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authorFlavio Leitner <fbl@redhat.com>2014-06-18 22:14:35 -0300
committerBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2014-06-24 11:17:09 -0700
commitdc2b70ba7158989464f48cb675eb0d08a4d2414a (patch)
tree8703e7e3906b8de6e9d1a03d758bbf9f003ec04e /utilities
parent86e2dcddce85522a7a675fb615322ae78a134590 (diff)
downloadopenvswitch-dc2b70ba7158989464f48cb675eb0d08a4d2414a.tar.gz
bridge: Enable multicast support on the bridge
Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'utilities')
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diff --git a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
index 50d8879eb..d39772104 100644
--- a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
@@ -968,6 +968,36 @@ Deconfigure STP from above:
.IP
.B "ovs\-vsctl set Bridge br0 stp_enable=false"
.PP
+.SS "Multicast Snooping"
+.PP
+Configure bridge \fBbr0\fR to enable multicast snooping:
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl set Bridge br0 mcast_snooping_enable=true"
+.PP
+Set the multicast snooping aging time \fBbr0\fR to 300 seconds:
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:mcast-snooping-aging-time=300"
+.PP
+Set the multicast snooping table size \fBbr0\fR to 2048 entries:
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:mcast-snooping-table-size=2048"
+.PP
+Disable flooding of unregistered multicast packets to all ports. When
+set to true, the switch will send unregistered multicast packets only
+to ports connected to multicast routers. When it is set to false, the
+switch will send them to all ports. This command disables the flood of
+unregistered packets on bridge \fBbr0\fR.
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:mcast-snooping-disable-flood-unregistered=true"
+.PP
+Enable flooding of multicast packets on a specific port.
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl set Port eth1 other_config:mcast-snooping-flood=true"
+.PP
+Deconfigure multicasting snooping from above:
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl set Bridge br0 mcast_snooping_enable=false"
+.PP
.SS "OpenFlow Version"
.PP
Configure bridge \fBbr0\fR to support OpenFlow versions 1.0, 1.2, and