IP-LINK(8)



IP-LINK(8)                           Linux                          IP-LINK(8)

NAME
       ip-link - network device configuration

SYNOPSIS
       ip link  { COMMAND | help }

       ip link add [ link DEVICE ] [ name ] NAME
               [ txqueuelen PACKETS ]
               [ address LLADDR ] [ broadcast LLADDR ]
               [ mtu MTU ] [ index IDX ]
               [ numtxqueues QUEUE_COUNT ] [ numrxqueues QUEUE_COUNT ]
               [ gso_max_size BYTES ] [ gso_max_segs SEGMENTS ]
               type TYPE [ ARGS ]

       ip link delete { DEVICE | group GROUP } type TYPE [ ARGS ]

       ip link set { DEVICE | group GROUP }
               [ { up | down } ]
               [ type ETYPE TYPE_ARGS ]
               [ arp { on | off } ]
               [ dynamic { on | off } ]
               [ multicast { on | off } ]
               [ allmulticast { on | off } ]
               [ promisc { on | off } ]
               [ protodown { on | off } ]
               [ trailers { on | off } ]
               [ txqueuelen PACKETS ]
               [ name NEWNAME ]
               [ address LLADDR ]
               [ broadcast LLADDR ]
               [ mtu MTU ]
               [ netns { PID | NETNSNAME } ]
               [ link-netnsid ID ]
               [ alias NAME ]
               [ vf NUM [ mac LLADDR ]
                        [ VFVLAN-LIST ]
                        [ rate TXRATE ]
                        [ max_tx_rate TXRATE ]
                        [ min_tx_rate TXRATE ]
                        [ spoofchk { on | off } ]
                        [ query_rss { on | off } ]
                        [ state { auto | enable | disable } ]
                        [ trust { on | off } ]
                        [ node_guid eui64 ]
                        [ port_guid eui64 ] ]
               [ { xdp | xdpgeneric | xdpdrv | xdpoffload } { off |
                       object FILE [ section NAME ] [ verbose ] |
                       pinned FILE } ]
               [ master DEVICE ]
               [ nomaster ]
               [ vrf NAME ]
               [ addrgenmode { eui64 | none | stable_secret | random } ]
               [ macaddr [ MACADDR ]
                         [ { flush | add | del } MACADDR ]
                         [ set MACADDR ] ]

                 ip link show [ DEVICE | group GROUP ] [ up ] [ master DEVICE
                         ] [ type ETYPE ] [ vrf NAME ]

                 ip link xstats type TYPE [ ARGS ]

                 ip link afstats [ dev DEVICE ]

                 ip link help [ TYPE ]

                 TYPE := [ bridge | bond | can | dummy | hsr | ifb | ipoib |
                         macvlan | macvtap | vcan | vxcan | veth | vlan |
                         vxlan | ip6tnl | ipip | sit | gre | gretap | erspan |
                         ip6gre | ip6gretap | ip6erspan | vti | nlmon | ipvlan
                         | ipvtap | lowpan | geneve | vrf | macsec | netdevsim
                         | rmnet | xfrm ]

                 ETYPE := [ TYPE | bridge_slave | bond_slave ]

                 VFVLAN-LIST := [ VFVLAN-LIST ] VFVLAN

                 VFVLAN := [ vlan VLANID [ qos VLAN-QOS ] [ proto VLAN-PROTO ]
                         ]

         ip link property add [ altname NAME .. ]

         ip link property del [ altname NAME .. ]

DESCRIPTION
   ip link add - add virtual link
       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

                      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

                      vxcan - Virtual Controller Area Network tunnel 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

                      erspan - Encapsulated Remote SPAN over GRE and IPv4

                      ip6gre - Virtual tunnel interface GRE over IPv6

                      ip6gretap - Virtual L2 tunnel interface GRE over IPv6

                      ip6erspan - Encapsulated Remote SPAN over GRE and IPv6

                      vti - Virtual tunnel interface

                      nlmon - Netlink monitoring device

                      ipvlan - Interface for L3 (IPv6/IPv4) based VLANs

                      ipvtap - Interface for L3 (IPv6/IPv4) based VLANs and
                      TAP

                      lowpan - Interface for 6LoWPAN (IPv6) over IEEE 802.15.4
                      / Bluetooth

                      geneve - GEneric NEtwork Virtualization Encapsulation

                      macsec - Interface for IEEE 802.1AE MAC Security (MAC-
                      sec)

                      vrf - Interface for L3 VRF domains

                      netdevsim - Interface for netdev API tests

                      rmnet - Qualcomm rmnet device

                      xfrm - Virtual xfrm interface

       numtxqueues QUEUE_COUNT
              specifies the number of transmit queues for new device.

       numrxqueues QUEUE_COUNT
              specifies the number of receive queues for new device.

       gso_max_size BYTES
              specifies the recommended maximum size of a Generic Segment Off-
              load packet the new device should accept.

       gso_max_segs SEGMENTS
              specifies the recommended maximum number of a Generic Segment
              Offload segments the new device should accept.

       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 } ] [
              bridge_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 inter-
                      preted 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 accel-
                          erate 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.

                      bridge_binding { on | off } - specifies whether the VLAN
                      device link state tracks the state of bridge ports that
                      are members of the VLAN.

                      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 in-
                      ternal 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 CLAS-
                              SIFY --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 ] [ df DF ] [ flowlabel FLOWLABEL ] [ dstport PORT ] [ src-
              port 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 re-
                      mote parameter.

                      remote IPADDR - specifies the unicast destination IP ad-
                      dress to use in outgoing packets when the destination
                      link layer address is not known in the VXLAN device for-
                      warding 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.

                      df DF - specifies the usage of the Don't Fragment flag
                      (DF) bit in outgoing packets with IPv4 headers. The
                      value inherit causes the bit to be copied from the orig-
                      inal IP header. The values unset and set cause the bit
                      to be always unset or always set, respectively. By de-
                      fault, the bit is not set.

                      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 notifica-
                      tions are generated.

                      [no]l3miss - specifies if netlink IP ADDR miss notifica-
                      tions 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 incoming 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 ad-
                            dress 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.

       VETH, VXCAN Type Support
              For a link of types VETH/VXCAN the following additional argu-
              ments are supported:

              ip link add DEVICE type { veth | vxcan } [ peer name NAME ]

                      peer name NAME - specifies the virtual pair device name
                      of the VETH/VXCAN tunnel.

       IPIP, SIT Type Support
              For a link of type IPIPorSIT the following additional arguments
              are supported:

              ip link add DEVICE type { 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 } ] [ external ]

                      remote ADDR - specifies the remote address of the tun-
                      nel.

                      local ADDR - specifies the fixed local address for tun-
                      neled packets.  It must be an address on another inter-
                      face 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 num-
                      ber, "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 En-
                      capsulation.

                      mode { ip6ip | ipip | mplsip | any } - specifies mode in
                      which device should run. "ip6ip" indicates IPv6-Over-
                      IPv4, "ipip" indicates "IPv4-Over-IPv4", "mplsip" indi-
                      cates 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.

                      external - make this tunnel externally controlled (e.g.
                      ip route encap).

       GRE Type Support
              For a link of type GRE or GRETAP the following additional argu-
              ments are supported:

              ip link add DEVICE type { gre | gretap }  remote ADDR local ADDR
              [ [no][i|o]seq ] [ [i|o]key KEY | no[i|o]key ] [ [no][i|o]csum ]
              [ ttl TTL ] [ tos TOS ] [ [no]pmtudisc ] [ [no]ignore-df ] [ dev
              PHYS_DEV ] [ encap { fou | gue | none } ] [ encap-sport { PORT |
              auto } ] [ encap-dport PORT ] [ [no]encap-csum ] [ [no]encap-
              remcsum ] [ external ]

                      remote ADDR - specifies the remote address of the tun-
                      nel.

                      local ADDR - specifies the fixed local address for tun-
                      neled packets.  It must be an address on another inter-
                      face on this host.

                      [no][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 | no[i|o]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 spec-
                      ify different keys for input and output.

                      [no][i|o]csum - generate/require checksums for tunneled
                      packets.  The ocsum flag calculates checksums for outgo-
                      ing packets.  The icsum flag requires that all input
                      packets have the correct checksum. The csum flag is
                      equivalent to the combination icsum ocsum .

                      ttl TTL - specifies the TTL value to use in outgoing
                      packets.

                      tos TOS - specifies the TOS value to use in outgoing
                      packets.

                      [no]pmtudisc - enables/disables Path MTU Discovery on
                      this tunnel.  It is enabled by default. Note that a
                      fixed ttl is incompatible with this option: tunneling
                      with a fixed ttl always makes pmtu discovery.

                      [no]ignore-df - enables/disables IPv4 DF suppression on
                      this tunnel.  Normally datagrams that exceed the MTU
                      will be fragmented; the presence of the DF flag inhibits
                      this, resulting instead in an ICMP Unreachable (Fragmen-
                      tation Required) message.  Enabling this attribute
                      causes the DF flag to be ignored.

                      dev PHYS_DEV - specifies the physical device to use for
                      tunnel endpoint communication.

                      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 num-
                      ber, "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 En-
                      capsulation.

                      external - make this tunnel externally controlled (e.g.
                      ip route encap).

       IP6GRE/IP6GRETAP Type Support
              For a link of type IP6GRE/IP6GRETAP the following additional ar-
              guments are supported:

              ip link add DEVICE type { ip6gre | ip6gretap } remote ADDR local
              ADDR [ [no][i|o]seq ] [ [i|o]key KEY | no[i|o]key ] [
              [no][i|o]csum ] [ hoplimit TTL ] [ encaplimit ELIM ] [ tclass
              TCLASS ] [ flowlabel FLOWLABEL ] [ dscp inherit ] [ [no]allow-
              localremote ] [ dev PHYS_DEV ] [ external ]

                      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 in-
                      terface on this host.

                      [no][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 | no[i|o]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 spec-
                      ify different keys for input and output.

                      [no][i|o]csum - generate/require checksums for tunneled
                      packets.  The ocsum flag calculates checksums for outgo-
                      ing 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 out-
                      going packets.

                      encaplimit ELIM - specifies a fixed encapsulation limit.
                      Default is 4.

                      flowlabel FLOWLABEL - specifies a fixed flowlabel.

                      [no]allow-localremote - specifies whether to allow re-
                      mote endpoint to have an address configured on local
                      host.

                      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 in-
                      herit/STRING or inherit/00..ff will set the field to
                      STRING or 00..ff when tunneling non-IP packets. The de-
                      fault value is 00.

                      external - make this tunnel externally controlled (or
                      not, which is the default).  In the kernel, this is re-
                      ferred to as collect metadata mode.  This flag is mutu-
                      ally exclusive with the remote, local, seq, key, csum,
                      hoplimit, encaplimit, flowlabel and tclass options.

       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.

       ERSPAN Type Support
              For a link of type ERSPAN/IP6ERSPAN the following additional ar-
              guments are supported:

              ip link add DEVICE type { erspan | ip6erspan } remote ADDR local
              ADDR seq key KEY erspan_ver version [ erspan IDX ] [ erspan_dir
              { ingress | egress } ] [ erspan_hwid hwid ] [ [no]allow-localre-
              mote ] [ external ]

                      remote ADDR - specifies the remote address of the tun-
                      nel.

                      local ADDR - specifies the fixed local address for tun-
                      neled packets.  It must be an address on another inter-
                      face on this host.

                      erspan_ver version - specifies the ERSPAN version num-
                      ber.  version indicates the ERSPAN version to be cre-
                      ated: 1 for version 1 (type II) or 2 for version 2 (type
                      III).

                      erspan IDX - specifies the ERSPAN v1 index field.  IDX
                      indicates a 20 bit index/port number associated with the
                      ERSPAN traffic's source port and direction.

                      erspan_dir { ingress | egress } - specifies the ERSPAN
                      v2 mirrored traffic's direction.

                      erspan_hwid hwid - an unique identifier of an ERSPAN v2
                      engine within a system.  hwid is a 6-bit value for users
                      to configure.

                      [no]allow-localremote - specifies whether to allow re-
                      mote endpoint to have an address configured on local
                      host.

                      external - make this tunnel externally controlled (or
                      not, which is the default).  In the kernel, this is re-
                      ferred to as collect metadata mode.  This flag is mutu-
                      ally exclusive with the remote, local, erspan_ver,
                      erspan, erspan_dir and erspan_hwid options.

       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 ] [ df DF ] [ 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 ad-
                      dress to use in outgoing packets.

                      ttl TTL - specifies the TTL value to use in outgoing
                      packets. "0" or "auto" means use whatever default value,
                      "inherit" means inherit the inner protocol's ttl. De-
                      fault option is "0".

                      tos TOS - specifies the TOS value to use in outgoing
                      packets.

                      df DF - specifies the usage of the Don't Fragment flag
                      (DF) bit in outgoing packets with IPv4 headers. The
                      value inherit causes the bit to be copied from the orig-
                      inal IP header. The values unset and set cause the bit
                      to be always unset or always set, respectively. By de-
                      fault, the bit is not set.

                      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 phys-
                      ical interface is transmitted over the physical inter-
                      face. Either the attached switch needs to support hair-
                      pin 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 end-
                      point, 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 ad-
                      dress 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 de-
                      ploy 802.1x mac based behavior, where drivers of under-
                      lying 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" acti-
                      vates 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_de-
              fault_pvid VLAN_DEFAULT_PVID ] [ vlan_stats_enabled
              VLAN_STATS_ENABLED ] [ vlan_stats_per_port VLAN_STATS_PER_PORT ]
              [ mcast_snooping MULTICAST_SNOOPING ] [ mcast_router MULTI-
              CAST_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_mem-
              ber_count LAST_MEMBER_COUNT ] [ mcast_startup_query_count
              STARTUP_QUERY_COUNT ] [ mcast_last_member_interval LAST_MEM-
              BER_INTERVAL ] [ mcast_membership_interval MEMBERSHIP_INTERVAL ]
              [ mcast_querier_interval QUERIER_INTERVAL ] [ mcast_query_inter-
              val QUERY_INTERVAL ] [ mcast_query_response_interval QUERY_RE-
              SPONSE_INTERVAL ] [ mcast_startup_query_interval
              STARTUP_QUERY_INTERVAL ] [ mcast_stats_enabled MCAST_STATS_EN-
              ABLED ] [ 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 en-
                      tries ageing time, ie the number of seconds a MAC ad-
                      dress 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 for-
                      ward 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 mul-
                      ticast 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 pri-
                      ority, 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.

                      vlan_stats_per_port VLAN_STATS_PER_PORT - enable
                      (VLAN_STATS_PER_PORT == 1) or disable
                      (VLAN_STATS_PER_PORT == 0) per-VLAN per-port stats ac-
                      counting. Can be changed only when there are no port
                      VLANs configured.

                      mcast_snooping MULTICAST_SNOOPING - turn multicast
                      snooping on (MULTICAST_SNOOPING > 0) or off (MULTI-
                      CAST_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 (MULTI-
                      CAST_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 be-
                      tween 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 en-
                      abled).

                      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 multi-
                      cast 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 (de-
                      faults to 2).

                      mcast_last_member_interval LAST_MEMBER_INTERVAL - inter-
                      val 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 (de-
                      faults 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 member-
                      ship reports for this group are received.

                      mcast_stats_enabled MCAST_STATS_ENABLED - enable
                      (MCAST_STATS_ENABLED > 0) or disable (MCAST_STATS_EN-
                      ABLED == 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_IPT-
                      ABLES > 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 } ] [ pro-
              tect { 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 hexadeci-
                      mal 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 authenti-
                      cated 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 neces-
                      sary.

                      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 win-
                              dow.

                      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

       RMNET Type Support
              For a link of type RMNET the following additional arguments are
              supported:

              ip link add link DEVICE name NAME type rmnet mux_id MUXID

                      mux_id MUXID - specifies the mux identifier for the rm-
                      net device, possible values 1-254.

       XFRM Type Support
              For a link of type XFRM the following additional arguments are
              supported:

              ip link add DEVICE type xfrm dev PHYS_DEV [ if_id IF_ID ]

                      dev PHYS_DEV - specifies the underlying physical inter-
                      face from which transform traffic is sent and received.

                      if_id IF-ID - specifies the hexadecimal lookup key used
                      to send traffic to and from specific xfrm policies.
                      Policies must be configured with the same key. If not
                      set, the key defaults to 0 and will match any policies
                      which similarly do not have a lookup key configuration.

   ip link delete - delete virtual link
       dev DEVICE
              specifies the virtual device to act operate on.

       group GROUP
              specifies the group of virtual links to delete. Group 0 is not
              allowed to be deleted since it is the default group.

       type TYPE
              specifies the type of the device.

   ip link set - change device attributes
       Warning: If multiple parameter changes are requested, ip aborts immedi-
       ately after any of the changes have failed.  This is the only case when
       ip can move the system to an unpredictable state. The solution is to
       avoid changing several parameters with one ip link set call.  The modi-
       fier change is equivalent to set.

       dev DEVICE
              DEVICE specifies network device to operate on. When configuring
              SR-IOV Virtual Function (VF) devices, this keyword should spec-
              ify 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 spec-
              ified, 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 pro-
              tocol 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 config-
              ured.

       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: loop-
              back, bridge, wireless. These are network namespace local de-
              vices. In such case ip tool will return "Invalid argument" er-
              ror. 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 associ-
              ated PF device must be specified using the dev parameter.

                      mac LLADDRESS - change the station address for the spec-
                      ified 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. Set-
                      ting this parameter to 0 disables VLAN tagging and fil-
                      tering. 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/incom-
                      ing 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.  Setting this
                      parameter to 0 disables rate limiting.  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.  Setting this
                      parameter to 0 disables rate limiting.  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 con-
                      sidered sensitive
                        on some devices where this information is shared be-
                      tween 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 re-
                      flection 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 promis-
                      cuous 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 er-
              ror 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 de-
              vice. If the option -force is passed to ip then any prior at-
              tached XDP/BPF program will be atomically overridden and no er-
              ror will be thrown in this case. If no section option is passed,
              then the default section name ("prog") will be assumed, other-
              wise the provided section name will be used. If no verbose op-
              tion 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 ob-
              ject option.

              verbose - Act in verbose mode. For example, even in case of suc-
              cess, 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 se-
              mantics are the same as with the option object described al-
              ready.

       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 se-
              cret 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 ad-
              dition 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 } ] [ mcast_to_unicast { on | off } ] [
              group_fwd_mask MASK ] [ neigh_suppress { on | off } ] [
              vlan_tunnel { on | off } ] [ isolated { on | off } ] [
              backup_port DEVICE ] [ nobackup_port ]

                      fdb_flush - flush bridge slave's fdb dynamic entries.

                      state STATE - Set port state.  STATE is a number repre-
                      senting the following states: 0 (disabled), 1 (listen-
                      ing), 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 re-
                      flected 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. Re-
                      quires 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 multi-
                      cast router will receive all multicast traffic.  MULTI-
                      CAST_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 en-
                      able 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 flood multicast traffic for which
                        there is no MDB entry.

                      mcast_to_unicast { on | off } - controls whether a given
                      port will replicate packets using unicast
                        instead of multicast. By default this flag is off.

                      group_fwd_mask MASK - set the group forward mask. This
                      is the bitmask that is applied to decide whether to for-
                      ward 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
                      coming on this port).

                      neigh_suppress { on | off } - controls whether neigh
                      discovery (arp and nd) proxy and suppression is enabled
                      on the port. By default this flag is off.

                      vlan_tunnel { on | off } - controls whether vlan to tun-
                      nel mapping is enabled on the port. By default this flag
                      is off.

                      backup_port DEVICE - if the port loses carrier all traf-
                      fic will be redirected to the configured backup port

                      nobackup_port - removes the currently configured backup
                      port

       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 show - display device attributes
       dev NAME (default)
              NAME specifies the network device to show.

       group GROUP
              GROUP specifies what group of devices to show.

       up     only display running interfaces.

       master DEVICE
              DEVICE specifies the master device which enslaves devices to
              show.

       vrf NAME
              NAME speficies the VRF which enslaves devices to show.

       type TYPE
              TYPE specifies the type of devices to show.

              Note that the type name is not checked against the list of sup-
              ported types - instead it is sent as-is to the kernel. Later it
              is used to filter the returned interface list by comparing it
              with the relevant attribute in case the kernel didn't filter al-
              ready. Therefore any string is accepted, but may lead to empty
              output.

   ip link xstats - display extended statistics
       type TYPE
              TYPE specifies the type of devices to display extended statis-
              tics for.

   ip link afstats - display address-family specific statistics
       dev DEVICE
              DEVICE specifies the device to display address-family statistics
              for.

   ip link help - display help
       TYPE specifies which help of link type to dislpay.

   GROUP
       may be a number or a string from the file /etc/iproute2/group which can
       be manually filled.

EXAMPLES
       ip link show
           Shows the state of all network interfaces on the system.

       ip link show type bridge
           Shows the bridge devices.

       ip link show type vlan
           Shows the vlan devices.

       ip link show master br0
           Shows devices enslaved by br0

       ip link set dev ppp0 mtu 1400
           Change the MTU the ppp0 device.

       ip link add link eth0 name eth0.10 type vlan id 10
           Creates a new vlan device eth0.10 on device eth0.

       ip link delete dev eth0.10
           Removes vlan device.

       ip link help gre
           Display help for the gre link type.

       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
           Creates an IPIP that is encapsulated with Generic UDP Encapsula-
           tion, and the outer UDP checksum and remote checksum offload are
           enabled.

       ip link set dev eth0 xdp obj prog.o
           Attaches a XDP/BPF program to device eth0, where the program is lo-
           cated in prog.o, section "prog" (default section). In case a
           XDP/BPF program is already attached, throw an error.

       ip -force link set dev eth0 xdp obj prog.o sec foo
           Attaches a XDP/BPF program to device eth0, where the program is lo-
           cated in prog.o, section "foo". In case a XDP/BPF program is al-
           ready attached, it will be overridden by the new one.

       ip -force link set dev eth0 xdp pinned /sys/fs/bpf/foo
           Attaches a XDP/BPF program to device eth0, where the program was
           previously pinned as an object node into BPF file system under name
           foo.

       ip link set dev eth0 xdp off
           If a XDP/BPF program is attached on device eth0, detach it and ef-
           fectively turn off XDP for device eth0.

       ip link add link wpan0 lowpan0 type lowpan
           Creates a 6LoWPAN interface named lowpan0 on the underlying IEEE
           802.15.4 device wpan0.

       ip link add dev ip6erspan11 type ip6erspan seq key 102 local
       fc00:100::2 remote fc00:100::1 erspan_ver 2 erspan_dir ingress
       erspan_hwid 17
           Creates a IP6ERSPAN version 2 interface named ip6erspan00.

SEE ALSO
       ip(8), ip-netns(8), ethtool(8), iptables(8)

AUTHOR
       Original Manpage by Michail Litvak <mci@owl.openwall.com>

iproute2                          13 Dec 2012                       IP-LINK(8)

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