use Case: VPP as a vSwitch/vRouter
    • Local Programmability
    • Remote Programmability
    • Sample Data Plane Management Agent
    • Primary Characteristics Of VPP
      • Improved fault-tolerance and ISSU
      • Runs as a Linux user-space process:
      • Integrated with the DPDK, VPP supports existing NIC devices including:
      • Security issues considered:
    • Supported Architectures
    • Supported Packaging Models
    • Performance Expectations
    • Performance Metrics
    • NDR Rates
      • NDR rates for 2p10GE, 1 core, L2 NIC-to_NIC
      • NDR rates for 2p10GE, 1 core, L2 NIC-to-VM/VM-to-VM
      • NDR rates VPP versus OVSDPDK
• Setup
  • VPP Configuration Utility
    • Summary / Purpose of VPP Configuration Utility
    • Use
      • Ubuntu: Install and Run
    • For Developers
      • Steps to Run the Utility
      • Uploading to PyPi
    • Configuration Tool Main Menu
    • Command 1. Show System Information
      • Before Configuration
      • After Configuration
    • Command 2. Dry Run
    • Command 3. Apply Full Configuration
    • Command 4. List/Install/Uninstall VPP
    • Command 5. Execute Basic tests
      • Command 1. Set IPv4 Addresses
• Tasks
  • Writing and pushing VPP Documentation
    • Getting and Building the VPP Documentation
      • Overview
      • Build and View Instructions
    • Pushing a patch to the VPP Documentation
      • Pushing a Patch
      • Reviewing a Patch
      • Getting the Latest Sources
  • Installing VPP Binaries from Packages
    • Package Descriptions
      • vpp
      • vpp-lib
      • vpp-plugins
      • vpp-dbg
      • vpp-dev
      • vpp-api-java
      • vpp-api-python
      • vpp-api-lua
    • Installing on Ubuntu
      • The fd.io repo
      • Install the mandatory packages
      • Install the optional packages
      • Uninstall the packages
    • Installing on Centos
      • The fd.io repo
        • CentOS 7.3 - VPP Release RPMs (Latest)
        • CentOS 7.3 - VPP stable/1804 branch RPMs
        • CentOS 7.3 - VPP master branch RPMs (in development)
      • Install VPP RPMs
      • Install the optional RPMs
      • Uninstall the VPP RPMs
    • Installing on openSUSE
      • Blog post
      • Installing
        • openSUSE Tumbleweed (rolling release)
        • openSUSE Leap 42.3
      • Uninstall
        • openSUSE Tumbleweed (rolling release)
        • openSUSE Leap 42.3
    • Downloading the jvpp jar
      • Getting jvpp jar
      • Getting jvpp via maven
• Guides
  • Progressive VPP Tutorial
    • Introduction
    • Exercise: Setting up your environment
    • Vagrant Set Up
      • Action: Install Virtualbox
      • Action: Install Vagrant
      • Action: Create a Vagrant Directory
      • Create a Vagrantfile
      • Action: Vagrant Up
      • Action: ssh to Vagrant VM
    • Exercise: Install VPP
    • Exercise: VPP basics
    • VPP command learned in this exercise
    • Action: Remove dpdk plugin
    • Action: Run VPP
    • Action: Send commands to VPP using vppctl
    • Action: Start a VPP shell using vppctl
    • Exercise: Create an interface
      • Skills to be Learned
      • VPP command learned in this exercise
        • Topology
        • Initial State
        • Action: Create veth interfaces on host
        • Action: Create vpp host- interface
        • Action: Add trace
        • Action: Ping from host to vpp
        • Action: Examine Trace of ping from host to vpp
        • Action: Clear trace buffer
        • Action: ping from vpp to host
        • Action: Examine Trace of ping from vpp to host
        • Action: Examine arp tables
        • Action: Examine routing table
    • Exercise: Connecting two vpp instances
      • Background
      • Skills to be Learned
      • Topology
      • Initial state
      • Action: Running a second vpp instances
      • Action: Create memif interface on vpp1
      • Action: Create memif interface on vpp2
      • Action: Ping from vpp1 to vpp2
    • Exercise: Routing
      • Skills to be Learned
      • vpp command learned in this exercise
      • Topology
      • Initial State
      • Action: Setup host route
      • Setup return route on vpp2
      • Ping from host through vpp1 to vpp2
    • Exercise: Switching
      • Skills to be Learned
      • vpp command learned in this exercise
      • Topology
      • Initial state
      • Action: Run vpp instances
      • Action: Connect vpp1 to host
      • Action: Connect vpp1 to vpp2
      • Action: Configure Bridge Domain on vpp1
      • Action: Configure loopback interface on vpp2
      • Action: Configure bridge domain on vpp2
      • Action: Ping from host to vpp and vpp to host
      • Action: Examine l2 fib
    • Source NAT
      • Skills to be Learned
      • vpp command learned in this exercise
      • Topology
      • Initial state
      • Action: Install vpp-plugins
      • Action: Create vpp instance
      • Action: Create veth interfaces
      • Action: Configure vpp outside interface
      • Action: Configure snat
      • Action: Prepare to Observe Snat
      • Action: Ping via snat
      • Action: Confirm snat
• Reference