Option to forward BPDU (Ethernet control class) frames

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / vswitchd / vswitch.xml

diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index bcabef5..f56e670 100644 (file)
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -334,11 +334,19 @@
       </column>
 
       <column name="flood_vlans">
-        VLAN IDs of VLANs on which MAC address learning should be disabled, so
-        that packets are flooded instead of being sent to specific ports that
-        are believed to contain packets' destination MACs.  This should
-        ordinarily be used to disable MAC learning on VLANs used for mirroring
-        (RSPAN VLANs).  It may also be useful for debugging.
+        <p>
+          VLAN IDs of VLANs on which MAC address learning should be disabled,
+          so that packets are flooded instead of being sent to specific ports
+          that are believed to contain packets' destination MACs.  This should
+          ordinarily be used to disable MAC learning on VLANs used for
+          mirroring (RSPAN VLANs).  It may also be useful for debugging.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          SLB bonding (see the <ref table="Port" column="bond_mode"/> column in
+          the <ref table="Port"/> table) is incompatible with
+          <code>flood_vlans</code>.  Consider using another bonding mode or
+          a different type of mirror instead.
+        </p>
       </column>
     </group>
 
@@ -453,6 +461,16 @@
          <dd>
             Values below 100 will be rounded up to 100.
           </dd>
+          <dt><code>forward-bpdu</code></dt>
+          <dd>
+            Option to allow forwarding of BPDU frames when NORMAL 
+            action if invoked. Frames with reserved Ethernet addresses 
+            (e.g. STP BPDU) will be forwarded when this option is enabled. 
+            If the Open vSwitch bridge is used to connect different
+            Ethernet networks, and if Open vSwtich node does not run STP, 
+            then this option should be enabled.    
+            Default is disabled, set to <code>true</code> to enable. 
+          </dd>
         </dl>
       </column>
     </group>