5.1

Working with Interfaces
You install a vShield Edge on a datacenter and can add up to ten internal or uplink interfaces. A vShield Edge
must have at least one internal interface before it can be deployed.
Add an Interface
You can add up to ten internal and uplink interfaces to a vShield Edge instance. You must add at least one
internal interface for HA to work.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Inventory > Hosts & Clusters.
2 Select a datacenter resource from the inventory panel.
3 Click the Network Virtualization tab.
4 Click the Edges link.
5 Double-click a vShield Edge.
6 Click the Configure tab.
7 Click the Interfaces link.
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Click the Add ( ) icon.
9 In the Add Edge Interface dialog box, type a name for the interface.
10 Select Internal or Uplink to indicate whether this is an internal or external interface.
11 Select the port group or VXLAN virtual wire to which this interface should be connected.
a Click Select next to the Connected To field.
b Depending on what you want to connect to the interface, click the Virtual Wire, Standard
Portgroup, or Distributed Portgroup tab.
c Select the appropriate virtual wire or portgroup.
d Click Select.
12 Select the connectivity status for the interface.
13
In Configure Subnets, click the Add ( ) icon to add a subnet for the interface.
An interface can have multiple non-overlapping subnets.
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In Add Subnet, click the Add (
) icon to an IP address.
If you enter more than one IP address, you can select the Primary IP address. An interface can have one
primary and multiple secondary IP addresses. vShield Edge considers the Primary IP address as the source
address for locally generated traffic.
You must add an IP address to an interface before using it on any feature configuration.
15 Type the subnet mask for the interface and click Save.
16 Change the default MTU if required.
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