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An administrator configures a Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense device in transparent mode. To configure the BVI (Bridge Virtual Interface), the administrator must: - Add a bridge-group interface…
The correct answer is D. Configure an IP address for the bridge-group interface. After adding the bridge-group interface, setting the bridge-group ID, configuring the description, and adding member interfaces, the final and essential step is to assign an IP address to the Bridge Virtual Interface (BVI). The BVI IP address is what identifies the transparent…
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An administrator configures a Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense device in transparent mode. To configure the BVI (Bridge Virtual Interface), the administrator must:
- Add a bridge-group interface
- Configure a bridge-group ID
- Configure the bridge-group interface description
- Add bridge-group member interfaces
How must the engineer perform these actions?
Options
- AConfigure a name for the bridge-group interface
- BSet a security zone for the bridge-group interface
- CSet the bridge-group interface mode to transparent
- DConfigure an IP address for the bridge-group interface
How the community answered
(23 responses)- A4% (1)
- B13% (3)
- C9% (2)
- D74% (17)
Explanation
After adding the bridge-group interface, setting the bridge-group ID, configuring the description, and adding member interfaces, the final and essential step is to assign an IP address to the Bridge Virtual Interface (BVI). The BVI IP address is what identifies the transparent firewall on the network for management traffic and acts as the gateway for the bridged segment. Without an IP address on the BVI, the bridge group cannot participate in Layer 3 communication. Configuring a name (A) and security zone (B) are not mandatory steps for basic BVI functionality, and setting the mode to transparent (C) is done at the device level, not per-interface.
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