Managing network interfaces

Network interfaces correspond to ports and virtual interfaces of the CPE device's operating system that connect to the WAN or the LAN. You must map the network interfaces of the CPE device to the OpenFlow ports of the virtual switch using SD-WAN interfaces.

The table of network interfaces is displayed in the CPE template and on the CPE device:

• To display the table of network interfaces in a CPE template, go to the SD-WAN → CPE templates menu section, click the CPE template, and select the Network tab.
• To display the table of network interfaces on a CPE device, go to the SD-WAN → CPE menu section, click the CPE device, and select the Network tab.

Information about network interfaces is displayed in the following columns of the table:

• Alias is the name of the network interface for mapping the network interface to an OpenFlow port. You must specify this network interface name when creating an SD-WAN interface of the WAN type.
• Inherited indicates whether the network interface is inherited from CPE template:
  • Yes
  • No

  This column is displayed only on the CPE device.

• Interface name is the name of the physical port or virtual interface of the operating system of the CPE device.
• Protocol is the method of assigning an IP address to the network interface:
  • DHCP client means the IP address is automatically assigned by DHCP.
  • Static IPv4 address means an IPv4 address is statically assigned.
  • Static IPv6 address means an IPv6 address is statically assigned.
  • QMI means LTE network connection settings are specified manually.
  • PPPoE means the PPPoE server connection settings are specified manually.
  • None means an IP address is not assigned.
• IP/mask are the IP address, mask, and default gateway of the network interface.
• Enable automatically indicates whether the network interface is automatically enabled when the CPE device is powered on:
  • Yes
  • No

In this section Creating network interfaces Editing a network interface Disabling or enabling a network interface Canceling network interface settings applied to the CPE device Deleting a network interface

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