How to mirror the packets from VF interface to Physical interface

[M_Mohanraj]

Our Product overview :

As shown in below block diagram, ICX-D processor & Fortville (XL710) are connected through PCI GEN3_X8 interface then 2 10G ports of Fortville are connected to Device 1 & Device 2 which are FPGAs.  

Packet flow :

On each 10G interface of XL710, we have created 2 VFs as shown below,

Between Processor & Device 1 (FPGA) , packet flow is over vf 1 of rim1fvl interface as shown below,

we can able to mirror the packets between VFs with below command, that means in our case we can able to mirror the packets from vf 1 to vf 0 interface as shown below,

echo add 601 > /sys/class/net/rim1fvl/device/sriov/0/vlan_mirror

Driver details :

[root@rs10002100a-fv224500021 4G_Backup]# ethtool -i rim1fvl

driver: i40e

version: 2.22.18.1

firmware-version: 9.20 0x8000e0e9 0.0.0

expansion-rom-version:

bus-info: 0000:18:00.0

supports-statistics: yes

supports-test: yes

supports-eeprom-access: yes

supports-register-dump: yes

supports-priv-flags: yes

Issue statement :

How to mirror the packets from vf interface to physical interface ?

[Simon-Intel]

Hi M_Mohanraj,

Thank you for reaching out to the Intel support. We acknowledge receipt of your concern and want to assure you that assisting you is our top priority. To effectively troubleshoot the issue you're facing, we require some additional information from your end.

Could you kindly provide the following details?

1. Board details:

2. Complete ethernet card/controller details: 

Your prompt response with this information will greatly assist us in diagnosing and resolving the issue as quickly as possible.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best Regards,

Simon

Intel Customer Support Technician

[Simon-Intel]

Hi M_Mohanraj,

Good Day!

This is the first follow-up regarding the issue you reported to us.

I wanted to inquire whether you had the opportunity to provide the details requested in my previous message.

Feel free to reply to this message, and we'll be more than happy to assist you further.

Regards,

Simon

Intel Customer Support Technician

[ManoranjanDas]

Hello M_Mohanraj, 

Greetings for the day! 

I hope this message finds you well. 

We are following up to find out if you were able to find the information we provided. Please reply to confirm, so we can continue helping on a resolution. Looking forward to receiving your reply. 

Best regards, 

Manoranjan. 

Intel Customer Support Technician

[Simon-Intel]

Hello M_Mohanraj, 

Greetings for the day!

We would like to inform you that we are closing this request as no response has been received from our previous follow-ups. 

Please don't hesitate to ask any further questions in the future. Feel free to start a new conversation, as this thread will no longer be monitored.

Regards,

Simon

Intel Customer Support Technician