CLI: Bypass

You can use the bypass command to indicate which bridge mode you want during normal operations and following a failure. During a failure, the appliance can stop traffic as if the ethernet cables are not connected, or the appliance can fail-to-wire where the traffic passes through the box unaffected and unmonitored.

Configuring Bypass Settings

To set the bypass mode when in the running (non-failure) state:

bypass bridge {all|<bridge-name>} running {active|bypass|no-link}

• running active - Active or normal operation.
• running bypass - Bypass or fail-to-wire mode.
• running no-link - No link mode where the ethernet cables are disconnected.

To set the bypass mode for the failure state. Bypass pairs can be placed into either bypass (fail-to-wire) or no-link (ethernet cables disconnected) state.

bypass bridge {all|<bridge-name>} failure {bypass|no-link}

• failure bypass - Bypass or fail-to-wire mode.
• failure no-link - No link mode where the ethernet cables are disconnected.

	Note Depending on the hardware appliance and the type of interface cards installed, fail to wire or bypass settings may be configured globally or per bridge. Not all bypass options are available on all hardware.

To configure the bypass settings to automatically failover to the failure settings in the event of a failure or to remove auto-failover:

[no] bypass bridge {all|<bridge_name>} auto-failover

Configuring Watchdog Auto-reboot

To enable or disable the system watchdog. The watchdog will reboot the Exinda appliance in the event of failure:

[no] watchdog enable