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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/index.rst index 2227b9f4509d..a72fdfb391b6 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/index.rst @@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ Contents: tuntap udplite vrf + vxlan .. only:: subproject and html diff --git a/Documentation/networking/vxlan.txt b/Documentation/networking/vxlan.rst index c28f4989c3f0..ce239fa01848 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/vxlan.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/vxlan.rst @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +====================================================== Virtual eXtensible Local Area Networking documentation ====================================================== @@ -21,8 +24,9 @@ neighbors GRE and VLAN. Configuring VXLAN requires the version of iproute2 that matches the kernel release where VXLAN was first merged upstream. -1. Create vxlan device - # ip link add vxlan0 type vxlan id 42 group 239.1.1.1 dev eth1 dstport 4789 +1. Create vxlan device:: + + # ip link add vxlan0 type vxlan id 42 group 239.1.1.1 dev eth1 dstport 4789 This creates a new device named vxlan0. The device uses the multicast group 239.1.1.1 over eth1 to handle traffic for which there is no @@ -32,20 +36,25 @@ pre-dates the IANA's selection of a standard destination port number and uses the Linux-selected value by default to maintain backwards compatibility. -2. Delete vxlan device - # ip link delete vxlan0 +2. Delete vxlan device:: + + # ip link delete vxlan0 -3. Show vxlan info - # ip -d link show vxlan0 +3. Show vxlan info:: + + # ip -d link show vxlan0 It is possible to create, destroy and display the vxlan forwarding table using the new bridge command. -1. Create forwarding table entry - # bridge fdb add to 00:17:42:8a:b4:05 dst 192.19.0.2 dev vxlan0 +1. Create forwarding table entry:: + + # bridge fdb add to 00:17:42:8a:b4:05 dst 192.19.0.2 dev vxlan0 + +2. Delete forwarding table entry:: + + # bridge fdb delete 00:17:42:8a:b4:05 dev vxlan0 -2. Delete forwarding table entry - # bridge fdb delete 00:17:42:8a:b4:05 dev vxlan0 +3. Show forwarding table:: -3. Show forwarding table - # bridge fdb show dev vxlan0 + # bridge fdb show dev vxlan0 |