Enhanced Datapath (EDP) is the modern virtual switch architecture designed to maximize packet throughput while significantly slashing hypervisor CPU overhead. Whether you are driving high-throughput NSX Edge nodes or general compute clusters, EDP Standard is the default switch mode for high-performance, resource-efficient virtualization.
Targeted Telco Capability: While EDP Standard covers general compute and edge workloads, EDP Dedicated remains available for niche Telco/NFV deployments requiring 100% dedicated poll-mode core reservations.
Max Performance, Zero Waste: Delivers up to 70% higher throughput and packet processing rates while using up to 40% fewer CPU cores by utilizing lightweight mbuf data structures and a fast-path Flow Cache.
Dynamic & NUMA-Aware: The Thread Load Balancer (TLB) dynamically scales packet-processing threads on demand and aligns with NUMA nodes without permanently holding CPU cores hostage.
Next-Gen Hardware Offload Ready: Operates seamlessly alongside modern network offload and hardware-acceleration frameworks—including UPT and EDPIO / DVX—to hit true line-rate performance.
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