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 They will have been put there for you by the cluster installation scripts.
 
 **If your setup uses the CORD fabric**, you need to modify the autogenerated VTN
-configuration and edit `cord-vtn-vsg.yml` as follows.
+configuration and node tags, and edit `cord-vtn-vsg.yml` as follows.
 
  1. The VTN app configuration is autogenerated by XOS.  For more information
 about the configuration, see [this page on the ONOS Wiki](https://wiki.onosproject.org/display/ONOS/CORD+VTN),
@@ -91,7 +91,13 @@
 attributes and delete  `rest_onos/v1/network/configuration/` in order
 to get XOS to regenerate it.
 
- 2. Modify `cord-vtn-vsg.yml` and set these parameters to the
+ 2. The process of autoconfiguring VTN also assigns some default values to per-node parameters.  Go to
+ http://xos/admin/core/node/, select a node, then select the *Tags* tab.  Configure the following:
+  * `bridgeId` (the ID to set on the node's br-int)
+  * `dataPlaneIntf` (the data plane interface for the fabric on the node)
+  * `dataPlaneIp` (the IP address for the node on the fabric)
+
+ 3. Modify `cord-vtn-vsg.yml` and set these parameters to the
 appropriate values for the fabric:
   * `public_addresses:properties:addresses` (IP address block of fabric)
   * `service_vsg:properties:wan_container_gateway_ip` (same as `publicGateway:gatewayIp` from VTN configuration)