Creating a Virtual Interface

Scenarios

After the connection and the virtual gateway are ready, create a virtual interface so that your on-premises network can access the VPC.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. In the service list, choose Network > Direct Connect.
3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Direct Connect > Virtual Interfaces.
4. Click Create Virtual Interface.
5. Configure the parameters. Click Create Now.

   Table 1 Parameter description

   Parameter	Description
   Region	Select the region of the VPC that needs to communicate with the on-premises data center.
   Name	Specifies the virtual interface name. The name can contain 1 to 64 characters, including letters, digits, underscores (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.).
   Connection	Specifies the connection with which the virtual interface is to be associated. A virtual interface can be associated with only one connection.
   Virtual Gateway	Select the virtual gateway with which the virtual interface is to be associated. A virtual interface can be associated with only one virtual gateway.
   VLAN	Specifies the virtual interface VLAN ID. You need to configure the VLAN if you create a standard connection. The VLAN for a hosted connection will be allocated by the carrier or partner. You do not need to configure the VLAN.
   Bandwidth	Specifies the virtual interface bandwidth in the unit of Mbit/s. If the selected connection is a hosted connection, the virtual interface exclusively uses the connection bandwidth.
   Local Gateway	Specifies the IP address for connecting to the cloud network.
   Remote Gateway	Specifies the IP address for connecting to your on-premises network.
   Remote Subnet	Specifies the subnets used by the on-premises network. Specifies the remote subnet using CIDR notation. You can enter a maximum of 50 subnets. Ensure that each subnet is unique and separate every two subnets with commas (,).
   Routing Mode	Specifies the routing mode. Two options are available, Static and BGP. If there are two or more connections, select BGP routing.
   BGP ASN	Specifies the ASN of the BGP peer.
   BGP MD5	Specifies the MD5 password of the BGP peer.
   Description	Provides supplementary information about the virtual interface. You can enter 0 to 64 characters.