Earlier in the lab, you modified a physcial interface and also created a vPC interface. In this section, you will create a Loopback interface that will be eventually advertised into BGP from your external router in the next couple of sections.

Step 1 - Navigate to Interfaces & Launch Create Interface Wizard

Navigate to Interfaces to launch the Create Interface wizard:

1. Click Interfaces in the top navigation bar
2. Click Actions
3. Click Create Interface

Step 2 - Create a Loopback Interface

In the Create Interface wizard,

1. In the Type dropdown, click Loopback
2. In the Select a device dropdown menu, select Ext-Rtr
3. Set the Loopback ID to 0
4. Set the Interface VRF to BlueVRF
5. Set the Loopback IP to 172.16.1.1
6. Set the Interface Description to Ping Test Loopback
7. Click Save

Step 3 - Close Create Interface Wizard

1. In the top right corner, click the to close the Create Interface wizard

Step 4 - Review Loopback is Created

Back at the main Interfaces overview, confirm you see your Loopback0 created. This will be deployed to your Ext-Rtr for advertisement into BGP thus into the VXLAN EVPN fabric as an external route in subsequent sections.

Continue to the next section to create a BGP policy for a network statement that covers the Loopback you just created.