Provided by: vdeplug_4.0.1-5build1_amd64
NAME
libvdeplug_switch - multiplexing vdeplug module: switch
SYNOPSIS
libvdeplug_switch.so
DESCRIPTION
This is a libvdeplug multiplex module implementing a vde switch. This module of libvdeplug4 can be used in any program supporting vde like vde_plug, kvm, qemu, user-mode-linux and virtualbox. The vde_plug_url syntax of this module is the following: switch://[path] switch://[path][[OPTION][/OPTION][/OPTION]...] If path is omitted the path of the switch is /tmp/vdenode_$USERNAME (e.g. /tmp/vdenode_john if the username is john). This switch supports 801.1Q vlan as a trunk switch, i.e. all the VLAN tagged packets are forwarded as such. The forwarding table uses a key including both the MAC address and th VLAN id.
OPTIONS
hashsize=NUM set the size of the forwarding hash table. (default value 256) expiretime=SECONDS set the expire time of the forwarding table entries. (default value 120) hashseed=NUM set a hash seed, in case the hash function generates too many collisions. mode=MODE define the permissions for the switch (see chmod). MODE is an octal number. The standard permission mask is: 0600 (only processes owning to the same user can join the network). dirmode=DIRMODE define the permissions for the switch control directory(see chmod). MODE is an octal number. If omitted, is computed from mode. grp=GROUP define the group ownership of the switch.
EXAMPLES
switch:///tmp/switch Other virtual machines, namespaces or vde_plug can join this switch using vde:///tmp/switch or simply /tmp/switch switch:///tmp/switch[mode=0666/hashsize=1024] It is the same switch, but everybody is allowed to connect their processes and the hash table has 1024 entries. The null plug can be used to create a stand-alone vde switch: vde_plug null:// switch:///tmp/myswitch The following command creates a switch connected to a tap virtual interface vde_plug tap://mytap switch:///tmp/myswitch
NOTICE
Virtual Distributed Ethernet is not related in any way with www.vde.com ("Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik" i.e. the German "Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies").
SEE ALSO
vde_plug(1),