diff --git a/examples/ip_pipeline/Makefile b/examples/ip_pipeline/Makefile
index fca28c5..3dab932 100644
--- a/examples/ip_pipeline/Makefile
+++ b/examples/ip_pipeline/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ APP = ip_pipeline
 # all source are stored in SRCS-y
 SRCS-y := cli.c
 SRCS-y += conn.c
+SRCS-y += link.c
 SRCS-y += main.c
 SRCS-y += mempool.c
 SRCS-y += parser.c
diff --git a/examples/ip_pipeline/cli.c b/examples/ip_pipeline/cli.c
index 1c67749..385470d 100644
--- a/examples/ip_pipeline/cli.c
+++ b/examples/ip_pipeline/cli.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <rte_common.h>
 
 #include "cli.h"
+#include "link.h"
 #include "mempool.h"
 #include "parser.h"
 
@@ -110,6 +111,122 @@ cmd_mempool(char **tokens,
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * link <link_name>
+ * 	dev <device_name> | port <port_id>
+ * 	rxq <n_queues> <queue_size> <mempool_name>
+ * 	txq <n_queues> <queue_size>
+ * 	promiscuous on | off
+ * 	[rss <qid_0> ... <qid_n>]
+*/
+static void
+cmd_link(char **tokens,
+	uint32_t n_tokens,
+	char *out,
+	size_t out_size)
+{
+	struct link_params p;
+	struct link_params_rss rss;
+	struct link *link;
+	char *name;
+
+	if ((n_tokens < 13) || (n_tokens > 14 + LINK_RXQ_RSS_MAX)) {
+	snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_ARG_MISMATCH, tokens[0]);
+		return;
+	}
+	name = tokens[1];
+
+	if (strcmp(tokens[2], "dev") == 0)
+		p.dev_name = tokens[3];
+	else if (strcmp(tokens[2], "port") == 0) {
+		p.dev_name = NULL;
+
+		if (parser_read_uint16(&p.port_id, tokens[3]) != 0) {
+		snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_ARG_INVALID, "port_id");
+			return;
+		}
+	} else {
+		snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_ARG_NOT_FOUND, "dev or port");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (strcmp(tokens[4], "rxq") != 0) {
+		snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_ARG_NOT_FOUND, "rxq");
+	return;
+	}
+
+	if (parser_read_uint32(&p.rx.n_queues, tokens[5]) != 0) {
+	snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_ARG_INVALID, "n_queues");
+		return;
+	}
+	if (parser_read_uint32(&p.rx.queue_size, tokens[6]) != 0) {
+		snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_ARG_INVALID, "queue_size");
+		return;
+}
+
+	p.rx.mempool_name = tokens[7];
+
+	if (strcmp(tokens[8], "txq") != 0) {
+		snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_ARG_NOT_FOUND, "txq");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (parser_read_uint32(&p.tx.n_queues, tokens[9]) != 0) {
+		snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_ARG_INVALID, "n_queues");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (parser_read_uint32(&p.tx.queue_size, tokens[10]) != 0) {
+		snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_ARG_INVALID, "queue_size");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (strcmp(tokens[11], "promiscuous") != 0) {
+		snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_ARG_NOT_FOUND, "promiscuous");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (strcmp(tokens[12], "on") == 0)
+		p.promiscuous = 1;
+	else if (strcmp(tokens[12], "off") == 0)
+		p.promiscuous = 0;
+	else {
+		snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_ARG_NOT_FOUND, "on or off");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* RSS */
+	p.rx.rss = NULL;
+	if (n_tokens > 13) {
+		uint32_t queue_id, i;
+
+		if (strcmp(tokens[13], "rss") != 0) {
+			snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_ARG_NOT_FOUND, "rss");
+			return;
+		}
+
+		p.rx.rss = &rss;
+
+		rss.n_queues = 0;
+		for (i = 14; i < n_tokens; i++) {
+			if (parser_read_uint32(&queue_id, tokens[i]) != 0) {
+				snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_ARG_INVALID,
+					"queue_id");
+				return;
+			}
+
+			rss.queue_id[rss.n_queues] = queue_id;
+			rss.n_queues++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	link = link_create(name, &p);
+	if (link == NULL) {
+		snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_CMD_FAIL, tokens[0]);
+		return;
+	}
+}
+
 void
 cli_process(char *in, char *out, size_t out_size)
 {
@@ -134,6 +251,11 @@ cli_process(char *in, char *out, size_t out_size)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (strcmp(tokens[0], "link") == 0) {
+		cmd_link(tokens, n_tokens, out, out_size);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	snprintf(out, out_size, MSG_CMD_UNKNOWN, tokens[0]);
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/ip_pipeline/link.c b/examples/ip_pipeline/link.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26ff41b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ip_pipeline/link.c
@@ -0,0 +1,268 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2010-2018 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <rte_ethdev.h>
+
+#include "link.h"
+#include "mempool.h"
+
+static struct link_list link_list;
+
+int
+link_init(void)
+{
+	TAILQ_INIT(&link_list);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct link *
+link_find(const char *name)
+{
+	struct link *link;
+
+	if (name == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	TAILQ_FOREACH(link, &link_list, node)
+		if (strcmp(link->name, name) == 0)
+			return link;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static struct rte_eth_conf port_conf_default = {
+	.link_speeds = 0,
+	.rxmode = {
+		.mq_mode = ETH_MQ_RX_NONE,
+
+		.header_split   = 0, /* Header split */
+		.hw_ip_checksum = 0, /* IP checksum offload */
+		.hw_vlan_filter = 0, /* VLAN filtering */
+		.hw_vlan_strip  = 0, /* VLAN strip */
+		.hw_vlan_extend = 0, /* Extended VLAN */
+		.jumbo_frame    = 0, /* Jumbo frame support */
+		.hw_strip_crc   = 1, /* CRC strip by HW */
+		.enable_scatter = 0, /* Scattered packets RX handler */
+
+		.max_rx_pkt_len = 9000, /* Jumbo frame max packet len */
+		.split_hdr_size = 0, /* Header split buffer size */
+	},
+	.rx_adv_conf = {
+		.rss_conf = {
+			.rss_key = NULL,
+			.rss_key_len = 40,
+			.rss_hf = 0,
+		},
+	},
+	.txmode = {
+		.mq_mode = ETH_MQ_TX_NONE,
+	},
+	.lpbk_mode = 0,
+};
+
+#define RETA_CONF_SIZE     (ETH_RSS_RETA_SIZE_512 / RTE_RETA_GROUP_SIZE)
+
+static int
+rss_setup(uint16_t port_id,
+	uint16_t reta_size,
+	struct link_params_rss *rss)
+{
+	struct rte_eth_rss_reta_entry64 reta_conf[RETA_CONF_SIZE];
+	uint32_t i;
+	int status;
+
+	/* RETA setting */
+	memset(reta_conf, 0, sizeof(reta_conf));
+
+	for (i = 0; i < reta_size; i++)
+		reta_conf[i / RTE_RETA_GROUP_SIZE].mask = UINT64_MAX;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < reta_size; i++) {
+		uint32_t reta_id = i / RTE_RETA_GROUP_SIZE;
+		uint32_t reta_pos = i % RTE_RETA_GROUP_SIZE;
+		uint32_t rss_qs_pos = i % rss->n_queues;
+
+		reta_conf[reta_id].reta[reta_pos] =
+			(uint16_t) rss->queue_id[rss_qs_pos];
+	}
+
+	/* RETA update */
+	status = rte_eth_dev_rss_reta_update(port_id,
+		reta_conf,
+		reta_size);
+
+	return status;
+}
+
+struct link *
+link_create(const char *name, struct link_params *params)
+{
+	struct rte_eth_dev_info port_info;
+	struct rte_eth_conf port_conf;
+	struct link *link;
+	struct link_params_rss *rss;
+	struct mempool *mempool;
+	uint32_t cpu_id, i;
+	int status;
+	uint16_t port_id;
+
+	/* Check input params */
+	if ((name == NULL) ||
+		link_find(name) ||
+		(params == NULL) ||
+		(params->rx.n_queues == 0) ||
+		(params->rx.queue_size == 0) ||
+		(params->tx.n_queues == 0) ||
+		(params->tx.queue_size == 0))
+		return NULL;
+
+	port_id = params->port_id;
+	if (params->dev_name) {
+		status = rte_eth_dev_get_port_by_name(params->dev_name,
+			&port_id);
+
+		if (status)
+			return NULL;
+	} else
+		if (!rte_eth_dev_is_valid_port(port_id))
+			return NULL;
+
+	rte_eth_dev_info_get(port_id, &port_info);
+
+	mempool = mempool_find(params->rx.mempool_name);
+	if (mempool == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	rss = params->rx.rss;
+	if (rss) {
+		if ((port_info.reta_size == 0) ||
+			(port_info.reta_size > ETH_RSS_RETA_SIZE_512))
+			return NULL;
+
+		if ((rss->n_queues == 0) ||
+			(rss->n_queues >= LINK_RXQ_RSS_MAX))
+			return NULL;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < rss->n_queues; i++)
+			if (rss->queue_id[i] >= port_info.max_rx_queues)
+				return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Resource create
+	 */
+	/* Port */
+	memcpy(&port_conf, &port_conf_default, sizeof(port_conf));
+	if (rss) {
+		port_conf.rxmode.mq_mode = ETH_MQ_RX_RSS;
+		port_conf.rx_adv_conf.rss_conf.rss_hf =
+			ETH_RSS_IPV4 | ETH_RSS_IPV6;
+	}
+
+	cpu_id = (uint32_t) rte_eth_dev_socket_id(port_id);
+	if (cpu_id == (uint32_t) SOCKET_ID_ANY)
+		cpu_id = 0;
+
+	status = rte_eth_dev_configure(
+		port_id,
+		params->rx.n_queues,
+		params->tx.n_queues,
+		&port_conf);
+
+	if (status < 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (params->promiscuous)
+		rte_eth_promiscuous_enable(port_id);
+
+	/* Port RX */
+	for (i = 0; i < params->rx.n_queues; i++) {
+		status = rte_eth_rx_queue_setup(
+			port_id,
+			i,
+			params->rx.queue_size,
+			cpu_id,
+			NULL,
+			mempool->m);
+
+		if (status < 0)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* Port TX */
+	for (i = 0; i < params->tx.n_queues; i++) {
+		status = rte_eth_tx_queue_setup(
+			port_id,
+			i,
+			params->tx.queue_size,
+			cpu_id,
+			NULL);
+
+		if (status < 0)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* Port start */
+	status = rte_eth_dev_start(port_id);
+	if (status < 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (rss) {
+		status = rss_setup(port_id, port_info.reta_size, rss);
+
+		if (status) {
+			rte_eth_dev_stop(port_id);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Port link up */
+	status = rte_eth_dev_set_link_up(port_id);
+	if ((status < 0) && (status != -ENOTSUP)) {
+		rte_eth_dev_stop(port_id);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* Node allocation */
+	link = calloc(1, sizeof(struct link));
+	if (link == NULL) {
+		rte_eth_dev_stop(port_id);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* Node fill in */
+	strncpy(link->name, name, sizeof(link->name));
+	link->port_id = port_id;
+	link->n_rxq = params->rx.n_queues;
+	link->n_txq = params->tx.n_queues;
+
+	/* Node add to list */
+	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&link_list, link, node);
+
+	return link;
+}
+
+int
+link_is_up(const char *name)
+{
+	struct rte_eth_link link_params;
+	struct link *link;
+
+	/* Check input params */
+	if (name == NULL)
+		return 0;
+
+	link = link_find(name);
+	if (link == NULL)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Resource */
+	rte_eth_link_get(link->port_id, &link_params);
+
+	return (link_params.link_status == ETH_LINK_DOWN) ? 0 : 1;
+}
diff --git a/examples/ip_pipeline/link.h b/examples/ip_pipeline/link.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37d3dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ip_pipeline/link.h
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2010-2018 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#ifndef _INCLUDE_LINK_H_
+#define _INCLUDE_LINK_H_
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/queue.h>
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+#ifndef LINK_RXQ_RSS_MAX
+#define LINK_RXQ_RSS_MAX                                   16
+#endif
+
+struct link {
+	TAILQ_ENTRY(link) node;
+	char name[NAME_SIZE];
+	uint16_t port_id;
+	uint32_t n_rxq;
+	uint32_t n_txq;
+};
+
+TAILQ_HEAD(link_list, link);
+
+int
+link_init(void);
+
+struct link *
+link_find(const char *name);
+
+struct link_params_rss {
+	uint32_t queue_id[LINK_RXQ_RSS_MAX];
+	uint32_t n_queues;
+};
+
+struct link_params {
+	const char *dev_name;
+	uint16_t port_id; /**< Valid only when *dev_name* is NULL. */
+
+	struct {
+		uint32_t n_queues;
+		uint32_t queue_size;
+		const char *mempool_name;
+		struct link_params_rss *rss;
+	} rx;
+
+	struct {
+		uint32_t n_queues;
+		uint32_t queue_size;
+	} tx;
+
+	int promiscuous;
+};
+
+struct link *
+link_create(const char *name, struct link_params *params);
+
+int
+link_is_up(const char *name);
+
+#endif /* _INCLUDE_LINK_H_ */
diff --git a/examples/ip_pipeline/main.c b/examples/ip_pipeline/main.c
index b53f623..edfb523 100644
--- a/examples/ip_pipeline/main.c
+++ b/examples/ip_pipeline/main.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #include "cli.h"
 #include "conn.h"
+#include "link.h"
 #include "mempool.h"
 
 static const char usage[] =
@@ -167,6 +168,13 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		return status;
 	}
 
+	/* Link */
+	status = link_init();
+	if (status) {
+		printf("Error: Link initialization failed (%d)\n", status);
+		return status;
+	}
+
 	/* Script */
 	if (app.script_name)
 		cli_script_process(app.script_name,
diff --git a/examples/ip_pipeline/meson.build b/examples/ip_pipeline/meson.build
index f8a450f..a2f9bb6 100644
--- a/examples/ip_pipeline/meson.build
+++ b/examples/ip_pipeline/meson.build
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ deps += ['pipeline', 'bus_pci']
 sources = files(
 	'cli.c',
 	'conn.c',
+	'link.c',
 	'main.c',
 	'mempool.c',
 	'parser.c',
