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Creating Regional Service Edge Sites for Hybrid WAN Deployment

 

You create a regional service edge site when you have to assign common services, such as NAT or UTM to multiple sites. The traffic from customer site is serviced and forwarded to common service and then to Internet. You create a cloud site from the Sites page. This page describes how to create a regional service edge site for a tenant.

To create a regional service edge site:

  1. Select Sites > Site Management.

    The Sites page appears.

  2. Click Add and select Regional Service Edge.

    The Add Regional Service Edge Site page appears.

  3. Complete the configuration settings according to the guidelines provided in Table 1.

    Table 1: Fields on the Add Regional Service Edge Site Page

    Field

    Description

    Site Information

    Site Name

    Enter a site name. You can use any number of alphanumeric characters, including special characters. The maximum length is 15 characters.

    Address

    Street Address

    Enter the street address of the site.

    City

    Enter the city where the site is located.

    State/Province

    Enter the state or province where the site is located.

    ZIP/Postal Code

    Enter the postal code for the locality of the site.

    Country

    Select the country name from the drop-down list.

    Contact Information

    Contact Name

    Enter the name of a contact person for the site.

    Email

    Enter the e-mail ID of the contact person.

    Phone

    Enter the phone number of the contact person.

    Configuration

    Service POP

    Select the name of the point of presence (POP) for the site. A network point of presence is a location at which a service provider instantiates a network function, such as a virtualized network function (VNF).

    VIM

    Select a virtualized infrastructure manager (VIM). The VIM controls and manages the compute, storage, and network resources in the NFV infrastructure. The VIM also collects and forwards performance measurements and events.

    Resource Pool

    Select a resource pool for the VIM. Resource pools identify the compute zones for the VIM for the POP.

    Route Target

    Enter a route target for the virtual network.

    Virtual Network Name

    Enter a unique string of alphanumeric characters and some special characters (. -). No spaces are allowed and the maximum length is 15 characters.

    A virtual network is a representation of your own network in the cloud.

    Left Subnet Prefix

    Select one or more IPv4 prefixes for the management network.

    Service Attachment Points

    Local Internet Breakout

    Click the toggle button to enable or disable the Internet access to the site.

    Internet Network Name

    Select the network to which the site transmits Internet traffic.

  4. Click OK.

    The newly created cloud site is displayed on the Sites page.

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