Monitor the Prisma Access for Networks CloudBlade

Monitor the Prisma Access for Networks CloudBlade

• The connectivity indicator appears as a dot on the top-right corner of the tile and updates every 15 seconds automatically. The color of the dot shows the current state of the CloudBlade.
  • Red: encountered issues during execution.
  • Green: execution is in progress.
  • Blue: execution is complete without any issues.
  • Yellow: execution is yet to complete. This can happen during the first installation.

• Click the Monitor button to view the status of the CloudBlade.
• Click the Messages button to view the execution start and end messages that the CloudBlade sends in real time.
• Click the Audit Logs button to view the audit trail of the changes done to the CloudBlade configurations.

• The Site Onboarding Tab tab shows an entry if you have successfully tagged a site for Prisma Access tunnel formation. You can verify if the entry and the number of tunnels created is correct. You can filter sites by using the Site Name column.

  

• The General Information tab shows a snapshot of the current state of the CloudBlade and Prisma SD-WAN. It gives an overview of all the components involved in the CloudBlade, which are SD-WAN, CloudBlade, and optionally the Cloud Services plugin. If an error occurs while running the CloudBlade, you will see a Last Reported Error row to assist with troubleshooting.

  

• The SDWAN Sites tab shows the computed state of each SD-WAN site. It provides key properties computed by the CloudBlade for each site in each column. The columns currently shown are:

  

  • View each of the SD-WAN sites by clicking the Site name in this column. Verify that the state is Enabled for your site. If not, configuration may not be valid.
  • Use the Encoded ID to filter resources related to this site. The encoded ID is a unique identifying name used in Prisma Access to create resources. Verify that the encoded ID for your site reflects the prisma_name tag.
  • Check the Tunnel Formation to see if the site is eligible for tunnel formation. If the site is computed to be disabled, then existing tunnels are deleted as well.
  • On-board a site as single, shared, mirrored, or misconfigured in HA Mode, based on the number of devices attached to the site. A misconfigured site indicates an issue with the CloudBlade configuration.
  • Click the option BGP Enabled as Yes, if you wish to enable BGP on tunnels formed on this site.
  • Click the option ECMP Enabled as Yes, if you wish to have tunnels formed on this site on ECMP Remote Networks, else the tunnels will be Non-ECMP Remote Networks.
  • View the list of ECMP Regions (list of Prisma Access regions) under the site level tag’s ECMP tab, which is eligible for ECMP tunnel formation.
• In the Tunnel Summaries tab, for each service link created by the CloudBlade, an entry is created which provides the related SD-WAN and Prisma Access resources for a given service link. Verify that the correct number of Service Links are present for your site, that the Region and SPN are correctly resolved for the tag you have used on the port, and that ECMP and BGP Peering are correctly configured.

  

  If you don't find the expected service link, see the Events tab for any warnings generated on the concerned site or port.
• View a summary of the Prisma Access Regions as reported by Prisma Access. The regions that have bandwidth allocation are shown first. The format of the SPN name and number can be used to tag a port on site. It also shows the number of Remote Networks created on an SPN to keep track of the number of networks that can be onboarded on to this SPN. Verify that SPN Names are correctly resolved and that the number of On-Boardings on each Region + SPN is correct.

  

• CloudBlade Events show the events generated during the CloudBlade execution. Each event has a unique code associated with it. The code contains an event source and related details, which provide a concise description on what can be done (if possible) to resolve the issue. An event, which causes the CloudBlade to exit abnormally shows the Blocking value as Yes.

  

• Configuration Events are events generated based on tags and site configurations. Each event has a unique event code and context used to identify which component has caused this event. Verify that there are no errors raised for your site, as this can happen if your tags are incorrect or the site does not meet the criteria for on-boarding, and look into the details column for more contextual help.

  

• View the status of each prisma tag defined on each port on a device from the Interface Tag Summary tab. For every interface scanned by the CloudBlade, this tab shows if a tunnel can be formed on a port. It also shows the tags, which are ignored or accepted as valid by the CloudBlade.

  

• View the Prisma Access Regions tab to see the list of prisma_region tags to use on the ports.
• View the Interface Tag Summary tab to see any invalid or wrongly typed tag on the ports.
• View the Configuration Events tab to see all warnings and errors arising due to unsupported tag or site configurations.
• View the CloudBlade Events tab to see runtime errors that occur during executions.