CISCO Manage NFVIS Devices Config Group Workflow User Manual

CISCO Manage NFVIS Devices Config Group Workflow

Manage Cisco NFVIS Devices Using NFV Config Group Workflow

Note
To achieve simplification and consistency, the Cisco SD-WAN solution has been rebranded as Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN. In addition, from Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Release 17.12.1a and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Release 20.12.1, the following component changes are applicable: Cisco vManage to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, Cisco vAnalytics to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Analytics, Cisco vBond to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Validator, Cisco vSmart to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller, and Cisco Controllers to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Control Components. See the latest Release Notes for a comprehensive list of all the component brand name changes. While we transition to the new names, some inconsistencies might be present in the documentation set because of a phased approach to the user interface updates of the software product.

Table 1: Feature History

Manage Cisco NFVIS devices using Cisco SD-WAN Manager via Create NFV Config Group Workflow| Cisco NFVIS Release 4.14.1

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Release 20.14.1

| Using this feature, manage the lifecycle of Cisco ENCS and Cisco Catalyst Edge uCPE 8200 devices using Cisco SD-WAN Manager. You can seamlessly provision and monitor Cisco ENCS and Cisco Catalyst Edge uCPE 8200 devices. You can deploy multiple Cisco

ENCS and Cisco Catalyst Edge uCPE 8200 devices in bulk.

• Overview of Onboarding Cisco NFVIS Devices to Cisco SD-WAN Manager, on page 2
• Supported Devices, on page 2
• Define Cisco NFVIS Devices In Cisco SD-WAN Manager, on page 2
• Design Cisco NFVIS Service Chain Using Cisco SD-WAN Manager, on page 5
• Create a Switch Feature Profile For Cisco ENCS, on page 7
• Deploy Cisco NFVIS Devices to Cisco SD-WAN Manager, on page 7
• Operate Cisco NFVIS Devices Using Cisco SD-WAN Manager, on page 8

Overview of Onboarding Cisco NFVIS Devices to Cisco SD-WAN Manager

With Create NFV Configuration Group Workflows, Cisco SD-WAN Manager provides an enhanced and intuitive user interface to manage and operate Cisco ENCS more efficiently. The workflow is designed to streamline and simplify the management tasks related to Cisco NFVIS using Cisco SD-WAN Manager.
You can now easily onboard and provision Cisco NFVIS devices into the Cisco SD-WAN Manager system using a simplified user interface and guided workflows. Create an NFV Configuration Group for Day 0 to enable efficient deployment and setup of Cisco NFVIS devices according to specific service requirements. You can also modify configuration group parcels for Day N design customization. Cisco SD-WAN Manager offers the capability to manage software images for uCPE (Universal Customer Premises Equipment) platforms and VNF (Virtual Network Function) services, allowing administrators to source NFVIS and VNF images from external repositories.

Benefits of Cisco SD-WAN Manager Workflows

• The workflows provide monitoring tools and insights to ensure the health and performance of both Cisco ENCS and virtualized network functions.
• The Cisco SD-WAN Manager, with its modular and rich set of APIs, facilitates automation and integration with external systems. This allows for enhanced network orchestration and operational efficiency.

Key Tasks Before you Begin

• Ensure that your Cisco SD-WAN Manager is running Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Release 20.14.1 and later to onboard Cisco ENCS to Cisco SD-WAN Manager using workflows.
• Ensure Cisco NFVIS WAN Edge device has reachability to the Cisco SD-WAN Validator and other Cisco SD-WAN Control Components which are reachable through public IP addresses across the WAN transports.
• Ensure that Cisco NFVIS WAN Edge device has rechability to the remote server.

Supported Devices

• Cisco ENCS
• Cisco Catalyst Edge uCPE 8200

Define Cisco NFVIS Devices In Cisco SD-WAN Manager

Create a Device List
Create a device list in the Cisco Smart Account and make it available in Cisco SD-WAN Manager. For more information see, Cisco Plug and Play Support Guide for Cisco SD-WAN products.

Sync Smart Account Using Cisco SD-WAN Manager

1. From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Configuration > Devices.
2. Click Sync Smart Account.
3. In the Sync Smart Account pane, enter the Username and Password. To sync the WAN edge list, with other Cisco SD-WAN Control Components, use the Send to Controllers drop-down list.
4. Click Sync.
   After the device is successfully added to Cisco SD-WAN Manager, you should see the Cisco ENCS in the devices list.

Note
The device reaches out to the Cisco Plug and Play (PNP) Connect portal to receive the control components information. Don’t interrupt the PnP boot-up process or the redirection to control components fails.

Register a Remote Server
Cisco SD-WAN Manager uses the remote repository to source the vnf-disk-image, and auto generate the files required by Cisco ENCS. For more information on adding a remote server,see Register Remote Server.

Upload a VNF QCOW2
Uploading VNF QCOW2 to Cisco SD-WAN Manager is a three-step process:

1. Download the VNF QEMU Copy On Write version 2 (QCOW2) from CCO.
2. In the Cisco SD-WAN Manager Menu, navigate to Maintenance > Software Repository > Virtual Images > Upload Virtual Image > Remote Server (preferred) to upload VNF QCOW2 to Cisco SD-WAN Manager.
3. In the pop-up window, enter the QCOW image file name (including the extension) and other required/optional fields to add a remote server virtual image.

Use the Quick Connect Workflow
A Quick Connect Workflow provides an alternative, guided method in Cisco SD- WAN Manager to onboard supported WAN edge devices into the Cisco Catalyst SD- WAN overlay network. This workflow helps you configure Cisco NFVIS devices to establish data plane and control plane connections.
The behavior of the Quick Connect workflow depends on how you upload devices to Cisco SD-WAN Manager. You can upload your devices in one of the following ways, either as part of the Quick Connect workflow or independently.

• Auto-sync option: Your Smart Account is in sync with the Cisco SD-WAN Manager. This option requires Cisco SD-WAN Manager to be able to connect with the Cisco PNP portal.
• Manual upload: Download the authorized serial number file of devices from the Cisco PnP portal and upload it to Cisco SD-WAN Manager.

Use the following instructions to use the quick connect workflow:

1. From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Workflows.

2. To start a new quick connect workflow: Under the Popular Workflows area, choose Quick Connect Workflow.
   Note
   Ensure that you have the following configured before you get started:

   • Organization’s name
   • Certificate Authorization
   • Cisco SD-WAN Control Components including Cisco SD-WAN Controllers and Cisco SD-WAN Validators as per your requirement

3. Import device serial numbers from Cisco Plug and Play or upload device files manually using serial numbers.
   Note Choose Skip for now if you already have Cisco NFVIS devices configured in Cisco SD-WAN Manager.

4. Once you see the Cisco NFVIS devices in the device list, select the device from the device list, and click Next.

5. Add and review the Cisco NFVIS devices settings that you want to configure and click Next.

6. (Optional) You can tag Cisco NFVIS devices to respective keywords (optional) to better group and identify the Cisco NFVIS devices.
   Note In Cisco SD-WAN Manager Release 20.12.1, device tagging isn’t supported for Cisco NFVIS device. The device tagging is supported for Cisco NFVIS devices starting from Cisco SD-WAN Manager Release 20.13.1.

7. In the summary page, review the configuration of Cisco NFVIS device for one last time and click Onboard. Your Cisco NFVIS device is defined as a supported device in Cisco SD-WAN Manager.

Upload .CSV Files
To upload a file with the serial numbers: Download the sample CSV file and upload a signed file (.viptela file) from Cisco Plug and Play or upload an unsigned file (.csv file). For more information, see Plug and Play Connect Service.

Note
The Chassis number and either the Cert Serial Number or SUDI Serial Number are mandatory field to onboard Cisco ENCS onto Cisco SD-WAN Manager.

Typical virtual branch deployment requires an authorized list of devices and VNF images for the services to deploy. Also, the VNF images should be made available in the remote server(s).

Design Cisco NFVIS Service Chain Using Cisco SD-WAN Manager
The Create NFV Configuration group workflow provides a simple, reusable, and structured approach for the configurations in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN and NFVIS environments. You can create a configuration group, that is, a logical grouping of features or configurations that is applied to one or more devices in the network. Create profiles based on features that are required, recommended, or uniquely used, and then combine the profiles to complete a device configuration.
The configuration group workflow in Cisco SD-WAN Manager provides a guided method to create configuration groups and feature profiles. For more information see, Overview of Configuration Group Workflows.

Access NFV Configuration Group Workflow

1. From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Workflows > Create NFV Configuration Group.

2. Start a new NFV Configuration workflow: Under the Popular Workflows area, choose Create NFV Configuration Group.
   Note You can perform site-wise configurations and tweak the site settings based on your requirement.

3. Enter a name for your NFV Configuration group and click Next.

4. Define the NFV device system settings and WAN circuits using the Site Configurations step. Table 2: Site Configurations

by default. This is the only option available.

Site Settings| Enter site-specific values that maybe common to other devices in Cisco SD-WAN Manager.

Configure two different banner text strings, one to be displayed before the login banner. The other to be displayed after a successful login to the

device-message-of-the-day (MOTD).

Note                 Only one DHCP and a maximum of four WAN interfaces are supported. The Cisco ENCS device supports only two WAN interfaces.

WAN Routing| Click Add Routes to add WAN routing details to the configuration.

1. Define VNF services in the VNF Services step. You can either pick a predefined topology or you create your own custom topology.
2. Review and edit the NFV Config Group design if required and click Create Configuration Group.
3. Once you create an NFV configuration group workflow, in the success page, click Associate Devices to the NFV config group to associate the NFVIS devices to the intended configuration group.

Note You can edit the configuration group and add Day N modifications to the configuration group.

Create Add on CLI configuration
Create an Add on CLI configuration with a user-defined Feature Profile. For more information see, Configuration Groups and Feature Profiles.

• In the Add and Review Device Configuration page, enter GEO-2in the field for the LAN interface, where the default variable name is lan_1_intf_name.
• Enter the LAN IP address and Subnet Mask. The Cisco SD-WAN Manager configures these settings under the MGMT interface on the Cisco ENCS platform.

Associate Cisco NFVIS Devices with Cisco SD-WAN Manager

1. Once the NFVIS Config group is sucessfully created in the What’s Next area, click Associate Devices to the NFV config group.

2. Choose and review the list of devices.

3. Click Next.

4. Choose the respective device from the Available Devices screen.
   Note

   • You can perform site-wise configurations and tweak the site settings based on your requirement.
   • If you intend to use ENCS LAN-SRIOV networks for the VM interfaces, enter GEO-2in the Interface Name Variable.

5. Click Next.

6. The devices are added to the configuration group. In the device added success pop-up, click Provision Devices to check all the site parameters, connectivity, and check if the device is ready for configuration. Click No, I Will Do It Later if you want to skip provisioning your devices.

Create a Switch Feature Profile For Cisco ENCS
Cisco ENCS devices are built-in with a hardware switch, by default. Configure the switch within Cisco ENCS using Cisco SD-WAN Manager using the Switch feature profile.

1. From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Configuration > Configuration Groups.

2. Click … in the Actions column adjacent to the NFV configuration group you created and click Edit.

3. Expand the Network Profile and navigate to the Switch tab.
   Note The NFV configuration groups, by default, creates System Profile and Network Profile as associated profiles.

4. Click Add Switch.

5. In the Add Feature page, enter a Name and Description (optional) for the switch profile.

6. In the Basic Settings tab, click + Add Interfaces and add the switch parcel configuration.

list.
VLAN| Enter a VLAN value.
VLAN Mode| Choose between Access or Trunk VLAN modes.
Native VLAN| In case of trunk mode, add a native VLAN value.
Action| Click the delete icon to delete the switch profile.

Deploy Cisco NFVIS Devices to Cisco SD-WAN Manager

1. From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Workflows > Deploy Configuration Group.

2. Choose the configuration group you created and click Next.

3. Select the devices from the particular site and click Next.

4. Add and review device configuration.
   Note
   Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN autogenerates minimal configurations to make it easier for you to bring up your Cisco NFVIS device. Modify them as needed and edit the configuration fields to add System IP and Site IDs as per the requirement.

5. In the Summary page, review the configuration group and the selected device.

6. Click Deploy.
   You’ve succesfully deployed your Cisco NFVIS device to Cisco SD-WAN Manager.

Operate Cisco NFVIS Devices Using Cisco SD-WAN Manager
Monitor and operate Cisco NFVIS devices using Cisco SD-WAN Manager.

1. From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Monitor > Devices.
2. In the list of devices appearing, select the Cisco NFVIS device to monitor the system status, device health and interface packet statistics. View the CPU utilization for the guest VNF as well.

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