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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
<chapter id="relinfo-changes">
  <title>Main Changes</title>

  <para>This chapter provides information about the new features added in the
  current release, as well as details on the provided packages and the
  backwards compatibility with previous versions of Enea NFV Access.</para>

  <section id="relinfo-changes-other">
    <title>New Features</title>

    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>Key Component updates:</para>

        <itemizedlist>
          <listitem>
            <para>DPDK 18.02</para>
          </listitem>

          <listitem>
            <para>OVS 2.9</para>
          </listitem>
        </itemizedlist>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Feature Extensions:</para>

        <itemizedlist>
          <listitem condition="intel">
            <para>Element ODM: FCAPS framework with NETCONF and Yang</para>
          </listitem>

          <listitem>
            <para>EdgeLink Netconf (beta): NETCONF based VNF lifecycle
            Management Tool</para>
          </listitem>
        </itemizedlist>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Extended Tools Feature Set:</para>

        <itemizedlist>
          <listitem>
            <para>python-pip</para>
          </listitem>

          <listitem>
            <para>dosfstools</para>
          </listitem>

          <listitem>
            <para>htop</para>
          </listitem>
        </itemizedlist>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Unified cross-development SDK for host and virtualized
        environments</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Native toolchain support on development image</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>USB-stick based installation</para>
      </listitem>

      <listitem>
        <para>Product Maintenance:</para>

        <itemizedlist>
          <listitem>
            <para>Optimizations</para>
          </listitem>

          <listitem>
            <para>Security patches</para>
          </listitem>

          <listitem>
            <para>Bug fixes</para>
          </listitem>

          <listitem>
            <para>Updated documentation</para>
          </listitem>
        </itemizedlist>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </section>

  <section id="open_source">
    <title>Open Source</title>

    <para>For more information about the Open Source packages included, please
    refer to the Enea NFV Access Open Source Reports provided with this
    release.</para>
  </section>

  <section id="relinfo-backward-compat">
    <title>Compatibility</title>

    <para condition="arm">Due to the fact that the current release is only
    supported on ARM reference boards, it is not backwards compatible with
    previous versions of Enea NFV Access.</para>

    <para condition="intel">Due to the fact that ODP and OFP are not included
    in this release, any applications dependent on these components are not
    compatible with the current release.</para>
  </section>
</chapter>