Release Note for Napatech Link™ Capture Software version 12.5.4 for Linux
Release date
2021-03-05
Description
Software package version ntanl_package_3gd-linux-12.5.4.
This is a maintennace release in the 12.5 release series, addressing an issue related to Hot Swap of pluggables during Tx in the 1/10G and 10/25G FPGA images on NT50B01, NT100A01 and NT200A02 as well as an issue related to Rx potentially getting stalled on 1/10G and 10/25G FPGA images on NT100A01 when disconnecting and reconnecting the fiber.
Additionally, an issue related to potential CRC errors in the NT100A01 Flow-Manager FPGA-images has been fixed.
Other minor Software fixes and extensions included as well.
Please see release notes for further information.
The Napatech Link Capture 12.5 software release introduces these features:
- NT100A01:
- Support for 4x1/10G with Capture Flow Management feature set (new FPGA image: 200-9559)
- Support for 4x10/25G with Capture Flow Management feature set (new FPGA image: 200-9553)
- NT50B01:
- Support for 2x10/25G with Capture Replay feature set (new FPGA image: 200-9541)
- NT200A02:
- Support for Packet Slicing combined with Local Retransmit (port to port forwarding) on 2x40G and 2x100G with Capture Replay feature set
Please refer to the documentation and release notes for details on the new features, bugfix’es and which SmartNIC products the new features apply to.
Operating systems
The Napatech software package applies to these operating systems:
- Linux 3.0 -> 3.19 (64-bit)
- Linux 4.0 -> 4.18 (64-bit)
- Linux 5.0 -> 5.08 (64-bit)
The software has been qualified on: CentOS 7 and CentOS 8
Hardware / FPGA images
| Hardware | FPGA images | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NT20E3-2-PTP | 200-9501-28-07 | 2x10G, Capture Replay (CR1) |
| NT40E3-4-PTP | 200-9502-10-07 | 4x10G, Capture Replay, key matcher, line rate Tx | 200-9537-28-07 | 4x10G, Capture (CR1), key matcher, dedup | 200-9538-34-09 | 4x10G, Capture Replay (CR2), line rate Tx, dedup |
| NT80E3-2-PTP | 200-9503-28-07 | 2x40G, Capture Replay (CR1) | 200-9519-28-07 | 8x10G, Capture Replay (CR1) |
| NT200A01 | 200-9515-20-10 | 2x100G, Capture, key matcher included | 200-9516-20-10 | 2x100G, Capture Replay, key matcher not included | 200-9531-35-25 | 2x10/25G, Capture Replay (CR1) | 200-9512-28-07 | 2x40G, Capture Replay (CR1) | 200-9522-28-07 | 8x10G, Capture Replay (CR1) |
| NT40A01-4x1 | 200-9500-28-07 | 4x1G, Capture Replay (CR1) |
| NT100E3-1-PTP | 200-9505-28-07 | 1x100G, Capture Replay (CR1) |
| NT40A01 | 200-9517-09-08 | 4x10/1G port speed, Socket Load Balancer |
| INTEL-A10 | 200-7000-27-02 | 4x10G, Capture Replay (CR1) | 200-7001-27-02 | 1x40G, Capture Replay (CR1) |
| NT200A02 | 200-9521-41-04 | 2x100G, Capture Replay (CR1) | 200-9526-41-04 | 2x40G, Capture Replay (CR1) | 200-9532-35-25 | 2x10/25G, Capture Replay (CR1) | 200-9533-35-25 | 8x10G, Capture Replay (CR1) | 200-9534-35-25 | 8x10G, Capture Flow Management (FM1) | 200-9535-28-07 | 2x40G, Capture Flow Management (FM1) | 200-9536-37-00 | 2x100G port speed, Capture Flow Management | 200-9539-23-01 | 8x10G port speed, CPU Socket Load Balancer | 200-9540-23-01 | 2x40G port speed, CPU Socket Load Balancer | 200-9543-28-07 | 2x100G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1) | 200-9545-35-25 | 2x40G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1) | 200-9546-28-07 | 2x10/25G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1) | 200-9549-35-25 | 4x10/25G port speed | 200-9555-35-25 | 2x1/10G, Capture Replay (CR1) |
| NT50B01 | 200-9541-35-25 | 2x10/25G, Capture Replay (CR1) |
| NT100A01 | 200-9553-35-25 | 4x10/25G, Capture Flow Management (FM1) | 200-9559-35-25 | 4x1/10G, Capture Flow Management (FM1) |
Supported server architectures
- Intel x86 64 bit
- AMD EPYC Gen2 64 bit
Driver version
3.23.6
LibPCAP version
3.18.3
Tools version
3.23.6
ImgCtrl version
3.14.0
Test status
Complete test plan
Documentation
12.5.2
Release note generated at
2021-03-05