WEBVTT 1 00:00.000 --> 00:07.880 So next up, let's begin our journey into the individual components by taking a 2 00:07.880 --> 00:09.160 closer look 3 00:09.160 --> 00:13.980 at our management interface, the VManage Server. 4 00:13.980 --> 00:19.500 This is of course a web-based graphical interface that we as administrators use 5 00:19.500 --> 00:20.140 to manage the 6 00:20.140 --> 00:21.900 entire environment. 7 00:21.900 --> 00:26.160 So let's jump in and take a closer look. 8 00:26.160 --> 00:32.950 So the VManage Server is what provides that web-based GUI, which is what we're WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000 8 00:26.160 --> 00:32.950 So the VManage Server is what provides that web-based GUI, which is what we're 9 00:32.950 --> 00:33.640 going to 10 00:33.640 --> 00:39.900 be using for our management and monitoring of the SD-WAN environment. 11 00:39.900 --> 00:45.410 This is basically the administrative window into the SD-WAN environment where 12 00:45.410 --> 00:45.920 we're going 13 00:45.920 --> 00:49.840 to be spending honestly most of our time. 14 00:49.840 --> 00:54.240 Now the VManage software itself runs on a server. 15 00:54.240 --> 00:58.960 This is actually a Linux-based server, so we're usually going to run it on a 16 00:58.960 --> 00:59.580 virtual 17 00:59.580 --> 01:06.350 server and probably put it in a fairly central location on our network, such as WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000 17 00:59.580 --> 01:06.350 server and probably put it in a fairly central location on our network, such as 18 01:06.350 --> 01:07.280 possibly 19 01:07.280 --> 01:09.500 a data center. 20 01:09.500 --> 01:14.210 If we don't have a dedicated data center, maybe at our corporate headquarters, 21 01:14.210 --> 01:15.440 but usually 22 01:15.440 --> 01:20.160 whatever is going to be the central point of our WAN connections. 23 01:20.160 --> 01:25.250 Now if you do decide to use the virtual option here, you could actually run V 24 01:25.250 --> 01:27.400 Manage, VSmart, 25 01:27.400 --> 01:33.500 and VBond all on the same physical server because again they're all run as WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000 25 01:27.400 --> 01:33.500 and VBond all on the same physical server because again they're all run as 26 01:33.500 --> 01:35.680 virtual machines. 27 01:35.680 --> 01:39.760 So we can easily put them on the same physical server that is of course 28 01:39.760 --> 01:41.240 assuming that physical 29 01:41.240 --> 01:47.200 server has the resources to be able to run all of these images. 30 01:47.200 --> 01:52.680 What's one of an interesting aspect here of the VManage server is since it does 31 01:52.680 --> 01:53.280 run on 32 01:53.280 --> 01:59.740 a Linux-based platform, you actually can use this server as your certificate 33 01:59.740 --> 02:01.160 root authority WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000 33 01:59.740 --> 02:01.160 root authority 34 02:01.160 --> 02:07.520 using OpenSSL, which of course is included in most Linux builds. 35 02:07.520 --> 02:12.200 Now a little note here I did put on this slide, I would really only recommend 36 02:12.200 --> 02:13.800 this for a lab-type 37 02:13.800 --> 02:19.240 environment and we will have some skills coming up later in the course that go 38 02:19.240 --> 02:20.000 over how to 39 02:20.000 --> 02:23.440 do this if this is something you want to do. 40 02:23.440 --> 02:29.060 Again, for a production environment, I would highly recommend having a proper 41 02:29.060 --> 02:30.040 certificate WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000 41 02:29.060 --> 02:30.040 certificate 42 02:30.040 --> 02:36.240 root authority and get your certificates from that authority. 43 02:36.240 --> 02:41.340 Although using VManage itself is not our primary focus right now, I thought we 44 02:41.340 --> 02:41.880 should 45 02:41.880 --> 02:47.550 at least jump in here for just a moment and take a quick look at the VManage 46 02:47.550 --> 02:48.800 interface. 47 02:48.800 --> 02:53.860 When you first log in, you're presented with this overview page which gives us 48 02:53.860 --> 02:54.400 a lot of 49 02:54.400 --> 03:01.320 information such as how many controllers, either VBond, VSmart or VManage. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000 49 02:54.400 --> 03:01.320 information such as how many controllers, either VBond, VSmart or VManage. 50 03:01.320 --> 03:06.490 We can also see how many WAN Edge devices there are and if we scroll down we 51 03:06.490 --> 03:06.880 can see 52 03:06.880 --> 03:10.200 some information about the health of our network. 53 03:10.200 --> 03:14.960 In this particular environment, I don't have any sites or tunnels configured, 54 03:14.960 --> 03:15.720 however, 55 03:15.720 --> 03:21.130 we can see certain things such as the WAN Edge health and that our devices are 56 03:21.130 --> 03:21.600 up and 57 03:21.600 --> 03:23.400 running properly. 58 03:23.400 --> 03:29.000 As far as management, there's a menu up here on the top and on this menu we 59 03:29.000 --> 03:29.520 have a lot 60 03:29.520 --> 03:33.080 more choices as far as what to monitor. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000 60 03:29.520 --> 03:33.080 more choices as far as what to monitor. 61 03:33.080 --> 03:37.390 Notice we have our configuration available here, tools, maintenance, 62 03:37.390 --> 03:38.800 administration, different 63 03:38.800 --> 03:44.440 workflows we can set up, reports and get some analytics and this is where that 64 03:44.440 --> 03:45.400 VAnalytics 65 03:45.400 --> 03:46.840 would tie in. 66 03:46.840 --> 03:52.320 So as you can see, there's a lot of different things we can do here with VMan 67 03:52.320 --> 03:52.680 age. 68 03:52.680 --> 03:56.990 Aside from just general management and monitoring, there are some other things 69 03:56.990 --> 03:57.880 that come along 70 03:57.880 --> 04:00.760 with the functions of VManage. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000 70 03:57.880 --> 04:00.760 with the functions of VManage. 71 04:00.760 --> 04:05.790 The first of those would be signing certificates and this is not the same 72 04:05.790 --> 04:07.040 function we were 73 04:07.040 --> 04:11.520 just talking about having it be the certificate root authority. 74 04:11.520 --> 04:17.380 This simply means to sign the client certificates for the connections to VMan 75 04:17.380 --> 04:18.880 age, VSmart and so 76 04:18.880 --> 04:20.240 on. 77 04:20.240 --> 04:27.360 It can also generate device bootstrap configurations for zero-day deployment. 78 04:27.360 --> 04:31.270 So that configuration that you're going to put on the device initially just to WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000 78 04:27.360 --> 04:31.270 So that configuration that you're going to put on the device initially just to 79 04:31.270 --> 04:31.640 get it 80 04:31.640 --> 04:37.720 up and running and talking to the VManage server, the VSmart controllers and VB 81 04:37.720 --> 04:39.160 ond itself. 82 04:39.160 --> 04:42.480 So it can generate those needed configurations. 83 04:42.480 --> 04:46.680 It can also do things like performing device decommissioning. 84 04:46.680 --> 04:51.100 So if you're taking a device out of production, it can take care of cleaning up 85 04:51.100 --> 04:52.480 the configuration, 86 04:52.480 --> 04:56.240 putting it back to factory defaults. 87 04:56.240 --> 05:01.460 So in this video, we took just a few moments to get a little more familiar with WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000 87 04:56.240 --> 05:01.460 So in this video, we took just a few moments to get a little more familiar with 88 05:01.460 --> 05:02.040 some of 89 05:02.040 --> 05:05.880 the aspects of the VManage server. 90 05:05.880 --> 05:10.370 Remember that this is primarily our central source for doing our central 91 05:10.370 --> 05:11.480 administration 92 05:11.480 --> 05:13.560 on our network. 93 05:13.560 --> 05:18.800 This is what tells the VSmart controllers what to actually do. 94 05:18.800 --> 05:22.880 So next, let's take a closer look at those VSmart controllers.