BVI

[manoj.jain]

Hii

what is bvi stand for and hw it works, is that for intervlan routing.?

Thanx

[danielmassey]

Hi Manoj,

BVI stans for Bridge Virtual Interfaces, and to support inter-VLAN routing, Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB) and Bridge Virtual Interfaces (BVIs) are configured to route IP between different VLANs.

Danny

[gpulos]

please see the following link for more info on BVI and how it pertains to routing and how it is used; also contains configuration example:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps5304/products_configuration_guide_chapter09186a00800f0a16.html#xtocid4