Add a Physical Interface

Note

Note

You must be a system administrator to add a network interface.

Take the following steps:

  1. Go to Administration > System.
  2. Under Interfaces select Add.
    The Create New Interface dialog displays.
  3. Configure the following parameters:
    Table 1. Interface Parameters
    Field Description
    Name Name of the interface.
    Mode Physical - The topology is the native topology of a data plane and it represents the actual Ethernet ports.
    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 ExtremeCloud IQ Controller for the interface.
    Enable Device Registration Enable or disable AP registration through this interface. When enabled, wireless APs use this port for discovery and registration. Other ExtremeCloud IQ Controllers can use this port to enable inter-ExtremeCloud IQ Controller device mobility if this port is configured to use SLP or the ExtremeCloud IQ Controller is running as a manager and SLP is the discovery protocol used by the agents.
    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
    DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol allows network administrators to centrally manage and automate the assignment of IP addresses on the corporate network. DHCP sends a new IP address when a computer is plugged into a different place in the network. The protocol supports static or dynamic IP addresses and can dynamically reconfigure networks in which there are more computers than there are available IP addresses. Valid values are:
    • None
    • Local Server. Indicates that the ExtremeCloud IQ Controller is used for managing IP addresses.
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