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Enterprise SONiC Distribution (AsterNOS-VPP) for Router Release Note Version V6.1R0101P02

Date: November 13, 2025

Modify Remarks: AsterNOS-VPP_V6.1_R0101P02 released.

Target Audience

This manual is primarily intended for following engineers.

  • Software Developers
  • Software Testers
  • Customer Site Implementers

1 Instruction

The release version is AsterNOS-VPP_V6.1_R0101P02.
AsterNOS-VPP_V6.1_R0101P02.bin for ET2508-4S4M8, ET3608-2P2S, ET3616-4P4S.
MD5: 850b4d88ba27f604ed5fc8cb6f0befd7

x86_VM Version: AsterNOS-VPP_V6.1-R0101P02_x86.img.gz
MD5: 55834c3e8849ab226144d79ef76acf81

2 List of Features

Function
Level 1
Level 2
Interfaces
Port Speed
Port Configuration
PoE Interface
Interface Statistics
Module Information Acquisition
*Interface Bandwidth Utilization Alert
*Port Batch Configuration
Loopback Interface
LAN Interface
*WAN Interface
Layer 2 Forwarding
MAC
VLAN
QinQ
LAG
STP/MSTP
LLDP
*MVRP
port isolation
IP Multicast Routing
static routing
VRF
Policy Based Routing
BGP / MP-BGP
OSPF v2/v3
routing policy
ECMP/UCMP
IP Service
L3 interface
ARP/NDP
*ARP/ND to host
DHCPv4 Server
DHCPv4 Relay
DHCPv6 Server
DHCPv6 Relay
*DNS
*NAT
*MAP-E
*NAP-T
VXLAN
Security
BUM packet policy based on Interface
system user access control policy
DHCP v4/v6 Snooping
ND Snooping
ND Policy
DAI(Dynamic ARP Inspection)
IPSG v4/v6
ACL
*SPI(Stateful Packet Inspection)
*Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF)
*PPPoE Client
*Ipsec VPN
*Wireguard VPN
High Availability 
MC-LAG
VRRP
BFD
Monitor Link
SLA
Routing Track
QOS
priority mapping
queue schedule
speed limit, support 1r3c(RFC 2697)/2r3c(RFC 2698/4115)
shaping
flow classify
show qos status
Reporting and Monitoring
SPAN/ ERSPAN
SNMP
NetFlow/IPFIX
*Prometheus Exporter
Device Management
system user/privilege management
login method
management
troubleshooting information
ZTP (Zero Touch Provisioning)
configure host name
system time management
configuration management
FTP/TFTP
device status summary
Critical Resource Monitoring (CRM)
exception alarm
NTP Client
log management
diagnostic tools

3 Update Records

3.1 New Features

  • Interface bandwidth utilization alert support.
  • Interface group configuration support.
  • MVRP (Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol) support.
  • Source interface tracing capability.
  • ARP/ND to host functionality.
  • DNS functionality support.
  • Added sub-interface type support for NAT.
  • MAP-BR (Mapping of Address and Port with Border Relay) support.
  • Security feature support (DHCP/ND Snooping, DAI protection, IPSG, SAVI, RA Guard protection).
  • Geosite/GeoIP functionality support.
  • ACL Reflect capability.
  • SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) network traffic inspection.
  • PBR (Policy-Based Routing) support.
  • WireGuard VPN functionality.
  • TRACK + SLA route monitoring.
  • Prometheus Exporter support.
  • uCentral-client controller connection.
  • License support.

3.2 Major Bug Fixes and Optimizations

[MC-LAG] Optimized DAD (Duplicate Address Detection) link detection.
[loopback] Loopback0 address configuration optimized.