Creating Spoke Sites for Hybrid WAN Deployment
You create a spoke site from the Site page. This page describes how to create a spoke site for a tenant in hybrid WAN deployment.
To create a cloud site:
- Select Sites > Site Management.
The Sites page appears.
- Click Add and select Spoke Site.
The Add Site for Tenant -Name page appears.
- Complete the configuration settings in the General and
Connectivity Requirements section according to the guidelines provided
in Table 1.
Table 1: Fields on the Add Spoke Site Page
Field
Description
General Site Name
Enter a site name. You can use any number of alphanumeric characters, including special characters. The maximum length is 15 characters.
Site Type
Displays the site type. This field cannot be modified.
Example: Spoke
Tenant Topology
Displays the topology of the tenant that was selected during the creation of the tenant. This field cannot be modified.
Example: standalone
Site Group
Select a site group to which you want to assign the site.
Example: hybridwan-spoke
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 where the site is located. Click the Validate button to verify the address. The site address verification successful message is displayed if the address is correct. You can click the View location on a map link to see the address location. If you enter the wrong address and click the Validate button to verify the address, the Site address could not be validated message is displayed .
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.
Connectivity Requirements Click a connection plan to select the plan for WAN connectivity.
A connection plan contains information prepopulated from the device template, and includes the device information, a list of supported features and the number of WAN links supported.
Based on the connection plan, the following fields are populated:
WAN Underlay Links
WAN_0
WAN_1
Displays the WAN link. Depending on the connection plan selected, you can configure up to two WAN links per site that support the hybrid WAN. You can configure these links as MPLS or Internet links.
Name
Displays the name of the WAN link. This field cannot be modified.
Type
Displays the link type for WAN underlays. The default link types supported by the device templates are listed below:
NFX250 as Hybrid WAN CPE—Link type for WAN_0 is MPLS and WAN_1 is Internet.
NFX150 as Hybrid WAN CPE—Link type for WAN_0 is MPLS and WAN_1 is Internet.
SRX as Hybrid WAN CPE—Link type for WAN_0 is MPLS and WAN_1 is Internet.
SRX as Managed Internet CPE—Link type for WAN_0 is Internet.
NFX250 as Managed Internet CPE—Link type for WAN_0 is Internet.
NFX150 as Managed Internet CPE—Link type for WAN_0 is Internet.
NFX250 as Secure Internet CPE—Link type for WAN_0 is Internet.
NFX150 as Secure Internet CPE—Link type for WAN_0 is Internet.
- Review the configuration and modify the settings, if needed, from the Summary tab.
- Click OK.
The newly created spoke site is displayed on the Sites page.