Configure Circuits

To configure an internet circuit, select

Add Circuits

.

Select a circuit and the internet service provider from the drop-down to

Edit

.

Add a name and

(optional)

description for the circuit.

Enter the

LINK DOWN

and

LINK UP

speed.

For Bandwidth (BW) Configuration, leave the default as manual.

(Optional)

Enable

BW Monitoring

if you would like ongoing measurement of link capacity.

BW Monitoring is enabled by default.

(Optional)

Select

Yes

for

QoS

to enable shaping and queuing of traffic as defined in your application policy rules.

(Optional)

Select the setting for

Use for Application Reachability Probes

.

(Optional)

Enable

LQ Monitoring

if you would like ongoing measurement of link quality, such as latency, loss, and jitter.

LQM is enabled by default on branch to data center paths.

For Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Mode, select

Aggressive

or

Non-aggressive

and for devices on version 5.4.1 and later set the VPN Keep Alive Failure Count and VPN Keep Alive timeout Interval.

Aggressive—Choose aggressive for fast failure detection of links. This mode is the default mode and is recommended by Prisma SD-WAN.
Non-aggressive—Choose non-aggressive when you want to reduce the amount of probe traffic, or for links that are subjected to high loss or poor quality.

Retain the default cost and click

Done

.

By default, the Cost for a circuit is 128; a value lower than 128 indicates a lower circuit cost, making the circuit a preferred choice.

Click

Add Circuits

to add a Private WAN Circuit and select a circuit category from the drop-down.

Edit

the Private WAN Circuit.

Edit the circuit information of the private WAN and

Save

your edits.

Add and edit any new circuits and

Save

.

Click

Next

to navigate to the

Summary

tab to verify the displayed information and then

Save & Exit

.