Xbridge is a software-packet-processing enhancement supported on Interceptor appliances equipped with compatible NICs.

You must reboot managed appliances after pushing an Xbridge policy to them.

Xbridge speeds up optimized traffic handling. When it is enabled, Xbridge provides significant line-throughput improvement for optimized and pass-through traffic on an Interceptor. For details about configuring Layer-4 switch, PBR, and WCCP deployments, see the SteelHead Interceptor User Guide or the SteelHead Interceptor Deployment Guide.

You can enable or disable the Xbridge feature for Interceptor 9600 appliances in the Xbridge page. Xbridge is enabled by default on Interceptor 9800 appliances and cannot be disabled.

This configuration option is available:

Enables the Xbridge feature.