CLI: Bridge

You can use the bridge command to enable or disable bridges. The interfaces available for a bridge are determined by the appliance model and installed expansion cards. Once enabled, an interface is created for the bridge which can used in other commands (e.g., "interface").

[no] bridge <bridge> {ageing-time|forward-time|hello-time|max-age|mq|priority|spanning-tree|enable}

To enable or disable the specified bridge:

[no] bridge <bridge> enable

To specify the ageing time for this bridge:

bridge <bridge> ageing-time <ageing-time>

To specify the forwarding time for this bridge:

bridge <bridge> forward-time <forward time>

To specify the hello time for this bridge:

bridge <bridge> hello-time <hello time>

To specify the max age for this bridge:

bridge <bridge> max-age <max age>

To specify the priority for this bridge:

bridge <bridge> priority <priority>

To enable or disable the Spanning Tree Protocol for this bridge:

[no] bridge <bridge> spanning-tree enable

To set the bridge interface to provide QoSQuality of Service based on queue mode:

bridge <bridge-name> mq mode [auto-license|multi|single]

  • mq mode auto-license—Single- or multi-queue is automatically selected based on the license.
  • mq mode multi—QoS uses a multi-queue network interface configuration.
  • mq mode single—QoS uses a single-queue network interface configuration.

To specify the bandwidth at which the bridge auto-license mode switches from single-queue to multi-queue:

bridge <bridge-name> mq switch-bandwidth <bandwidth>

Viewing Bridge Configuration

To show current bridge configuration use the following command:

show bridges