Orchestration Overview

With SDWAN Orchestration, it is very easy to auto-provision and remotely manage your network appliances and modify configurations. It allows users to easily configure a complex network design through a Graphical UI. Device CLI will be auto-generated and pulled by Gateway/SD-Branch devices after the user saves the configurations and clicks the button. SDWAN Topology Graph is provided for quick display of link issues and easy access to all the appliances.

Prerequisites:

  • All hosts must be pre-created in ‘ADMIN > Hosts‘, Refer to Add Host link

Major steps to configure SDWAN:

  1. Select the Entity by clicking on button at the top right corner.
    • all the provisioned Hosts of the selected entity will be available in the orchestration to configuration.
  2. Configure Entity Host as Gateways and Edge devices (CPE), Refer to ‘Add New Gateway link.
  3. Create and apply ‘Config Template‘ (eg. firewall/Wireless/Hotspot Templates) to Gateways/Edges (optional) Refer to ‘Global Settings‘ link.
  4. Click the button at the top right corner to update CLI commands for all the Gateways/Edges.
    •  Gateways/Edges will auto pull and apply the latest CLI changes after the ‘ button is clicked.

NOTE

The overall SDWAN configuration is summarized in the SDWAN Topology Graph, which can be accessed by clicking the ‘Orchestration >Monitoring > SD-WANtab. Refer to SDWAN Topology link for more information.

Save Changes vs Apply Config

In SDWAN Orchestration, most UI pages contain fine cropped save change button and buttons.

‘Save Changes’ saves the current UI settings and updates the SD-WAN Topology. Make sure to click the fine cropped save change button button after every UI changes you make to the Gateway/Branch devices.

button will update CLI commands to the configured Gateways/Branch within the selected Entity, based on the last saved UI settings.

Image 1: Sample UI for Gateway Ethernet Settings

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Auto Apply CLI changes to all Gateways/Edges

After clicking , Gateways/SD-Branch will auto pull the latest CLI changes and apply them. The device configuration change will usually be pulled within the 1-minute interval and the ‘SDWAN Push Config Logs‘ pop-up window appears, where the user can view the latest pushed config to the Gateway / Branch.

Image 2: Sample UI of Preview Configuration

Image 3: Sample UI of Config Difference.

User can expand to view the detailed configuration by clicking the button, and analyse Config Difference (CLI changes) between the current and old CLI versions by clicking the icon or by navigating to the ‘Configs Tab > History menu. See Image 2 below.

NOTE

By default, the Config Difference shown is only for CLI changes that are to be pulled by Gateways/Branch.

User can select any two versions of the Device config to compare in ‘Compare Config‘ section

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Host Menu

In SDWAN Orchestration, Gateway / SD-Branch UI pages contain ‘Host menu icon to perform various task. The Gateway and SD-Branch device has similar menus except Web Management option, which is available only for Hotspot Gateway (VM / Cloud / Appliance)

Gateway / SD-Branch – Host Menu

User can find the below Host menu of the Gateway & SD-Branch

Gateway Host menu

SD-Branch Host menu

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The fields of Gateway / SD-Branch Host menu are summarized below:

MenuDescription
Host Dashboard
Ping TestPing Test menu  can be used for quality measurements of the Internet/network connection.
TracerouteTraceroute menu computer network diagnostic commands for displaying possible routes (paths)
Throughput TestThroughput Test menu is for testing the performance of a wireless or wired network
Speed TestCheck your Internet speed
ProvisioningProvisioning menu allows user to edit the provisioned Host
Web-ManagementWeb-Management menu allows to login to the Hotspot Gateway GUI
Running ConfigThis menu open the existing command line code of the Host
Resync ConfigResync Config menu overwrites the mfusion GUI config to Host
Upgrade FirmwareThis menu allows to upgrade the Host firmware
RebootThis menu allows to reboot the host
Table 1: The fields of Gateway List
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