The following caveats are observed with the CloudBlade Azure vWAN with vION version
1.0.0:
Any configurations errors will temporarily pause the CloudBlade, and an error
message displayed. Once the error is corrected, the CloudBlade operations
will resume. This applies to all scenarios of the CloudBlade
functionality.
The CloudBlade may deploy a pair of vIONs in a given location utilizing
Azure’s High Availability/Resiliency Schemes with
Availability Zones and
Availability Sets. However, if the
location does not support multiple zones, the CloudBlade will deploy the
vION pair only using Availability Set.
Transit VNET CIDR(s) Hub CIDR(s) configurations only support private address
prefixes. Also, the CloudBlade reports an error if any of these prefixes
overlap with each other or when the CloudBlade can detect an overlap with
any application VNET(s) associated with the hub(s) configured for Brownfield
deployments.
In Greenfield deployments (where the vWAN resource is not mentioned in the
CloudBlade configuration), the CloudBlade creates a new Resource Group apart
from the Resource Group created for the Transit VNET. The CloudBlade selects
the first region mentioned in Transit Virtual Network CIDR configuration to
create the other Resource Group for the vWAN resource.
To change the vWAN instance after the CloudBlade creates it in a Greenfield
deployment scenario, the CloudBlade needs to be disabled. This deletes all
resources created by the CloudBlade (as applicable). Then, the CloudBlade
must be enabled again with the vWAN resource mentioned in the CloudBlade
configuration.
For existing vHUB(s), the CloudBlade automatically determines its
provisioning status, routing status, and location before deploying the
Transit VNET connectivity to these vHUB(s).
If a vHUB's location cannot be determined, the CloudBlade creates a
new vHUB resource in the specified region and establishes Transit
VNET connectivity to the newly deployed vHUB.
If a vHUB's location is determined, but the vHUB is not fully
provisioned (provisioning status or routing status has not
succeeded), the CloudBlade waits until the vHUB is fully provisioned
before deploying the Transit VNET and associated resources. The
CloudBlade then proceeds with deployments in other specified
regions.
If more than one vHUB(s) is associated with the same region, the
CloudBlade considers the first vHUB resource that matches the
location where the Transit VNET resources are deployed.
The CloudBlade deletes all resources created or owned when the CloudBlade is
disabled or the configurations are changed.
For vWAN/vHUB instances, the CloudBlade deletes these resources only
if the resources are created/owned by the CloudBlade AND there is no
application/workload Hub Virtual Network Connections associated with
the vHUB.
The Resource Group created for the vWAN resource is deleted if it
meets the above conditions, and there are no other resources created
in this Resource Group outside of what the CloudBlade has created.
Deleting vWAN/vHUB is a best-effort approach. However, there may be instances
where Azure still reports unexpected errors (available in the logs and the
status monitor), despite meeting all the above conditions. In such cases,
these resources must be deleted manually from the Azure portal if they are
no longer required.
If the vION(s) interface configurations are reset, the CloudBlade attempts to
correct the same. However, if the internet interface on a vION is reset, the
connectivity between vION and controller is disconnected. In such scenarios,
you can recover access to the vION devices from the Azure portal through the
serial console interface and reconfigure the interfaces correctly to
establish controller connectivity. However, this scenario may also result in
BGP peer(s) configured on the vION(s) to show as disconnected. To resolve
this issue, you must reset the peer from the controller UI whenever
necessary.