Key-value pairs that identify this bridge's role in external systems.
The currently defined key-value pairs are:
<dl>
- <dt><code>xs-network-uuids</code></dt>
- <dd>Space-delimited set of the Citrix XenServer network UUIDs with
- which this bridge is associated.</dd>
- <dt><code>xs-network-names</code></dt>
- <dd>Semicolon-delimited set of Citrix XenServer network names with
- which this bridge is associated.</dd>
+ <dt><code>network-uuids</code></dt>
+ <dd>Semicolon-delimited set of universally unique identifier(s) for
+ the network with which this bridge is associated. The form of the
+ identifier(s) depends on the type of the host. On a Citrix
+ XenServer host, the network identifiers are RFC 4122 UUIDs as
+ displayed by, e.g., <code>xe network-list</code>.</dd>
</dl>
</column>
IDs for the fake bridge are defined here by prefixing a
<ref table="Bridge"/> <ref table="Bridge" column="external_ids"/> key
with <code>fake-bridge-</code>,
- e.g. <code>fake-bridge-xs-network-uuids</code>.
+ e.g. <code>fake-bridge-network-uuids</code>.
</column>
<column name="other_config">
<dt><code>hwaddr</code></dt>
<dd>An Ethernet address in the form
<code><var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var></code>.</dd>
+ <dt><code>bond-rebalance-interval</code></dt>
+ <dd>For a bonded port, the number of milliseconds between
+ successive attempts to rebalance the bond, that is, to
+ move source MACs and their flows from one interface on
+ the bond to another in an attempt to keep usage of each
+ interface roughly equal. The default is 10000 (10
+ seconds), and the minimum is 1000 (1 second).</dd>
</dl>
</column>
</group>
<dd>A TUN/TAP device managed by Open vSwitch.</dd>
<dt><code>gre</code></dt>
<dd>A GRE tunnel device managed by Open vSwitch.</dd>
+ <dt><code>patch</code></dt>
+ <dd>A pair of virtual devices that act as a patch cable. A
+ <code>peer</code> argument is required that indicates the name
+ of the other side of the patch. Since a patch must work in
+ pairs, a second patch interface must be declared with the
+ <code>name</code> and <code>peer</code> arguments reversed.</dd>
</dl>
</column>
<group title="Other Features">
<column name="external_ids">
- Key-value pairs that identify this interface's role in external
- systems. The currently defined key-value pairs are:
+ <p>Key-value pairs that identify this interface's role in external
+ systems. All of the currently defined key-value pairs specifically
+ apply to an interface that represents a virtual Ethernet interface
+ connected to a virtual machine. These key-value pairs should not be
+ present for other types of interfaces. Keys whose names end
+ in <code>-uuid</code> have values that uniquely identify the entity
+ in question. For a Citrix XenServer hypervisor, these values are
+ UUIDs in RFC 4122 format. Other hypervisors may use other
+ formats.</p>
+ <p>The currently defined key-value pairs are:</p>
<dl>
- <dt><code>xs-vif-uuid</code></dt>
- <dd>UUID of the Citrix XenServer VIF associated with this
- interface.</dd>
- <dt><code>xs-network-uuid</code></dt>
- <dd>UUID of the Citrix XenServer network to which this interface is
- attached.</dd>
- <dt><code>xs-vif-vm-uuid</code></dt>
- <dd>UUID of the Citrix XenServer VM to which this interface
- belongs.</dd>
- <dt><code>xs-vif-mac</code></dt>
- <dd>The value of the "MAC" field in the Citrix XenServer VIF record
- for this interface.</dd>
+ <dt><code>vif-uuid</code></dt>
+ <dd>The virtual interface associated with this interface.</dd>
+ <dt><code>network-uuid</code></dt>
+ <dd>The virtual network to which this interface is attached.</dd>
+ <dt><code>vm-uuid</code></dt>
+ <dd>The VM to which this interface belongs.</dd>
+ <dt><code>vif-mac</code></dt>
+ <dd>The MAC address programmed into the "virtual hardware" for this
+ interface, in the
+ form <var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>.
+ For Citrix XenServer, this is the value of the <code>MAC</code>
+ field in the VIF record for this interface.</dd>
</dl>
</column>
</group>
</column>
<group title="Selecting Packets for Mirroring">
+ <column name="select_all">
+ If true, every packet arriving or departing on any port is
+ selected for mirroring.
+ </column>
+
<column name="select_dst_port">
Ports on which departing packets are selected for mirroring.
</column>
<column name="select_src_port">
- Ports on which arriving packets are selected for mirroring. If this
- column and <ref column="select_dst_port"/> are both empty, then all
- packets on all ports are selected for mirroring.
+ Ports on which arriving packets are selected for mirroring.
</column>
<column name="select_vlan">
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