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On-Premises Controller for Prisma-SD-WAN Deployment Guide

ZTP Service to Connect ION Device to On-Premises Controller

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ZTP Service to Connect ION Device to On-Premises Controller

Learn the ZTP bootstrap service to connect the ION device to the On-Premises Controller for Prisma SD-WAN.

The administrator can onboard all devices under a single root tenant. The On-Premises Controller for Prisma SD-WAN supports the default manufacturing image. The ION devices running release 6.2.3 support automatic registration to the On-Premises Controller for Prisma SD-WAN using the ZTP bootstrap service. The device serial numbers are available in the CSP account. You can export the list of the serial numbers and allocate them to the on-premises controller.

The On-Premises Controller for Prisma SD-WAN hosts all ION releases. After the device is onboarded, all ION upgrades are executed at the tenant level from the on-premises controller.

If the software version is lower than release 6.2.3, Upgrade the Device Software.

You can bootstrap an ION device by one of the following ways:

Manual Host Entries
1. Log in to the ION device.
2. Add static host entries in the device for the bootstrap host name:
```
config static host add ip <Controller IP> names bootstrap.prismasdwan.internal
```
DNS
Add the controller IP address for bootstrap.prismasdwan.internal in the DNS server. Verify that the ION device is able to resolve bootstrap.prismasdwan.internal using the DNS Server.
DHCP
The ION DHCP client sends VCI "PRISMASDWANION" string and request for option 43 from the DHCP server. DHCP option 43 is sent from the server to the client and contains vendor information that the DHCP server has been configured to the client.
The information is sent to the client only if the server has a Vendor Class Identifier (VCI) in its table that matches the VCI in the client's DHCPREQUEST.
Configure DHCP server to match VCI "PRISMASDWANION" and the server replies with bootstrap server IP address with option 43.

After the ION device connects to the On-Premises Controller for Prisma SD-WAN, create device on the Operator console.

Log in to the Operator console.
Create New Device in the Machine Onboarding section.
Provide the Serial Number and the Model name.
Click Create.

After the device is created, you get a notification that the machine is created successfully.

Access the Operator Console

Allocate the Device to the Controller