To configure a virtual Ethernet port on a 7705 SAR 2-port ring MDA

Purpose

Perform this procedure to configure a virtual Ethernet port on a 7705 SAR 2 × 10-Gig Bridged Ethernet XFP + 1 × 2.5G Virtual Ethernet card on a 7705 SAR-8 and 7705 SAR-18. See To configure a QoS network policy for information about configuring a network policy of ring type for a 7705 SAR. See To configure an MDA for information about configuring a ring port on a 7705 SAR 2 × 10-Gig Bridged Ethernet XFP + 1 × 2.5G Virtual Ethernet card.

Steps
 
1 

On the equipment tree, choose Network→NE→Shelf→Card Slot n→Daughter Card Slot n→Virtual Port n/n/n, where the virtual port is the port object you need to configure.


2 

Right-click on the Virtual Port icon and choose Properties. The Virtual Port (Edit) form opens.


3 

Configure the required parameters.


4 

Click on the States tab and configure the Administrative State parameter.


5 

Click on the Policies tab.


6 

Select a network queue policy.


7 

Click on the Ethernet tab and configure the required parameters.

You must configure the Down When Looped parameter value as Enabled to see the Down When Looped Configuration panel parameters.


8 

Click on the Network Interfaces tab to create a network interface on the virtual Ethernet port.


9 

Click Add. The Create Network Interface - Routing Instance form opens. See To create an L3 network interface on a routing instance for information on creating a network interface.

Note: You can only bind a virtual Ethernet port to a network interface.


10 

Save your changes and close the form.

End of steps