Configuring the Control Plane

Control Plane configuration includes defining the physical interface, user defined interface and static routes.

To configure a control plane:

  1. Go to System > Cluster > Control Planes.
  2. Select the control plane from the list and click Configure. The Edit Control Plane Network Settings form appears.
  3. Configure the settings as explained in the table below.
  4. Click OK.
NOTE
You must configure the Control interface, IPv4 Cluster interface, andManagement interface to be on three different subnets. Failure to do so may result in loss of access to the web interface or failure of system functions and services.
Table 8 Configuring Control Plane
Field Description Your Action
Physical Interfaces
IPv4-Control Interface Indicates the management and IP control settings. Select the IP Mode:
  • Static (recommended)—To manually assign an IP address to this interface manually.
    • Enter the IP Address.
    • Enter Subnet Mask.
    • Enter the Gateway router address.
    • Enter Control NAT IP address.
  • DHCP—To automatically obtain an IP address from a DHCP server on the network.
    • Enter Control NAT IP.
IPv4-Cluster Interface Indicates the IPv4 cluster interface settings Select the IP Mode:
  • Static (recommended)—To manually assign an IP address to this interface manually.
    • Enter the IP Address.
    • Enter Subnet Mask.
    • Enter the Gateway router address.
  • DHCP—To automatically obtain an IP address from a DHCP server on the network.
IPv4-Management Interface Indicates the IPv4 management interface settings Select the IP Mode:
  • Static (recommended)—To manually assign an IP address to this interface manually.
    • Enter the IP Address.
    • Enter Subnet Mask.
    • Enter the Gateway router address.
  • DHCP—To automatically obtain an IP address from a DHCP server on the network.
IPv6-Control Interface Indicates the IPv6 control interface settings Select the IP Mode:
  • Static (recommended)—To manually assign an IP address to this interface manually.
    • Enter the IPv6 IP Address (global only) with a prefix length (for example, 1234::5678:0:C12/123) is required. Link-local addresses are unsupported.
    • Enter the IPv6 Gateway address (global or link-local) without a prefix length. For example, 1234::5678:0:C12 (global address without a prefix length) and fe80::5678:0:C12 (link-local address without a prefix length).
  • Auto—To automatically obtain an IP address from Router Advertisements (RAs) or from a DHCPv6 server on the network.
IPv6-Management Interface Indicates the IPv6 management interface settings Select the IP Mode:
  • Static (recommended)—To manually assign an IP address to this interface manually.
    • Enter the IPv6 IP Address (global only) with a prefix length (for example, 1234::5678:0:C12/123) is required. Link-local addresses are unsupported.
    • Enter the IPv6 Gateway address (global or link-local) without a prefix length. For example, 1234::5678:0:C12 (global address without a prefix length) and fe80::5678:0:C12 (link-local address without a prefix length).
  • Auto—To automatically obtain an IP address from Router Advertisements (RAs) or from a DHCPv6 server on the network.
IPv4 Default Gateway & DNS Indicates the IPv4 gateway that you want to use - Control, Cluster, and Management.
NOTE
When Access & Core Separation is enabled, the Default Gateway field is hidden.
  1. Default Gateway—Choose the Interface for which you want to assign the default gateway setting.
  2. Primary DNS Server—Enter the server details.
  3. Secondary DNS Server—Enter the server details.
IPv6 Default Gateway & DNS Indicates the IPv6 gateway that you want to use - Control, Cluster, and Management.
NOTE
When Access & Core Separation is enabled, the Default Gateway field is hidden.
  1. Default Gateway—Choose the Interface for which you want to assign the default gateway setting.
  2. Primary DNS Server—Enter the server details.
  3. Secondary DNS Server—Enter the server details.
User Defined Interfaces
NOTE
The control plane and the UDI must be on different subnets. If the control plane and UDI are on the same subnet, and assigned the same IP address, APs will be unable to communicate with the control plane. If the control plane and UDI are on the same subnet and assigned different IP addresses, hotspot clients will not be redirected to the logon URL for user authentication.
Name Indicates the name of the interface. Enter a name.
Physical Interfaces Indicates the physical interface. Select Control Interface.
Service Indicates the service. Select Hotspot, the hotspot must uses the control interface as its physical interface.
IP Address Indicates the IP address that you want to assign to this interface. Enter the IP address.
Subnet Mask Indicates the subnet mask for the IP address. Enter the subnet mask.
Gateway Indicates the IP address of the gateway router. Enter the gateway IP address.
VLAN Indicates the VLAN ID that you want to assign to this interface. Enter the VLAN ID.
Add Adds the interface settings. Click Add.
Static Routes
Network Address Indicates the destination IP address of this route. Enter the IP address.
Subnet Mask Indicates a subnet mask for the IP address. Enter the subnet mask.
Gateway Indicates the IP address of the gateway router. Enter the IP address of the gateway router.
Interface Indicates the physical interface to use for this route. Select the interface.
Metric Represents the number of routers between the network and the destination. Enter the number of routers.
Add Adds the static route settings. Click Add.
NOTE
You can also delete or restart a control plane. To do so, select the control plane from the list and click Delete or Restart respectively.
Parent topic: Working with Clusters