Release Note for Napatech Link™ Capture Software version 12.7.2 for Linux
Release date
2021-07-08
Description
Software package version ntanl_package_3gd-linux-12.7.2.
Notes
The Napatech Link Capture 12.7.2 software release introduces these features:
- NT50B01:
- Support for Capture Test and Measurement feature set with 1/10G port speed (new FPGA image: 9541-47-04)
- Support for Capture Test and Measurement feature set with 10/25G port speed (updated FPGA image: 9561-47-05)
- NT200A02:
- Minor Tx performance improvement on 10G port speed for 1/10G image with Capture/Replay feature set (FPGA image: 9555-47-05)
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.
NOTE: The documentation contains description of following features that are not yet released but will be in coming 12.7.x releases:
- Support for Configurable SDRAM split between packet buffer and flow table for all FPGA images with Capture Flow Management feature set on NT100A01 and NT200A02
Operating systems
The following operating systems are supported:
- 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 Ubuntu 20.04
Hardware / FPGA images
| Hardware | FPGA images | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
| 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 | |
| 200-9555-47-05 | 2x1/10G, Capture Replay (CR1) | |
| NT50B01 | 200-9541-47-04 | 2x10/25G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1) |
| 200-9561-47-05 | 2x1/10G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1) | |
| NT100A01 | 200-9553-35-25 | 4x10/25G, Capture Flow Management (FM1) |
| 200-9554-47-04 | 4x10/25G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1) | |
| 200-9559-35-25 | 4x1/10G, Capture Flow Management (FM1) | |
| 200-9560-47-04 | 4x1/10G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1) |
Supported server architectures
- Intel x86 64 bit
- AMD EPYC Gen2 64 bit
Driver version
3.25.2
LibPCAP version
3.19.0
Tools version
3.25.2
ImgCtrl version
3.14.4
Test status
Complete test plan
Documentation
12.7.1
Release note generated at
2021-07-08