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ipv4
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ipv6 (Supported on Gigabit Ethernet line cards only in Cisco IOS XR Release 4.1)
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mac-address
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mtu (The default is 1514 bytes.)
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shutdown
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The BVI supports IP helper addressing and secondary IP addressing.
To display bridge group, bridge-domain, interface status, line protocol state, and packet counters for the
specified BVI, use the show l2vpn bridge domain interface bvi form of the show l2vpn bridge domain
(VPLS) command. To display the reason that a BVI is down, you can use the detail keyword option.
Task ID
OperationTask ID
read, writeinterface
Examples
The following example shows how to create a BVI interface and configure its IPv4 address:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router# configure
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(config)# interface bvi 50
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(config-if)# ipv4 address 10.10.0.4 255.255.255.0
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(config-if)# commit
Related Commands
DescriptionCommand
Associates the specified bridge group virtual interface (BVI) as the
routed interface for the interfaces assigned to the bridge domain.
routed interface bvi, on page 556
Displays interface status, line protocol state, and packet counters for
the specified BVI.
show interfaces bvi, on page 558
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Integrated Routing and Bridging Commands on the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router
interface bvi