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Explore SONiC-VPP architecture improvements, new features, and validation results in this 31-minute conference talk from NANOG. Learn about SONiC-VPP's capabilities as a switch-router that has been adopted by cloud providers for various gateway functions, and discover enhancements in infrastructure, new features, and development tools. Examine key new features including VxLAN, SRv6, and LAG implementations, along with infrastructure enhancements featuring combined lib-SAI support. Understand improved tooling for build processes and VPP upgrades, and review SONiC-Mgmt T1/T0 test suites with results dashboards. Discover Azure CI integration for nightly builds and PR checkers, and explore how these developments enable new use cases for SONiC-VPP. Get introduced to the Virtual SmartSwitch concept that combines SONiC-VPP with DASH-enabled BMV2 representing DPU functionality, facilitating the creation of advanced DPU functions. Learn about enhancements to SONiC test topologies and suites specifically designed for the Virtual SmartSwitch, and understand how SONiC-VPP serves as an effective open source software router, test platform, and prototyping sandbox for network innovation.
