Release Note for Napatech Link™ Capture Software version 12.8.1 for Linux
Release date
2022-08-11
Description
Software package version ntanl_package_3gd-linux-12.8.1.
Notes
The Napatech Link Capture 12.8.1 software release is resolving issue related to NIM support, FPGA support and updated example documentation
This release is a maintenance release in the 12.8 series which introduced these features:
- Support for SLB (Socket Load Balancing) for FPGA image 9560-56-04 with Capture Test & Measurement feature set on NT100A01
- Imgctrl included as RPM package
Please refer to the documentation and release notes for details on the new features, bug fixes and which SmartNIC products the new features apply to.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NT20E3-2-PTP | 200-9501-28-11 | 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 | 200-9500-28-11 | 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 | 200-9521-43-13 | 2x100G, Capture Replay (CR1) |
| 200-9526-43-13 | 2x40G, Capture Replay (CR1) | |
| 200-9532-43-13 | 2x10/25G, Capture Replay (CR1) | |
| 200-9533-43-13 | 8x10G, Capture Replay (CR1) | |
| 200-9534-46-15 | 8x10G, Capture Flow Management (FM1) | |
| 200-9534-46-15 | 8x10G, Capture Flow Management (FM1) | |
| 200-9535-46-15 | 2x40G, Capture Flow Management (FM1) | |
| 200-9536-46-15 | 2x100G port speed, Capture Flow Management (FM1) | |
| 200-9539-23-02 | 8x10G port speed, CPU Socket Load Balancer | |
| 200-9540-23-02 | 2x40G port speed, CPU Socket Load Balancer | |
| 200-9543-47-07 | 2x100G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1) | |
| 200-9545-47-07 | 2x10/25G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1) | |
| 200-9546-47-07 | 2x40G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1) | |
| 200-9549-43-13 | 4x10/25G, Capture Replay (CR1) | |
| 200-9555-47-07 | 2x1/10G, Capture Replay (CR1) | |
| NT50B01 | 200-9541-47-07 | 2x10/25G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1) |
| 200-9561-47-05 | 2x1/10G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1) | |
| NT100A01 | 200-9553-46-15 | 4x10/25G, Capture Flow Management (FM1) |
| 200-9554-47-07 | 4x10/25G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1) | |
| 200-9559-46-15 | 4x1/10G, Capture Flow Management (FM1) | |
| 200-9560-56-04 | 4x1/10G, Capture Test & Measurement (TM1) |
Supported server architectures
- Intel x86 64 bit
- AMD EPYC Gen2 64 bit
Driver version
3.26.2
LibPCAP version
3.19.1
Tools version
3.26.2
ImgCtrl version
3.15.0
Test status
Complete test plan
Documentation
12.8.0
Release note generated at
2022-08-12