Provision a Routing Profile

Provision a Routing Profile

Before you begin

Make sure that you have defined the following global network settings before provisioning a routing profile:


Note

You must provision only a maximum of 15 routers at a time that have a routing profile with an associated template.

Procedure

Step 1

Click the menu icon () and choose Provision.

The Network Devices > Inventory window appears, and all the discovered devices are listed in this window.

Step 2

To view devices available in a particular site, expand the Global site in the left pane, and select the site, building, or floor that you are interested in.

All the devices available in that selected site are displayed in the Inventory window.

Step 3

From the Device Type list, click the Routers tab, and from the Reachability list, click the Reachable tab to get a list of devices that are discovered and reachable.

Step 4

Check the check box next to the device name that you want to provision.

Step 5

Click Assign under the site; the Assign Device to Site window appears. Click Choose a Site.

Step 6

From the Actions drop-down list, choose Provision > Provision Device.

To provision a router, do the following:

  • Review the details in the Confirm Profile window, and click Next.

  • Review the details in the Router WAN Configuration window.

    • If you selected Gigabit Ethernet as the line interface, click O and enter the WAN IP address if you select a static IP address. If you select DHCP, enter the IP address from the DHCP server. If the primary WAN is already configured using PnP, you can select Do not Change and select the interface that is configured as the primary WAN from the drop-down list.

    • If you selected cellular as the line interface, click O, choose IP Negotiated, select the Interface Name from the drop-down list, and enter the Access Point Name (APN). Depending on your service provider, check the PAP or CHAP check box.

    • Enter the IP SLA Address for the backup WAN interface when you have multiple service providers.

    This window does not appear if you are provisioning a virtual router.

  • Review the details in the Router LAN Configuration window, and click Next.

    You can now select one L3 interface or one or multiple L2 interfaces from the Interface(s) drop-down list.

  • Review the details in the Integrated Switch Configuration window, and click Next.

  • Review the details in the Summary page.

Step 7

Click Deploy.

Step 8

In the Provision Devices window, do the following to preview the CLI configuration:

  • Click the Generate Configuration Preview radio button.

  • In the Task Name field, enter a name for the CLI preview task and click Apply.

  • In the Task Submitted pop-up, click the Work Items link.

    Note

     
    If you missed the Task Submitted pop-up, click the menu icon () and choose Activities > Work Items.

  • In the Work Items window, click the CLI preview task for which you submitted the configuration preview request.

  • View the CLI configuration details and click Deploy.

  • To immediately deploy the device, click the Now radio button, and click Apply.

  • To schedule the device deployment for a later date and time, click the Later radio button and define the date and time of the deployment.

  • In the Information pop-up, do the following:

    • Click Yes if you want to delete the CLI preview task from the Work Items window.

    • Click No if you want to retain the task in the Work Items window.

      Note

       
      The CLI task will be marked as completed in the Work Items window. You can view the CLI configuration for this task, but you cannot deploy it again.
The Provision Status column in the Device Inventory window shows SUCCESS after a successful deployment. Click SUCCESS to see a detailed provisional log status.

VPC Inventory Collection

After successful cloud inventory collection, the Cloud tab in the Provision section provides a view of the collected AWS VPC Inventory. The navigation on the left can be expanded to show the cloud regions for a cloud profile or access key. You can filter the left navigation items by keyword and click to see the VPCs just for the selected region or access key.

In the VPC Inventory view you can also click on a VPC to see more details about it, like the subnets and virtual instances in that VPC and some more details about them. AWS VPC inventory collection is scheduled to occur at the default interval for all inventory collection and can also be triggered on demand by using the Sync action from the gear menu for a cloud access key. The status of the inventory collection can be viewed by clicking on Show Sync Status in the VPC Inventory view.