In Cisco ACI, a Bridge Domain (BD) is a logical construct that defines a layer-2 forwarding domain. It is the equivalent of a VLAN or a broadcast domain in traditional networking. A BD is created as a component of a tenant and must be associated with one VRF instance.
Example-1: This is a single example of a layer-3 bridge-domain where the bridge-domain BD1 is configured under tenant ABC and associated with vrf VRF1. As this is a layer-3 bridge-domain is it configured with IP subnet 1.1.1.1/24. The rest of the bridge-domain settings uses default values.
apic:
tenants:
- name: ABC
bridge_domains:
- name: BD1
vrf: VRF1
subnets:
- ip: 1.1.1.1/24
Example-2: This is a single example of a layer-2 bridge-domain where the bridge-domain BD1 is configured under tenant ABC and associated with vrf VRF1. Unlike a layer-3 bridge-domain, no IP subnet is configured. Instead,, L2 unknown unicast is set to flooding, unicast routing is disabled, and ARP flooding is enabled. The rest of the settings use default values.
apic:
tenants:
- name: ABC
bridge_domains:
- name: BD1
vrf: VRF1
unknown_unicast: flood
arp_flooding: true
unicast_routing: false
Example-3: This example demonstrates a configuration where all parameters are explicitly specified. Note that the bridge_domains.ip_dataplane_learning parameter enables or disables IP data-plane learning for the PBR nodes, whereas the subnets.ip_dataplane_learning parameter controls IP data-plane learning for the specific subnet, such as when integrating with Active/Standby High Availability devices.
In Cisco ACI, a Bridge Domain (BD) is a logical construct that defines a layer-2 forwarding domain. It is the equivalent of a VLAN or a broadcast domain in traditional networking. A BD is created as a component of a tenant and must be associated with one VRF instance.
Example-1: This is a single example of a layer-3 bridge-domain where the bridge-domain BD1 is configured under tenant ABC and associated with vrf VRF1. As this is a layer-3 bridge-domain is it configured with IP subnet 1.1.1.1/24. The rest of the bridge-domain settings uses default values.
apic:
tenants:
- name: ABC
bridge_domains:
- name: BD1
vrf: VRF1
subnets:
- ip: 1.1.1.1/24
Example-2: This is a single example of a layer-2 bridge-domain where the bridge-domain BD1 is configured under tenant ABC and associated with vrf VRF1. Unlike a layer-3 bridge-domain, no IP subnet is configured. Instead,, L2 unknown unicast is set to flooding, unicast routing is disabled, and ARP flooding is enabled. The rest of the settings use default values.
apic:
tenants:
- name: ABC
bridge_domains:
- name: BD1
vrf: VRF1
unknown_unicast: flood
arp_flooding: true
unicast_routing: false
Example-3: This example demonstrates a configuration where all parameters are explicitly specified. Note that the bridge_domains.ip_dataplane_learning parameter enables or disables IP data-plane learning for the PBR nodes, whereas the subnets.ip_dataplane_learning parameter controls IP data-plane learning for the specific subnet, such as when integrating with Active/Standby High Availability devices.
In Cisco ACI, a Bridge Domain (BD) is a logical construct that defines a layer-2 forwarding domain. It is the equivalent of a VLAN or a broadcast domain in traditional networking. A BD is created as a component of a tenant and must be associated with one VRF instance.
Example-1: This is a single example of a layer-3 bridge-domain where the bridge-domain BD1 is configured under tenant ABC and associated with vrf VRF1. As this is a layer-3 bridge-domain is it configured with IP subnet 1.1.1.1/24. The rest of the bridge-domain settings uses default values.
apic:
tenants:
- name: ABC
bridge_domains:
- name: BD1
vrf: VRF1
subnets:
- ip: 1.1.1.1/24
Example-2: This is a single example of a layer-2 bridge-domain where the bridge-domain BD1 is configured under tenant ABC and associated with vrf VRF1. Unlike a layer-3 bridge-domain, no IP subnet is configured. Instead,, L2 unknown unicast is set to flooding, unicast routing is disabled, and ARP flooding is enabled. The rest of the settings use default values.
apic:
tenants:
- name: ABC
bridge_domains:
- name: BD1
vrf: VRF1
unknown_unicast: flood
arp_flooding: true
unicast_routing: false
Example-3: This is a single example of a configuration where all parameters are explicitly specified.