It may be a good idea to post a config snippet on Transparent Mode in the SRXs, as it is now supported in 11.1; I also found you can run IDP services in this mode on branch series. Also in order to access the IRB management interface you will need to set
host-inbound-traffic system-services to allow your management traffic, pending which side of the SRX you are on. This config below allows IRB access via ping and SSH from the trust and untrust sides of the SRX.
*** DON'T FORGET TO REBOOT WHEN SWITCHING FROM L3 TO L2, AND VICE-VERSA! ***
Config Snippet:
interfaces {
fe-0/0/0 {
unit 0 {
family bridge {
interface-mode access;
vlan-id 100;
}
}
}
fe-0/0/1 {
unit 0 {
family bridge {
interface-mode access;
vlan-id 100;
}
}
}
irb {
unit 0 {
family inet {
}
}
}
}
routing-options {
static {
}
}
security {
policies {
from-zone trust to-zone untrust {
policy allow-any {
match {
source-address any;
destination-address any;
application any;
}
then {
permit {
}
}
}
}
from-zone untrust to-zone trust {
policy allow-any {
match {
source-address any;
destination-address any;
application any;
}
then {
permit {
}
}
}
}
}
zones {
security-zone untrust {
host-inbound-traffic {
system-services {
ping;
ssh;
}
}
interfaces {
fe-0/0/0.0;
}
}
security-zone trust {
host-inbound-traffic {
system-services {
ping;
ssh;
}
}
interfaces {
fe-0/0/1.0;
}
}
}
}
bridge-domains {
transparent {
domain-type bridge;
vlan-id 100;
routing-interface irb.0;
}
}