.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces {{ var0 }} evpn uplink **Configure this interface as an EVPN-MH uplink interface.** If all uplink interfaces on a PE device go down, this PE device loses access to the VXLAN overlay. To prevent traffic blackholing, the PE device forces a protocol shutdown (protodown) of its downstream EVPN-MH interfaces. The following example configures {{ var1 }} as an EVPN-MH uplink interface: .. code-block:: none set interfaces {{ var0 }} {{ var1 }} evpn uplink