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diff --git a/src/vnet/span/span_doc.md b/src/vnet/span/span_doc.md deleted file mode 100644 index 9f1db0a6c90..00000000000 --- a/src/vnet/span/span_doc.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,65 +0,0 @@ -# VPP SPAN implementation {#span_doc} - -This is a memo intended to contain documentation of the VPP SPAN implementation. -Everything that is not directly obvious should come here. - - -## Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) -Port mirroring is used on a network switch to send a copy of network packets seen on one switch port to a network monitoring connection on another switch port. -Can be used by network engineers or administrators to measure performance, analyze and debug data or diagnose errors on a network. - -### RX traffic node -There is one static node to mirror incoming packets. -* span-input: Creates a copy of incoming buffer due to incoming buffers can be reused internally. - -Chaining: dpdk-input -> span-input -> -* original buffer is sent to ethernet-input for processing -* buffer copy is sent to interface-output - -### Configuration -SPAN supports the following CLI configuration commands: - -#### Enable/Disable SPAN (CLI) - set interface span <if-name> [disable | destination <if-name>] - -<if-name>: mirrored interface name -destination <if-name>: monitoring interface name -disable: delete mirroring - -#### Enable/Disable SPAN (API) -SPAN supports the following API configuration command: - sw_interface_span_enable_disable src GigabitEthernet0/8/0 dst GigabitEthernet0/9/0 - sw_interface_span_enable_disable src_sw_if_index 1 dst_sw_if_index 2 - -src/src_sw_if_index: mirrored interface name -dst/dst_sw_if_index: monitoring interface name - -#### Remove SPAN entry (API) -SPAN supports the following API configuration command: - sw_interface_span_enable_disable src_sw_if_index 1 dst_sw_if_index 2 disable - -src_sw_if_index: mirrored interface name -dst_sw_if_index: monitoring interface name - -### Configuration example - -Mirror all packets on interface GigabitEthernet0/10/0 to interface GigabitEthernet0/11/0. - -Configure IPv4 addresses on mirrored interface: -set interface ip address GigabitEthernet0/10/0 192.168.1.13/24 -set interface state GigabitEthernet0/10/0 up - -Configure IPv4 addresses on monitoring interface: -set interface ip address GigabitEthernet0/11/0 192.168.2.13/24 -set interface state GigabitEthernet0/11/0 up - -Configure SPAN -set span src GigabitEthernet0/10/0 dst GigabitEthernet0/11/0 - -### Operational data - -Active SPAN mirroring CLI show command: - show interfaces span - -Active SPAN mirroring API dump command: - sw_interface_span_dump |