[ovs-dev] [PATCH] Document issues with RSPAN and MAC learning.
Ben Pfaff
blp at nicira.com
Tue Sep 29 16:01:55 UTC 2009
Keith Amidon <keith at nicira.com> writes:
> Open vSwitch currently use the following key to indicate the VLAN on which
> RSPANed packets will be copied:
>
> mirror.brname.pmname.output.vlan=vid
>
>
> Would it make sense to disable MAC learning on each VLAN referenced by such a
> key in the configuration? In the case of an intermediate switch on which no
> switch-local traffic needs to be copied this key would be present to disable
> learning for the VLAN but there wouldn't be any corresponding select key to
> indicate the source of data to be copied.
Currently, if no source is selected, all packets are mirrored.
I would prefer to add a new key to indicate that MAC learning
should be disabled on a VLAN.
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