5100 INTERFACES BRIDGE MODE

[josrime]

Hi Everyone, 

Can everybody help to know if it is possible to configure 4 interfaces of a 5100 appliance as a bridge mode? 

I want to assign 2 interfaces for 1 switch core and 2 other interfaces for anorther switch core which are in HA. 

Thanks, 

[Chris_Atkinson]

Yes 5100 support bridge mode. Each bridge consist of two interfaces.

A diagram would help to understand the topology that you're attempting to deploy here so that the relevant caveats or issues can be shared.

[the_rock]

You could do that... just make sure bridge consists of NON vlan interfaces, but physical ones, as described below.

https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R81/WebAdminGuides/EN/CP_R81_Gaia_AdminGuide/Topics-GAG/VLAN-In...

If its vlan trunk, then follow below:

Trunk Mode VLAN

If you configure the switch ports as VLAN trunk, the Check Point Bridge interface should not interfere with the VLANs.

To configure a Bridge interface with VLAN trunk, create the Bridge interface with two physical (non-VLAN) interfaces as its subordinate interfaces (see Bridge Interfaces).

The Security Gateway processes the tagged packet and does not remove VLAN tags from them.

The traffic passes with the original VLAN tag to its destination.

Note - VLAN translation is not supported in Trunk mode.