Port protected mode is available in some switching ASICs (b53 etc) and Cisco also implements this feature. (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3850/software/release/3.2_0_se/multibook/configuration_guide/b_consolidated_config_guide_3850_chapter_011101.html)
Protected ports will not forward traffic to other protected ports. Protected ports will forward traffic to unprotected ports, and unprotected ports can forward traffic to any port. This feature can be useful for: * Implementing basic flood protection when STP is not available or desired. * Aggregator port. All ports except one port are set as protected ports. Traffic arriving on the protected ports will only be forwarded to the aggregator port. Ben Kelly (3): ovsschema: Add protected column to Port table ofproto: Add protected property to bundle ofproto: Drop flows between protected ports ofproto/ofproto-dpif-xlate.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- ofproto/ofproto-dpif-xlate.h | 2 +- ofproto/ofproto-dpif.c | 11 ++++++++++- ofproto/ofproto.h | 2 ++ vswitchd/bridge.c | 3 +++ vswitchd/vswitch.ovsschema | 4 +++- vswitchd/vswitch.xml | 8 ++++++++ 7 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) -- 2.7.4 _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
