Looks good. Ethan
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 16:59, Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: > --- > vswitchd/vswitch.xml | 16 ++++++++++++---- > 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml > index b3029eb..e4efa99 100644 > --- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml > +++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml > @@ -1656,10 +1656,14 @@ > <column name="output_port"> > <p>Output port for selected packets, if nonempty.</p> > <p>Specifying a port for mirror output reserves that port exclusively > - for mirroring. No frames other than those selected for mirroring > - will be forwarded to the port, and any frames received on the port > - will be discarded.</p> > - <p>This type of mirroring is sometimes called SPAN.</p> > + for mirroring. No frames other than those selected for mirroring > + will be forwarded to the port, and any frames received on the port > + 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). > + </p> > </column> > > <column name="output_vlan"> > @@ -1727,6 +1731,10 @@ > Open vSwitch is being used as an intermediate switch, learning can > be > disabled by adding the mirrored VLAN to <ref column="flood_vlans"/> > in the appropriate <ref table="Bridge"/> table or tables.</p> > + <p> > + Mirroring to a GRE tunnel has fewer caveats than mirroring to a > + VLAN and should generally be preferred. > + </p> > </column> > </group> > > -- > 1.7.4.4 > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
