: Install the SD-WAN Plugin When Panorama is not Internet-Connected
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Install the SD-WAN Plugin When Panorama is not Internet-Connected

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Install the SD-WAN Plugin When Panorama is not Internet-Connected

Download the SD-WAN plugin in the Panorama™ management server from the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support Portal.
A Panorama™ management server with an SD-WAN plugin is required to configure and manage an SD-WAN deployment. When Panorama is not connected to the internet, you must download the SD-WAN plugin from the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support Portal and upload the plugin to Panorama. The plugin needs to be installed only on the Panorama managing your SD-WAN firewalls, and not on the individual hub and branch firewalls.
  1. Log in to the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support Portal.
  2. Select
    Updates
    Software Updates
    , and in the Filter By drop-down select
    Panorama Integration Plug In
    .
  3. Locate and download the
    SD-WAN Plug-in
    .
  4. Select
    Panorama
    Plugins
    and
    Upload
    the SD-WAN plugin.
  5. Browse
    and locate the SD-WAN plugin you downloaded from the Customer Support Portal and click
    OK
    .
  6. Install
    the SD-WAN plugin.
  7. After you successfully install the SD-WAN plugin, select
    Commit
    and
    Commit to Panorama
    .
    This step is required before you can commit any configuration changes to Panorama.
  8. (
    Management Only mode only
    ) Enable the logging disks required to store SD-WAN monitoring data.
    • M-Series Appliances
      —All M-Series appliances come with two pairs of 8TB logging disks in RAID 1 by default. When managing firewalls leveraging SD-WAN from Panorama in Management Only mode, you must enable the first pair of logging disk pairs to store SD-WAN monitoring data.
    1. Enable the first pair of logging disk pairs included by default with your M-Series appliance.
      >
      request system raid add A1
    2. Verify that logging
      Logging Disk Pair A
      is
      Available
      :
      >
      show system raid detail
      When the RAID set up is complete, the following response displays:
      Disk Pair A       Available Status         clean Disk id A1     Present model : ST91000640NS size : 953869 MB status : active sync
    3. Make the logging disk pairs available for logging.
      1. Select
        Panorama
        Managed Collectors
        and edit the Log Collector.
      2. Select
        Disks
        and
        Add
        each array.
      3. Click
        OK
        to save your changes.
      4. Select
        Commit
        Commit to Panorama
        and
        Commit
        your changes.
      5. Select
        Commit
        Push to Devices
        , select the Collector Group, and
        Push
        your changes.
    • Panorama Virtual Appliances
      —If you deployed your Panorama virtual appliance in Management Only mode, you must increase the system disk to 224GB to store SD-WAN monitoring data.
  9. Continue to Set Up Panorama and Firewalls for SD-WAN to begin configuring your SD-WAN deployment.

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