Add and Configure a Virtual Interface

Select

Workflows

Devices

Claimed Devices

, select the device you want to configure.

Click the add icon to add a virtual interface and select

Add

.



For

Admin Up

, select

No

or

Yes

to administratively bring down the interface or bring up the interface.

An interface will not be operational if
Admin Up
is
No
.
Admin Up
must be
Yes
for a virtual interface with controller ports.
Admin Up
can be
Yes
or
No
for a virtual interface with non-controller ports.

Enter a

Name

and

Description

for the virtual interface.

(Optional)

Add

Tags

.

For Virtual Interface Members, select a maximum of two interfaces from the drop-down.

The interfaces can be either controller ports or non-controller ports. A combination of controller and non-controller ports is not allowed. Configuring the second controller port provides port-level and cable-level redundancy.

For

Use These Ports For

, select an appropriate option from the drop-down.

For controller ports, the option can be None.
For non-controller ports, the available options are: LAN, Internet, and Private WAN.

For

Scope

, select

Global

or

Local

.

When
Global
is selected, the IP addresses advertised into the
Prisma SD-WAN
Fabric.
When
Local
is selected the IP addresses are not advertised into the
Prisma SD-WAN
Fabric.

For

Circuit Label

, select the circuit label that corresponds to the connection for this site.

A circuit label cannot be attached to a virtual interface composed of two controller ports.

For

IPv4 Configuration

, select

DHCP

or

Static

.

If the IP address dynamically assigned, select
DHCP
.
If the IP address is fixed and specified manually, select
Static
. If you select
Static
, specify the
IP Address/Mask
,
Default Gateway
, and
DNS server(s)
.

Select

Enable IPv6 On This Interface

to configure IPv6.

For

IPv6 Configuration

, select

AutoConf

or

Static

.

Autoconf

(automatic interface configuration) indicates the Global IP address is derived using stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC).

Choose

Static

if the IP address is fixed and is manually assigned. Additionally specify the

IPv6 Address/Mask

,

Default Gateway (IPv6)

, and

DNS server(s)(IPv6)

.

IPv6 configuration is available for Private WAN and Internet ports.

If

DHCP Relay

functions are required, select

DHCP

. Change

Add DHCP Relay

from

No

to

Yes

.

Create Virtual Interface

to complete the configuration.