Component: l3hw

7.26beta4 Development 2026-Oct-27 (1 week ago)

• improve stability on CRS8xx series switches;

7.25 Stable 2026-Oct-22 (2 weeks ago)

• fix IPv6 link-local traffic being routed incorrectly;
• improve stability of L3 hardware offload when using IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses;
• optimize ECMP nexthop offloading;

7.26beta3 Development 2026-Oct-16 (3 weeks ago)

• add VXLAN offloading to CRS8xx series switches;
• fix hardware offload for active-backup bonds;
• fix hardware offload for VLAN interfaces created directly on Ethernet ports on CRS8xx series switches;
• fix offload issues on ECMP routes with non-offloadable paths;
• fix packet loss when a directly connected host moves from a bond to Ethernet;
• gate L3 hardware offload by the port's L2 hardware offload state;
• stop forwarding packets through an unreachable nexthop;

7.26beta1 Development 2026-Oct-01 (1 month ago)

• add VRRP hardware offloading support;

7.25beta5 Development 2026-Sep-16 (1 month ago)

• optimize ECMP nexthop offloading;

7.25beta4 Development 2026-Sep-10 (1 month ago)

• improve stability of L3 hardware offload when using IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses;

7.25beta3 Development 2026-Sep-02 (2 months ago)

• fix IPv6 link-local traffic being routed incorrectly;

7.24.1 Stable 2026-Aug-21 (2 months ago)

• fix stability issue on IPv6 offload enable;
• fix VRF offload on bond interface remove;

7.24 Stable 2026-Aug-14 (2 months ago)

• added HW offloaded support for VLAN interfaces created directly on Ethernet for CRS8xx series switches;
• added HW offloaded VRF support on 98DX8208, 98DX8216, 98DX8212, 98DX8332, 98DX3257, 98DX4310, 98DX8525, 98DX3255, 98CX8410 switches;
• added VRF assignment via switch ACL rules for devices with Marvell Prestera switch chip;
• allow VLAN tagged traffic inside VXLAN tunnel;
• fixed VRF-related issues for CRS8xx series switches;
• fixed VTEP offload on IPv4 /32 route changes;

7.24rc3 Testing 2026-Jul-28 (3 months ago)

• added HW offloaded VRF support on 98DX8208, 98DX8216, 98DX8212, 98DX8332, 98DX3257, 98DX4310, 98DX8525, 98DX3255, 98CX8410 switches (additional fixes);
• added VRF assignment via switch ACL rules for devices with Marvell Prestera switch chip;
• allow VLAN tagged traffic inside VXLAN tunnel (additional fixes);
• fixed VRF-related issues for CRS8xx series switches;

7.24rc2 Testing 2026-Jul-10 (3 months ago)

• allow VLAN tagged traffic inside VXLAN tunnel (additional fixes);

7.21.5 Long-term 2026-Jul-03 (4 months ago)

• improved system stability on device shutdown/reboot;

7.24rc1 Testing 2026-Jul-01 (4 months ago)

• added HW offloaded VRF support on 98DX8208, 98DX8216, 98DX8212, 98DX8332, 98DX3257, 98DX4310, 98DX8525, 98DX3255, 98CX8410 switches (additional fixes);
• allow VLAN tagged traffic inside VXLAN tunnel;
• fixed VTEP offload on IPv4 /32 route changes;

7.24beta2 Development 2026-Jun-10 (4 months ago)

• added HW offloaded VRF support on 98DX8208, 98DX8216, 98DX8212, 98DX8332, 98DX3257, 98DX4310, 98DX8525, 98DX3255, 98CX8410 switches (additional fixes);

7.24beta1 Development 2026-May-26 (5 months ago)

• added HW offloaded support for VLAN interfaces created directly on Ethernet for CRS8xx series switches;
• added HW offloaded VRF support on 98DX8208, 98DX8216, 98DX8212, 98DX8332, 98DX3257, 98DX4310, 98DX8525, 98DX3255, 98CX8410 switches;

7.23 Stable 2026-May-25 (5 months ago)

• added HW offloaded VRF support on CRS8xx switches;
• added VRF assignment via switch ACL rules on CRS8xx switches (CLI only);
• fixed VXLAN packet matching by local IP;

7.21.4 Long-term 2026-Apr-21 (6 months ago)

• fixed missing VLAN counters after reboot (introduced in v7.21);
• fixed stability issue (introduced in v7.21);

7.22.1 Stable 2026-Mar-23 (7 months ago)

• fixed a system stability issue (introduced in v7.21);

7.23beta2 Development 2026-Mar-13 (7 months ago)

• added HW offloaded VRF support on CRS8xx switches;
• added VRF assignment via switch ACL rules on CRS8xx switches (CLI only);
• fixed VXLAN packet matching by local IP;
• improved system stability (introduced in v7.21);

7.22 Stable 2026-Mar-09 (7 months ago)

• fixed missing VLAN counters on reboot (introduced in v7.21);
• improved system stability on device shutdown/reboot;
• improved system stability when enabling VLAN offloading under active traffic (introduced in v7.21);

7.22rc3 Testing 2026-Feb-26 (8 months ago)

• fixed missing VLAN counters on reboot (introduced in v7.21);
• improved system stability when enabling VLAN offloading under active traffic (introduced in v7.21);

7.22rc2 Testing 2026-Feb-17 (8 months ago)

• improved system stability on device shutdown/reboot;

7.21 Stable 2026-Jan-12 (9 months ago)

• added per-VLAN "l3-hw-offloading" setting and "H" flag for /interface/vlan menu;
• display warning when partial offloading is active (suggest users to use suppress-hw-offloading to control which routes get HW offloaded and which are CPU processed);
• fixed issue with IPv4 ARP and IPv6 neighbor resolve for CRS812;
• fixed partial offloading with /31 routes;
• fixed per-VLAN counters when packets are going through CPU;
• fixed VLAN and VXLAN counters for CRS520 device;
• improved stability and performance during L3HW enable with many routes;
• improvements and optimizations for IPv4 /32 and IPv6 /128 route offloading;
• prioritize local IP address over ARP/neighbor entry with same IP (fixes incorrect packet flow);

7.21beta4 Testing 2025-Oct-28 (1 year ago)

• added per-VLAN "l3-hw-offloading" setting and "H" flag for /interface/vlan menu (additional fixes);

7.21beta3 Testing 2025-Oct-14 (1 year ago)

• added per-VLAN "l3-hw-offloading" setting and "H" flag for /interface/vlan menu (additional fixes);
• fixed issue with IPv4 ARP and IPv6 neighbor resolve for CRS812;