diffrence between BVI and inline set?

[M.jawad]

so both seems grouping of interfaces , BVI can provide connectivity by being the gateway , inline set can provide connectivity by connecting to another physical interface . what is the difference and why would i use one or the other?thanks

[Karsten Iwen · Accepted solution]

They are meant to be used in different use cases. BVIs are for firewall-implementations where you just want to have multiple interfaces (also more than two) in the same IP-network.

Inline-sets are meant to be used in a pure IPS setup. Only two interfaces can be combined, there is no routing involved, what gets in on interface 1 in the set leaves on interface 2 unless being dropped by IPS. There is also reduced functionality in LINA (the underlying ASA data-plane).

[M.jawad]

ok now it clicked , that make so much sense now , thanks