Configuring Bridge Interfaces in Gaia Portal

Note - For additional information:

For Security Gateways or ClusterXL - see the R81.20 Installation and Upgrade Guide > Chapter Special Scenarios for Security Gateways > Section Deploying a Security Gateway or a ClusterXL in Bridge Mode.
For Security Groups on Quantum Maestro - see the R81.20 Quantum Maestro Administration Guide > Chapter Deploying a Security Group in Bridge Mode.
For Security Groups on Scalable Chassis - see the R81.20 Quantum Scalable Chassis Administration Guide > Chapter Deploying a Security Group in Bridge Mode.

Important - On Scalable Platforms (Maestro and Chassis), you must connect to the Gaia Portal Web interface for the Check Point Gaia operating system. of the applicable Security Group.

Step

Instructions

In the left navigation tree, click Network Management > Network Interfaces.

Make sure that the subordinate interfaces, which you wish to add to the Bridge interface, do not have IP addresses assigned.

Click Add > Bridge.

To configure an existing Bridge interface, select the Bridge interface and click Edit.

On the Bridge tab, enter or select a Bridge Group ID (unique integer between 1 and 1024).

Select the interfaces from the Available Interfaces list and then click Add.

Notes:

On the IPv4 tab, enter the IPv4 address and subnet mask.

You can optionally select the Obtain IPv4 Address automatically option.

On the IPv6 tab (optional), enter the IPv6 address and mask length.

You can optionally select the Obtain IPv6 Address automatically option.

Important - First, you must enable the IPv6 Support and reboot (see System Configuration).

Click OK.

Notes:

The name of a Bridge interface in Gaia is "br<Bridge Group ID>".

For example, the name of a bridge interface with a Bridge Group ID of 5 is "br5".
To configure MTU on a Bridge subordinate interface, you must configure MTU on the Bridge interface.

This MTU applies to all subordinate interfaces assigned to this Bridge interface.