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Enterprise SONiC Distribution (AsterNOS-VPP) for Router Release Note Version V6.1R0102P02

Date: February 9, 2026

Modify Remarks: AsterNOS-VPP_V6.1_R0102P02 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_R0102P02.

AsterNOS-VPP_V6.1_R0102P02.bin for ET2508-4S4M8, ET3608-2P2S, ET3616-4P4S.
MD5: 9b3f6fc0d2825001caf0bcf271ed7c23

AsterNOS-VPP_V6.1-R0102P02_x86.img.gz  for x86_VM
MD5: 9f96cf4ba5fb1928155d0236df0cc9d1

2. Update Records

2.1 New Features

  • Support for ET3600 hardware platform
  • Support for MPLS protocol
  • Support for IP multicast functionality
  • Support for HQoS (Hierarchical Quality of Service)
  • Support for PPPoE Server functionality
  • Support for IPSec offload functionality
  • Support for RIP protocol
  • Support for MAP-CE (Mapping of Address and Port – Customer Edge) functionality
  • Support for HASH
  • Support for ACL Table priority

2.2 Bug Fixes and Optimizations

[BGP] Issue where BGP connections established using MD5 authentication failed to take effect
[Performance] Packet loss observed during extended periods of high‑load performance testing

3. List of Features

Function
Level 1 Function
Level 2 Function
Interface
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 Unicast Routing


Static routing
VRF
Policy Based Routing
BGP / MP-BGP
OSPF v2/v3
*RIP v1/v2
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
*MAP-T
IP Multicast
IGMP Snooping
MLD Snooping
PIM
MPLS Service
Dynamic LSP
Static LSP
Enable/Disable on phy port
L2VPN
L3VPN
Tunnel
VXLAN
Security
BUM packet policy based on Interface
Storm Suppression 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
*PPPoE Server
*Ipsec VPN
*Wireguard security VPN
High Availability
MC-LAG
VRRP
BFD
Monitor Link
SLA
Routing Track
Hash

QoS/HQoS

priority mapping
queue schedule
speed limit, support 1r3c(RFC 2697)/2r3c(RFC 2698/4115)
shaping
flow classify
show qos status
*HQoS
Reporting and Monitoring
SPAN/ ERSPAN
SNMP
NetFlow/IPFIX
Prometheus Exporter
User Access and Authentication
Dot1x
Portal
Device Management
System user/privilege management
Login method
Management
Troubleshooting information
ZTP (Zero Touch Provisioning)
Configure host name
System time management
Configuration management
License management
FTP/TFTP
Device status summary
Critical Resource Monitoring (CRM)
Exception alarm
NTP Client
Log management
Diagnostic tools