Explains how to configure bridge domains and tenant connectivity, including creation methods through GUI and CLI, and advanced bridging features like flooding and proxy ARP.
This chapter contains the following sections:
Bridged interface to an external router
A bridged leaf switch interface uses an external router as the default gateway for the tenant virtual network identifier.
Bridge domains and subnets
Explains the Layer 2 forwarding constructs within the fabric and their relationship to VRF instances and subnets.
Create a tenant, VRF, and bridge domain using the GUI
Configure a tenant, VRF, and bridge domain using the GUI to establish network infrastructure components for your ACI fabric.
Create a tenant, VRF, and bridge domain using the NX-OS style CLI
Configure tenants, VRFs, and bridge domains using the NX-OS style CLI to establish the foundational network infrastructure elements.
Enforced bridge domains
Describes the enforced bridge domain configuration that creates an endpoint in a subject endpoint group (EPG) that can only ping subnet gateways within the associated bridge domain.
Flood in encapsulation for all protocols and proxy ARP across encapsulations
Describes how flood in encapsulation controls broadcast flooding to endpoints within bridge domains based on encapsulation and enables proxy ARP across different encapsulations.