On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 12:30:37AM +1100, Ben Kelly wrote: > 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
Hi Ben, this feature seems clean to me and I think it would be good (for me?) to merge it unless there are objections. The only thing I can see outstanding at this point is an update to the NEWS file. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
