- link DEVICE
-
specifies the physical device to act operate on.
NAME
specifies the name of the new virtual device.
TYPE
specifies the type of the new device.
Link types:
bridge
- Ethernet Bridge device
bond
- Bonding device
can
- Controller Area Network interface
dummy
- Dummy network interface
hsr
- High-availability Seamless Redundancy device
ifb
- Intermediate Functional Block device
ipoib
- IP over Infiniband device
macvlan
- Virtual interface base on link layer address (MAC)
macvtap
- Virtual interface based on link layer address (MAC) and TAP.
vcan
- Virtual Controller Area Network interface
veth
- Virtual ethernet interface
vlan
- 802.1q tagged virtual LAN interface
vxlan
- Virtual eXtended LAN
ip6tnl
- Virtual tunnel interface IPv4|IPv6 over IPv6
ipip
- Virtual tunnel interface IPv4 over IPv4
sit
- Virtual tunnel interface IPv6 over IPv4
gre
- Virtual tunnel interface GRE over IPv4
gretap
- Virtual L2 tunnel interface GRE over IPv4
ip6gre
- Virtual tunnel interface GRE over IPv6
ip6gretap
- Virtual L2 tunnel interface GRE over IPv6
vti
- Virtual tunnel interface
nlmon
- Netlink monitoring device
ipvlan
- Interface for L3 (IPv6/IPv4) based VLANs
lowpan
- Interface for 6LoWPAN (IPv6) over IEEE 802.15.4 / Bluetooth
geneve
- GEneric NEtwork Virtualization Encapsulation
macsec
- Interface for IEEE 802.1AE MAC Security (MACsec)
vrf
- Interface for L3 VRF domains
- numtxqueues QUEUE_COUNT
-
specifies the number of transmit queues for new device.
- numrxqueues QUEUE_COUNT
-
specifies the number of receive queues for new device.
- index IDX
-
specifies the desired index of the new virtual device. The link creation fails, if the index is busy.
- VLAN Type Support
-
For a link of type
VLAN
the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add
link DEVICE
name NAME
type vlan
[
protocol VLAN_PROTO
]
id VLANID
[
reorder_hdr { on | off }
]
[
gvrp { on | off }
]
[
mvrp { on | off }
]
[
loose_binding { on | off }
]
[
ingress-qos-map QOS-MAP
]
[
egress-qos-map QOS-MAP
]
protocol VLAN_PROTO
- either 802.1Q or 802.1ad.
id VLANID
- specifies the VLAN Identifer to use. Note that numbers with a leading " 0 " or " 0x " are interpreted as octal or hexadeimal, respectively.
reorder_hdr { on | off }
- specifies whether ethernet headers are reordered or not (default is
on).
If
reorder_hdr is on
then VLAN header will be not inserted immediately but only before passing to the
physical device (if this device does not support VLAN offloading), the similar
on the RX direction - by default the packet will be untagged before being
received by VLAN device. Reordering allows to accelerate tagging on egress and
to hide VLAN header on ingress so the packet looks like regular Ethernet packet,
at the same time it might be confusing for packet capture as the VLAN header
does not exist within the packet.
VLAN offloading can be checked by
ethtool(8):
ethtool -k
<phy_dev> |
grep tx-vlan-offload
where <phy_dev> is the physical device to which VLAN device is bound.
gvrp { on | off }
- specifies whether this VLAN should be registered using GARP VLAN Registration Protocol.
mvrp { on | off }
- specifies whether this VLAN should be registered using Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol.
loose_binding { on | off }
- specifies whether the VLAN device state is bound to the physical device state.
ingress-qos-map QOS-MAP
- defines a mapping of VLAN header prio field to the Linux internal packet
priority on incoming frames. The format is FROM:TO with multiple mappings
separated by spaces.
egress-qos-map QOS-MAP
- defines a mapping of Linux internal packet priority to VLAN header prio field
but for outgoing frames. The format is the same as for ingress-qos-map.
Linux packet priority can be set by
iptables(8):
iptables
-t mangle -A POSTROUTING [...] -j CLASSIFY --set-class 0:4
and this "4" priority can be used in the egress qos mapping to set VLAN prio "5":
ip
link set veth0.10 type vlan egress 4:5
- VXLAN Type Support
-
For a link of type
VXLAN
the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add DEVICE
type vxlan id VNI
[
dev PHYS_DEV
] [ { group | remote }
IPADDR
] [
local
{ IPADDR | any }
] [
ttl TTL
] [
tos TOS
] [
flowlabel FLOWLABEL
] [
dstport PORT
] [
srcport MIN MAX
] [
[no]learning
] [
[no]proxy
] [
[no]rsc
] [
[no]l2miss
] [
[no]l3miss
] [
[no]udpcsum
] [
[no]udp6zerocsumtx
] [
[no]udp6zerocsumrx
] [
ageing SECONDS
] [
maxaddress NUMBER
] [
[no]external
] [
gbp
] [
gpe
]
id VNI
- specifies the VXLAN Network Identifer (or VXLAN Segment
Identifier) to use.
dev PHYS_DEV
- specifies the physical device to use for tunnel endpoint communication.
group IPADDR
- specifies the multicast IP address to join.
This parameter cannot be specified with the
remote
parameter.
remote IPADDR
- specifies the unicast destination IP address to use in outgoing packets
when the destination link layer address is not known in the VXLAN device
forwarding database. This parameter cannot be specified with the
group
parameter.
local IPADDR
- specifies the source IP address to use in outgoing packets.
ttl TTL
- specifies the TTL value to use in outgoing packets.
tos TOS
- specifies the TOS value to use in outgoing packets.
flowlabel FLOWLABEL
- specifies the flow label to use in outgoing packets.
dstport PORT
- specifies the UDP destination port to communicate to the remote VXLAN tunnel endpoint.
srcport MIN MAX
- specifies the range of port numbers to use as UDP
source ports to communicate to the remote VXLAN tunnel endpoint.
[no]learning
- specifies if unknown source link layer addresses and IP addresses
are entered into the VXLAN device forwarding database.
[no]rsc
- specifies if route short circuit is turned on.
[no]proxy
- specifies ARP proxy is turned on.
[no]l2miss
- specifies if netlink LLADDR miss notifications are generated.
[no]l3miss
- specifies if netlink IP ADDR miss notifications are generated.
[no]udpcsum
- specifies if UDP checksum is calculated for transmitted packets over IPv4.
[no]udp6zerocsumtx
- skip UDP checksum calculation for transmitted packets over IPv6.
[no]udp6zerocsumrx
- allow incoming UDP packets over IPv6 with zero checksum field.
ageing SECONDS
- specifies the lifetime in seconds of FDB entries learnt by the kernel.
maxaddress NUMBER
- specifies the maximum number of FDB entries.
[no]external
- specifies whether an external control plane
(e.g. ip route encap)
or the internal FDB should be used.
gbp
- enables the Group Policy extension (VXLAN-GBP).
Allows to transport group policy context across VXLAN network peers.
If enabled, includes the mark of a packet in the VXLAN header for outgoing
packets and fills the packet mark based on the information found in the
VXLAN header for incomming packets.
Format of upper 16 bits of packet mark (flags);
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|D|-|-|A|-|-|-|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
D :=
Don't Learn bit. When set, this bit indicates that the egress
VTEP MUST NOT learn the source address of the encapsulated frame.
A :=
Indicates that the group policy has already been applied to
this packet. Policies MUST NOT be applied by devices when the A bit is set.
Format of lower 16 bits of packet mark (policy ID):
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Group Policy ID |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Example:
iptables -A OUTPUT [...] -j MARK --set-mark 0x800FF
gpe
- enables the Generic Protocol extension (VXLAN-GPE). Currently, this is
only supported together with the
external
keyword.
- GRE, IPIP, SIT Type Support
-
For a link of types
GRE/IPIP/SIT
the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add DEVICE
type { gre | ipip | sit }
remote ADDR local ADDR
[
encap { fou | gue | none }
] [
encap-sport { PORT | auto }
] [
encap-dport PORT
] [
[no]encap-csum
] [
[no]encap-remcsum
] [
mode { ip6ip | ipip | mplsip | any }
]
remote ADDR
- specifies the remote address of the tunnel.
local ADDR
- specifies the fixed local address for tunneled packets.
It must be an address on another interface on this host.
encap { fou | gue | none }
- specifies type of secondary UDP encapsulation. "fou" indicates
Foo-Over-UDP, "gue" indicates Generic UDP Encapsulation.
encap-sport { PORT | auto }
- specifies the source port in UDP encapsulation.
PORT
indicates the port by number, "auto"
indicates that the port number should be chosen automatically
(the kernel picks a flow based on the flow hash of the
encapsulated packet).
[no]encap-csum
- specifies if UDP checksums are enabled in the secondary
encapsulation.
[no]encap-remcsum
- specifies if Remote Checksum Offload is enabled. This is only
applicable for Generic UDP Encapsulation.
mode { ip6ip | ipip | mplsip | any }
- specifies mode in which device should run. "ip6ip" indicates
IPv6-Over-IPv4, "ipip" indicates "IPv4-Over-IPv4", "mplsip" indicates
MPLS-Over-IPv4, "any" indicates IPv6, IPv4 or MPLS Over IPv4. Supported for
SIT where the default is "ip6ip" and IPIP where the default is "ipip".
IPv6-Over-IPv4 is not supported for IPIP.
- IP6GRE/IP6GRETAP Type Support
-
For a link of type
IP6GRE/IP6GRETAP
the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add DEVICE
type { ip6gre | ip6gretap }
remote ADDR local ADDR
[
[i|o]seq
] [
[i|o]key
KEY
] [
[i|o]csum
] [
hoplimit TTL
] [
encaplimit ELIM
] [
tclass TCLASS
] [
flowlabel FLOWLABEL
] [
dscp inherit
] [
dev PHYS_DEV
]
remote ADDR
- specifies the remote IPv6 address of the tunnel.
local ADDR
- specifies the fixed local IPv6 address for tunneled packets.
It must be an address on another interface on this host.
[i|o]seq
- serialize packets.
The
oseq
flag enables sequencing of outgoing packets.
The
iseq
flag requires that all input packets are serialized.
[i|o]key KEY
- use keyed GRE with key
KEY. KEY
is either a number or an IPv4 address-like dotted quad.
The
key
parameter specifies the same key to use in both directions.
The
ikey and okey
parameters specify different keys for input and output.
[i|o]csum
- generate/require checksums for tunneled packets.
The
ocsum
flag calculates checksums for outgoing packets.
The
icsum
flag requires that all input packets have the correct
checksum. The
csum
flag is equivalent to the combination
icsum ocsum.
hoplimit TTL
- specifies Hop Limit value to use in outgoing packets.
encaplimit ELIM
- specifies a fixed encapsulation limit. Default is 4.
flowlabel FLOWLABEL
- specifies a fixed flowlabel.
tclass TCLASS
- specifies the traffic class field on
tunneled packets, which can be specified as either a two-digit
hex value (e.g. c0) or a predefined string (e.g. internet).
The value
inherit
causes the field to be copied from the original IP header. The
values
inherit/STRING
or
inherit/00..ff
will set the field to
STRING
or
00..ff
when tunneling non-IP packets. The default value is 00.
- IPoIB Type Support
-
For a link of type
IPoIB
the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add DEVICE name NAME
type ipoib [ pkey PKEY ] [ mode MODE ]
pkey PKEY
- specifies the IB P-Key to use.
mode MODE
- specifies the mode (datagram or connected) to use.
- GENEVE Type Support
-
For a link of type
GENEVE
the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add DEVICE
type geneve id VNI remote IPADDR
[
ttl TTL
] [
tos TOS
] [
flowlabel FLOWLABEL
] [
dstport PORT
] [
[no]external
] [
[no]udpcsum
] [
[no]udp6zerocsumtx
] [
[no]udp6zerocsumrx
]
id VNI
- specifies the Virtual Network Identifer to use.
remote IPADDR
- specifies the unicast destination IP address to use in outgoing packets.
ttl TTL
- specifies the TTL value to use in outgoing packets.
tos TOS
- specifies the TOS value to use in outgoing packets.
flowlabel FLOWLABEL
- specifies the flow label to use in outgoing packets.
dstport PORT
- select a destination port other than the default of 6081.
[no]external
- make this tunnel externally controlled (or not, which is the default). This
flag is mutually exclusive with the
id,
remote,
ttl,
tos and flowlabel
options.
[no]udpcsum
- specifies if UDP checksum is calculated for transmitted packets over IPv4.
[no]udp6zerocsumtx
- skip UDP checksum calculation for transmitted packets over IPv6.
[no]udp6zerocsumrx
- allow incoming UDP packets over IPv6 with zero checksum field.
- MACVLAN and MACVTAP Type Support
-
For a link of type
MACVLAN
or
MACVTAP
the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add link DEVICE name NAME
type { macvlan | macvtap }
mode { private | vepa | bridge | passthru
[ nopromisc ] | source }
type { macvlan | macvtap }
- specifies the link type to use.
macvlan creates just a virtual interface, while
macvtap in addition creates a character device
/dev/tapX to be used just like a tuntap device.
mode private
- Do not allow communication between
macvlan
instances on the same physical interface, even if the external switch supports
hairpin mode.
mode vepa
- Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator mode. Data from one
macvlan
instance to the other on the same physical interface is transmitted over the
physical interface. Either the attached switch needs to support hairpin mode,
or there must be a TCP/IP router forwarding the packets in order to allow
communication. This is the default mode.
mode bridge
- In bridge mode, all endpoints are directly connected to each other,
communication is not redirected through the physical interface's peer.
mode passthru [ nopromisc ]
- This mode gives more power to a single endpoint, usually in
macvtap mode. It is not allowed for more than one endpoint on the same
physical interface. All traffic will be forwarded to this endpoint, allowing
virtio guests to change MAC address or set promiscuous mode in order to bridge
the interface or create vlan interfaces on top of it. By default, this mode
forces the underlying interface into promiscuous mode. Passing the
nopromisc flag prevents this, so the promisc flag may be controlled
using standard tools.
mode source
- allows one to set a list of allowed mac address, which is used to match
against source mac address from received frames on underlying interface. This
allows creating mac based VLAN associations, instead of standard port or tag
based. The feature is useful to deploy 802.1x mac based behavior,
where drivers of underlying interfaces doesn't allows that.
- High-availability Seamless Redundancy (HSR) Support
-
For a link of type
HSR
the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add link DEVICE name NAME type hsr
slave1 SLAVE1-IF slave2 SLAVE2-IF
[ supervision
ADDR-BYTE ] [
version { 0 | 1 } ]
type hsr
- specifies the link type to use, here HSR.
slave1 SLAVE1-IF
- Specifies the physical device used for the first of the two ring ports.
slave2 SLAVE2-IF
- Specifies the physical device used for the second of the two ring ports.
supervision ADDR-BYTE
- The last byte of the multicast address used for HSR supervision frames.
Default option is "0", possible values 0-255.
version { 0 | 1 }
- Selects the protocol version of the interface. Default option is "0", which
corresponds to the 2010 version of the HSR standard. Option "1" activates the
2012 version.
- BRIDGE Type Support
-
For a link of type
BRIDGE
the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add DEVICE type bridge
[
ageing_time AGEING_TIME
] [
group_fwd_mask MASK
] [
group_address ADDRESS
] [
forward_delay FORWARD_DELAY
] [
hello_time HELLO_TIME
] [
max_age MAX_AGE
] [
stp_state STP_STATE
] [
priority PRIORITY
] [
vlan_filtering VLAN_FILTERING
] [
vlan_protocol VLAN_PROTOCOL
] [
vlan_default_pvid VLAN_DEFAULT_PVID
] [
vlan_stats_enabled VLAN_STATS_ENABLED
] [
mcast_snooping MULTICAST_SNOOPING
] [
mcast_router MULTICAST_ROUTER
] [
mcast_query_use_ifaddr MCAST_QUERY_USE_IFADDR
] [
mcast_querier MULTICAST_QUERIER
] [
mcast_hash_elasticity HASH_ELASTICITY
] [
mcast_hash_max HASH_MAX
] [
mcast_last_member_count LAST_MEMBER_COUNT
] [
mcast_startup_query_count STARTUP_QUERY_COUNT
] [
mcast_last_member_interval LAST_MEMBER_INTERVAL
] [
mcast_membership_interval MEMBERSHIP_INTERVAL
] [
mcast_querier_interval QUERIER_INTERVAL
] [
mcast_query_interval QUERY_INTERVAL
] [
mcast_query_response_interval QUERY_RESPONSE_INTERVAL
] [
mcast_startup_query_interval STARTUP_QUERY_INTERVAL
] [
mcast_stats_enabled MCAST_STATS_ENABLED
] [
mcast_igmp_version IGMP_VERSION
] [
mcast_mld_version MLD_VERSION
] [
nf_call_iptables NF_CALL_IPTABLES
] [
nf_call_ip6tables NF_CALL_IP6TABLES
] [
nf_call_arptables NF_CALL_ARPTABLES
]
ageing_time AGEING_TIME
- configure the bridge's FDB entries ageing time, ie the number of seconds a MAC address will be kept in the FDB after a packet has been received from that address. after this time has passed, entries are cleaned up.
group_fwd_mask MASK
- set the group forward mask. This is the bitmask that is applied to decide whether to forward incoming frames destined to link-local addresses, ie addresses of the form 01:80:C2:00:00:0X (defaults to 0, ie the bridge does not forward any link-local frames).
group_address ADDRESS
- set the MAC address of the multicast group this bridge uses for STP. The address must be a link-local address in standard Ethernet MAC address format, ie an address of the form 01:80:C2:00:00:0X, with X in [0, 4..f].
forward_delay FORWARD_DELAY
- set the forwarding delay in seconds, ie the time spent in LISTENING state (before moving to LEARNING) and in LEARNING state (before moving to FORWARDING). Only relevant if STP is enabled. Valid values are between 2 and 30.
hello_time HELLO_TIME
- set the time in seconds between hello packets sent by the bridge, when it is a root bridge or a designated bridges. Only relevant if STP is enabled. Valid values are between 1 and 10.
max_age MAX_AGE
- set the hello packet timeout, ie the time in seconds until another bridge in the spanning tree is assumed to be dead, after reception of its last hello message. Only relevant if STP is enabled. Valid values are between 6 and 40.
stp_state STP_STATE
- turn spanning tree protocol on
(STP_STATE > 0)
or off
(STP_STATE == 0).
for this bridge.
priority PRIORITY
- set this bridge's spanning tree priority, used during STP root bridge election.
PRIORITY
is a 16bit unsigned integer.
vlan_filtering VLAN_FILTERING
- turn VLAN filtering on
(VLAN_FILTERING > 0)
or off
(VLAN_FILTERING == 0).
When disabled, the bridge will not consider the VLAN tag when handling packets.
vlan_protocol { 802.1Q | 802.1ad }
- set the protocol used for VLAN filtering.
vlan_default_pvid VLAN_DEFAULT_PVID
- set the default PVID (native/untagged VLAN ID) for this bridge.
vlan_stats_enabled VLAN_STATS_ENABLED
- enable
(VLAN_STATS_ENABLED == 1)
or disable
(VLAN_STATS_ENABLED == 0)
per-VLAN stats accounting.
mcast_snooping MULTICAST_SNOOPING
- turn multicast snooping on
(MULTICAST_SNOOPING > 0)
or off
(MULTICAST_SNOOPING == 0).
mcast_router MULTICAST_ROUTER
- set bridge's multicast router if IGMP snooping is enabled.
MULTICAST_ROUTER
is an integer value having the following meaning:
0
- disabled.
1
- automatic (queried).
2
- permanently enabled.
mcast_query_use_ifaddr MCAST_QUERY_USE_IFADDR
- whether to use the bridge's own IP address as source address for IGMP queries
(MCAST_QUERY_USE_IFADDR > 0)
or the default of 0.0.0.0
(MCAST_QUERY_USE_IFADDR == 0).
mcast_querier MULTICAST_QUERIER
- enable
(MULTICAST_QUERIER > 0)
or disable
(MULTICAST_QUERIER == 0)
IGMP querier, ie sending of multicast queries by the bridge (default: disabled).
mcast_querier_interval QUERIER_INTERVAL
- interval between queries sent by other routers. if no queries are seen after this delay has passed, the bridge will start to send its own queries (as if
mcast_querier
was enabled).
mcast_hash_elasticity HASH_ELASTICITY
- set multicast database hash elasticity, ie the maximum chain length in the multicast hash table (defaults to 4).
mcast_hash_max HASH_MAX
- set maximum size of multicast hash table (defaults to 512, value must be a power of 2).
mcast_last_member_count LAST_MEMBER_COUNT
- set multicast last member count, ie the number of queries the bridge will send before stopping forwarding a multicast group after a "leave" message has been received (defaults to 2).
mcast_last_member_interval LAST_MEMBER_INTERVAL
- interval between queries to find remaining members of a group, after a "leave" message is received.
mcast_startup_query_count STARTUP_QUERY_COUNT
- set the number of IGMP queries to send during startup phase (defaults to 2).
mcast_startup_query_interval STARTUP_QUERY_INTERVAL
- interval between queries in the startup phase.
mcast_query_interval QUERY_INTERVAL
- interval between queries sent by the bridge after the end of the startup phase.
mcast_query_response_interval QUERY_RESPONSE_INTERVAL
- set the Max Response Time/Maximum Response Delay for IGMP/MLD queries sent by the bridge.
mcast_membership_interval MEMBERSHIP_INTERVAL
- delay after which the bridge will leave a group, if no membership reports for this group are received.
mcast_stats_enabled MCAST_STATS_ENABLED
- enable
(MCAST_STATS_ENABLED > 0)
or disable
(MCAST_STATS_ENABLED == 0)
multicast (IGMP/MLD) stats accounting.
mcast_igmp_version IGMP_VERSION
- set the IGMP version.
mcast_mld_version MLD_VERSION
- set the MLD version.
nf_call_iptables NF_CALL_IPTABLES
- enable
(NF_CALL_IPTABLES > 0)
or disable
(NF_CALL_IPTABLES == 0)
iptables hooks on the bridge.
nf_call_ip6tables NF_CALL_IP6TABLES
- enable
(NF_CALL_IP6TABLES > 0)
or disable
(NF_CALL_IP6TABLES == 0)
ip6tables hooks on the bridge.
nf_call_arptables NF_CALL_ARPTABLES
- enable
(NF_CALL_ARPTABLES > 0)
or disable
(NF_CALL_ARPTABLES == 0)
arptables hooks on the bridge.
- MACsec Type Support
-
For a link of type
MACsec
the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add link DEVICE name NAME type macsec
[ [
address <lladdr>
]
port PORT
|
sci SCI
] [
cipher CIPHER_SUITE
] [
icvlen {
8..16 } ] [
encrypt {
on | off } ] [
send_sci { on | off } ] [
end_station { on | off } ] [
scb { on | off } ] [
protect { on | off } ] [
replay { on | off }
window {
0..2^32-1 } ] [
validate { strict | check | disabled } ] [
encodingsa {
0..3 } ]
address <lladdr>
- sets the system identifier component of secure channel for this MACsec device.
port PORT
- sets the port number component of secure channel for this MACsec device, in a
range from 1 to 65535 inclusive. Numbers with a leading " 0 " or " 0x " are
interpreted as octal and hexadecimal, respectively.
sci SCI
- sets the secure channel identifier for this MACsec device.
SCI
is a 64bit wide number in hexadecimal format.
cipher CIPHER_SUITE
- defines the cipher suite to use.
icvlen LENGTH
- sets the length of the Integrity Check Value (ICV).
encrypt on or encrypt off
- switches between authenticated encryption, or authenticity mode only.
send_sci on or send_sci off
- specifies whether the SCI is included in every packet, or only when it is necessary.
end_station on or end_station off
- sets the End Station bit.
scb on or scb off
- sets the Single Copy Broadcast bit.
protect on or protect off
- enables MACsec protection on the device.
replay on or replay off
- enables replay protection on the device.
window SIZE
- sets the size of the replay window.
validate strict or validate check or validate disabled
- sets the validation mode on the device.
encodingsa AN
- sets the active secure association for transmission.
- VRF Type Support
-
For a link of type
VRF
the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link add DEVICE type vrf table TABLE
table table id associated with VRF device
- dev DEVICE
-
DEVICE
specifies network device to operate on. When configuring SR-IOV Virtual Function
(VF) devices, this keyword should specify the associated Physical Function (PF)
device.
- group GROUP
-
GROUP
has a dual role: If both group and dev are present, then move the device to the
specified group. If only a group is specified, then the command operates on
all devices in that group.
- up and down
-
change the state of the device to
UP
or
DOWN.
- arp on or arp off
-
change the
NOARP
flag on the device.
- multicast on or multicast off
-
change the
MULTICAST
flag on the device.
- protodown on or protodown off
-
change the
PROTODOWN
state on the device. Indicates that a protocol error has been detected on the port. Switch drivers can react to this error by doing a phys down on the switch port.
- dynamic on or dynamic off
-
change the
DYNAMIC
flag on the device. Indicates that address can change when interface goes down (currently
NOT
used by the Linux).
- name NAME
-
change the name of the device. This operation is not
recommended if the device is running or has some addresses
already configured.
- txqueuelen NUMBER
-
- txqlen NUMBER
-
change the transmit queue length of the device.
- mtu NUMBER
-
change the
MTU
of the device.
- address LLADDRESS
-
change the station address of the interface.
- broadcast LLADDRESS
-
- brd LLADDRESS
-
- peer LLADDRESS
-
change the link layer broadcast address or the peer address when
the interface is
POINTOPOINT.
- netns NETNSNAME | PID
-
move the device to the network namespace associated with name
NETNSNAME or
process PID.
Some devices are not allowed to change network namespace: loopback, bridge,
ppp, wireless. These are network namespace local devices. In such case
ip
tool will return "Invalid argument" error. It is possible to find out if device is local
to a single network namespace by checking
netns-local
flag in the output of the
ethtool:
ethtool -k
DEVICE
To change network namespace for wireless devices the
iw
tool can be used. But it allows to change network namespace only for physical devices and by process
PID.
- alias NAME
-
give the device a symbolic name for easy reference.
- group GROUP
-
specify the group the device belongs to.
The available groups are listed in file
/etc/iproute2/group.
- vf NUM
-
specify a Virtual Function device to be configured. The associated PF device
must be specified using the
dev
parameter.
mac LLADDRESS
- change the station address for the specified VF. The
vf
parameter must be specified.
vlan VLANID
- change the assigned VLAN for the specified VF. When specified, all traffic
sent from the VF will be tagged with the specified VLAN ID. Incoming traffic
will be filtered for the specified VLAN ID, and will have all VLAN tags
stripped before being passed to the VF. Setting this parameter to 0 disables
VLAN tagging and filtering. The
vf
parameter must be specified.
qos VLAN-QOS
- assign VLAN QOS (priority) bits for the VLAN tag. When specified, all VLAN
tags transmitted by the VF will include the specified priority bits in the
VLAN tag. If not specified, the value is assumed to be 0. Both the
vf
and
vlan
parameters must be specified. Setting both
vlan
and
qos
as 0 disables VLAN tagging and filtering for the VF.
proto VLAN-PROTO
- assign VLAN PROTOCOL for the VLAN tag, either 802.1Q or 802.1ad.
Setting to 802.1ad, all traffic sent from the VF will be tagged with VLAN S-Tag.
Incoming traffic will have VLAN S-Tags stripped before being passed to the VF.
Setting to 802.1ad also enables an option to concatenate another VLAN tag, so both
S-TAG and C-TAG will be inserted/stripped for outgoing/incoming traffic, respectively.
If not specified, the value is assumed to be 802.1Q. Both the
vf
and
vlan
parameters must be specified.
rate TXRATE
-- change the allowed transmit bandwidth, in Mbps, for the specified VF.
Setting this parameter to 0 disables rate limiting.
vf
parameter must be specified.
Please use new API
max_tx_rate
option instead.
max_tx_rate TXRATE
- change the allowed maximum transmit bandwidth, in Mbps, for the specified VF.
vf
parameter must be specified.
min_tx_rate TXRATE
- change the allowed minimum transmit bandwidth, in Mbps, for the specified VF.
Minimum TXRATE should be always <= Maximum TXRATE.
vf
parameter must be specified.
spoofchk on|off
- turn packet spoof checking on or off for the specified VF.
query_rss on|off
- toggle the ability of querying the RSS configuration of a specific VF. VF RSS information like RSS hash key may be considered sensitive on some devices where this information is shared between VF and PF and thus its querying may be prohibited by default.
state auto|enable|disable
- set the virtual link state as seen by the specified VF. Setting to auto means a
reflection of the PF link state, enable lets the VF to communicate with other VFs on
this host even if the PF link state is down, disable causes the HW to drop any packets
sent by the VF.
trust on|off
- trust the specified VF user. This enables that VF user can set a specific feature
which may impact security and/or performance. (e.g. VF multicast promiscuous mode)
node_guid eui64
- configure node GUID for Infiniband VFs.
port_guid eui64
- configure port GUID for Infiniband VFs.
- xdp object | pinned | off
-
set (or unset) a XDP ("eXpress Data Path") BPF program to run on every
packet at driver level.
ip link
output will indicate a
xdp
flag for the networking device. If the driver does not have native XDP
support, the kernel will fall back to a slower, driver-independent "generic"
XDP variant. The
ip link
output will in that case indicate
xdpgeneric
instead of
xdp
only. If the driver does have native XDP support, but the program is
loaded under
xdpgeneric object | pinned
then the kernel will use the generic XDP variant instead of the native one.
xdpdrv
has the opposite effect of requestsing that the automatic fallback to the
generic XDP variant be disabled and in case driver is not XDP-capable error
should be returned.
xdpdrv
also disables hardware offloads.
xdpoffload
in ip link output indicates that the program has been offloaded to hardware
and can also be used to request the "offload" mode, much like
xdpgeneric
it forces program to be installed specifically in HW/FW of the apater.
off
(or
none
)
- Detaches any currently attached XDP/BPF program from the given device.
object FILE
- Attaches a XDP/BPF program to the given device. The
FILE
points to a BPF ELF file (f.e. generated by LLVM) that contains the BPF
program code, map specifications, etc. If a XDP/BPF program is already
attached to the given device, an error will be thrown. If no XDP/BPF
program is currently attached, the device supports XDP and the program
from the BPF ELF file passes the kernel verifier, then it will be attached
to the device. If the option
-force
is passed to
ip
then any prior attached XDP/BPF program will be atomically overridden and
no error will be thrown in this case. If no
section
option is passed, then the default section name ("prog") will be assumed,
otherwise the provided section name will be used. If no
verbose
option is passed, then a verifier log will only be dumped on load error.
See also
EXAMPLES
section for usage examples.
section NAME
- Specifies a section name that contains the BPF program code. If no section
name is specified, the default one ("prog") will be used. This option is
to be passed with the
object
option.
verbose
- Act in verbose mode. For example, even in case of success, this will
print the verifier log in case a program was loaded from a BPF ELF file.
pinned FILE
- Attaches a XDP/BPF program to the given device. The
FILE
points to an already pinned BPF program in the BPF file system. The option
section
doesn't apply here, but otherwise semantics are the same as with the option
object
described already.
- master DEVICE
-
set master device of the device (enslave device).
- nomaster
-
unset master device of the device (release device).
- addrgenmode eui64|none|stable_secret|random
-
set the IPv6 address generation mode
eui64
- use a Modified EUI-64 format interface identifier
none
- disable automatic address generation
stable_secret
- generate the interface identifier based on a preset /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/{default,DEVICE}/stable_secret
random
- like stable_secret, but auto-generate a new random secret if none is set
- link-netnsid
-
set peer netnsid for a cross-netns interface
- type ETYPE TYPE_ARGS
-
Change type-specific settings. For a list of supported types and arguments refer
to the description of
ip link add
above. In addition to that, it is possible to manipulate settings to slave
devices:
- Bridge Slave Support
-
For a link with master
bridge
the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link set type bridge_slave
[
fdb_flush
] [
state STATE
] [
priority PRIO
] [
cost COST
] [
guard { on | off }
] [
hairpin { on | off }
] [
fastleave { on | off }
] [
root_block { on | off }
] [
learning { on | off }
] [
flood { on | off }
] [
proxy_arp { on | off }
] [
proxy_arp_wifi { on | off }
] [
mcast_router MULTICAST_ROUTER
] [
mcast_fast_leave { on | off}
] [
mcast_flood { on | off } ]
fdb_flush
- flush bridge slave's fdb dynamic entries.
state STATE
- Set port state.
STATE
is a number representing the following states:
0 (disabled),
1 (listening),
2 (learning),
3 (forwarding),
4 (blocking).
priority PRIO
- set port priority (allowed values are between 0 and 63, inclusively).
cost COST
- set port cost (allowed values are between 1 and 65535, inclusively).
guard { on | off }
- block incoming BPDU packets on this port.
hairpin { on | off }
- enable hairpin mode on this port. This will allow incoming packets on this
port to be reflected back.
fastleave { on | off }
- enable multicast fast leave on this port.
root_block { on | off }
- block this port from becoming the bridge's root port.
learning { on | off }
- allow MAC address learning on this port.
flood { on | off }
- open the flood gates on this port, i.e. forward all unicast frames to this
port also. Requires
proxy_arp and proxy_arp_wifi
to be turned off.
proxy_arp { on | off }
- enable proxy ARP on this port.
proxy_arp_wifi { on | off }
- enable proxy ARP on this port which meets extended requirements by IEEE
802.11 and Hotspot 2.0 specifications.
mcast_router MULTICAST_ROUTER
- configure this port for having multicast routers attached. A port with a
multicast router will receive all multicast traffic.
MULTICAST_ROUTER
may be either
0
to disable multicast routers on this port,
1
to let the system detect the presence of of routers (this is the default),
2
to permanently enable multicast traffic forwarding on this port or
3
to enable multicast routers temporarily on this port, not depending on incoming
queries.
mcast_fast_leave { on | off }
- this is a synonym to the
fastleave
option above.
mcast_flood { on | off }
- controls whether a given port will be flooded with multicast traffic for which there is no MDB entry.
- Bonding Slave Support
-
For a link with master
bond
the following additional arguments are supported:
ip link set type bond_slave
[
queue_id ID
]
queue_id ID
- set the slave's queue ID (a 16bit unsigned value).
- MACVLAN and MACVTAP Support
-
Modify list of allowed macaddr for link in source mode.
ip link set type { macvlan | macvap }
[
macaddr COMMAND MACADDR ...
]
Commands:
add
- add MACADDR to allowed list
set
- replace allowed list
del
- remove MACADDR from allowed list
flush
- flush whole allowed list
ip link add name tun1 type ipip remote 192.168.1.1
local 192.168.1.2 ttl 225 encap gue encap-sport auto
encap-dport 5555 encap-csum encap-remcsum
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