Configure a Bypass Pair

Select
Workflows
Devices
Claimed Devices
, select the device you want to configure.
Select
Interfaces
.
Select each port of the interfaces chosen for the bypass pair.
Make them
Admin Up
by selecting
Yes
individually before creating a bypass pair.
When you create a bypass pair, both the ports need to admin up. When you bring down the bypass pair, both ports will not be set to down; you must bring down the ports individually. After that, you have to bring up the ports individually too. For security reasons, bringing up the individual port of the bypass pair is necessary. If you do so, the respective ports of the bypass pair will remain down and may impact the software upgrade process.
(Optional)
Enter a
Description
.
Select
Bypass Pair
as the
Interface Type
.
For
Pair With
, choose a pairing port to create a bypass pair and then click
Done
.
Set one port as WAN and the second as LAN on the Couple Ports to create a Bypass Pair pop-up.
For
Propagate LAN State?
, leave the default as
No
or select
Yes
to propagate the link state of a LAN port to its corresponding WAN port.
For
Use These Ports For
, select either
Internet
, or
Private WAN
,
LAN
, or
Private L2
.
The LAN option is used for configuring the branch ION device in a cluster for high availability.
Toggle
Scope
as
Global
or
Local
for Internet and Private WAN.
(Optional)
Choose a
Circuit Label
.
Choose
DHCP
for the
IPv4 Configuration
field.
If DHCP Relay functions are required, change
Add DHCP Relay
from
No
to
Yes
.
If Configuration selected is
Static
, enter an IP address and mask for the interface. Enter a Default Gateway for the interface. Wherever applicable, enter DNS servers. Up to three DNS servers may be configured.
Configuration will not be applicable for Private Layer 2.
Select
Enable IPv6 On This Interface
to configure IPv6.
For
IPv6 Configuration
, select
AutoConf
or
Static
.
Autoconf
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)
.
For
Attached Networks
,
(optional)
add the VLAN Network details.
Click
Add VLAN
.
On the
New VLAN Entry
pop-up, enter a
VLAN
,
Tags
,
LAN Network
IP Address At Router
,
IPv6 Address At Router
Scope
, and
Network Context
.
Click
Create
.
Save Bypass Pair
.
You can also create a sub-interface on a bypass pair. If the bypass pair is used for Internet or Private WAN, then the parent interface will be the WAN port. If the bypass pair is used for LAN, then the parent interface will be the LAN port. Each sub-interface should be configured with its own VLAN, IP and subnet.