: Claim and Assign the Prisma SD-WAN ION
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Claim and Assign the Prisma SD-WAN ION

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Claim and Assign the Prisma SD-WAN ION

Learn how to claim and assign the vION.
After the ION device successfully boots up, as long as it can connect to the Prisma SD-WAN controller, it will show up as Unclaimed: Online under DevicesUnclaimed Devices. It can take up to 10 minutes for the ION device to show up in the Controller.
  1. Claim the device by selecting WorkflowsPrisma SD-WAN SetupDevicesUnclaimed DevicesClaim the device.
    It will transition to an offline state while going through the claiming process.
  2. Create a Data Center Site while the device is being claimed.
    Although this workflow depicts how to assign the vION to a data center site, you can also assign the vION to a branch site or a branch gateway site. However, Prisma SD-WAN does not support high availability for vIONs deployed at a branch site or a branch gateway site.
    1. Select WorkflowsPrisma SD-WAN SetupData CentersAdd Site.
    2. Enter a name for the site and other site details and click Next.
    3. Add an Internet Circuit in the Circuits section and click Next.
    4. Assign the device to the data center by selecting Assign Devices and selecting the ION device from the list of Select Devices and Save.
  3. Configure the device.
    1. Select WorkflowsPrisma SD-WAN SetupDevicesClaimed.
    2. From Actions, select Configure the device.
    3. Enter a device name on the Basic Info screen.
    4. Configure Port 1, by assigning the Internet WAN circuit label that you created in step 2 and providing the external NAT address and port.
      To determine the external IP address, locate ElasticIP in the Outputs section of the CloudFormation template.