Add traffic inspection interfaces to Layer 2 Engines

Layer 2 Engines pick up passing network traffic for inspection in real time.

You can define both capture interfaces and inline interfaces for the same Layer 2 Engine.

When traffic is inspected, it might be important to know the interface through which it arrives to the Layer 2 Engine. It is also important to be able to distinguish a Layer 2 Engine's capture interfaces from its inline interfaces. Logical Interface elements are used for both these purposes. They allow you to group interfaces that belong to the same network segment and to identify the type of the traffic inspection interface.

Define a logical interface in the following cases:
  • You want to create both capture interfaces and inline interfaces on the same Layer 2 Engine.
  • You want to create Logical Interfaces to distinguish interfaces from each other.