Set Up Sites
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Set Up Sites
Configure circuits and assign ION devices to monitor or route traffic. Add sites and
designate them as a branch or data center, creating both if necessary.
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Within your wide area network, your sites can comprise of branch offices and
data centers. You have the flexibility to create sites either before or after the ION
devices arrive at a given site. Once you create a site, the site icon will be displayed
on the map, but the site will be turned off by default. An enterprise can have one or
more branches or data centers within its network.
Before you assign the ION devices to your site, configure the
circuit with the required circuit categories that enable you to assign circuit
labels to the ports on the ION devices.
Once you have assigned ION devices to a branch or a data center, you can set up a branch
to monitor your network and application traffic. Alternatively, you can activate a
branch and a data center to route and forward the traffic.
To begin with, add sites and designate them as either a branch or a data center. You can
create just a branch, just a data center, or both. However, you will need at least one
branch site and one ION device to start.
During the initial site setup, you must define circuits and circuit categories. However,
you can edit or change them at any time. You can configure one or more clusters to
determine which data center communicates with which branch sites and creates a secure
connection (VPN) between the data center and branch devices.
Add a Branch
As you may already know, having multiple branches within an enterprise network can be a
complex task. However, with our platform, the process becomes simpler and more efficient.
An enterprise can have one or more branches within a network. When you create a
branch, you can select a default domain and set of policy rules and configure WAN
networks, circuit categories, circuit labels, and circuit specifications.
- Select .On the General tab, enter basic information for the Site NameCity and Country for the site and click Next to proceed to configure circuits for the site.Complete Site Name and Address (Using address search is recommended).Enable Configure as a Branch Gateway site to convert an existing branch site to a branch gateway site. This provides the policy transit and LQM server capabilities of a data center site along with the visibility and path selection of a branch site.On the Domain & Policies tab, select a Domain from the drop-down.By default, a preset domain is displayed for a branch site.
- Click Associate Branch With Default Data Center Cluster to associate the newly created branch with the default cluster. It will be checked (by default) and unchecked to choose a different cluster from the list.Configure Policies and click Next.Ensure that the default Path Policy Stack, Performance Policy Stack, QoS Policy Stack, Security Policy Stack, and NAT Policy Stack are selected.On the Circuits tab, click Add Circuits to add Internet Circuits and Private WAN Circuits.By default, there are a few pre-defined configure circuits in the system that you may use when you configure the site. You can edit these labels or rename any of the remaining categories through Circuit Categories under Stacked Policies.On the Devices tab, select Assign Devices and select from the available devices to assign or Create Device Shells to create up to 2 Device Shells to pre-provision and assign to the Data Center Site depending on your requirement. Click Save & Exit.You can view the summary of the newly added branch.
Add a Data Center
As you may already know, having multiple data centers within an enterprise network can be a complex task. However, with our platform, the process becomes simpler and more efficient.An enterprise may have one or more branches within a network. As part of creating a data center, you can select a circuit categories, circuit labels, circuit specifications, and device specifications.- Select .
- On the General tab, enter basic information for the Site NameCity and Country for the site and click Next to proceed to configure circuits for the site.Complete Site Name and Address (Using address search is recommended).On the Circuits tab, click Add Circuits to add Internet Circuits and Private WAN Circuits.By default, there are a few pre-defined configure circuits in the system that you may use when you configure the site. You can edit these labels or rename any of the remaining categories through Circuit Categories under Stacked Policies.On the Devices tab, select Assign Devices and select from the available devices to assign or Create Device Shells to create up to 2 Device Shells to pre-provision and assign to the Data Center Site depending on your requirement. Click Save & Exit.You can view the summary of the newly added data center.You do not need to activate your data center at this time. Activate your data center only when you deploy Prisma SD-WAN in the Control mode. When both the branch and the data center are activated, VPN tunnels will be created automatically between the branch and the data center.
