Configuring Bridge Interfaces in Gaia Portal

Note - For additional information, see the R81 Installation and Upgrade Guide > Chapter Special Scenarios for Security Gateways > Section Deploying a Security Gateway or a ClusterXL in Bridge Mode.

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:

Make sure that the subordinate interfaces do not have any IP addresses or aliases configured.
Do not select the interface that you configured as Gaia Check Point security operating system that combines the strengths of both SecurePlatform and IPSO operating systems. Management Interface (1) Interface on a Gaia Security Gateway or Cluster member, through which Management Server connects to the Security Gateway or Cluster member. (2) Interface on Gaia computer, through which users connect to Gaia Portal or CLI..
A Bridge interface in Gaia can contain only two subordinate interfaces.

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.

Note - 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".