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• 1.1 Release Deliverables

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• 2.1 For Execution
• 2.2 For Development

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Major Features

Boron release is the fifth release of the OVSDB project. Main The main focus for this release was to provide the features and improvement that is expected from any production level device plugin. Following are the few main feature features that OVSDB project delivered in it's its Boron release

Release Deliverables

• Performance and scalability improvements
• Migrated from Config Subsystem to Blueprints. It will help with the upgrade of the plugin from Beryllium to Boron.
• Reconciliation of user stored configuration on switch disconnection or controller reboot.
• Improvement in device connection management
• Docker-based integration system environment
• Support for auto attach table and ifindex index (Interface table)
• Support for Interface Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD).
• Improvement in OVSDB Qos and Queue support
• Code quality, stability and usability
• Logging improvements

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Known Issues and Limitations

• Hardware Vtep currently dondoesn't support full reconciliation. It only support supports connection reconciliation only.
• Support for auto attach attaches table is currently experimental.

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There is no change in the existing API's from Beryllium release. There are additional APIs added to support new features Auto-Attach Attach: https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/#/c/33860/13/southbound/southbound-api/src/main/yang/ovsdb.yang Ifindex (Interface table) : https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/#/c/39801/10/southbound/southbound-api/src/main/yang/ovsdb.yang Interface BFD BFD: https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/#/c/36062/2/southbound/southbound-api/src/main/yang/ovsdb.yang Qos Improvements Improvements: https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/#/c/36772/11/southbound/southbound-api/src/main/yang/ovsdb.yang

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OpenStack Network Virtualization (widely known as 'NetVirt') was part of the OVSDB project prior to the Boron release. Given it's wider scope, this functionality was moved to it's its own new project (named 'netvirt'). For more details about this migration, please refer to the netvirt projects page.

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Yes, compatible with previous releases.

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Life, and/or Retired Features/APIs

• Old OVSDB QoS and Queue models were deprecated in the Boron release and new models were introduced. This yang file contains details of the deprecated model (look for 'status deprecated') and newly introduced models as well.

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