The
one2many
provides a simple mechanism for routing packets over several links
in a one-to-many (and in the reverse direction, many-to-one) fashion.
There is a single hook named
one
and multiple hooks named
many0many1
etc.
Packets received on any of the
many
hooks are forwarded out the
one
hook.
Packets received on the
one
hook are forwarded out one or more of the
many
hooks; which hook(s) is determined by the node's configured
transmit algorithm.
Packets are not altered in any way.
Each of the connected many links may be considered to be up or down.
Packets are never delivered out a many hook that is down.
How a link is determined to be up or down depends on the node's
configured link failure detection algorithm.
Before an interface or link can be plumbed into a group, its status
must be marked as being
``up''
This is normally setup during the initial boot stages by
rc.conf5.
It is also possible to change an interface's status to
``up''
by using the
ifconfig(8)
utility.
TRANSMIT ALGORITHMS
NG_ONE2MANY_XMIT_ROUNDROBIN
Packets are delivered out the many hooks in sequential order.
Each packet goes out on a different
many
hook.
NG_ONE2MANY_XMIT_ALL
Packets are delivered out all the
many
hooks.
Each packet goes out each
many
hook.
In the future other algorithms may be added as well.
LINK FAILURE DETECTION
The node distinguishes between active and failed links.
Data is sent only to active links.
The following link failure detection algorithms are available:
NG_ONE2MANY_FAIL_MANUAL
The node is explicitly told which of the links are up via the
NGM_ONE2MANY_SET_CONFIG
control message (see below).
Newly connected links are down until configured otherwise.
NG_ONE2MANY_FAIL_NOTIFY
The node listens to flow control message from
many
hooks, and considers link failed if
NGM_LINK_IS_DOWN
is received.
If the
NGM_LINK_IS_UP
message is received, node considers link active.
In the future other algorithms may be added as well.
When all links are considered failed, node sends the
NGM_LINK_IS_DOWN
message towards the
one
hook.
When at least one link comes up, node sends the
NGM_LINK_IS_UP
message towards the
one
hook.
HOOKS
This node type supports up to
NG_ONE2MANY_MAX_LINKS
hooks named
many0many1
etc.,
plus a single hook named
one
CONTROL MESSAGES
This node type supports the generic control messages, plus the
following:
NGM_ONE2MANY_SET_CONFIG
Sets the node configuration using a
struct ng_one2many_link_config
as the control message argument:
/* Node configuration structure */
struct ng_one2many_config {
u_int32_t xmitAlg; /* how to distribute packets */
u_int32_t failAlg; /* how to detect link failure */
u_char enabledLinks[NG_ONE2MANY_MAX_LINKS];
};
Currently, the valid settings for the
xmitAlg
field are
NG_ONE2MANY_XMIT_ROUNDROBIN
(default) or
NG_ONE2MANY_XMIT_ALL
The valid settings for
failAlg
are
NG_ONE2MANY_FAIL_MANUAL
(default) or
NG_ONE2MANY_FAIL_NOTIFY
NGM_ONE2MANY_GET_CONFIG
Returns the current node configuration in a
struct ng_one2many_link_config
NGM_ONE2MANY_GET_STATS
This command takes a 32 bit link number as an argument and
returns a
struct ng_one2many_link_stats
containing statistics for the corresponding
many
link, which may or may not be currently connected:
/* Statistics structure (one for each link) */
struct ng_one2many_link_stats {
u_int64_t recvOctets; /* total octets rec'd on link */
u_int64_t recvPackets; /* total pkts rec'd on link */
u_int64_t xmitOctets; /* total octets xmit'd on link */
u_int64_t xmitPackets; /* total pkts xmit'd on link */
};
To access statistics for the
one
link, use the link number
-1
NGM_ONE2MANY_CLR_STATS
This command takes a 32 bit link number as an argument and
clears the statistics for that link.
NGM_ONE2MANY_GETCLR_STATS
Same as
NGM_ONE2MANY_GET_STATS
but also atomically clears the statistics for the link as well.
SHUTDOWN
This node shuts down upon receipt of a
NGM_SHUTDOWN
control message, or when all hooks have been disconnected.
EXAMPLES
The following commands will set up Ethernet interfaces
fxp0
to deliver packets alternating over the physical interfaces
corresponding to networking interfaces
fxp0
through
fxp3
With a similar setup on a peer machine (using the address
192.168.1.2), a point-to-point
Ethernet connection with four times normal bandwidth is
achieved.
An -nosplit
The
one2many
netgraph node (with round-robin algorithm) was written by
An Archie Cobbs
Aq archie@FreeBSD.org .
The all algorithm was added by
An Rogier R. Mulhuijzen
Aq drwilco@drwilco.net .
BUGS
More transmit and link failure algorithms should be supported.
A good candidate is Cisco's Etherchannel.