1BRIDGE(8) Linux BRIDGE(8)
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6 bridge - show / manipulate bridge addresses and devices
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9 bridge [ OPTIONS ] OBJECT { COMMAND | help }
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12 OBJECT := { link | fdb | mdb | vlan | monitor }
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15 OPTIONS := { -V[ersion] | -s[tatistics] | -n[etns] name | -b[atch]
16 filename | -c[lor] | -p[retty] | -j[son] | -o[neline] }
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18 bridge link set dev DEV [ cost COST ] [ priority PRIO ] [ state STATE
19 ] [ guard { on | off } ] [ hairpin { on | off } ] [ fastleave {
20 on | off } ] [ root_block { on | off } ] [ learning { on | off
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22 hwmode { vepa | veb } ] [ mcast_flood { on | off } ] [
23 mcast_to_unicast { on | off } ] [ neigh_suppress { on | off } ]
24 [ vlan_tunnel { on | off } ] [ isolated { on | off } ] [
25 backup_port DEVICE ] [ nobackup_port ] [ self ] [ master ]
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27 bridge link [ show ] [ dev DEV ]
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29 bridge fdb { add | append | del | replace } LLADDR dev DEV { local |
30 static | dynamic } [ self ] [ master ] [ router ] [ use ] [
31 extern_learn ] [ sticky ] [ dst IPADDR ] [ src_vni SRC_VNI ] [
32 vni VNI ] [ port PORT ] [ via DEVICE ]
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34 bridge fdb [ show ] [ dev DEV ] [ br BRDEV ] [ brport DEV ] [ vlan VID
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37 bridge mdb { add | del } dev DEV port PORT grp GROUP [ permanent | temp
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42 bridge vlan { add | del } dev DEV vid VID [ tunnel_info TUNNEL_ID ] [
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45 bridge vlan [ show | tunnelshow ] [ dev DEV ]
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47 bridge monitor [ all | neigh | link | mdb ]
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51 -V, -Version
52 print the version of the bridge utility and exit.
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56 output more information. If this option is given multiple times,
57 the amount of information increases. As a rule, the information
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62 print detailed information about MDB router ports.
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66 switches bridge to the specified network namespace NETNS. Actu‐
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69 ip netns exec NETNS bridge [ OPTIONS ] OBJECT { COMMAND | help }
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73 bridge -n[etns] NETNS [ OPTIONS ] OBJECT { COMMAND | help }
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77 Read commands from provided file or standard input and invoke
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87 Configure color output. If parameter is omitted or always, color
88 output is enabled regardless of stdout state. If parameter is
89 auto, stdout is checked to be a terminal before enabling color
90 output. If parameter is never, color output is disabled. If
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104 output each record on a single line, replacing line feeds with
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125 Specifies the action to perform on the object. The set of possible
126 actions depends on the object type. As a rule, it is possible to add,
127 delete and show (or list ) objects, but some objects do not allow all
128 of these operations or have some additional commands. The help command
129 is available for all objects. It prints out a list of available com‐
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133 list or, if the objects of this class cannot be listed, help.
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137 link objects correspond to the port devices of the bridge.
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150 the STP path cost of the specified port.
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154 the STP port priority. The priority value is an unsigned 8-bit
155 quantity (number between 0 and 255). This metric is used in the
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160 the operation state of the port. This is primarily used by user
161 space STP/RSTP implementation. One may enter a lowercased port
162 state name, or one of the numbers below. Negative inputs are
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165 0 - port is DISABLED. Make this port completely inactive.
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169 bridge. In this state the port listens for STP BPDUs and drops
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182 bridge. This state is used during the STP election process. In
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188 Controls whether STP BPDUs will be processed by the bridge port.
189 By default, the flag is turned off allowed BPDU processing.
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195 Controls whether traffic may be send back out of the port on
196 which it was received. By default, this flag is turned off and
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202 This flag allows the bridge to immediately stop multicast traf‐
203 fic on a port that receives IGMP Leave message. It is only used
204 with IGMP snooping is enabled on the bridge. By default the flag
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209 Controls whether a given port is allowed to become root port or
210 not. Only used when STP is enabled on the bridge. By default the
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215 Controls whether a given port will learn MAC addresses from
216 received traffic or not. If learning if off, the bridge will end
217 up flooding any traffic for which it has no FDB entry. By
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222 Controls whether a given port will sync MAC addresses learned on
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227 Controls whether a given port will flood unicast traffic for
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232 they may be configured in different modes. Currently support
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235 vepa - Data sent between HW ports is sent on the wire to the
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241 mcast_flood on or mcast_flood off
242 Controls whether a given port will flood multicast traffic for
243 which there is no MDB entry. By default this flag is on.
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247 Controls whether a given port will replicate packets using uni‐
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252 Controls whether neigh discovery (arp and nd) proxy and suppres‐
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262 Controls whether a given port will be isolated, which means it
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273 Removes the currently configured backup port
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326 Valid if the referenced device is a VXLAN type device and has
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347 the IP address of the destination VXLAN tunnel endpoint where
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352 the src VNI Network Identifier (or VXLAN Segment ID) this entry
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359 the VXLAN VNI Network Identifier (or VXLAN Segment ID) to use to
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370 device name of the outgoing interface for the VXLAN device
371 driver to reach the remote VXLAN tunnel endpoint.
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375 This command adds a new fdb entry with an already known LLADDR. Valid
376 only for multicast link layer addresses. The command adds support for
377 broadcast and multicast Ethernet MAC addresses. The Ethernet MAC
378 address is added multiple times into the forwarding database and the
379 vxlan device driver sends a copy of the data packet to each entry
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401 This command displays the current forwarding table.
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409 mdb objects contain known IP multicast group addresses on a link.
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417 This command creates a new mdb entry.
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425 the port whose link is known to have members of this multicast
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430 the IP multicast group address whose members reside on the link
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453 This command displays the current multicast group membership table. The
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460 the interface only whose entries should be listed. Default is to
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464 With the -details option, the command becomes verbose. It prints out
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493 the TUNNEL ID that maps to this vlan. The tunnel id is set in
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503 the vlan specified is to be treated as untagged on egress.
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506 self the vlan is configured on the specified physical device.
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514 This command removes an existing vlan filter entry.
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529 bridge vlan tunnelshow - list vlan tunnel mapping.
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534 The bridge utility can monitor the state of devices and addresses con‐
535 tinuously. This option has a slightly different format. Namely, the
536 monitor command is the first in the command line and then the object
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539 bridge monitor [ all | OBJECT-LIST ]
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541 OBJECT-LIST is the list of object types that we want to monitor. It
542 may contain link, fdb, and mdb. If no file argument is given, bridge
543 opens RTNETLINK, listens on it and dumps state changes in the format
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548 file containing RTNETLINK messages saved in binary format and dumps
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556 basis the bridge device is not part of the syntax. This is a limitation
557 of the underlying netlink neighbour message protocol. When displaying
558 the forwarding table, entries for all bridges are displayed.
559 Add/delete/modify commands determine the underlying bridge device based
560 on the bridge to which the corresponding ethernet device is attached.
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568 Please direct bugreports and patches to: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
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572 Original Manpage by Stephen Hemminger
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