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Configuring QFX Series Devices as Data Center Gateway

 

You can configure a QFX series device as a Data Center Gateway (DC-GW). DC-GW is an overlay role that is assigned to a QFX series switch to:

  • Extend private network

  • Extend public routable network

You can extend private network and extend public routable network with EVPN Type 5.

For more information on supported QFX series devices, see Contrail Networking Supported Hardware Platforms and Associated Roles And Node Profiles.

These sections provide instructions to configure a QFX10000 switch as a DC-GW.

Discover a Fabric

Follow these steps to discover a fabric by using the Contrail Command user interface (UI):

  1. Navigate to Infrastructure>Fabrics page.
  2. Click Create.

    You are prompted to select a provisioning option.

  3. Click Existing Fabric to import existing (brownfield) devices by discovery.
    Figure 1: Select Provisioning Option
    Select Provisioning Option
  4. Click Provision.

    The Create Fabric page is displayed.

  5. Enter the fabric provisioning information as listed in Table 1.

    Table 1: Provision Existing Fabric

    Field

    Action

    Name

    Enter a name for the fabric.

    Username

    Enter a username for the device.

    Password

    Enter a password for the device.

    Overlay ASN (iBGP)

    Enter autonomous system (AS) number in the range of 1-65,535.

    If you enable 4 Byte ASN in Global Config, you can enter 4-byte AS number in the range of 1-4,294,967,295.

    Node profiles

    Add node profiles.

    You can add more than one node profile.

    All preloaded node profiles are added to the fabric by default. You can remove a node profile by clicking X on the node profile.

    Management subnets

    Enter the following information:

    CIDR—Enter CIDR network address.

    Gateway—Enter gateway address.

    Note: You enter the CIDR address range in the Management subnets field to search for devices. Any device that has a previously configured management IP on the subnet is discovered.

    Underlay ASNs (eBGP)

    Enter autonomous system (AS) number in the range of 1-65,535.

    If you enable 4 Byte ASN in Global Config, you can enter 4-byte AS number in the range of 1-4,294,967,295.

    • Enter minimum value in ASN From field.

    • Enter maximum value in ASN To field.

    Fabric subnets (CIDR)

    Enter fabric CIDR address.

    Note: Fabric subnets are used to assign IP addresses to interfaces that connect to leaf or spine devices.

    Loopback subnets (CIDR)

    Enter loopback address.

    Note: Loopback subnets are used to auto-assign loopback IP addresses to the fabric devices.

    VLAN-ID Fabric Wide Significance

    Select the check box to enable enterprise style of configuration for the CRB-Access role on QFX devices. De-select the check box to enable service provider style of configuration for the CRB-Access role. The check box is selected by default since enterprise style is the default setting.

    You can modify the enterprise style setting to service provider style once configured. However, you cannot modify the service provider style to enterprise style.

    Note: Contrail Networking Release 1909 supports QFX10002-60C device running Junos OS Release 19.1R2 and later. QFX10002-60C device works only if enterprise style of configuration is enabled. To enable enterprise style of configuration, select the VLAN-ID Fabric Wide Significance check box when onboarding the QFX10002-60C device. For more information on enterprise style of configuration, see Configuring EVPN VXLAN Fabric with Multitenant Networking Services.

    For more information on supported hardware platforms and roles, see Contrail Networking Supported Hardware Platforms and Associated Roles And Node Profiles.

  6. Click Next.

    The Discovered devices page is displayed. The Device discovery progress bar on the Discovered devices page displays the progress of the device discovery job. The list of devices discovered is listed in the Discovered devices page.

  7. Select the device you want to add to the fabric and then click Add.

    The device is added to the fabric.

  8. Click Next to assign roles.

    The Assign to devices page is displayed.

  9. Click the Assign icon at the end of the row to assign roles.

    The Assign role to devices pop-up is displayed.

  10. Assign physical roles and routing bridging roles.

    • To configure centrally-routed bridging (CRB):

      For Spine Devices:

      • Select spine from the Physical Role list.

      • Select CRB-Gateway from the Routing Bridging Role list.

      For Leaf Devices:

      • Select leaf from the Physical Role list.

      • Select CRB-Access from the Routing Bridging Role list.

    • To configure edge-routed bridging (ERB):

      For Spine Devices:

      • Select spine from the Physical Role list.

      • Select CRB-MCAST-Gateway from the Routing Bridging Role list.

      For Leaf Devices:

      • Select leaf from the Physical Role list.

      • Select ERB-UCAST-Gateway from the Routing Bridging Role list.

    Note

    Contrail Networking Release 19XX supports CRB-Access, CRB-Gateway, DC-Gateway, ERB-UCAST-Gateway, and CRB-MCAST-Gateway roles overlay roles. For more information, see Centrally-Routed Bridging Overlay Design and Implementation.

    Assign a DC-Gateway Role to the spine device.

    • Select spine from the Physical Role list.

    • Select DC-Gateway from the Routing Bridging Role list.

    For more information on supported hardware platforms, associated node profiles and roles, see Contrail Networking Supported Hardware Platforms and Associated Roles And Node Profiles.

  11. Click Assign to confirm selection and then click Autoconfigure to initiate the auto-configuration job.

    The Autoconfigure page is displayed.

Add Bare Metal Server

Follow these steps to add an existing bare metal server (BMS) by using the Contrail Command UI:

  1. Click Workloads>Instances.

    The Instances page is displayed.

  2. Click Create to create a new instance.

    The Create Instance page is displayed.

  3. Select Existing Baremetal Server as the Server Type.
  4. Enter the following information in the Existing Baremetal Server pane:

    Table 2: Add Existing Bare Metal Server Information

    Field

    Action

    Instance Name

    Displays the name of the BMS instance.

    Baremetal Node

    Select a bare metal node.

    Interface

    Select an interface from the list.

    IP Address

    Enter IP address of the instance.

    VLAN ID

    Enter VLAN ID.

    Virtual Network

    Select a virtual network from the list.

    Select Security Groups

    Select default security group from the list.

    Figure 2: Existing Bare Metal Server
    Existing Bare Metal Server
  5. Click Create to confirm.

Create Tenant Virtual Network

A virtual network in a EVPN VXLAN data center corresponds to a bridge domain for one tenant in a multi-tenant data center fabric.

Follow these steps to create a tenant virtual network by using the Contrail Command UI:

  1. Click Overlay>Virtual Networks.

    The All networks pane is displayed.

  2. Click Create.

    The Network page is displayed.

  3. Enter the following information:

    Table 3: Add Tenant Virtual Network Information

    Field

    Action

    Name

    Enter a name for the virtual network.

    Network Policies

    Select network policy from the list.

    Allocation Mode

    Select User defined subnet only as the allocation mode.

    VxLAN Network Identifier

    Enter VXLAN Network Identifier in the range from 1 through 16,777,215.

    Subnets

    Click +Add to add subnets.

    Network IPAM

    Select the default Network IPAM.

    CIDR

    Enter CIDR address.

    Allocation Pools

    Enter allocation pool information.

    Gateway

    Enter gateway IP address.

    Auto Gateway

    Select Auto Gateway check box.

    DHCP

    Select DHCP check box.

  4. Click Create to confirm.

Add CSN Nodes

Follow these steps to add CSN Nodes to the fabric by using the Contrail Command UI:

Navigate to the EVPN fabric you provisioned.

  1. Click the fabric name, and then click the fabric device.

    The Fabric Device page is displayed.

  2. Enter the following information:

    Table 4: Add CSN Node to Fabric Device Information

    Field

    Action

    Management IP

    Enter management IP address.

    VTEP Address

    Enter VTEP address.

    Loopback IP

    Enter loopback IP address.

    BGP Router

    Select BGP router from the list.

    Virtual Router Type

    Select virtual router type from the list.

    Existing CSN

    Select existing CSN from the list.

  3. Click Save to confirm changes to the fabric.

Create Logical Router

Follow these steps to create a logical router:

  1. Click Overlay>Logical Routers.

    The Logical Routers page is displayed.

  2. Click Create.

    The Create Logical Router page is displayed.

  3. Enter the following information:

    Table 5: Add Logical Router Information

    Field

    Action

    Name

    Enter a name for the logical router.

    Admin State

    Select Up as the state.

    Extend to Physical Router

    Select the device you want to extend the physical router information to from the list.

    Logical Router Type

    Select VXLAN Routing from the list.

    Connected networks

    Select connected network information from the list.

    NAT

    Enable NAT by selecting the NAT check box.

    VxLAN Network Identifier

    Edit VXLAN network identifier.

  4. Click Create.

    The Logical Routers pages is displayed.

Verification

EVPN type 5 configuration is pushed to QFX10000 switch as a DC-GW.

Figure 3: EVPN Type 5 Configuration
EVPN Type 5 Configuration

Related Documentation

Release History Table
Release
Description
1909
Contrail Networking Release 1909 supports QFX10002-60C device running Junos OS Release 19.1R2 and later.