Enhanced Datapath Supported Features

Note: In NSX 3.2.X version and earlier, the term used is ENS (Enhanced Network Stack). In NSX 4.0.X version and later, the term used is Enhanced Datapath.

Supported Features

Name	Notes
Segments (Logical Switches) – VLAN based
Segments (Logical Switches) – Overlay based
Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) trust/re-marking
Ingress and Egress rate limiting
Distributed Firewall – L2
Distributed Firewall – L3 / L4
IDFW	Traffic will be flowing. However, the performance will be equal to regular non-Enhanced Datapath performance.
IDS/IPS	Traffic will be flowing. However, the performance will be equal to regular non-Enhanced Datapath performance.
East/West Service Chaining	Traffic will be flowing. However, the performance will be equal to regular non-Enhanced Datapath performance.
Distributed Load Balancing (DLB)	DLB on Enhanced Datapath works at full performance.
IP Discovery (DHCP/DHCPv6 Snooping, ARP snooping, ND snooping, etc.)
Spoofguard (IP, MAC, etc.)
Segment Security Filter (Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDU), DHCP and so on.)
DHCP Relay & DHCP Local and Gateway Server
L2 Bridging through Edge
L2 Bridging through L2VPN
Distributed Routing (Overlay)
EVPN in route server mode
EVPN through Edge
L2 Multicast	Traffic will be flowing. However, the performance will be equal to regular non-Enhanced Datapath performance.
IPFIX
Port Mirroring	Support for ERSPAN with Enhanced Datapath performance, other port mirroring methods will be equal to regular non-Enhanced Datapath performance.

Unsupported Features

Name	Notes
Network I/O Control (NIOC)	Disable NIOC on VDS switches used while configuring NSX.