system bypass

Description

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.

Syntax

system bypass {disable | enable}

system bypass type {bpvm | bpusb} mac address <MAC address of interface to use>

no system bypass

Arguments

disable	Deactivates system bypass mode (processes all incoming traffic).
enable	Activates system bypass mode (bypasses all incoming traffic).
type {bpvm | bpusb} mac address <MAC address of interface to use>	Configures the Silicom virtual bypass card’s interface MAC address: • bpvm Silicom PCI Ethernet bypass adapter • bpusb Silicom USB Ethernet bypass adapter See Usage Guidelines.

Defaults

None.

Command Mode

Global Configuration Mode

See Also

See “show system”.

Usage Guidelines

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.

As part of configuring the BPVM (part of a separate, documented procedure), you must indicate which network interface can be used to communicate with the card by specifying the MAC address.

Examples

To configure the appliance so that all traffic flows through the appliance without processing any of the traffic:

(config) # system bypass enable

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