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NAME
ip-link - network device configuration
SYNOPSIS
ip link { COMMAND | help }
ip link add [ link DEVICE ] [ name ] NAME
[ txqueuelen PACKETS ]
[ address LLADDR ] [ broadcast LLADDR ]
[ mtu MTU ] [ index IDX ]
[ numtxqueues QUEUE_COUNT ] [ numrxqueues QUEUE_COUNT ]
type TYPE [ ARGS ]
ip link delete { DEVICE | group GROUP } type TYPE [ ARGS ]
ip link set { DEVICE | group GROUP }
[ { up | down } ]
[ type ETYPE TYPE_ARGS ]
[ arp { on | off } ]
[ dynamic { on | off } ]
[ multicast { on | off } ]
[ allmulticast { on | off } ]
[ promisc { on | off } ]
[ protodown { on | off } ]
[ trailers { on | off } ]
[ txqueuelen PACKETS ]
[ name NEWNAME ]
[ address LLADDR ]
[ broadcast LLADDR ]
[ mtu MTU ]
[ netns { PID | NETNSNAME } ]
[ link-netnsid ID ]
[ alias NAME ]
[ vf NUM [ mac LLADDR ]
[ VFVLAN-LIST ]
[ rate TXRATE ]
[ max_tx_rate TXRATE ]
[ min_tx_rate TXRATE ]
[ spoofchk { on | off } ]
[ query_rss { on | off } ]
[ state { auto | enable | disable } ]
[ trust { on | off } ]
[ node_guid eui64 ]
[ port_guid eui64 ] ]
[ { xdp | xdpgeneric | xdpdrv | xdpoffload } { off |
object FILE [ section NAME ] [ verbose ] |
pinned FILE } ]
[ master DEVICE ]
[ nomaster ]
[ vrf NAME ]
[ addrgenmode { eui64 | none | stable_secret | random } ]
[ macaddr { flush | { add | del } MACADDR | set [ MACADDR [ MACADDR [ ... ] ] ] } ]
ip link show [ DEVICE | group GROUP ] [ up ] [ master DEVICE ] [ type ETYPE ] [ vrf NAME ]
ip link xstats type TYPE [ ARGS ]
ip link afstats [ dev DEVICE ]
ip link help [ TYPE ]
TYPE := [ bridge | bond | can | dummy | hsr | ifb | ipoib | macvlan | macvtap | vcan | vxcan | veth |
vlan | vxlan | ip6tnl | ipip | sit | gre | gretap | erspan | ip6gre | ip6gretap | ip6erspan | vti
| nlmon | ipvlan | lowpan | geneve | vrf | macsec ]
ETYPE := [ TYPE | bridge_slave | bond_slave ]
VFVLAN-LIST := [ VFVLAN-LIST ] VFVLAN
VFVLAN := [ vlan VLANID [ qos VLAN-QOS ] [ proto VLAN-PROTO ] ]
DESCRIPTION
ip link add - add virtual link
link DEVICE
specifies the physical device to act operate on.
NAME specifies the name of the new virtual device.
TYPE specifies the type of the new device.
Link types:
bridge - Ethernet Bridge device
bond - Bonding device
dummy - Dummy network interface
hsr - High-availability Seamless Redundancy device
ifb - Intermediate Functional Block device
ipoib - IP over Infiniband device
macvlan - Virtual interface base on link layer address (MAC)
macvtap - Virtual interface based on link layer address (MAC) and TAP.
vcan - Virtual Controller Area Network interface
vxcan - Virtual Controller Area Network tunnel interface
veth - Virtual ethernet interface
vlan - 802.1q tagged virtual LAN interface
vxlan - Virtual eXtended LAN
ip6tnl - Virtual tunnel interface IPv4|IPv6 over IPv6
ipip - Virtual tunnel interface IPv4 over IPv4
sit - Virtual tunnel interface IPv6 over IPv4
gre - Virtual tunnel interface GRE over IPv4
gretap - Virtual L2 tunnel interface GRE over IPv4
erspan - Encapsulated Remote SPAN over GRE and IPv4
ip6gre - Virtual tunnel interface GRE over IPv6
ip6gretap - Virtual L2 tunnel interface GRE over IPv6
ip6erspan - Encapsulated Remote SPAN over GRE and IPv6
vti - Virtual tunnel interface
nlmon - Netlink monitoring device
ipvlan - Interface for L3 (IPv6/IPv4) based VLANs
lowpan - Interface for 6LoWPAN (IPv6) over IEEE 802.15.4 / Bluetooth
geneve - GEneric NEtwork Virtualization Encapsulation
macsec - Interface for IEEE 802.1AE MAC Security (MACsec)
vrf - Interface for L3 VRF domains
numtxqueues QUEUE_COUNT
specifies the number of transmit queues for new device.
numrxqueues QUEUE_COUNT
specifies the number of receive queues for new device.
index IDX
specifies the desired index of the new virtual device. The link creation fails, if the index is
busy.
VLAN Type Support
For a link of type VLAN the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add link DEVICE name NAME type vlan [ protocol VLAN_PROTO ] id VLANID [ reorder_hdr { on |
off } ] [ gvrp { on | off } ] [ mvrp { on | off } ] [ loose_binding { on | off } ] [ ingress-qos-
map QOS-MAP ] [ egress-qos-map QOS-MAP ]
protocol VLAN_PROTO - either 802.1Q or 802.1ad.
id VLANID - specifies the VLAN Identifer to use. Note that numbers with a leading " 0 " or
" 0x " are interpreted as octal or hexadeimal, respectively.
reorder_hdr { on | off } - specifies whether ethernet headers are reordered or not
(default is on).
If reorder_hdr is on then VLAN header will be not inserted immediately but only before
passing to the physical device (if this device does not support VLAN offloading), the
similar on the RX direction - by default the packet will be untagged before being
received by VLAN device. Reordering allows to accelerate tagging on egress and to hide
VLAN header on ingress so the packet looks like regular Ethernet packet, at the same
time it might be confusing for packet capture as the VLAN header does not exist within
the packet.
VLAN offloading can be checked by ethtool(8):
ethtool -k <phy_dev> | grep tx-vlan-offload
where <phy_dev> is the physical device to which VLAN device is bound.
gvrp { on | off } - specifies whether this VLAN should be registered using GARP VLAN
Registration Protocol.
mvrp { on | off } - specifies whether this VLAN should be registered using Multiple VLAN
Registration Protocol.
loose_binding { on | off } - specifies whether the VLAN device state is bound to the
physical device state.
ingress-qos-map QOS-MAP - defines a mapping of VLAN header prio field to the Linux
internal packet priority on incoming frames. The format is FROM:TO with multiple mappings
separated by spaces.
egress-qos-map QOS-MAP - defines a mapping of Linux internal packet priority to VLAN
header prio field but for outgoing frames. The format is the same as for ingress-qos-map.
Linux packet priority can be set by iptables(8):
iptables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING [...] -j CLASSIFY --set-class 0:4
and this "4" priority can be used in the egress qos mapping to set VLAN prio "5":
ip link set veth0.10 type vlan egress 4:5
VXLAN Type Support
For a link of type VXLAN the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add DEVICE type vxlan id VNI [ dev PHYS_DEV ] [ { group | remote } IPADDR ] [ local {
IPADDR | any } ] [ ttl TTL ] [ tos TOS ] [ flowlabel FLOWLABEL ] [ dstport PORT ] [ srcport MIN
MAX ] [ [no]learning ] [ [no]proxy ] [ [no]rsc ] [ [no]l2miss ] [ [no]l3miss ] [ [no]udpcsum ] [
[no]udp6zerocsumtx ] [ [no]udp6zerocsumrx ] [ ageing SECONDS ] [ maxaddress NUMBER ] [
[no]external ] [ gbp ] [ gpe ]
id VNI - specifies the VXLAN Network Identifer (or VXLAN Segment Identifier) to use.
dev PHYS_DEV - specifies the physical device to use for tunnel endpoint communication.
group IPADDR - specifies the multicast IP address to join. This parameter cannot be
specified with the remote parameter.
remote IPADDR - specifies the unicast destination IP address to use in outgoing packets
when the destination link layer address is not known in the VXLAN device forwarding
database. This parameter cannot be specified with the group parameter.
local IPADDR - specifies the source IP address to use in outgoing packets.
ttl TTL - specifies the TTL value to use in outgoing packets.
tos TOS - specifies the TOS value to use in outgoing packets.
flowlabel FLOWLABEL - specifies the flow label to use in outgoing packets.
dstport PORT - specifies the UDP destination port to communicate to the remote VXLAN
tunnel endpoint.
srcport MIN MAX - specifies the range of port numbers to use as UDP source ports to
communicate to the remote VXLAN tunnel endpoint.
[no]learning - specifies if unknown source link layer addresses and IP addresses are
entered into the VXLAN device forwarding database.
[no]rsc - specifies if route short circuit is turned on.
[no]proxy - specifies ARP proxy is turned on.
[no]l2miss - specifies if netlink LLADDR miss notifications are generated.
[no]l3miss - specifies if netlink IP ADDR miss notifications are generated.
[no]udpcsum - specifies if UDP checksum is calculated for transmitted packets over IPv4.
[no]udp6zerocsumtx - skip UDP checksum calculation for transmitted packets over IPv6.
[no]udp6zerocsumrx - allow incoming UDP packets over IPv6 with zero checksum field.
ageing SECONDS - specifies the lifetime in seconds of FDB entries learnt by the kernel.
maxaddress NUMBER - specifies the maximum number of FDB entries.
[no]external - specifies whether an external control plane (e.g. ip route encap) or the
internal FDB should be used.
gbp - enables the Group Policy extension (VXLAN-GBP).
Allows to transport group policy context across VXLAN network peers. If enabled,
includes the mark of a packet in the VXLAN header for outgoing packets and fills the
packet mark based on the information found in the VXLAN header for incomming packets.
Format of upper 16 bits of packet mark (flags);
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|D|-|-|A|-|-|-|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
D := Don't Learn bit. When set, this bit indicates that the egress VTEP MUST NOT
learn the source address of the encapsulated frame.
A := Indicates that the group policy has already been applied to this packet.
Policies MUST NOT be applied by devices when the A bit is set.
Format of lower 16 bits of packet mark (policy ID):
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Group Policy ID |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Example:
iptables -A OUTPUT [...] -j MARK --set-mark 0x800FF
gpe - enables the Generic Protocol extension (VXLAN-GPE). Currently, this is only
supported together with the external keyword.
VETH, VXCAN Type Support
For a link of types VETH/VXCAN the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add DEVICE type { veth | vxcan } [ peer name NAME ]
peer name NAME - specifies the virtual pair device name of the VETH/VXCAN tunnel.
GRE, IPIP, SIT, ERSPAN Type Support
For a link of types GRE/IPIP/SIT/ERSPAN the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add DEVICE type { gre | ipip | sit | erspan } remote ADDR local ADDR [ encap { fou | gue
| none } ] [ encap-sport { PORT | auto } ] [ encap-dport PORT ] [ [no]encap-csum ] [ [no]encap-
remcsum ] [ mode { ip6ip | ipip | mplsip | any } ] [ erspan IDX ] [ external ]
remote ADDR - specifies the remote address of the tunnel.
local ADDR - specifies the fixed local address for tunneled packets. It must be an
address on another interface on this host.
encap { fou | gue | none } - specifies type of secondary UDP encapsulation. "fou"
indicates Foo-Over-UDP, "gue" indicates Generic UDP Encapsulation.
encap-sport { PORT | auto } - specifies the source port in UDP encapsulation. PORT
indicates the port by number, "auto" indicates that the port number should be chosen
automatically (the kernel picks a flow based on the flow hash of the encapsulated packet).
[no]encap-csum - specifies if UDP checksums are enabled in the secondary encapsulation.
[no]encap-remcsum - specifies if Remote Checksum Offload is enabled. This is only
applicable for Generic UDP Encapsulation.
mode { ip6ip | ipip | mplsip | any } - specifies mode in which device should run. "ip6ip"
indicates IPv6-Over-IPv4, "ipip" indicates "IPv4-Over-IPv4", "mplsip" indicates MPLS-Over-
IPv4, "any" indicates IPv6, IPv4 or MPLS Over IPv4. Supported for SIT where the default is
"ip6ip" and IPIP where the default is "ipip". IPv6-Over-IPv4 is not supported for IPIP.
erspan IDX - specifies the ERSPAN index field. IDX indicates a 20 bit index/port number
associated with the ERSPAN traffic's source port and direction.
external - make this tunnel externally controlled (e.g. ip route encap).
IP6GRE/IP6GRETAP Type Support
For a link of type IP6GRE/IP6GRETAP the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add DEVICE type { ip6gre | ip6gretap } remote ADDR local ADDR [ [i|o]seq ] [ [i|o]key KEY
] [ [i|o]csum ] [ hoplimit TTL ] [ encaplimit ELIM ] [ tclass TCLASS ] [ flowlabel FLOWLABEL ] [
dscp inherit ] [ dev PHYS_DEV ]
remote ADDR - specifies the remote IPv6 address of the tunnel.
local ADDR - specifies the fixed local IPv6 address for tunneled packets. It must be an
address on another interface on this host.
[i|o]seq - serialize packets. The oseq flag enables sequencing of outgoing packets. The
iseq flag requires that all input packets are serialized.
[i|o]key KEY - use keyed GRE with key KEY. KEY is either a number or an IPv4 address-like
dotted quad. The key parameter specifies the same key to use in both directions. The
ikey and okey parameters specify different keys for input and output.
[i|o]csum - generate/require checksums for tunneled packets. The ocsum flag calculates
checksums for outgoing packets. The icsum flag requires that all input packets have the
correct checksum. The csum flag is equivalent to the combination icsum ocsum.
hoplimit TTL - specifies Hop Limit value to use in outgoing packets.
encaplimit ELIM - specifies a fixed encapsulation limit. Default is 4.
flowlabel FLOWLABEL - specifies a fixed flowlabel.
tclass TCLASS - specifies the traffic class field on tunneled packets, which can be
specified as either a two-digit hex value (e.g. c0) or a predefined string (e.g.
internet). The value inherit causes the field to be copied from the original IP header.
The values inherit/STRING or inherit/00..ff will set the field to STRING or 00..ff when
tunneling non-IP packets. The default value is 00.
IPoIB Type Support
For a link of type IPoIB the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add DEVICE name NAME type ipoib [ pkey PKEY ] [ mode MODE ]
pkey PKEY - specifies the IB P-Key to use.
mode MODE - specifies the mode (datagram or connected) to use.
GENEVE Type Support
For a link of type GENEVE the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add DEVICE type geneve id VNI remote IPADDR [ ttl TTL ] [ tos TOS ] [ flowlabel FLOWLABEL
] [ dstport PORT ] [ [no]external ] [ [no]udpcsum ] [ [no]udp6zerocsumtx ] [ [no]udp6zerocsumrx ]
id VNI - specifies the Virtual Network Identifer to use.
remote IPADDR - specifies the unicast destination IP address to use in outgoing packets.
ttl TTL - specifies the TTL value to use in outgoing packets.
tos TOS - specifies the TOS value to use in outgoing packets.
flowlabel FLOWLABEL - specifies the flow label to use in outgoing packets.
dstport PORT - select a destination port other than the default of 6081.
[no]external - make this tunnel externally controlled (or not, which is the default). This
flag is mutually exclusive with the id, remote, ttl, tos and flowlabel options.
[no]udpcsum - specifies if UDP checksum is calculated for transmitted packets over IPv4.
[no]udp6zerocsumtx - skip UDP checksum calculation for transmitted packets over IPv6.
[no]udp6zerocsumrx - allow incoming UDP packets over IPv6 with zero checksum field.
MACVLAN and MACVTAP Type Support
For a link of type MACVLAN or MACVTAP the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add link DEVICE name NAME type { macvlan | macvtap } mode { private | vepa | bridge |
passthru [ nopromisc ] | source }
type { macvlan | macvtap } - specifies the link type to use. macvlan creates just a
virtual interface, while macvtap in addition creates a character device /dev/tapX to be
used just like a tuntap device.
mode private - Do not allow communication between macvlan instances on the same physical
interface, even if the external switch supports hairpin mode.
mode vepa - Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator mode. Data from one macvlan instance to the
other on the same physical interface is transmitted over the physical interface. Either
the attached switch needs to support hairpin mode, or there must be a TCP/IP router
forwarding the packets in order to allow communication. This is the default mode.
mode bridge - In bridge mode, all endpoints are directly connected to each other,
communication is not redirected through the physical interface's peer.
mode passthru [ nopromisc ] - This mode gives more power to a single endpoint, usually in
macvtap mode. It is not allowed for more than one endpoint on the same physical interface.
All traffic will be forwarded to this endpoint, allowing virtio guests to change MAC
address or set promiscuous mode in order to bridge the interface or create vlan interfaces
on top of it. By default, this mode forces the underlying interface into promiscuous mode.
Passing the nopromisc flag prevents this, so the promisc flag may be controlled using
standard tools.
mode source - allows one to set a list of allowed mac address, which is used to match
against source mac address from received frames on underlying interface. This allows
creating mac based VLAN associations, instead of standard port or tag based. The feature
is useful to deploy 802.1x mac based behavior, where drivers of underlying interfaces
doesn't allows that.
High-availability Seamless Redundancy (HSR) Support
For a link of type HSR the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add link DEVICE name NAME type hsr slave1 SLAVE1-IF slave2 SLAVE2-IF [ supervision ADDR-
BYTE ] [ version { 0 | 1 } ]
type hsr - specifies the link type to use, here HSR.
slave1 SLAVE1-IF - Specifies the physical device used for the first of the two ring ports.
slave2 SLAVE2-IF - Specifies the physical device used for the second of the two ring
ports.
supervision ADDR-BYTE - The last byte of the multicast address used for HSR supervision
frames. Default option is "0", possible values 0-255.
version { 0 | 1 } - Selects the protocol version of the interface. Default option is "0",
which corresponds to the 2010 version of the HSR standard. Option "1" activates the 2012
version.
BRIDGE Type Support
For a link of type BRIDGE the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add DEVICE type bridge [ ageing_time AGEING_TIME ] [ group_fwd_mask MASK ] [ group_address
ADDRESS ] [ forward_delay FORWARD_DELAY ] [ hello_time HELLO_TIME ] [ max_age MAX_AGE ] [
stp_state STP_STATE ] [ priority PRIORITY ] [ vlan_filtering VLAN_FILTERING ] [ vlan_protocol
VLAN_PROTOCOL ] [ vlan_default_pvid VLAN_DEFAULT_PVID ] [ vlan_stats_enabled VLAN_STATS_ENABLED ]
[ mcast_snooping MULTICAST_SNOOPING ] [ mcast_router MULTICAST_ROUTER ] [ mcast_query_use_ifaddr
MCAST_QUERY_USE_IFADDR ] [ mcast_querier MULTICAST_QUERIER ] [ mcast_hash_elasticity
HASH_ELASTICITY ] [ mcast_hash_max HASH_MAX ] [ mcast_last_member_count LAST_MEMBER_COUNT ] [
mcast_startup_query_count STARTUP_QUERY_COUNT ] [ mcast_last_member_interval LAST_MEMBER_INTERVAL
] [ mcast_membership_interval MEMBERSHIP_INTERVAL ] [ mcast_querier_interval QUERIER_INTERVAL ] [
mcast_query_interval QUERY_INTERVAL ] [ mcast_query_response_interval QUERY_RESPONSE_INTERVAL ] [
mcast_startup_query_interval STARTUP_QUERY_INTERVAL ] [ mcast_stats_enabled MCAST_STATS_ENABLED ]
[ mcast_igmp_version IGMP_VERSION ] [ mcast_mld_version MLD_VERSION ] [ nf_call_iptables
NF_CALL_IPTABLES ] [ nf_call_ip6tables NF_CALL_IP6TABLES ] [ nf_call_arptables NF_CALL_ARPTABLES ]
ageing_time AGEING_TIME - configure the bridge's FDB entries ageing time, ie the number of
seconds a MAC address will be kept in the FDB after a packet has been received from that
address. after this time has passed, entries are cleaned up.
group_fwd_mask MASK - set the group forward mask. This is the bitmask that is applied to
decide whether to forward incoming frames destined to link-local addresses, ie addresses
of the form 01:80:C2:00:00:0X (defaults to 0, ie the bridge does not forward any link-
local frames).
group_address ADDRESS - set the MAC address of the multicast group this bridge uses for
STP. The address must be a link-local address in standard Ethernet MAC address format, ie
an address of the form 01:80:C2:00:00:0X, with X in [0, 4..f].
forward_delay FORWARD_DELAY - set the forwarding delay in seconds, ie the time spent in
LISTENING state (before moving to LEARNING) and in LEARNING state (before moving to
FORWARDING). Only relevant if STP is enabled. Valid values are between 2 and 30.
hello_time HELLO_TIME - set the time in seconds between hello packets sent by the bridge,
when it is a root bridge or a designated bridges. Only relevant if STP is enabled. Valid
values are between 1 and 10.
max_age MAX_AGE - set the hello packet timeout, ie the time in seconds until another
bridge in the spanning tree is assumed to be dead, after reception of its last hello
message. Only relevant if STP is enabled. Valid values are between 6 and 40.
stp_state STP_STATE - turn spanning tree protocol on (STP_STATE > 0) or off (STP_STATE ==
0). for this bridge.
priority PRIORITY - set this bridge's spanning tree priority, used during STP root bridge
election. PRIORITY is a 16bit unsigned integer.
vlan_filtering VLAN_FILTERING - turn VLAN filtering on (VLAN_FILTERING > 0) or off
(VLAN_FILTERING == 0). When disabled, the bridge will not consider the VLAN tag when
handling packets.
vlan_protocol { 802.1Q | 802.1ad } - set the protocol used for VLAN filtering.
vlan_default_pvid VLAN_DEFAULT_PVID - set the default PVID (native/untagged VLAN ID) for
this bridge.
vlan_stats_enabled VLAN_STATS_ENABLED - enable (VLAN_STATS_ENABLED == 1) or disable
(VLAN_STATS_ENABLED == 0) per-VLAN stats accounting.
mcast_snooping MULTICAST_SNOOPING - turn multicast snooping on (MULTICAST_SNOOPING > 0) or
off (MULTICAST_SNOOPING == 0).
mcast_router MULTICAST_ROUTER - set bridge's multicast router if IGMP snooping is enabled.
MULTICAST_ROUTER is an integer value having the following meaning:
0 - disabled.
1 - automatic (queried).
2 - permanently enabled.
mcast_query_use_ifaddr MCAST_QUERY_USE_IFADDR - whether to use the bridge's own IP address
as source address for IGMP queries (MCAST_QUERY_USE_IFADDR > 0) or the default of 0.0.0.0
(MCAST_QUERY_USE_IFADDR == 0).
mcast_querier MULTICAST_QUERIER - enable (MULTICAST_QUERIER > 0) or disable
(MULTICAST_QUERIER == 0) IGMP querier, ie sending of multicast queries by the bridge
(default: disabled).
mcast_querier_interval QUERIER_INTERVAL - interval between queries sent by other routers.
if no queries are seen after this delay has passed, the bridge will start to send its own
queries (as if mcast_querier was enabled).
mcast_hash_elasticity HASH_ELASTICITY - set multicast database hash elasticity, ie the
maximum chain length in the multicast hash table (defaults to 4).
mcast_hash_max HASH_MAX - set maximum size of multicast hash table (defaults to 512, value
must be a power of 2).
mcast_last_member_count LAST_MEMBER_COUNT - set multicast last member count, ie the number
of queries the bridge will send before stopping forwarding a multicast group after a
"leave" message has been received (defaults to 2).
mcast_last_member_interval LAST_MEMBER_INTERVAL - interval between queries to find
remaining members of a group, after a "leave" message is received.
mcast_startup_query_count STARTUP_QUERY_COUNT - set the number of IGMP queries to send
during startup phase (defaults to 2).
mcast_startup_query_interval STARTUP_QUERY_INTERVAL - interval between queries in the
startup phase.
mcast_query_interval QUERY_INTERVAL - interval between queries sent by the bridge after
the end of the startup phase.
mcast_query_response_interval QUERY_RESPONSE_INTERVAL - set the Max Response Time/Maximum
Response Delay for IGMP/MLD queries sent by the bridge.
mcast_membership_interval MEMBERSHIP_INTERVAL - delay after which the bridge will leave a
group, if no membership reports for this group are received.
mcast_stats_enabled MCAST_STATS_ENABLED - enable (MCAST_STATS_ENABLED > 0) or disable
(MCAST_STATS_ENABLED == 0) multicast (IGMP/MLD) stats accounting.
mcast_igmp_version IGMP_VERSION - set the IGMP version.
mcast_mld_version MLD_VERSION - set the MLD version.
nf_call_iptables NF_CALL_IPTABLES - enable (NF_CALL_IPTABLES > 0) or disable
(NF_CALL_IPTABLES == 0) iptables hooks on the bridge.
nf_call_ip6tables NF_CALL_IP6TABLES - enable (NF_CALL_IP6TABLES > 0) or disable
(NF_CALL_IP6TABLES == 0) ip6tables hooks on the bridge.
nf_call_arptables NF_CALL_ARPTABLES - enable (NF_CALL_ARPTABLES > 0) or disable
(NF_CALL_ARPTABLES == 0) arptables hooks on the bridge.
MACsec Type Support
For a link of type MACsec the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add link DEVICE name NAME type macsec [ [ address <lladdr> ] port PORT | sci SCI ] [
cipher CIPHER_SUITE ] [ icvlen { 8..16 } ] [ encrypt { on | off } ] [ send_sci { on | off } ] [
end_station { on | off } ] [ scb { on | off } ] [ protect { on | off } ] [ replay { on | off }
window { 0..2^32-1 } ] [ validate { strict | check | disabled } ] [ encodingsa { 0..3 } ]
address <lladdr> - sets the system identifier component of secure channel for this MACsec
device.
port PORT - sets the port number component of secure channel for this MACsec device, in a
range from 1 to 65535 inclusive. Numbers with a leading " 0 " or " 0x " are interpreted as
octal and hexadecimal, respectively.
sci SCI - sets the secure channel identifier for this MACsec device. SCI is a 64bit wide
number in hexadecimal format.
cipher CIPHER_SUITE - defines the cipher suite to use.
icvlen LENGTH - sets the length of the Integrity Check Value (ICV).
encrypt on or encrypt off - switches between authenticated encryption, or authenticity
mode only.
send_sci on or send_sci off - specifies whether the SCI is included in every packet, or
only when it is necessary.
end_station on or end_station off - sets the End Station bit.
scb on or scb off - sets the Single Copy Broadcast bit.
protect on or protect off - enables MACsec protection on the device.
replay on or replay off - enables replay protection on the device.
window SIZE - sets the size of the replay window.
validate strict or validate check or validate disabled - sets the validation mode on the
device.
encodingsa AN - sets the active secure association for transmission.
VRF Type Support
For a link of type VRF the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add DEVICE type vrf table TABLE
table table id associated with VRF device
ip link delete - delete virtual link
dev DEVICE
specifies the virtual device to act operate on.
group GROUP
specifies the group of virtual links to delete. Group 0 is not allowed to be deleted since it is
the default group.
type TYPE
specifies the type of the device.
ip link set - change device attributes
Warning: If multiple parameter changes are requested, ip aborts immediately after any of the changes have
failed. This is the only case when ip can move the system to an unpredictable state. The solution is to
avoid changing several parameters with one ip link set call.
dev DEVICE
DEVICE specifies network device to operate on. When configuring SR-IOV Virtual Function (VF)
devices, this keyword should specify the associated Physical Function (PF) device.
group GROUP
GROUP has a dual role: If both group and dev are present, then move the device to the specified
group. If only a group is specified, then the command operates on all devices in that group.
up and down
change the state of the device to UP or DOWN.
arp on or arp off
change the NOARP flag on the device.
multicast on or multicast off
change the MULTICAST flag on the device.
protodown on or protodown off
change the PROTODOWN state on the device. Indicates that a protocol error has been detected on the
port. Switch drivers can react to this error by doing a phys down on the switch port.
dynamic on or dynamic off
change the DYNAMIC flag on the device. Indicates that address can change when interface goes down
(currently NOT used by the Linux).
name NAME
change the name of the device. This operation is not recommended if the device is running or has
some addresses already configured.
txqueuelen NUMBER
txqlen NUMBER
change the transmit queue length of the device.
mtu NUMBER
change the MTU of the device.
address LLADDRESS
change the station address of the interface.
broadcast LLADDRESS
brd LLADDRESS
peer LLADDRESS
change the link layer broadcast address or the peer address when the interface is POINTOPOINT.
netns NETNSNAME | PID
move the device to the network namespace associated with name NETNSNAME or process PID.
Some devices are not allowed to change network namespace: loopback, bridge, ppp, wireless. These
are network namespace local devices. In such case ip tool will return "Invalid argument" error. It
is possible to find out if device is local to a single network namespace by checking netns-local
flag in the output of the ethtool:
ethtool -k DEVICE
To change network namespace for wireless devices the iw tool can be used. But it allows to change
network namespace only for physical devices and by process PID.
alias NAME
give the device a symbolic name for easy reference.
group GROUP
specify the group the device belongs to. The available groups are listed in file
/etc/iproute2/group.
vf NUM specify a Virtual Function device to be configured. The associated PF device must be specified
using the dev parameter.
mac LLADDRESS - change the station address for the specified VF. The vf parameter must be
specified.
vlan VLANID - change the assigned VLAN for the specified VF. When specified, all traffic
sent from the VF will be tagged with the specified VLAN ID. Incoming traffic will be
filtered for the specified VLAN ID, and will have all VLAN tags stripped before being
passed to the VF. Setting this parameter to 0 disables VLAN tagging and filtering. The vf
parameter must be specified.
qos VLAN-QOS - assign VLAN QOS (priority) bits for the VLAN tag. When specified, all VLAN
tags transmitted by the VF will include the specified priority bits in the VLAN tag. If
not specified, the value is assumed to be 0. Both the vf and vlan parameters must be
specified. Setting both vlan and qos as 0 disables VLAN tagging and filtering for the VF.
proto VLAN-PROTO - assign VLAN PROTOCOL for the VLAN tag, either 802.1Q or 802.1ad.
Setting to 802.1ad, all traffic sent from the VF will be tagged with VLAN S-Tag. Incoming
traffic will have VLAN S-Tags stripped before being passed to the VF. Setting to 802.1ad
also enables an option to concatenate another VLAN tag, so both S-TAG and C-TAG will be
inserted/stripped for outgoing/incoming traffic, respectively. If not specified, the
value is assumed to be 802.1Q. Both the vf and vlan parameters must be specified.
rate TXRATE -- change the allowed transmit bandwidth, in Mbps, for the specified VF.
Setting this parameter to 0 disables rate limiting. vf parameter must be specified.
Please use new API max_tx_rate option instead.
max_tx_rate TXRATE - change the allowed maximum transmit bandwidth, in Mbps, for the
specified VF. Setting this parameter to 0 disables rate limiting. vf parameter must be
specified.
min_tx_rate TXRATE - change the allowed minimum transmit bandwidth, in Mbps, for the
specified VF. Minimum TXRATE should be always <= Maximum TXRATE. Setting this parameter
to 0 disables rate limiting. vf parameter must be specified.
spoofchk on|off - turn packet spoof checking on or off for the specified VF.
query_rss on|off - toggle the ability of querying the RSS configuration of a specific VF.
VF RSS information like RSS hash key may be considered sensitive on some devices where
this information is shared between VF and PF and thus its querying may be prohibited by
default.
state auto|enable|disable - set the virtual link state as seen by the specified VF.
Setting to auto means a reflection of the PF link state, enable lets the VF to communicate
with other VFs on this host even if the PF link state is down, disable causes the HW to
drop any packets sent by the VF.
trust on|off - trust the specified VF user. This enables that VF user can set a specific
feature which may impact security and/or performance. (e.g. VF multicast promiscuous mode)
node_guid eui64 - configure node GUID for Infiniband VFs.
port_guid eui64 - configure port GUID for Infiniband VFs.
xdp object | pinned | off
set (or unset) a XDP ("eXpress Data Path") BPF program to run on every packet at driver level. ip
link output will indicate a xdp flag for the networking device. If the driver does not have native
XDP support, the kernel will fall back to a slower, driver-independent "generic" XDP variant. The
ip link output will in that case indicate xdpgeneric instead of xdp only. If the driver does have
native XDP support, but the program is loaded under xdpgeneric object | pinned then the kernel
will use the generic XDP variant instead of the native one. xdpdrv has the opposite effect of
requestsing that the automatic fallback to the generic XDP variant be disabled and in case driver
is not XDP-capable error should be returned. xdpdrv also disables hardware offloads. xdpoffload
in ip link output indicates that the program has been offloaded to hardware and can also be used
to request the "offload" mode, much like xdpgeneric it forces program to be installed specifically
in HW/FW of the apater.
off (or none ) - Detaches any currently attached XDP/BPF program from the given device.
object FILE - Attaches a XDP/BPF program to the given device. The FILE points to a BPF ELF file
(f.e. generated by LLVM) that contains the BPF program code, map specifications, etc. If a XDP/BPF
program is already attached to the given device, an error will be thrown. If no XDP/BPF program is
currently attached, the device supports XDP and the program from the BPF ELF file passes the
kernel verifier, then it will be attached to the device. If the option -force is passed to ip then
any prior attached XDP/BPF program will be atomically overridden and no error will be thrown in
this case. If no section option is passed, then the default section name ("prog") will be assumed,
otherwise the provided section name will be used. If no verbose option is passed, then a verifier
log will only be dumped on load error. See also EXAMPLES section for usage examples.
section NAME - Specifies a section name that contains the BPF program code. If no section name is
specified, the default one ("prog") will be used. This option is to be passed with the object
option.
verbose - Act in verbose mode. For example, even in case of success, this will print the verifier
log in case a program was loaded from a BPF ELF file.
pinned FILE - Attaches a XDP/BPF program to the given device. The FILE points to an already pinned
BPF program in the BPF file system. The option section doesn't apply here, but otherwise semantics
are the same as with the option object described already.
master DEVICE
set master device of the device (enslave device).
nomaster
unset master device of the device (release device).
addrgenmode eui64|none|stable_secret|random
set the IPv6 address generation mode
eui64 - use a Modified EUI-64 format interface identifier
none - disable automatic address generation
stable_secret - generate the interface identifier based on a preset
/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/{default,DEVICE}/stable_secret
random - like stable_secret, but auto-generate a new random secret if none is set
link-netnsid
set peer netnsid for a cross-netns interface
type ETYPE TYPE_ARGS
Change type-specific settings. For a list of supported types and arguments refer to the
description of ip link add above. In addition to that, it is possible to manipulate settings to
slave devices:
Bridge Slave Support
For a link with master bridge the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link set type bridge_slave [ fdb_flush ] [ state STATE ] [ priority PRIO ] [ cost COST ] [
guard { on | off } ] [ hairpin { on | off } ] [ fastleave { on | off } ] [ root_block { on | off }
] [ learning { on | off } ] [ flood { on | off } ] [ proxy_arp { on | off } ] [ proxy_arp_wifi {
on | off } ] [ mcast_router MULTICAST_ROUTER ] [ mcast_fast_leave { on | off} ] [ mcast_flood { on
| off } ] [ group_fwd_mask MASK ] [ neigh_suppress { on | off } ] ] [ vlan_tunnel { on | off } ]
fdb_flush - flush bridge slave's fdb dynamic entries.
state STATE - Set port state. STATE is a number representing the following states: 0
(disabled), 1 (listening), 2 (learning), 3 (forwarding), 4 (blocking).
priority PRIO - set port priority (allowed values are between 0 and 63, inclusively).
cost COST - set port cost (allowed values are between 1 and 65535, inclusively).
guard { on | off } - block incoming BPDU packets on this port.
hairpin { on | off } - enable hairpin mode on this port. This will allow incoming packets
on this port to be reflected back.
fastleave { on | off } - enable multicast fast leave on this port.
root_block { on | off } - block this port from becoming the bridge's root port.
learning { on | off } - allow MAC address learning on this port.
flood { on | off } - open the flood gates on this port, i.e. forward all unicast frames to
this port also. Requires proxy_arp and proxy_arp_wifi to be turned off.
proxy_arp { on | off } - enable proxy ARP on this port.
proxy_arp_wifi { on | off } - enable proxy ARP on this port which meets extended
requirements by IEEE 802.11 and Hotspot 2.0 specifications.
mcast_router MULTICAST_ROUTER - configure this port for having multicast routers attached.
A port with a multicast router will receive all multicast traffic. MULTICAST_ROUTER may
be either 0 to disable multicast routers on this port, 1 to let the system detect the
presence of of routers (this is the default), 2 to permanently enable multicast traffic
forwarding on this port or 3 to enable multicast routers temporarily on this port, not
depending on incoming queries.
mcast_fast_leave { on | off } - this is a synonym to the fastleave option above.
mcast_flood { on | off } - controls whether a given port will be flooded with multicast
traffic for which there is no MDB entry.
group_fwd_mask MASK - set the group forward mask. This is the bitmask that is applied to
decide whether to forward incoming frames destined to link-local addresses, ie addresses
of the form 01:80:C2:00:00:0X (defaults to 0, ie the bridge does not forward any link-
local frames coming on this port).
neigh_suppress { on | off } - controls whether neigh discovery (arp and nd) proxy and
suppression is enabled on the port. By default this flag is off.
vlan_tunnel { on | off } - Controls whether vlan to tunnel mapping is enabled on the port.
By default this flag is off.
Bonding Slave Support
For a link with master bond the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link set type bond_slave [ queue_id ID ]
queue_id ID - set the slave's queue ID (a 16bit unsigned value).
MACVLAN and MACVTAP Support
Modify list of allowed macaddr for link in source mode.
ip link set type { macvlan | macvap } [ macaddr COMMAND MACADDR ... ]
Commands:
add - add MACADDR to allowed list
set - replace allowed list
del - remove MACADDR from allowed list
flush - flush whole allowed list
ip link show - display device attributes
dev NAME (default)
NAME specifies the network device to show. If this argument is omitted all devices in the default
group are listed.
group GROUP
GROUP specifies what group of devices to show.
up only display running interfaces.
master DEVICE
DEVICE specifies the master device which enslaves devices to show.
vrf NAME
NAME speficies the VRF which enslaves devices to show.
type TYPE
TYPE specifies the type of devices to show.
Note that the type name is not checked against the list of supported types - instead it is sent
as-is to the kernel. Later it is used to filter the returned interface list by comparing it with
the relevant attribute in case the kernel didn't filter already. Therefore any string is accepted,
but may lead to empty output.
ip link xstats - display extended statistics
type TYPE
TYPE specifies the type of devices to display extended statistics for.
ip link afstats - display address-family specific statistics
dev DEVICE
DEVICE specifies the device to display address-family statistics for.
ip link help - display help
TYPE specifies which help of link type to dislpay.
GROUP
may be a number or a string from the file /etc/iproute2/group which can be manually filled.
EXAMPLES
ip link show
Shows the state of all network interfaces on the system.
ip link show type bridge
Shows the bridge devices.
ip link show type vlan
Shows the vlan devices.
ip link show master br0
Shows devices enslaved by br0
ip link set dev ppp0 mtu 1400
Change the MTU the ppp0 device.
ip link add link eth0 name eth0.10 type vlan id 10
Creates a new vlan device eth0.10 on device eth0.
ip link delete dev eth0.10
Removes vlan device.
ip link help gre
Display help for the gre link type.
ip link add name tun1 type ipip remote 192.168.1.1 local 192.168.1.2 ttl 225 encap gue encap-sport auto
encap-dport 5555 encap-csum encap-remcsum
Creates an IPIP that is encapsulated with Generic UDP Encapsulation, and the outer UDP checksum and
remote checksum offload are enabled.
ip link set dev eth0 xdp obj prog.o
Attaches a XDP/BPF program to device eth0, where the program is located in prog.o, section "prog"
(default section). In case a XDP/BPF program is already attached, throw an error.
ip -force link set dev eth0 xdp obj prog.o sec foo
Attaches a XDP/BPF program to device eth0, where the program is located in prog.o, section "foo". In
case a XDP/BPF program is already attached, it will be overridden by the new one.
ip -force link set dev eth0 xdp pinned /sys/fs/bpf/foo
Attaches a XDP/BPF program to device eth0, where the program was previously pinned as an object node
into BPF file system under name foo.
ip link set dev eth0 xdp off
If a XDP/BPF program is attached on device eth0, detach it and effectively turn off XDP for device
eth0.
ip link add link wpan0 lowpan0 type lowpan
Creates a 6LoWPAN interface named lowpan0 on the underlying IEEE 802.15.4 device wpan0.
SEE ALSO
ip(8), ip-netns(8), ethtool(8), iptables(8)
AUTHOR
Original Manpage by Michail Litvak <mci@owl.openwall.com>
iproute2 13 Dec 2012 IP-LINK(8)