Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)

This section describes about DPDK libraries to provide high-packet performance.

DPDK supports the following clouds:

• Linux Server Cloud

• AWS

• OpenStack

• VMware

• GCP

• NSX-T

Avi Load Balancer Linux Server Cloud

You can configure a Linux server cloud on the Controller and thereafter add Linux hosts as SEs to it.

Running Avi Load Balancer directly on Linux servers leverages the raw horsepower of the underlying hardware without the overhead added by a virtualization layer. For instance, running the load balancer directly on Linux servers that support Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) allows the feature’s optimized packet processing to be leveraged for virtual service traffic. While adding a Linux host that is equipped with an OS and NIC on which DPDK is supported by Avi Load Balancer, ensure that DPDK option is enabled.