Configuring the Data Plane

By default, the controller sends traffic from its data plane from a single interface.

NOTE
(This feature is supported only in SZ300 and vSZ-H controllers)

If your organization's network requires separation of the access and core traffic, configure access and core separation on the controller.

To configure a data plane:
  1. Go to System > Cluster > Data Planes.
  2. Select the data plane from the list and click Configure. The Edit Data Plane Network Settings form appears.
  3. Configure the settings as explained in Table 8.
  4. Click OK.
Table 8 Configuring Data Plane
Field Description Your Action
Network
Interface Mode Indicates the traffic direction. Choose the option:
  • Single Interface (default)—For the controller to send traffic from its data plane from a single interface.
  • Access and Core Interface—For the controller to send traffic to the access and core networks separately.
    NOTE
    To separate the access and core networks
    • Use static routes, if the data plane is required to connect to IP addresses in the core network (for example, for DHCP relay or L2oGRE termination) and the destination IP addresses are not part of the core subnet.
    • For SCG-200, there are no predefined access and core interfaces. You can use either ports on the rear panel of the controller to connect to the access network and core network.
  • Keep original configuration—For the controller to keep the original manual Data Plane setup.
Network > Primary (Access) Interface
IP Mode Indicates the mode of assigning the IP address to this interface. Select the option:
  • Static (recommended)—To manually assign an IP address to this interface manually.
    • Enter the IP Address.
    • Enter Subnet Mask for the IP address.
    • Enter the Gateway router address.
    • Enter the Primary DNS Server IP address.
    • Enter the Secondary DNS Server IP address.
    • Enter VLAN ID to tag traffic.
    • Enter Data NAT IP address.
  • DHCP—To automatically obtain an IP address from a DHCP server on the network.
    • Enter VLAN ID to tag traffic.
    • Enter Data NAT IP address.
Network > IPv6 Primary (Access) Interface
IP Mode Indicates the mode of assigning the IP address to this interface. Select the option:
  • Static (recommended)—To manually assign an IP address to this interface manually.
    • Enter the IP Address.
    • Enter the Gateway router address.
    • Enter the Primary DNS Server IP address.
    • Enter the Secondary DNS Server IP address.
  • Auto—To automatically obtain an IP address from a DHCP server on the network.
Network > Secondary (Core) Interface (applicable for Interface Mode: Access and Core Interfaces)
IP Address Indicates the IP address of the core network interface. Enter the IP address.
NOTE
The secondary/core interface IP address must be configured manually; DHCP is unsupported.
Subnet Mask Indicates the IP address of the subnet mask. Enter the subnet mask.
VLAN Indicates that the traffic is tagged with a VLAN ID. Enter the VLAN ID.
NOTE
If VLANS are configured on both the access and core networks, the VLAN ID that you enter here must be different from the one that you entered for the primary/access interface.
NOTE
You cannot configure the IP address and VLAN settings for a virtual Data Plane from the Primary (Access) and Secondary (Core) Interface sections. Only vSZ-H supports virtual Data Plane.
Disconnect AP when core link down Indicates that the AP is disconnected secondary core link is down. Select the check box.
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.
Add Adds the static route settings. Click Add.
CALEA Relay
Mark this Data Plane as CALEA Relay (This feature is supported only for vSZ-E and vSZ-H controllers) Indicates that the data plane uses CALEA relay. Select the check box.
DHCP Profile
DHCP Profile Indicates the data plane DHCP service profile. Choose the DHCP service profile from the drop-down.
NAT Profile
NAT Profile Indicates the data plane NAT service profile. Choose the NAT service profile from the drop-down.
Syslog
Enable DHCP syslog Enables syslog to record the DHCP logs. Select the check box.
Enable NAT syslog Enables syslog to record the NAT logs. Select the check box.
Syslog Server IP Indicates the IP address of the remote syslog server. Enter the IP address of the remote syslog server.
Syslog Server Port Indicates the port number of the remote syslog server. Enter the Port number of the remote syslog server.
NOTE
You can restart a data plane. To do so, select the data plane from the list and click Restart.
Parent topic: Viewing the System Cluster Overview