topic Re: DPDK on Checkpoint in General Topics

DPDK on Checkpoint

wnascimento — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 10:32:28 GMT

Hello

Checkpoint supports DPDK ?

Regards,

William

Re: DPDK on Checkpoint

G_W_Albrecht — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:13:33 GMT

I find your question useless - Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) is a set of data plane libraries and network interface controller drivers for fast packet processing, currently managed as an open-source project under the Linux Foundation. It has an Environment Abstraction Layer to help making programming hardware independent. So if you are a developer you can use it in your software projects. 8)

CheckPoint GAiA itself is a hardened RedHat Linux and i would assume that it is of no further importance if CheckPoint does use DPDK data plane libraries and network interface controller drivers or not as this only of statistical importance and does make no difference at all to the user, i mean you...

Re: DPDK on Checkpoint

wnascimento — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:46:03 GMT

Others vendors use DPDK in VM's products and I want to know if Checkpoint too use or will be use.

What I want or don't want to know is my problem.

Re: DPDK on Checkpoint

masher — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 14:53:35 GMT

Not currently.

Re: DPDK on Checkpoint

PhoneBoy — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 16:02:58 GMT

At the moment, no.
It's entirely possible it's something we will use in the future.
Can you explain why this is relevant to you?

Re: DPDK on Checkpoint

Timothy_Hall — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 03:05:12 GMT

Yes, but currently only on Check Point appliances that have a Lightspeed card, and the new Quantum Force (9000/19000/29000) series of appliances.

DPDK is used on these appliances starting in version R81.20 (and R81.10 Jumbo HFA Take 81+).

Re: DPDK on Checkpoint

vbrozik — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 11:19:41 GMT

The new architecture UPPAK (userspace performance pack) also called Usermore SecureXL introduced in R81.20 and supported on certain new appliances is built using DPDK.