FlowMagic I/O Components

Use these components at service boundaries or when a service exchanges traffic with another interface, virtual connection, packet source, or serial source.

Component Reference

The pad counts below describe a newly added component. Select the component in the diagram to change any configurable count or source.

NextIO Input and output components This page documents 12 components in the I/O Components palette group.

For the shared Name, Notes, display, and pad-editing controls, see Common Component Properties.

• Input Port

• Output Port

• Bond Port In

• Bond Port Out

• Virtual Input Port

• Virtual Output Port

• ERSPAN Port

• OS Port

• Packet Reader

• OS VDev

• Serial Cap Tap

• Bypass Settings

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Input Port

Receives traffic from a selected input port.

Configuration Reference

• Port — Ingress port selection Initial value:

  Required.

• Attach Ingress Tag — Attach an ingress tag to packet Initial value:

  Disabled.

• Tag Value — The value of ingress tag Initial value:

  100.

• Ingress Slicer — Enable packet slicer Initial value:

  Disabled.

• Size — Size limit Initial value:

  96.

• Strip Cisco FP Header — Strip Cisco Fabric Path header Initial value:

  Disabled.

• TS in Packet — Whether or not there is embedded timestamp in packet Initial value:

  Do not add a timestamp.

• MTU — Maximum frame size expected on this interface, typical max frame size is 1522 Initial value:

  9000.

• Packet Pool — Packet pool selection Initial value:

  system.

• Packet Pool Size (MB) — Packet pool size in the unit of MB Initial value:

  128.

• Packet Burst Size — Packet burst size Initial value:

  0.

• Compute Resources — Allocate compute resource for the service Initial value:

  1 configured item.

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Output Port

Sends service traffic to a selected output port.

Configuration Reference

• Port — Egress port selection Initial value:

  Required.

• Attach IP Address — Enable the IP Configuration on Port Initial value:

  Disabled.

• IP Address — IP Address Initial value:

  10.0.0.10.

• Netmask — Network Mask Initial value:

  255.255.255.0.

• Gateway — Gateway Initial value:

  10.0.0.1.

• Host Route — Use this egress interface to reach IPs Initial value:

  not set.

• Port Memory Size — Automatically manage the packet memory for this port Initial value:

  0.

• Specify Port Memory(MB) — Packet buffer size allocated to this port when automatic memory management is false Initial value:

  64.

• Enable Tx when Link Down — Enable Tx without Rx link, module specific Initial value:

  Disabled.

• Compute Resources — Allocate compute resource for the service Initial value:

  1 configured item.

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Bond Port In

Bond port traffic flow ingress direction

Configuration Reference

• Port Members — Ingress port member selection Initial value:

  Required.

• Bonding Mode — Bonding Mode Initial value:

  active-backup.

• Aggregator Mode — Aggregation Mode Initial value:

  stable.

• MTU — Maximum frame size expected on this interface, typical max frame size is 1522 Initial value:

  9000.

• Packet Pool — Packet pool selection Initial value:

  system.

• Packet Pool Size (MB) — Packet pool size in the unit of MB Initial value:

  128.

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Bond Port Out

Bond port egress

Configuration Reference

• Ingress Component — Use the same ports defined in the ingress Initial value:

  Required.

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Virtual Input Port

Receives traffic from a virtual connection shared with another service.

Configuration Reference

• Virtual Input Port — Virtual input port Initial value:

  Required.

• MTU — Maximum frame size expected on this interface, typical max frame size is 1522 Initial value:

  9000.

• Packet Pool — Packet pool selection Initial value:

  system.

• Packet Pool Size (MB) — Packet pool size in the unit of MB Initial value:

  128.

• Compute Resources — Allocate compute resource for the service Initial value:

  1 configured item.

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Virtual Output Port

Sends traffic to a virtual connection shared with another service.

Configuration Reference

• Compute Resources — Allocate compute resource for the service Initial value:

  1 configured item.

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ERSPAN Port

Receives ERSPAN traffic and makes it available to the service.

Configuration Reference

• ERSPAN Port — ERSPAN port selection Initial value:

  Required.

• Action for Unmatched Packets — Action for unmatched packets Initial value:

  drop.

• ERSPAN Destinations — ERSPAN Destination List Initial value:

  1 configured item.

• ERSPAN MAC — ERSPAN IP MAC binding Initial value:

  not set.

• Type I/II GRE Protocol Type — ERSPAN Type I/II GRE Protocol Type Initial value:

  0x88BE.

• Packet Pool — Packet pool selection Initial value:

  system.

• Packet Pool Size (MB) — Packet pool size in the unit of MB Initial value:

  128.

• Packet Burst Size — Packet burst size Initial value:

  0.

• Compute Resources — Allocate compute resource for the service Initial value:

  1 configured item.

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OS Port

Connects a NextIO service to an operating-system network interface.

Configuration Reference

• Port Members — OS port member selection Initial value:

  Required.

• IP Configuration — OS port IP, VLAN, and gateway configuration Initial value:

  1 configured item.

• Static Routes — Non-default routes for networks reached through this OS port Initial value:

  None.

• Use HA VIP — Use High Availability Virtual IP Initial value:

  Disabled.

• List of HA Virtual IP — HA Virtual IP address assigned to the port Initial value:

  Required.

• HA Private IP Address — IP address assigned to the HA port Initial value:

  10.2.0.100.

• HA Private Netmask — IP netmask assigned to HA port Initial value:

  255.0.0.0.

• Verdict from State Monitor — Active based on the verdict from the State Monitor Component Initial value:

  not set.

• MTU — Maximum transmit unit Initial value:

  1522.

• Use Separate Address Space — Use separate network address space Initial value:

  Disabled.

• Network Address Space Name — Network address space name, single word Initial value:

  Default.

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Packet Reader

Reads packets from a selected source into the service.

Configuration Reference

• Packet Source Type — Type of packet source Initial value:

  PCAP file.

• PCAP File List — PCAP File List Initial value:

  None.

• Select Packets by Time Window — Select packets by time window Initial value:

  Disabled.

• List of time window — List of time window Initial value:

  None.

• Merge by Timestamp — Merge packets from multiple PCAPs by timestamp Initial value:

  Enabled.

• Use Original Timestamp for Local Capture — Attach the original timestamp for local capture Initial value:

  Disabled.

• Duration Type — Duration type Initial value:

  By loop count.

• Packet Count — Xmit packet count Initial value:

  1000.

• Duration (Day:Hour:Minute.Second) — Duration defined by Day:Hour:Minute.Second Initial value:

  00:00:01.00.

• Loop times — Loop the PCAP List Initial value:

  1.

• Traffic Rate Type — Select how to specify traffic rate Initial value:

  Original packet intervals.

• Packet Rate (pps) — Send rate in packets/second Initial value:

  1000.

• Packet Rate (Kpps) — Send rate in thousands of packets/second Initial value:

  1.

• Packet Rate (Mpps) — Send rate in millions of packets/second Initial value:

  1.

• Throughput (Kbps) — Send throughput in kilobits/second Initial value:

  1000.

• Throughput (Mbps) — Send throughput in megabits/second Initial value:

  1.

• Throughput (Gbps) — Send throughput in gigabits/second Initial value:

  1.

• Packet Pool Size (MB) — Packet pool size in the unit of MB Initial value:

  1024.

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OS VDev

Creates an operating-system virtual device for a NextIO service.

Configuration Reference

• VDev Name — Virtual device name Initial value:

  VdevDump.

• Enable When Start — Start the device in enable state Initial value:

  Enabled.

• Attach IP — Attach an IP address Initial value:

  Disabled.

• IP Address — IP address assigned to the port Initial value:

  10.0.0.100.

• Netmask — IP address netmask Initial value:

  255.0.0.0.

• Route — IP route to add if necessary Initial value:

  not set.

• MTU — Maximum transmit unit Initial value:

  1522.

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Serial Cap Tap

Captures data from one or two serial-port sources.

Configuration Reference

• Encapsulate in EtherType — EtherType used to encapsulate serial data such as 0x88B5 Initial value:

  0x88B5.

• Serial Port A — Serial port A Initial value:

  Required.

• Record with name (6 chars max.) — Label for the port A in the record SMAC, 6 chars max. Initial value:

  PortA.

• Baud rate — Baud Rate Initial value:

  b9600.

• Data bits — The number of data bits Initial value:

  b8.

• Stop bits — The number of stop bits Initial value:

  b1.

• Parity — Parity Initial value:

  none.

• Flow Control — Flow Control Initial value:

  none.

• Serial Protocol Engine — Serial Protocol Engine Initial value:

  Text line.

• Fixed Message Length — Fixed message length Initial value:

  16.

• TLV Tag Length — TLV Tag length Initial value:

  2.

• TLV Length Byte Count — TLV length byte count Initial value:

  2.

• TLV Length Endian — TLV length endian Initial value:

  big.

• Cross connect the traffic between Port A and B — Cross connect the traffic between Port A and B Initial value:

  Enabled.

• Enable Serial Port B — Enable Serial port B Initial value:

  Disabled.

• Serial Port B — Serial port B Initial value:

  Required.

• Record with name (6 chars max.) — Label for the port B in the record SMAC, 6 chars max. Initial value:

  PortB.

• Baud rate — Baud Rate Initial value:

  b9600.

• Data bits — The number of data bits Initial value:

  b8.

• Stop bits — The number of stop bits Initial value:

  b1.

• Parity — Parity Initial value:

  none.

• Flow Control — Flow Control Initial value:

  none.

• Serial Protocol Engine — Serial Protocol Engine Initial value:

  Text line.

• Fixed Message Length — Fixed message length Initial value:

  16.

• TLV Tag Length — TLV Tag length Initial value:

  2.

• TLV Length Byte Count — TLV length byte count Initial value:

  2.

• TLV Length Endian — TLV length endian Initial value:

  big.

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Bypass Settings

Controls bypass behavior for the selected traffic-port pair.

Configuration Reference

• Bypass Settings — Power on bypass settings Initial value:

  Required.

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