Use the system bypass command to configure the appliance bypass option. With this, the appliance mechanically isolates itself from the network, allowing traffic to flow without intervention.
Use the no form of this command to remove bypass capability when you’ve augmented and configured a virtual appliance’s stock hardware with a Silicom BPVM or BPUSB card.
Virtual appliances generally don’t have a bypass card because they use stock hardware, like a Dell server. However, motivated customers can open up the server and add a Silicom card to get the same capabilities as one of Silver Peak’s NX hardware appliances. Silicom calls this card BPVM.