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Configuring virtual wire pairs

Configuring virtual wire pairs

Before you create an IPv4 virtual wire pair policy, you must create a virtual wire pair.

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ADOM version 5.4, 5.6, or later is required. Earlier ADOM versions are not supported.

To configure virtual wire pairs:
  1. Go to Policy & Objects > Object Configurations.
  2. In the tree menu, go to Normalized Interface > Virtual Wire Pair.
  3. In the content pane, click Create New.
  4. Complete the following options, and click OK.

    Name

    Type a name for the virtual wire pair.

    Interface Members

    Select two interface members.

    Wildcard VLAN

    Toggle ON to enable wildcard VLANs for the virtual wire pair. When enabled, all VLAN-tagged traffic can pass through the virtual wire pair, if allowed by the virtual wire pair firewall policies.

    Toggle OFF to disable wildcard VLANs for the virtual wire pair.

Configuring virtual wire pairs

Before you create an IPv4 virtual wire pair policy, you must create a virtual wire pair.

note icon

ADOM version 5.4, 5.6, or later is required. Earlier ADOM versions are not supported.

To configure virtual wire pairs:
  1. Go to Policy & Objects > Object Configurations.
  2. In the tree menu, go to Normalized Interface > Virtual Wire Pair.
  3. In the content pane, click Create New.
  4. Complete the following options, and click OK.

    Name

    Type a name for the virtual wire pair.

    Interface Members

    Select two interface members.

    Wildcard VLAN

    Toggle ON to enable wildcard VLANs for the virtual wire pair. When enabled, all VLAN-tagged traffic can pass through the virtual wire pair, if allowed by the virtual wire pair firewall policies.

    Toggle OFF to disable wildcard VLANs for the virtual wire pair.