Creating a service interface

To create a service interface:

1. In the menu, go to the Infrastructure section.

   This opens the resource management page. By default, the Network resources tab is selected, which displays the table of controllers.

2. Click Management → Configuration menu next to the controller.

   This opens the controller configuration menu. By default, you are taken to the Controller nodes section, which displays a table of controller nodes.

3. Go to the Service interfaces section.

   A table of service interfaces and ACL interfaces is displayed.

4. In the Switch and Port drop-down lists, select the CPE device and the OpenFlow port to which the service interface is mapped.
5. Click Create new.
6. This opens a window; in that window, in the Type drop-down list, select the type of traffic classification on the service interface:
   • Access Default value.
   • VLAN If you select this option, in the VLAN ID field, enter the outer VLAN tag of the service interface. Range of values: 1 to 4094.
   • Q-in-Q If you select this option, do the following:
     1. In the VLAN ID field, enter the outer VLAN tag of the service interface. Range of values: 1 to 4094.
     2. In the Inner VLAN ID field, enter the inner VLAN tag of the service interface. Range of values: 1 to 4094.
   • ACL is used when creating an ACL interface.
7. If necessary, enter a brief description of the service interface in the Description field.
8. Click Create.

The service interface is created and displayed in the table.

See also Scenario: Establishing L2 connectivity between CPE devices

Page top