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ETHERSWITCHCFG(8)	     System Manager's Manual	       ETHERSWITCHCFG(8)

NAME
     etherswitchcfg -- configure a built-in Ethernet switch

SYNOPSIS
     etherswitchcfg [-f control file] info
     etherswitchcfg [-f control file] config command parameter
     etherswitchcfg [-f control file] phy phy.register[=value]
     etherswitchcfg [-f control file] port%d [flags] command parameter
     etherswitchcfg [-f control file] reg register[=value]
     etherswitchcfg [-f control file] vlangroup%d command parameter

DESCRIPTION
     The  etherswitchcfg  utility  is used to configure an Ethernet switch built
     into the system.  etherswitchcfg accepts a number of options:

     -f control file
	 Specifies the etherswitch(4) control file that represents the switch to
	 be configured.  It defaults to /dev/etherswitch0.
     -m  When reporting port information, also list available media options  for
	 that port.
     -v  Produce  more	verbose output.  Without this flag, lines that represent
	 inactive or empty configuration options are omitted.

   config
     The config command provides access to global switch  configuration  parame-
     ters.  It support the following commands:

     vlan_mode mode  Sets the switch VLAN mode (depends on the hardware).

   phy
     The phy command provides access to the registers of the PHYs attached to or
     integrated  into  the  switch  controller.   PHY registers are specified as
     phy.register, where phy is usually the port number,  and  register  is  the
     register  number.	 Both  can  be provided as decimal, octal or hexadecimal
     numbers in any of the formats understood by strtol(3).  To set the register
     value, use the form instance.register=value.

   port
     The port command selects one of the ports of the switch.  It  supports  the
     following commands:

     pvid number  Sets	the  default  port  VID that is used to process incoming
		  frames that are not tagged.
     media mediaspec
		  Specifies the physical media configuration  to  be  configured
		  for a port.
     mediaopt mediaoption
		  Specifies a list of media options for a port.  See ifconfig(8)
		  for details on media and mediaopt.
     led number style
		  Sets the display style for a given LED.  Available styles are:
		  default  (usually flash on activity), on, off, and blink.  Not
		  all switches will support all styles.

     And the following flags (please note that not all flags  are  supported  by
     all switch drivers):

     addtag   Add VLAN tag to each packet sent by the port.
     -addtag  Disable the add VLAN tag option.
     striptag
	      Strip the VLAN tags from the packets sent by the port.
     -striptag
	      Disable the strip VLAN tag option.
     striptagingress
	      Strip the VLAN tags from the packets received by the port.
     -striptagingress
	      Disable the strip VLAN tag on ingress option.
     firstlock
	      This  options  makes the switch port lock on the first MAC address
	      it sees.	After that, usually you need  to  reset  the  switch  to
	      learn different MAC addresses.
     -firstlock
	      Disable  the  first  lock option.  Note that sometimes you need to
	      reset the switch to really disable this option.
     droptagged
	      Drop packets with a VLAN tag.
     -droptagged
	      Disable the drop tagged packets option.
     dropuntagged
	      Drop packets without a VLAN tag.
     -dropuntagged
	      Disable the drop untagged packets option.
     doubletag
	      Enable QinQ for the port.
     -doubletag
	      Disable QinQ for the port.
     ingress  Enable the ingress filter on the port.
     -ingress
	      Disable the ingress filter.

   reg
     The reg command provides access to the registers of the switch controller.

   vlangroup
     The vlangroup command selects one of the VLAN groups for configuration.  It
     supports the following commands:

     vlan VID
	      Sets the VLAN ID (802.1q VID) for this VLAN group.  Frames  trans-
	      mitted  on  tagged  member ports of this group will be tagged with
	      this VID.  Incoming frames carrying this tag will be forwarded ac-
	      cording to the configuration of this VLAN group.
     members port,...
	      Configures which ports are to be a member of this VLAN group.  The
	      port numbers are given as a comma-separated list.  Each  port  can
	      optionally be followed by "t" to indicate that frames on this port
	      are tagged.

FILES
     /dev/etherswitch?	Control file for the Ethernet switch driver.

EXAMPLES
     Configure	VLAN  group 1 with a VID of 2 and make ports 0 and 5 its members
     while excluding all other ports.  Port  5	will  send  and  receive  tagged
     frames  while  port 0 will be untagged.  Incoming untagged frames on port 0
     are assigned to vlangroup1.

	   # etherswitchcfg vlangroup1 vlan 2 members 0,5t port0 pvid 2

SEE ALSO
     etherswitch(4)

HISTORY
     etherswitchcfg first appeared in FreeBSD 10.0.

AUTHORS
     Stefan Bethke

FreeBSD ports 15.1		  June 23, 2021 	       ETHERSWITCHCFG(8)

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