VLAN interfaces (SVIs) provide Layer 3 routing capabilities for VLAN segments on NX-OS, enabling inter-VLAN routing, management access, and gateway services with configurable IPv4/IPv6 addressing, VRF membership, and bandwidth/delay settings. They support advanced features including fabric forwarding mode (anycast gateway, proxy gateway) for VXLAN deployments, autostate control, medium type selection, MTU with inheritance, MAC address override, and load interval counters for traffic monitoring. VLAN interfaces include protocol sub-sections for OSPF, OSPFv3, PIM, IS-IS, HSRP, DHCP relay, and IPv6 ND, along with directed broadcast control, IP forwarding, uRPF, and access group filtering for comprehensive gateway functionality.
Name Type Constraint Mandatory Default Value vlans List [vlans]No
Name Type Constraint Mandatory Default Value id Integer min: 1, max: 4094 Yes interface_groups List String No shutdown Boolean true, falseNo falseautostate Boolean true, falseNo bandwidth Integer min: 1, max: 400000000 No carrier_delay Integer min: 0, max: 60000 No delay Integer min: 1, max: 16777215 No description String No management Boolean true, falseNo load_interval_counter_1 Integer min: 60, max: 600 No load_interval_counter_2 Integer min: 60, max: 600 No load_interval_counter_3 Integer min: 60, max: 600 No mac_address String No medium Choice broadcast, p2pNo mtu Integer min: 64, max: 9216 No mtu_inherit Boolean true, falseNo snmp_trap_link_status Boolean true, falseNo vrf String No ip_address IP No ip_secondary_addresses List IP No ip_forward Boolean true, falseNo ip_drop_glean Boolean true, falseNo fabric_forwarding_mode Choice anycast-gw, proxy-gwNo fabric_forwarding_description String No ip_directed_broadcast Boolean true, falseNo ip_directed_broadcast_acl String No ip_redirects Boolean true, falseNo ip_unreachables Boolean true, falseNo ip_port_unreachable Boolean true, falseNo ospf Class [ospf]No ospfv3 Class [ospfv3]No pim Class [pim]No isis Class [isis]No hsrp Class [hsrp]No ipv6_address_autoconfig Boolean true, falseNo ipv6_nd_default_route Boolean true, falseNo ipv6_forward Boolean true, falseNo ipv6_link_local_use_bia Boolean true, falseNo ipv6_address_use_link_local_only Boolean true, falseNo ipv6_verify_unicast_source_reachable_via Choice disabled, strict, loose, loose-allow-default, strict-allow-vni-hostsNo ipv6_address_link_local String No ipv6_addresses List [ipv6_addresses]No ip_dhcp_relay Class [ip_dhcp_relay]No ipv6_dhcp_smart_relay Boolean true, falseNo ipv6_dhcp_relay_addresses List [ipv6_dhcp_relay_addresses]No service_policy_type_qos_input String No service_policy_type_qos_input_statistics Boolean true, falseNo nd Class [nd]No ip_access_group_in String No ip_access_group_out String No
Name Type Constraint Mandatory Default Value process String Yes advertise_secondaries Boolean true, falseNo trueadvertise_subnet Boolean true, falseNo area String No bfd Boolean true, falseNo cost Integer min: 0, max: 65535 No dead_interval Integer min: 0, max: 65535 No hello_interval Integer min: 0, max: 65535 No mtu_ignore Boolean true, falseNo network Choice unspecified, p2p, bcastNo prefix_attribute_n_flag Choice unspecified, clearNo passive_interface Boolean true, falseNo priority Integer min: 0, max: 255 No retransmit_interval Integer min: 1, max: 65535 No transmit_delay Integer min: 1, max: 450 No authentication_key String No message_digest_key_id Integer min: 0, max: 255 No authentication_key_secure_mode Boolean true, falseNo authentication_key_chain String No message_digest_key String No message_digest_key_secure_mode Boolean true, falseNo authentication Choice unspecified, simple, md5, noneNo
Name Type Constraint Mandatory Default Value process String Yes advertise_secondaries Boolean true, falseNo area String No bfd Boolean true, falseNo cost Integer min: 0, max: 65535 No dead_interval Integer min: 0, max: 65535 No hello_interval Integer min: 1, max: 65535 No network Choice none, p2p, bcastNo passive_interface Boolean true, falseNo priority Integer min: 0, max: 255 No instance_id Integer min: 0, max: 255 No mtu_ignore Boolean true, falseNo retransmit_interval Integer min: 1, max: 65535 No transmit_delay Integer min: 1, max: 450 No
Name Type Constraint Mandatory Default Value bfd_instance Boolean true, falseNo dr_priority Integer min: 1, max: 4294967295 No passive Boolean true, falseNo sparse_mode Boolean true, falseNo border Boolean true, falseNo dr_delay Integer min: 1, max: 65535 No jp_policy String No neighbor_policy_route_map String No neighbor_policy_prefix_list String No strict_rfc_compliant Boolean true, falseNo
Name Type Constraint Mandatory Default Value instance_name String Yes circuit_type Choice l1, l2, l12No ipv4 Boolean true, falseNo ipv6 Boolean true, falseNo network_point_to_point Choice off, on, use-all-is-macNo passive_interface Choice l1, l2, l12, no-l1, no-l2, no-l12, inherit-defNo metric_level_1 Integer min: 0, max: 16777216 No metric_level_2 Integer min: 0, max: 16777216 No ipv6_metric_level_1 Integer min: 0, max: 16777216 No ipv6_metric_level_2 Integer min: 0, max: 16777216 No priority_level_1 Integer min: 0, max: 127 No priority_level_2 Integer min: 0, max: 127 No hello_interval Integer min: 1, max: 65535 No hello_interval_level_1 Integer min: 1, max: 65535 No hello_interval_level_2 Integer min: 1, max: 65535 No hello_multiplier Integer min: 3, max: 1000 No hello_multiplier_level_1 Integer min: 3, max: 1000 No hello_multiplier_level_2 Integer min: 3, max: 1000 No hello_padding Choice always, transient, neverNo authentication_check Boolean true, falseNo authentication_check_level_1 Boolean true, falseNo authentication_check_level_2 Boolean true, falseNo authentication_key_chain String No authentication_key_chain_level_1 String No authentication_key_chain_level_2 String No authentication_type Choice clear, md5, unknownNo authentication_type_level_1 Choice clear, md5, unknownNo authentication_type_level_2 Choice clear, md5, unknownNo mtu_check Boolean true, falseNo mtu_check_level_1 Boolean true, falseNo mtu_check_level_2 Boolean true, falseNo bfd Boolean true, falseNo ipv6_bfd Boolean true, falseNo csnp_interval_level_1 Integer min: 1, max: 65535 No csnp_interval_level_2 Integer min: 1, max: 65535 No lsp_interval Integer min: 10, max: 65535 No retransmit_interval Integer min: 1, max: 65535 No retransmit_throttle_interval Integer min: 20, max: 65535 No mesh_group Integer min: 0, max: 4294967295 No mesh_group_blocked Boolean true, falseNo n_flag_clear Boolean true, falseNo suppress_prefix Boolean true, falseNo
Name Type Constraint Mandatory Default Value version Integer min: 1, max: 2 No bfd Boolean true, falseNo use_bia Boolean true, falseNo use_bia_scope Choice global, localNo delay_minimum Integer min: 0, max: 10000 No delay_reload Integer min: 0, max: 10000 No mac_refresh Integer min: 0, max: 10000 No groups List [groups]No
Name Type Constraint Mandatory Default Value address String Yes type Choice primary, secondaryNo tag Integer min: 0, max: 4294967295 No eui64 Boolean true, falseNo route_preference Integer min: 0, max: 255 No
Name Type Constraint Mandatory Default Value information_trusted Boolean true, falseNo smart_relay Boolean true, falseNo subnet_broadcast Boolean true, falseNo information_option Boolean true, falseNo source_subnet String No addresses List [addresses]No
Name Type Constraint Mandatory Default Value address String Yes vrf String No
Name Type Constraint Mandatory Default Value ra_boot_file_url String No suppress_ra Boolean true, falseNo suppress_ra_mtu Boolean true, falseNo managed_config_flag Boolean true, falseNo other_config_flag Boolean true, falseNo redirects Boolean true, falseNo dad_attempts Integer min: 0, max: 15 No dad_ns_interval Integer min: 1000, max: 6000 No delete_adjacency_on_mac_delete Boolean true, falseNo dns_search_list_suppress Boolean true, falseNo dns_suppress Boolean true, falseNo hop_limit Integer min: 0, max: 255 No mac_extract Choice none, nud-phase, exclude-nud-phaseNo mtu Integer min: 1280, max: 65535 No ns_interval Integer min: 1000, max: 3600000 No ra_interval Integer min: 4, max: 1800 No ra_interval_minimum Integer min: 3, max: 1350 No ra_lifetime Integer min: 0, max: 9000 No reachable_time Integer min: 0, max: 3600000 No retrans_timer Integer min: 0, max: 4294967295 No suppress_ra_route Boolean true, falseNo router_preference Choice unspecified, low, medium, highNo
Name Type Constraint Mandatory Default Value id Integer min: 0, max: 4095 Yes address_family Choice ipv4, ipv6Yes authentication_md5_compatibility Boolean true, falseNo authentication_md5_key_chain String No authentication_md5_key_string String No authentication_md5_key_string_type Choice unencrypted, hiddenNo authentication_md5_timeout Integer min: 0, max: 32767 No authentication_md5_type Choice key-chain, key-stringNo authentication_text String No authentication_type Choice simple, md5No follow String No forwarding_threshold_lower Integer min: 0, max: 255 No timers_hello_interval Integer min: 250, max: 254000 No timers_hold_interval Integer min: 750, max: 255000 No ip String No mac_address String No name String No preempt Boolean true, falseNo preempt_delay_minimum Integer min: 0, max: 3600 No preempt_delay_reload Integer min: 0, max: 3600 No preempt_delay_sync Integer min: 0, max: 3600 No priority Integer min: 0, max: 255 No
Name Type Constraint Mandatory Default Value address String Yes vrf String No
Example 1: L3 SVI for tenant gateway with anycast gateway in a VXLAN fabric
description : VRF-BLUE-Gateway
ip_address : 192.168.1.1/24
fabric_forwarding_mode : anycast-gw
Example 2: L3 VNI transit SVI and tenant SVI for symmetric IRB routing
description : BLUE-Tenant-Gateway
ip_address : 192.168.1.1/24
fabric_forwarding_mode : anycast-gw
description : GREEN-Tenant-Gateway
ip_address : 192.168.2.1/24
fabric_forwarding_mode : anycast-gw
Example 3: SVI with dual-stack addressing, OSPF, DHCP relay, and MTU configuration
description : Infrastructure-VLAN
- address : 2001:db8:10::1/64