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diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst index 3610e008..23f0f570 100644 --- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst +++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst @@ -142,6 +142,31 @@ Limitations To receive IPv6 Multicast messages on VM, explicitly set the relevant MAC address using rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_add() API. +- E-Switch VXLAN tunnel is not supported together with outer VLAN. + +- E-Switch Flows with VNI pattern must include the VXLAN decapsulation action. + +- E-Switch VXLAN decapsulation Flow: + + - can be appiled to PF port only. + - must specify VF port action (packet redirection from PF to VF). + - must specify tunnel outer UDP local (destination) port, wildcards not allowed. + - must specify tunnel outer VNI, wildcards not allowed. + - must specify tunnel outer local (destination) IPv4 or IPv6 address, wildcards not allowed. + - optionally may specify tunnel outer remote (source) IPv4 or IPv6, wildcards or group IPs allowed. + - optionally may specify tunnel inner source and destination MAC addresses. + +- E-Switch VXLAN encapsulation Flow: + + - can be applied to VF ports only. + - must specify PF port action (packet redirection from VF to PF). + - must specify the VXLAN item with tunnel outer parameters. + - must specify the tunnel outer VNI in the VXLAN item. + - must specify the tunnel outer remote (destination) UDP port in the VXLAN item. + - must specify the tunnel outer local (source) IPv4 or IPv6 in the , this address will locally (with scope link) assigned to the outer network interace, wildcards not allowed. + - must specify the tunnel outer remote (destination) IPv4 or IPv6 in the VXLAN item, group IPs allowed. + - must specify the tunnel outer destination MAC address in the VXLAN item, this address will be used to create neigh rule. + Statistics ---------- @@ -557,7 +582,7 @@ RMDA Core with Linux Kernel Mellanox OFED ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -- Mellanox OFED version: **4.3, 4.4**. +- Mellanox OFED version: **4.4, 4.5**. - firmware version: - ConnectX-4: **12.21.1000** and above. |