# Dataplane Stack

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## Introduction

Dataplane Stack aims to provide high-throughput packet processing software stack and solutions to solve customer and partner use cases in networking applications. It is implemented, validated and deployed on Arm AArch64 architecture.

Dataplane Stack architecture is shown in the following figure:

![Dataplane Stack solution architecture](doc/images/dataplane-stack-architecture.png "Dataplane Stack solution architecture")

Dataplane Stack solution serves multiple purposes,
* Showcase the integration of various networking components and act as poof of concept
* Allow for performance analysis/optimization with a solution that is close to real world use cases
* Provide users with an out-of-the-box reference for rapid development

The target platforms to run Dataplane Stack on, and target verification includes,
* Ampere Altra (Neoverse-N1) - Functionalities and Performance

## Important Notes

### Safety and Security

Users of this software stack must consider safety and security implications according to their own usage goals

# Getting Started

Please refer to the [Quickstart Guide](./doc/quickstart.rst) to get started using this solution. The same Quickstart Quide and complete documentation generated from this repository are also available in [Dataplane Stack online documentation](https://dataplane-stack.docs.arm.com/en/latest).

# Limitations and Known Issues

* Users of this software stack must consider safety and security implications according to their own usage goals
* Does not provide native traffic generator


# Feedback and Support

To provide feedback or to request support, please contact project maintainer
by email at Lijian Zhang <Lijian.Zhang@arm.com>, or check 'MAINTAINERS' file
in top directory of repository for module/feature/use-case specific maintainers

Arm licensees may also contact Arm via their partner managers to request support.