You can use the POPs page to create a network point of presence (POP) and its associated resources.
Creating a single POP involves adding several types of objects. The sections in this topic describe how to add each type of object to a POP in Administration Portal. You must finish the steps in each section to create the objects that you need for a single POP and to save the POP successfully. This topic includes the following sections:
To create a single POP and to add basic information to the POP:
The POPs page appears.
The Add POP page appears.
The Add Device table appears.
Table 29: Fields on the Add POP page
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Region | Regions are used to group services for various business reasons such as location, proximity, service distribution and load. The default region is selected and cannot be modified Example: regional Note: The administrator must not delete the region name. |
Name | Enter the name of the POP. You can use an unlimited number of alphanumeric characters, including special characters. Example: north-east. |
Street Address | Enter the street address. You can use an unlimited number of alphanumeric characters, including special characters. Example: 1133 Innovation Way |
City | Enter the name of the city. You can use an unlimited number of alphanumeric characters, including special characters. Example: Sunnyvale |
State/Province | Enter the name of the state. You can use an unlimited number of alphanumeric characters, including special characters. Example: California |
ZIP/Postal Code | Enter the zip code or postal code for the country. You can use an unlimited number of alphanumeric characters, including special characters. Example: 94089 |
Country | Select the name of the country. Example: USA |
You can add the following device to a POP:
A router that acts as a provider edge (PE) router and an IPsec concentrator.
To add a device:
The Add POP page appears.
The Device section appears.
The Add Device page appears.
Table 30: Fields on the Add Device Page
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Name | Enter the name of the device, such as a data center gateway, a PE router, or an IPsec concentrator. Some device examples are listed below.
You can use letters, numbers, spaces, periods, dashes, underscores, commas, @, #, $, %, &, and *. Maximum length is 255 characters. Example: SDN-GW-MX10 |
Device Template | Select the name of the device template for the device:
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Device IP | Enter the IPv4 address of the management interface for the device. Example: 192.0.2.15 |
Internet Gateway (optional) | If you specified that the device is a PE router or an IPsec concentrator for a distributed deployment, then specify the IPv4 address of the Internet gateway. You can also specify a list of public IP addresses of the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) gateways on this device. Example: 192.0.2.20 |
Connection Information | |
User Name | You must enter the username that you configured when you set up the device. You use this username to log into the device. Providing login credentials gives Contrail Service Orchestration access to the device. |
Password | Enter the password that you configured when you set up the device. You use this password to log into for the device. Providing login credentials gives Contrail Service Orchestration access to the device. |
After you have configured a POP and its associated resources, you can review and save a copy of the configuration settings. Finally, you must save the POP that you configured.
The Add POP page appears.
The Device section appears.
The Summary page appears.