: Create Template Stacks and Device Groups on Panorama
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Create Template Stacks and Device Groups on Panorama

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Create Template Stacks and Device Groups on Panorama

To manage the VM-Series firewalls for NSX-T using Panorama, the firewalls must belong to a device group and a template that is a member of a template stack. Device groups allow you to assemble firewalls that need similar policies and objects as a logical unit; the configuration is defined using the
Objects
and
Policies
tabs on Panorama. Use template stacks to configure the settings that are required for the VM-Series firewalls to operate on the network and associate; the configuration is defined using the
Device
and
Network
tabs on Panorama. And each template stack with zones used in your NSX-T configuration on Panorama must be associated with a service definition; at a minimum, you must create a zone within the template stack so that the NSX-T Manager can redirect traffic to the VM-Series firewall.
Panorama can support deployments of both NSX-T North-South and NSX-T East-West at the same time. It is recommend that you configure separate device groups, template stacks, and service definitions for NSX-T North-South and NSX-T East-West.
  1. Add a device group or a device group hierarchy.
    1. Select
      Panorama
      Device Groups
      , and click
      Add
      . You can also create a device group hierarchy.
    2. Enter a unique
      Name
      and a
      Description
      to identify the device group.
    3. Click
      OK
      .
    4. Click
      Commit
      and select
      Panorama
      as the
      Commit Type
      to save the changes to the running configuration on Panorama.
  2. Add a template.
    1. Select
      Panorama
      Templates
      , and click
      Add
      .
    2. Enter a unique
      Name
      and a
      Description
      to identify the template.
    3. Click
      OK
      .
    4. Click
      Commit
      , and select
      Panorama
      as the
      Commit Type
      to save the changes to the running configuration on Panorama.
  3. Create a template stack.
    1. Select
      Panorama
      Templates
      , and click
      Add Stack
      .
    2. Enter a unique
      Name
      and a
      Description
      to identify the template.
    3. Click
      OK
      .
    4. Click
      Commit
      , and select
      Commit to Panorama
      to save the changes to the running configuration on Panorama.
  4. Create the zone(s) for each template.
    Each zone is mapped to a service profile on NSX-T Manager. To qualify, a zone must be of the virtual wire type and a template associated with a service definition.
    You can add up to 32 zones in each template.
    1. Select
      Network
      Zones
      .
    2. Select the correct template in the
      Template
      drop-down.
    3. Select
      Add
      and enter a zone
      Name
      .
    4. Set the interface
      Type
      to
      Virtual Wire
      .
    5. Click
      OK
      .
    6. Verify that the zones are attached to the correct template.
    7. Click
      Commit
      , and select
      Panorama
      as the
      Commit Type
      to save the changes to the running configuration on Panorama.
      Panorama creates a corresponding service profile on NSX-T Manager for each qualified zone upon commit.
  5. Update the DNS and NTP server information of your template stack. You must complete this step if you are using device certificates in your deployment. This is required to ensure the firewalls deployed in your NSX-T environment have the correct DNS information needed to reach the device certificate server.
    1. Verify that you specified the correct template stack from the
      Template
      drop-down.
    2. Select
      Device
      Setup
      Services
      and click the
      Edit
      icon.
    3. On the Services tab, enter the IP address of the
      Primary DNS Server
      and
      Secondary DNS Server
      .
    4. On the NTP tab, enter the IP address of the
      NTP Server
      .
    5. Click
      OK
      .
    6. Commit
      your changes to Panorama.

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