A port mirror within a .
A port mirror configures a bridge to send selected frames to special
``mirrored'' ports, in addition to their normal destinations. Mirroring
- traffic may also be referred to as SPAN, RSPAN, or ERSPAN, depending on how
+ traffic may also be referred to as SPAN or RSPAN, depending on how
the mirrored traffic is sent.
@@ -2048,8 +2050,8 @@
will be discarded.
The output port may be any kind of port supported by Open vSwitch.
- It may be, for example, a physical port (sometimes called SPAN), or a
- GRE tunnel (sometimes called ERSPAN).
+ It may be, for example, a physical port (sometimes called SPAN) or a
+ GRE tunnel.
@@ -2125,6 +2127,18 @@
+
+
+ Key-value pairs that report mirror statistics.
+
+
+ Number of packets transmitted through this mirror.
+
+
+ Number of bytes transmitted through this mirror.
+
+
+
The overall purpose of these columns is described under Common
Columns
at the beginning of this document.
@@ -2757,10 +2771,12 @@
Name of the network device whose IP address should be reported as the
- ``agent address'' to collectors. If not specified, the IP address
+ ``agent address'' to collectors. If not specified, the agent device is
+ figured from the first target address and the routing table. If the
+ routing table does not contain a route to the target, the IP address
defaults to the in the
collector's . If an agent IP address cannot be
- determined either way, sFlow is disabled.
+ determined any of these ways, sFlow is disabled.