Major Features

NetVirt project split from OVSDB project
Move to new, more modular architecture based on vpnservice and genius
Maintain legacy NetVirt
Genius integration
Migration from Config Subsystem to Blueprint
Docker-based integration system test environment
networking-sfc integration

Target Environment

For Execution

Same as the usual JRE requirements for OpenDaylight (JDK 1.8)

For Development

Same as the usual JDK and Maven requirements for OpenDaylight (JDK 1.8, Maven 3.3.9)

Known Issues and Limitations

Limited testing for clustering.

Changes Since Previous Releases

The main change for this release is moving to a new, more modular architecture based on vpnservice and genius projects.

Bugs Fixed in this Release

^{Bug ID Summary
6514 Restart to an VM instance in OpenStack bypass ACL flows
5585 netvirt SFC classifier does not push flows when classifier is created
6555 Translation layer skip the RSP creation API call
6393 NETVIRT Boron Autorelease Breaking
6559 Missing tunnel between routed networks
6418 Stateless Sec Groups flows rejected by OVS (prerequisites)
6423 Stateful SG - DHCP packets aren't allowed
6431 L3 connectivity issues - group ID 0 is used, error in IdManager group ID allocation
6449 Issues in Service Function Forwarder translation
6455 [Legacy] br-int not getting created when Netvirt used as 3node
6469 With overlapping ip address in two tenants SG breaks
5939 Communications through external gateway not working
6478 TCP and UDP packets are dropped when custom security groups is configured
6495 Broadcast group not being configured correctly for VLAN provider E/W network
6311 ARP resolution for router interface not working
6070 Datapath_id potentially changes as ports are added to bridge
6076 NullPointerException when trying to add to a port a IPv6 subnet
6408 missing mandatory descendant... block-size
6079 ERROR Log Observations - CSIT (br-ex)
6080 ERROR Log Observations - CSIT (sal datastore related)
5614 net-virt should not flood the packets to compute nodes unless tenant network exists in the compute node
6081 ERROR Log Observations - CSIT (SG)
5707 Fix errors while installing the feature odl-routemgr-plugin
6091 Illegal argument when creating floatingip
5813 vxlan ports should not be removed in table 110 flow entry unless last VM instance removed from the openstack node.
6182 operational/network-topology:network-topology/topology/netvirt:1 not existing
5860 Missing flows on wrong event ordering
6200 port range is not supported in vpn service security groups
5894 NullPointerException while deleting the interface from router.
6307 Openflow plugin API change
6477 Incorrect VPN Interface adjacency updates causing dissociation of router from VPN to fail
5988 throws NullPointerException while creating a network without br-int interface.
6326 setBridgeController failed to merge, SchemaValidationFailedException
6487 FIB entries are not programmed for static routes added in routers with intervpnlink
5989 NullPointerExceptions while updating the port.
6363 Performance improvements for VPN Engine
6489 CSC does not export BGP routes to DC-GW whose nexthop is an endpoint of an inter-VPN link
6009 netVirt: Handling the FlowRemove Event message from the Event Listener
6369 vxlan port not created in NetVirt.
6379 Exception in Subnet Route Feature
6501 NPE when sgm isn't defined in NetvirtIT
6387 Traffic is getting Dropped in Table-17(Lport Dispatcher Table) in L3VPN SCF Scenario
6066 Improve the logging and add appropriate log messages.
6389 Service Chaining Traffic should be forwarded to the DPN connected to the Fist VM of SC Path
6556 On a router interface in an ipv6 network, first periodic unsolicited router advertisement is not transmitted
6056 Wrong logging in NetvirtSfcStandaloneOF13Provider
6014 Named Thread pool Executors for better debugging}

Migration from Previous Releases

None

Compatibility with Previous Releases

Yes, compatible with previous releases.

Deprecated, End of Lifed, and/or Retired Features/APIs