Release Note for Napatech Link™ Capture Software version 12.6.3 for Linux
Release date
2021-04-28
Description
Software package version ntanl_package_3gd-linux-12.6.3.
The Napatech Link Capture 12.6.3 software release introduces these features:
- NT100A01:
- Support for 4x1/10G with Capture Test and Measurement feature set (new FPGA image: 200-9560-44-10)
- Support for 4x10/25G with Capture Test and Measurement feature set (new FPGA image: 200-9554-44-10)
- NT200A02:
- Support for these features for all FPGA images with Capture Replay feature set
- Header stripping
- Packet masking
- Load balancing with VLAN insertion
For full information on the Load Balancing feature as well as the new NTPL Action command, please visit the Napatech Documentation Portal or the DN-0449 archive in the release package, which are in slightly newer revision compared to the version embedded in the driver itself.
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 -> 5.11 (64-bit)
The software has been qualified on: CentOS 7 and CentOS 8
Hardware / FPGA images
| Hardware | FPGA images | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NT20E3-2-PTP | 200-9501-28-08 | 2x10G, Capture Replay (CR1) |
| NT40E3-4-PTP | 200-9502-10-07 | 4x10G, Capture Replay, key matcher, line rate Tx | 200-9537-44-11 | 4x10G, Capture (CR1), key matcher, dedup | 200-9538-44-11 | 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 | 200-9500-28-08 | 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 | 200-9521-43-11 | 2x100G, Capture Replay (CR1) | 200-9526-43-11 | 2x40G, Capture Replay (CR1) | 200-9532-43-11 | 2x10/25G, Capture Replay (CR1) | 200-9533-43-11 | 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 | 200-9543-44-10 | 2x100G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1) | 200-9545-44-10 | 2x40G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1) | 200-9546-44-10 | 2x10/25G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1) | 200-9549-43-11 | 4x10/25G port speed | 200-9555-43-11 | 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) | 200-9554-44-10 | 4x10/25G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1) | 200-9559-35-25 | 4x1/10G, Capture Flow Management (FM1) | 200-9560-44-10 | 4x1/10G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1) |
Supported server architectures
- Intel x86 64 bit
- AMD EPYC Gen2 64 bit
Driver version
3.24.1
LibPCAP version
3.18.4
Tools version
3.24.1
ImgCtrl version
3.14.2
Test status
Complete test plan
Documentation
12.6.3
Release note generated at
2021-04-28