Contents of the Release

Link-Inline™ Software 3.0 Release Summary

Platform
Napatech SmartNIC
Content Type
Release Summary
Capture Software Version
Link-Inline™ Software 3.1
Link-Inline™ Software 3.0

Hardware platforms

The Napatech Link-Inline™ Software 3.0 release applies to the following hardware platform:

  • NT200A02 2 × 100 Gbit/s SmartNICs

Operating systems

The Napatech Link-Inline™ Software 3.0 release supports:

  • Linux kernel 5.7 and newer
  • Napatech Link-Inline™ Software is tested and qualified against CentOS 8.

Supported server architectures

These server architectures are supported:

  • Intel® x86 64-bit
  • 2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ 64-bit

New features

These features are new in the Napatech Link-Inline™ Software 3.0 release:

  • Support for NT200A02 with a 2 × 100 Gbit/s inline image
  • Support for DPDK 22.11
  • Receive side scaling
  • Flow lookup
  • Policy lookup and enforcement
  • Metering
  • Protocol encapsulation and decapsulation
  • Decrementing IPv4 time to live (TTL) and IPv6 hop limit
  • Network address translation
  • DSCP tagging

Included documents

The Napatech Link-Inline™ Software 3.0 release includes these documents:
Note: The documents can also be found on docs.napatech.com (the Napatech Documentation Portal).
  • Napatech, Using the Napatech Support Portal, User Guide, DN-1118
  • Napatech, Napatech Link-Inline™ Software 3.0, Release Summary, DN-1356
  • Napatech Link-Inline™ Software Getting Started, User Guide, DN-1354
  • Napatech Link-Inline™ Software Features, Feature Description, DN-1355
  • Napatech, NT200A02-SCC, Installation and Specifications, Hardware Installation Guide, DN-1169
  • Napatech, NT200A02-NEBS, Installation and Specifications, Hardware Installation Guide, DN-1200
  • Napatech, Napatech Link Software, Handling FPGA Images, User Guide, DN-0487