[ovs-dev] [mirrors 1/3] mirroring: Use more generic terms for mirroring.

Justin Pettit jpettit at nicira.com
Wed Nov 23 23:14:04 UTC 2011


---
 README               |    2 +-
 vswitchd/vswitch.xml |    8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index dddad3f..6ba2ad7 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ vSwitch supports the following features:
 
     * Standard 802.1Q VLAN model with trunk and access ports
     * NIC bonding with or without LACP on upstream switch
-    * NetFlow, sFlow(R), SPAN, RSPAN, and ERSPAN for increased visibility
+    * NetFlow, sFlow(R), and mirroring for increased visibility
     * QoS (Quality of Service) configuration, plus policing
     * GRE, GRE over IPSEC, and CAPWAP tunneling
     * 802.1ag connectivity fault management
diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index 8eba5cb..770e10a 100644
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -1929,11 +1929,11 @@
     </group>
   </table>
 
-  <table name="Mirror" title="Port mirroring (SPAN/RSPAN/ERSPAN).">
+  <table name="Mirror" title="Port mirroring.">
     <p>A port mirror within a <ref table="Bridge"/>.</p>
     <p>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.</p>
 
     <column name="name">
@@ -1981,8 +1981,8 @@
         will be discarded.</p>
         <p>
           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.
         </p>
       </column>
 
-- 
1.7.4.1




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