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| author | Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@google.com> | 2017-10-26 15:09:25 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2017-10-29 18:39:57 +0900 |
| commit | fe89aa6b250c1011ccf425fbb7998e96bd54263f (patch) | |
| tree | 35d21de9cf2d9e240a999597379d040aa9d1397f /Documentation/networking | |
| parent | a190d04db93710ae166749055b6985397c6d13f5 (diff) | |
ipvlan: implement VEPA mode
This is very similar to the Macvlan VEPA mode, however, there is some
difference. IPvlan uses the mac-address of the lower device, so the VEPA
mode has implications of ICMP-redirects for packets destined for its
immediate neighbors sharing same master since the packets will have same
source and dest mac. The external switch/router will send redirect msg.
Having said that, this will be useful tool in terms of debugging
since IPvlan will not switch packets within its slaves and rely completely
on the external entity as intended in 802.1Qbg.
Signed-off-by: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ipvlan.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ipvlan.txt b/Documentation/networking/ipvlan.txt index bfa91c77a4c9..812ef003e0a8 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ipvlan.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ipvlan.txt @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ using IProute2/ip utility. ip link add link <master> name <slave> type ipvlan [ mode MODE ] [ FLAGS ] where MODE: l3 (default) | l3s | l2 - FLAGS: bridge (default) | private + FLAGS: bridge (default) | private | vepa e.g. (a) Following will create IPvlan link with eth0 as master in @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ using IProute2/ip utility. bash# ip link add link eth0 name ipvl0 type ipvlan mode l2 bridge (c) This command will create an IPvlan device in L2 private mode. bash# ip link add link eth0 name ipvlan type ipvlan mode l2 private + (d) This command will create an IPvlan device in L2 vepa mode. + bash# ip link add link eth0 name ipvlan type ipvlan mode l2 vepa 4. Operating modes: @@ -77,6 +79,14 @@ themseleves apart from talking through the master device. If this option is added to the command-line, the port is set in private mode. i.e. port wont allow cross communication between slaves. +5.3 vepa: + If this is added to the command-line, the port is set in VEPA mode. +i.e. port will offload switching functionality to the external entity as +described in 802.1Qbg +Note: VEPA mode in IPvlan has limitations. IPvlan uses the mac-address of the +master-device, so the packets which are emitted in this mode for the adjacent +neighbor will have source and destination mac same. This will make the switch / +router send the redirect message. 6. What to choose (macvlan vs. ipvlan)? These two devices are very similar in many regards and the specific use |