5.2 Configure Device and Network Interfaces

Owned by Jean-luc KRIKER
Last updated: Dec 27, 2020
17 min read


Step 1Gather PCI Addresses for Datacenter Router 1
PCLIsu admin
Password: 128Tadmin

ifcfg-ens3*
[root@pembreyNode1 ~]# more /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ens3* | egrep "NAME|DEVICE"
NAME=wan1
DEVICE=ens33

NAME=wan2
DEVICE=ens34

NAME=lan1
DEVICE=ens35

[root@pembreyNode1 ~]# ip add | egrep "ens|ether|inet " | grep -v kni

2: ens33: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:0c:29:97:94:a7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.235.136/24 brd 192.168.235.255 scope global noprefixroute dynamic ens33
3: ens34: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:0c:29:97:94:b1 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.40.129/24 brd 192.168.40.255 scope global noprefixroute dynamic ens34
4: ens35: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:0c:29:97:94:bb brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.0.3.3/24 brd 10.0.3.255 scope global noprefixroute dynamic ens35


PCLI on Datacenter Router 1

su admin
Password: 128Tadmin


show platform device-interfaces

>> Grab your mpls1 and srv1 PCI addresses


 Name:           mpls1
 PCI Address:    pci@0000:00:06.0
 Name:                      mpls2
 PCI Address:            pci@0000:00:07.0 
 Name:           wan1 
 PCI Address:    pci@0000:00:09.0
Name:           srv2
 PCI Address:    pci@0000:00:04.0
 Name:           srv3 
 PCI Address:    pci@0000:00:05.0 

 Name:           mgmt1 
 PCI Address:    pci@0000:00:0a.0

 Name:           hasync
 PCI Address:    pci@0000:00:0c.0



show platform 
admin@node1.bosdc1# show platform
Mon 2020-12-21 04:50:53 UTC

===============================================================
 node1
===============================================================
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 Vendor Information
 ------------------
 Vendor:                   Red Hat
 Product:                  KVM
 Version:                  RHEL 7.0.0 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
 Serial Number:            unavailable

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 Memory Information
 ------------------
 Memory:                   8.8 GB

 ---------------
 CPU Information
 ---------------
 Type:                     Intel Core Processor (Broadwell)
 Speed:                    1.9999980926513672 GHz
 Hyper-Threading:          no
 Cores:                    4
 Forwarding Cores:         1
 Isolated Cores:           1
 Power-Saver:              disabled

 ----------------------------
 Device Interface Information
 ----------------------------
 Name:                     srv2
 Manufacturer:             Intel Corporation
 Description:              82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
 Driver:                   e1000
 Driver Version:           7.3.21-k8-NAPI
 Speed:                    10/10/100/100/1000
 PCI Address:              pci@0000:00:04.0
 MAC Address:              52:54:00:1a:f4:ae
 Firmware Version:
 Statistics Supported:     yes
 Test Info Supported:      yes
 EEPROM Access Supported:  yes
 Register Dump Supported:  yes
 Plugin Info:              unavailable

 Name:                     srv3
 Manufacturer:             Intel Corporation
 Description:              82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
 Driver:                   e1000
 Driver Version:           7.3.21-k8-NAPI
 Speed:                    10/10/100/100/1000
 PCI Address:              pci@0000:00:05.0
 MAC Address:              52:54:00:c6:76:58
 Firmware Version:
 Statistics Supported:     yes
 Test Info Supported:      yes
 EEPROM Access Supported:  yes
 Register Dump Supported:  yes
 Plugin Info:              unavailable

 Name:                     mpls1
 Manufacturer:             Intel Corporation
 Description:              82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
 Driver:                   e1000
 Driver Version:           7.3.21-k8-NAPI
 Speed:                    10/10/100/100/1000
 PCI Address:              pci@0000:00:06.0
 MAC Address:              52:54:00:17:6a:dc
 Firmware Version:
 Statistics Supported:     yes
 Test Info Supported:      yes
 EEPROM Access Supported:  yes
 Register Dump Supported:  yes
 Plugin Info:              unavailable

 Name:                     mpls2
 Manufacturer:             Intel Corporation
 Description:              82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
 Driver:                   e1000
 Driver Version:           7.3.21-k8-NAPI
 Speed:                    10/10/100/100/1000
 PCI Address:              pci@0000:00:07.0
 MAC Address:              52:54:00:0b:bc:16
 Firmware Version:
 Statistics Supported:     yes
 Test Info Supported:      yes
 EEPROM Access Supported:  yes
 Register Dump Supported:  yes
 Plugin Info:              unavailable

 Name:                     wan1
 Manufacturer:             Intel Corporation
 Description:              82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
 Driver:                   e1000
 Driver Version:           7.3.21-k8-NAPI
 Speed:                    10/10/100/100/1000
 PCI Address:              pci@0000:00:09.0
 MAC Address:              52:54:00:aa:42:fe
 Firmware Version:
 Statistics Supported:     yes
 Test Info Supported:      yes
 EEPROM Access Supported:  yes
 Register Dump Supported:  yes
 Plugin Info:              unavailable

 Name:                     mgmt1
 Manufacturer:             Intel Corporation
 Description:              82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
 Driver:                   e1000
 Driver Version:           7.3.21-k8-NAPI
 Speed:                    10/10/100/100/1000
 PCI Address:              pci@0000:00:0a.0
 MAC Address:              52:54:00:de:df:57
 Firmware Version:
 Statistics Supported:     yes
 Test Info Supported:      yes
 EEPROM Access Supported:  yes
 Register Dump Supported:  yes
 Plugin Info:              unavailable

 Name:                     hasync
 Manufacturer:             Intel Corporation
 Description:              82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
 Driver:                   e1000
 Driver Version:           7.3.21-k8-NAPI
 Speed:                    10/10/100/100/1000
 PCI Address:              pci@0000:00:0c.0
 MAC Address:              52:54:00:aa:71:15
 Firmware Version:
 Statistics Supported:     yes
 Test Info Supported:      yes
 EEPROM Access Supported:  yes
 Register Dump Supported:  yes
 Plugin Info:              unavailable

 Name:                     kni254
 Manufacturer:
 Description:
 Driver:
 Driver Version:           unavailable
 Speed:
 PCI Address:
 MAC Address:              fe:70:29:90:c8:51
 Firmware Version:         unavailable
 Statistics Supported:     unavailable
 Test Info Supported:      unavailable
 EEPROM Access Supported:  unavailable
 Register Dump Supported:  unavailable
 Plugin Info:              unavailable

 ----------------
 Disk Information
 ----------------
 Name:                     medium
 Space:                    0 Bytes

 Name:                     QEMU DVD-ROM
 Space:                    0 Bytes

 Name:                     virtio0
 Space:                    85.9 GB

 ----------------------------
 Operating System Information
 ----------------------------
 Name:                     CentOS Linux
 Version:                  7 (Core)
 Kernel Version:           3.10.0-1062.4.1.el7.x86_64


Completed in 2.02 seconds
admin@node1.bosdc1#
Step 2Configure Base Elements for Datacenter Router 1
Web GUIUsername: admin
Password: 128Tadmin

Configuration > Autority > Routers: bosdc1 > router System Settings

Basic Information> Log Level:  warning


Step 3Configure Device Interface 1 for Datacenter Router 1

Configuration > Autority > Routers: bosdc1 > Node: node1 

Device Interfaces >  ADD 

Name: mpls1



Configuration > Autority > Routers: bosdc1 > Node: node1 > Device Interface: mpls1

Device Interface Type Settings > Device Interface Type: ethernet

PCI Address:   0000:00:06.0


Step 4Configure Network Interface 1 for Datacenter Router 1

Configuration > Autority > Routers: bosdc1 > Node: node1 > Device Interface: mpls1  

Network Interfaces > ADD

Name: mpls1


Configuration > Autority > Routers: bosdc1 > Node: node1 > Device Interface: mpls1 > Network Interface: mpls1

Basic Information> Type: external

Interface Addresses > ADD 

Address:    10.0.128.1

Prefix:        31

gateway:    10.0.128.0



Step 5Configure Device Interface 2 for Datacenter Router 1

Configuration > Autority > Routers: bosdc1 > Node: node1 

Device Interfaces >  ADD 

Name: svr1



Configuration > Autority > Routers: bosdc1 > Node: node1 > Device Interface: mpls1

Device Interface Type Settings > Device Interface Type: ethernet

PCI Address:   0000:00:03.0

Step 6Configure Network Interface 2 for Datacenter Router 1

Configuration > Autority > Routers: bosdc1 > Node: node1 > Device Interface: srv1  

Network Interfaces > ADD

Name: mpls1


Configuration > Autority > Routers: bosdc1 > Node: node1 > Device Interface: mpls1 > Network Interface: srv1

Basic Information> Type: external

Interface Addresses > ADD 

Address:    172.16.128.1

Prefix:        30



Step 7Verify Your Configuration

Interface moved from Device platform to device-interface


show device-interface summary

show network-interface

show platform device-interfaces


show network-interface 
admin@node1.bosdc1# show device-interface 
Mon 2020-12-21 06:05:24 UTC

========================================
 node1:mpls1
========================================
 Type:                ethernet
 Forwarding:          true
 PCI Address:         0000:00:06.0
 MAC Address:         52:54:00:17:6a:dc

 Admin Status:        up
 Operational Status:  up
 Redundancy Status:   non-redundant
 Speed:               1000

 in-octets:                           0
 in-unicast-pkts:                     0
 in-errors:                           0
 out-octets:                          0
 out-unicast-pkts:                    0
 out-errors:                          0

========================================
 node1:srv1
========================================
 Type:                ethernet
 Forwarding:          true
 PCI Address:         0000:00:03.0
 MAC Address:         52:54:00:01:a6:2d

 Admin Status:        up
 Operational Status:  up
 Redundancy Status:   non-redundant
 Speed:               1000

 in-octets:                           0
 in-unicast-pkts:                     5
 in-errors:                           0
 out-octets:                          0
 out-unicast-pkts:                    5
 out-errors:                          0

Completed in 0.11 seconds
admin@node1.bosdc1#

admin@node1.bosdc1# show network-interface 
Mon 2020-12-21 05:53:05 UTC

======== ======= ======== ======= ============ ====== ============= ========== ========== ================= ============ ========== ============== ============= ======
 Router   Node    Device   Name    Forwarding   VLAN   Device Type   Type       DHCP       Address           Gateway      Hostname   Admin Status   Oper Status   GIID
======== ======= ======== ======= ============ ====== ============= ========== ========== ================= ============ ========== ============== ============= ======
 bosdc1   node1   mpls1    mpls1   true            0   ethernet      external   disabled   10.0.128.1/31     10.0.128.0   --         up             up               1
 bosdc1   node1   srv1     srv1    true            0   ethernet      external   disabled   172.16.128.1/30   --           --         up             up               2

Completed in 0.14 seconds
admin@node1.bosdc1#


admin@node1.bosdc1# show platform device-interfaces 
Mon 2020-12-21 06:04:50 UTC

===============================================================
 node1
===============================================================
 ----------------------------
 Device Interface Information
 ----------------------------
 Name:                     srv2
 Manufacturer:             Intel Corporation
 Description:              82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
 Driver:                   e1000
 Driver Version:           7.3.21-k8-NAPI
 Speed:                    10/10/100/100/1000
 PCI Address:              pci@0000:00:04.0
 MAC Address:              52:54:00:1a:f4:ae
 Firmware Version:
 Statistics Supported:     yes
 Test Info Supported:      yes
 EEPROM Access Supported:  yes
 Register Dump Supported:  yes
 Plugin Info:              unavailable

 Name:                     srv3
 Manufacturer:             Intel Corporation
 Description:              82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
 Driver:                   e1000
 Driver Version:           7.3.21-k8-NAPI
 Speed:                    10/10/100/100/1000
 PCI Address:              pci@0000:00:05.0
 MAC Address:              52:54:00:c6:76:58
 Firmware Version:
 Statistics Supported:     yes
 Test Info Supported:      yes
 EEPROM Access Supported:  yes
 Register Dump Supported:  yes
 Plugin Info:              unavailable

 Name:                     mpls2
 Manufacturer:             Intel Corporation
 Description:              82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
 Driver:                   e1000
 Driver Version:           7.3.21-k8-NAPI
 Speed:                    10/10/100/100/1000
 PCI Address:              pci@0000:00:07.0
 MAC Address:              52:54:00:0b:bc:16
 Firmware Version:
 Statistics Supported:     yes
 Test Info Supported:      yes
 EEPROM Access Supported:  yes
 Register Dump Supported:  yes
 Plugin Info:              unavailable

 Name:                     wan1
 Manufacturer:             Intel Corporation
 Description:              82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
 Driver:                   e1000
 Driver Version:           7.3.21-k8-NAPI
 Speed:                    10/10/100/100/1000
 PCI Address:              pci@0000:00:09.0
 MAC Address:              52:54:00:aa:42:fe
 Firmware Version:
 Statistics Supported:     yes
 Test Info Supported:      yes
 EEPROM Access Supported:  yes
 Register Dump Supported:  yes
 Plugin Info:              unavailable

 Name:                     mgmt1
 Manufacturer:             Intel Corporation
 Description:              82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
 Driver:                   e1000
 Driver Version:           7.3.21-k8-NAPI
 Speed:                    10/10/100/100/1000
 PCI Address:              pci@0000:00:0a.0
 MAC Address:              52:54:00:de:df:57
 Firmware Version:
 Statistics Supported:     yes
 Test Info Supported:      yes
 EEPROM Access Supported:  yes
 Register Dump Supported:  yes
 Plugin Info:              unavailable

 Name:                     hasync
 Manufacturer:             Intel Corporation
 Description:              82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
 Driver:                   e1000
 Driver Version:           7.3.21-k8-NAPI
 Speed:                    10/10/100/100/1000
 PCI Address:              pci@0000:00:0c.0
 MAC Address:              52:54:00:aa:71:15
 Firmware Version:
 Statistics Supported:     yes
 Test Info Supported:      yes
 EEPROM Access Supported:  yes
 Register Dump Supported:  yes
 Plugin Info:              unavailable

 Name:                     kni254
 Manufacturer:
 Description:
 Driver:
 Driver Version:           unavailable
 Speed:
 PCI Address:
 MAC Address:              fe:70:29:90:c8:51
 Firmware Version:         unavailable
 Statistics Supported:     unavailable
 Test Info Supported:      unavailable
 EEPROM Access Supported:  unavailable
 Register Dump Supported:  unavailable
 Plugin Info:              unavailable

Completed in 1.03 seconds
admin@node1.bosdc1#