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| author | Christian Poessinger <christian@poessinger.com> | 2020-11-26 20:12:54 +0100 |
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| committer | Christian Poessinger <christian@poessinger.com> | 2020-11-26 20:13:02 +0100 |
| commit | 4bc9e94a7ad57ee6735533da59a808dc8caf3ba5 (patch) | |
| tree | 3a4b01054507a962752ece01121aa84cb9696330 | |
| parent | 4d2065ee4000d07e08563ade20df67a03485b941 (diff) | |
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ethernet: document mirror CLI option
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diff --git a/docs/interfaces/ethernet.rst b/docs/interfaces/ethernet.rst index 8b1ad6bd..f2ab3f67 100644 --- a/docs/interfaces/ethernet.rst +++ b/docs/interfaces/ethernet.rst @@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ Ethernet options VyOS default will be `auto`. -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces ethernet <interface> speed <auto | 10 | 100 | 1000 | 2500 | 5000 | 10000 | 25000 | 40000 | 50000 | 100000> +.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces ethernet <interface> speed <auto | 10 | 100 | 1000 | + 2500 | 5000 | 10000 | 25000 | 40000 | 50000 | 100000> Configure physical interface speed setting. @@ -49,6 +50,22 @@ Ethernet options VyOS default will be `auto`. + +.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces ethernet <interface> mirror <interface> + + Use this command to mirror the inbound traffic from one Ethernet interface to + another interface. This feature is typically used to provide a copy of traffic + inbound on one interface to a system running a monitoring or IPS application + on another interface. The benefit of mirroring the traffic is that the + application is isolated from the source traffic and so application processing + does not affect the traffic or the system performance. + + Example: + + .. code-block:: none + + set interfaces ethernet eth0 mirror eth1 + VLAN ==== |