+This application may be used for basic VM to VM communication as shown in :numref:`figure_l2_fwd_vm2vm`,
+when MAC addresses updating is disabled.
+
+.. _figure_l2_fwd_vm2vm:
+
+.. figure:: img/l2_fwd_vm2vm.*
+
+ Virtual Machine to Virtual Machine communication.
+
+The L2 Forwarding application can also be used as a starting point for developing a new application based on the DPDK.
+