docs/en-US/plugin-midonet-features.xml

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<section id="Features-of-the-MidoNet-Plugin">
    <title>Features of the MidoNet Plugin</title>

    <note>
        <para>
        In &PRODUCT; 4.2.0 only the KVM hypervisor is supported for use in combination with MidoNet.
        </para>
    </note>

    <para>In &PRODUCT; release 4.2.0 this plugin supports several services in the Advanced Isolated network mode.
    </para>

    <para>
    When tenants create new isolated layer 3 networks, instead of spinning up extra Virtual Router VMs, the relevant L3 elements (routers etc) are created in the MidoNet virtual topology by making the appropriate calls to the MidoNet API. Instead of using VLANs, isolation is provided by MidoNet.
    </para>

    <para>
    Aside from the above service (Connectivity), several extra features are supported in the 4.2.0 release:
    </para>

    <itemizedlist>
    <listitem><para>DHCP</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>Firewall (ingress)</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>Source NAT</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>Static NAT</para></listitem>
    <listitem><para>Port Forwarding</para></listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para>
    The plugin has been tested with MidoNet version 12.12. (Caddo).
    </para>



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