[networking-guide] master: Adding a Slave Interface to a Bridge (97762dd)

[stephenw at fedoraproject.org]

Repository : http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/docs/networking-guide.git

On branch  : master

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commit 97762dd2a05379d8fcf2d478ad6a19adfa66df08
Author: Stephen Wadeley <swadeley at redhat.com>
Date:   Thu Jun 5 23:57:18 2014 +0200

    Adding a Slave Interface to a Bridge


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 en-US/Configure_Network_Bridging.xml |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/en-US/Configure_Network_Bridging.xml b/en-US/Configure_Network_Bridging.xml
index e5b72e2..9833cc0 100644
--- a/en-US/Configure_Network_Bridging.xml
+++ b/en-US/Configure_Network_Bridging.xml
@@ -175,6 +175,34 @@
       </mediaobject>
       </figure>
 
+<procedure id="procedure-Adding_a_Slave_Interface_to_a_Bridge">
+      <title>Adding a Slave Interface to a Bridge</title>
+      <step>
+      <para>
+        To add a port to a bridge, select the <guilabel>Bridge</guilabel> tab in the <guilabel>Editing Bridge connection <replaceable>1</replaceable></guilabel> window. If necessary, open this window by following the procedure in <xref linkend="procedure-Editing_an_Existing_Bridge_Connection" />.</para>
+        </step>
+        <step>
+          <para>
+            Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>. The <guilabel>Choose a Connection Type</guilabel> menu appears.
+          </para>
+        </step>
+        <step>
+        <para>
+        Select the type of connection to be created from the list. Click <guilabel>Create</guilabel>. A window appropriate to the connection type selected appears.
+        </para>
+        </step>
+        <step>
+          <para>
+          Select the <guilabel>Bridge Port</guilabel> tab. Configure <guilabel>Priority</guilabel> and <guilabel>Path cost</guilabel> as required. Note the STP priority for a bridge port is limited by the Linux kernel. Although the standard allows a range of <literal>0</literal> to <literal>255</literal>, Linux only allows <literal>0</literal> to <literal>63</literal>. The default is <literal>32</literal> in this case.</para>
+        </step>
+        <step>
+          <para>
+            If required, select the <guilabel>Hairpin mode</guilabel> check box to enable forwarding of frames for external processing. Also known as <firstterm>virtual Ethernet port aggregator</firstterm> (<acronym>VEPA</acronym>) mode.
+          </para>
+        </step>
+    
+        </procedure>
+
 
       <bridgehead
         id="bh-Saving_Your_New_or_Modified_Connection_and_Making_Further_Configurations-bridge">Saving Your New (or Modified) Connection and Making Further Configurations</bridgehead>