and if Open vSwitch node does not run STP, then this option
should be enabled. Default is disabled, set to
<code>true</code> to enable.
+
+ The following destination MAC addresss will not be forwarded when this
+ option is enabled.
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>01:80:c2:00:00:00</code></dt>
+ <dd>IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP).</dd>
+
+ <dt><code>01:80:c2:00:00:01</code></dt>
+ <dd>IEEE Pause frame.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code>01:80:c2:00:00:0<var>x</var></code></dt>
+ <dd>Other reserved protocols.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code>00:e0:2b:00:00:00</code></dt>
+ <dd>Extreme Discovery Protocol (EDP).</dd>
+
+ <dt>
+ <code>00:e0:2b:00:00:04</code> and <code>00:e0:2b:00:00:06</code>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>Ethernet Automatic Protection Switching (EAPS).</dd>
+
+ <dt><code>01:00:0c:cc:cc:cc</code></dt>
+ <dd>
+ Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP), VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP),
+ Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP), Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP),
+ and others.
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt><code>01:00:0c:cc:cc:cd</code></dt>
+ <dd>Cisco Shared Spanning Tree Protocol PVSTP+.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code>01:00:0c:cd:cd:cd</code></dt>
+ <dd>Cisco STP Uplink Fast.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code>01:00:0c:00:00:00</code></dt>
+ <dd>Cisco Inter Switch Link.</dd>
+
+ <dt><code>01:00:0c:cc:cc:c<var>x</var></code></dt>
+ <dd>Cisco CFM.</dd>
+ </dl>
</column>
<column name="other_config" key="mac-aging-time"
<group title="Bonding Configuration">
<p>A port that has more than one interface is a ``bonded port.'' Bonding
- allows for load balancing and fail-over. Some kinds of bonding will
- work with any kind of upstream switch:</p>
+ allows for load balancing and fail-over.</p>
+
+ <p>
+ The following types of bonding will work with any kind of upstream
+ switch. On the upstream switch, do not configure the interfaces as a
+ bond:
+ </p>
<dl>
<dt><code>balance-slb</code></dt>
<dt><code>active-backup</code></dt>
<dd>
Assigns all flows to one slave, failing over to a backup slave when
- the active slave is disabled.
+ the active slave is disabled. This is the only bonding mode in which
+ interfaces may be plugged into different upstream switches.
</dd>
</dl>
frame having an invalid interval.
</column>
- <column name="cfm_fault_status" key="sequence">
- Indicates a CFM fault was triggered because the CFM module received
- a CCM frame with a sequence number that it was not expecting.
+ <column name="cfm_remote_opstate">
+ <p>When in extended mode, indicates the operational state of the
+ remote endpoint as either <code>up</code> or <code>down</code>. See
+ <ref column="other_config" key="cfm_opstate"/>.
+ </p>
</column>
<column name="cfm_health">
<p>
The eviction process only considers flows that have an idle timeout or
a hard timeout. That is, eviction never deletes permanent flows.
- (Permanent flows do count against <ref column="flow_limit"/>.
+ (Permanent flows do count against <ref column="flow_limit"/>.)
</p>
<p>
sent out an implicit VLAN port, the frame will not be tagged. This
type of mirroring is sometimes called RSPAN.</p>
<p>
- The following destination MAC addresses will not be mirrored to a
- VLAN to avoid confusing switches that interpret the protocols that
- they represent:
+ See the documentation for
+ <ref column="other_config" key="forward-bpdu"/> in the
+ <ref table="Interface"/> table for a list of destination MAC
+ addresses which will not be mirrored to a VLAN to avoid confusing
+ switches that interpret the protocols that they represent.
</p>
- <dl>
- <dt><code>01:80:c2:00:00:00</code></dt>
- <dd>IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP).</dd>
-
- <dt><code>01:80:c2:00:00:01</code></dt>
- <dd>IEEE Pause frame.</dd>
-
- <dt><code>01:80:c2:00:00:0<var>x</var></code></dt>
- <dd>Other reserved protocols.</dd>
-
- <dt><code>01:00:0c:cc:cc:cc</code></dt>
- <dd>
- Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP), VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP),
- Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP), Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP),
- and others.
- </dd>
-
- <dt><code>01:00:0c:cc:cc:cd</code></dt>
- <dd>Cisco Shared Spanning Tree Protocol PVSTP+.</dd>
-
- <dt><code>01:00:0c:cd:cd:cd</code></dt>
- <dd>Cisco STP Uplink Fast.</dd>
-
- <dt><code>01:00:0c:00:00:00</code></dt>
- <dd>Cisco Inter Switch Link.</dd>
- </dl>
<p><em>Please note:</em> Mirroring to a VLAN can disrupt a network that
contains unmanaged switches. Consider an unmanaged physical switch
with two ports: port 1, connected to an end host, and port 2,
Service (QoS) on IP networks.
The DSCP value specified here is used when establishing the connection
- between the controller and the Open vSwitch. The connection must be
- reset for the new DSCP values to take effect. If no value is
- specified, a default value of 48 is chosen. Valid DSCP values must be
- in the range 0 to 63.
+ between the controller and the Open vSwitch. If no value is specified,
+ a default value of 48 is chosen. Valid DSCP values must be in the
+ range 0 to 63.
</column>
</group>
Service (QoS) on IP networks.
The DSCP value specified here is used when establishing the connection
- between the manager and the Open vSwitch. The connection must be
- reset for the new DSCP values to take effect. If no value is
- specified, a default value of 48 is chosen. Valid DSCP values must be
- in the range 0 to 63.
+ between the manager and the Open vSwitch. If no value is specified, a
+ default value of 48 is chosen. Valid DSCP values must be in the range
+ 0 to 63.
</column>
</group>
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