Configure a Layer 2 Interface
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Configure a Layer 2 Interface

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Configure a Layer 2 Interface

Configure a Layer 2 interface for your firewall.
Contact your account team to enable Cloud Management for NGFWs using Strata Cloud Manager.
Where Can I Use This?What Do I Need?
  • NGFW (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager)
  • VM-Series, funded with Software NGFW Credits
  • AIOps for NGFW Premium license (use the Strata Cloud Manager app)
Configure a Layer 2 interface for your firewalls as part of the folder or snippet configuration, or for a specific firewall.
  1. Log in to Strata Cloud Manager.
  2. Select ManageConfigurationNGFW and Prisma AccessDevice SettingsInterfacesEthernet and select the Configuration Scope where you want to create the Layer 2 interface.
    Select a firewall from your Folders or select Snippets to configure the Layer 2 interface in a snippet.
    If you select a folder or select a snippet, you create a Layer 2 interface variable that must be assigned at the device level.
  3. Add the interface.
    If you’re configuring a Layer 2 interface for a specific firewall, select the interface you want to configure instead.
    • Folders and SnippetsAdd Interface and select Interface.
    • FirewallsAdd and Add Interface.
  4. Configure the interface.
    If you’re configuring an interface in the folder or snippet scope, the interface configuration is pushed only to firewalls that have the corresponding interface slot available. For example, if you configure Ethernet 1/5 in the folder scope and the firewall associated with the folder has only four interface slots, then the configuration isn’t pushed to the firewall.
    1. Select the interface Slot.
    2. Select the Interface Name.
      When you configure an interface for a specific firewall, the Interface Name is fixed, such as ethernet1/1 if you select Slot 1. The fixed interface names are dependent on the slot that you selected in the previous step.
    3. (Folders and Snippets only) Select the Default Interface Assignment.
    4. (Optional) Enter a Description.
    5. For Interface Type, select Layer2.
    6. (Folders and Snippets only, Optional) Assign Interface to VLAN Tag to add the interface to a VLAN.
    7. (Folders and Snippets only; Recommended) Assign the interface to a Zone.
      Create New to create a new zone. See Zone Protection and DoS Protection for more information.
  5. (Optional) Configure the interface link settings.
    1. Select the interface Link Speed.
      Auto is selected by default and allows the firewall to determine the speed.
    2. Select the interface Link Duplex transmission mode.
      Auto is selected by default to allow the firewall to negotiate the transmission mode automatically.
    3. Select the interface Link State.
      Auto detect is selected by default to allow the firewall to determine the link state.
  6. Save.
  7. Create a Security policy rule to allow the traffic through the tap interface.
    When creating a Security policy rule for a tap interface, both the source zone and destination zone must be the same.
    1. Select ManageConfigurationSecurity ServicesSecurity Policy and Add Ruke.
    2. For the Source, Add Zones and select the zone you created in the previous step.
    3. For the Destination, Add Zones and select the zone you created in the previous step.
    4. Set all of the Security policy rule match criteria (Applications, User, Service, Address) to any.
    5. For the Action and Advanced Inspection, set the Action to Allow.
    6. Expand the Advanced Settings and for the Log Settings, set Log at Session End.
    7. Save.
  8. Push Config to push your configuration changes.