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authorJustin Pettit <jpettit@nicira.com>2011-10-14 09:48:17 -0700
committerJustin Pettit <jpettit@nicira.com>2011-10-22 16:16:08 -0700
commit21f7563cef5f3e5ab52c15ade58594c2dfdb7195 (patch)
tree6f0bf7d064c7b1da24c3e14f655ffec53739b887 /utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
parent5a2dfd473a65a041356971771c99e4a9d04b3f9c (diff)
downloadopenvswitch-21f7563cef5f3e5ab52c15ade58594c2dfdb7195.tar.gz
ovs-vswitchd: Add support for 802.1D STP.
Still alpha quality, since only tested for interoperability with Linux bridge's STP implementation.
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diff --git a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
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@@ -829,6 +829,24 @@ Deconfigure sFlow from \fBbr0\fR, which also destroys the sFlow record
(since it is now unreferenced):
.IP
.B "ovs\-vsctl \-\- clear Bridge br0 sflow"
+.SS "802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)"
+.PP
+Configure bridge \fBbr0\fR to participate in an 802.1D spanning tree:
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl set Bridge br0 stp_enable=true"
+.PP
+Set the bridge priority of \fBbr0\fR to 0x7800:
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:stp-priority=0x7800"
+.PP
+Set the path cost of port \fBeth0\fR to 10:
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:stp-path-cost=10"
+.PP
+Deconfigure STP from above:
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl clear Bridge br0 stp_enable"
+.PP
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
.IP "0"
Successful program execution.