diff --git a/omec/omec-data-plane/templates/bin/_spgwu-setup-af-iface.sh.tpl b/omec/omec-data-plane/templates/bin/_spgwu-setup-af-iface.sh.tpl
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright 2019-present Open Networking Foundation
+# Copyright 2019 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -ex
+
+UL_IFACE="{{- .Values.config.spgwu.s1uAfDev -}}"
+DL_IFACE="{{- .Values.config.spgwu.sgiAfDev -}}"
+
+if ! ip link show $UL_IFACE; then
+    s1u_mac=$(ip addr show dev s1u-net | awk '$1=="link/ether"{print $2}')
+    ip link add $UL_IFACE type veth peer name l_$UL_IFACE
+    ip link set $UL_IFACE up
+    ip link set l_$UL_IFACE up
+    ip link set dev $UL_IFACE address $s1u_mac
+fi
+if ! ip link show $DL_IFACE; then
+    sgi_mac=$(ip addr show dev sgi-net | awk '$1=="link/ether"{print $2}')
+    ip link add $DL_IFACE type veth peer name l_$DL_IFACE
+    ip link set $DL_IFACE up
+    ip link set l_$DL_IFACE up
+    ip link set dev $DL_IFACE address $sgi_mac
+fi
+
+if ! ip addr show $UL_IFACE | grep inet; then
+    s1u_ip=$(ip addr show s1u-net | grep inet | grep -v inet6 | awk '{print $2}')
+    ip addr add $s1u_ip dev $UL_IFACE
+fi
+if ! ip addr show $DL_IFACE | grep inet; then
+    sgi_ip=$(ip addr show sgi-net | grep inet | grep -v inet6 | awk '{print $2}')
+    ip addr add $sgi_ip dev $DL_IFACE
+fi
+
+ip a