5.1.4. Procedure – Configuring bridge interfaces

Purpose: 

To create a bridge interface, complete the following steps. The interfaces used to create the bridge interface must be already configured. For details on configuring network interfaces, see Procedure 5.1.1.1, Configuring a new interface.

Steps: 

1. Navigate to the host, and select the Networking ZMC component.

2. To create a new interface, select Interfaces > Network interface configuration > New. The New interface dialog is displayed.

3. Enter a name for the interface (for example, bridge0) and set its type to static.

4. Select Type-specific options > New.

5. Select the bridge_ports option, and enter the name of the interfaces to bridge into the Attributes field. Use a single whitespace to separate the name of the interfaces (for example, eth0 eth1). To bridge every available interfaces, enter all.

6. Optional step: Select Type-specific options > New to set other bridge-specific options as needed (for example, bridge_stp). If an option is not listed, just type its name into the Option field and its value to the Attributes field. For a list of available options, see the bridge-utils-interfaces manual page.

7. Configure the other parameters of the interface (for example, address, netmask, and so on) as needed.

8. To activate the changes, click Commit and Upload.