Create New Interface Settings

The Universal Compute Platform enables the creation of additional logical interfaces to support multi-homed deployments. Use the Create New Interface wizard to configure the required settings. The following table describes the settings.

Table 1. Interface Properties
Field	Description
Name	Name of the interface.
Mode	Describes how traffic is forwarded on the interface topology. Options are: Physical—The topology is the native topology of a data plane and it represents the actual Ethernet ports. Management—The native topology of the Universal Compute Appliance management port.
VLAN ID	ID for the virtual network.
Tagged	Indicates if the interface tags traffic. When traffic is tagged, the VLAN ID is inserted into the packet header to identify which VLAN the packet belongs to. Tagging can identify the port or interface to send a broadcast message to.
Port	Physical port on the Universal Compute Platform for the interface.
Management Traffic	Enable or disable Management Traffic through this interface. Enabling management provides access to SNMP (v1/v2c, v3), SSH, and HTTPs management interfaces.
MTU	Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU). Standard is 1500 bytes. Fixed value.
Layer 3
IP Address	For an Admin topology, the Layer 3 check box is selected automatically. The IP address is mandatory for a Physical topology. This allows for IP Interface and subnet configuration together with other networking services.
CIDR	CIDR field is used along with IP address field to find the IP address range.
FQDN	Fully-Qualified Domain Name
VRRP	Supports load balancing and high-availability functions for the Universal Compute Platform cluster. You can also assign VRRP settings to create an IP alias that provides access to the underlying management interface for an application instance. IP Addresses Record the IP address relationship between the cluster's direct interfaces, VRRP, and external access. If you want to create an IP alias, enter the virtual IP address that you want to assign to the management interface of the application instance. Priority VRRP uses priority settings as a mechanism to arbitrate mastery of the state of exchanges across members of the cluster. Router ID Allows segmentation of a routing domain. Note: In a stand-alone configuration, configure priority and router ID with a numeric value. However, in a standalone configuration, the specific value is not important. These attributre definitions are important in multiple-node configuration.