Citrix CloudBridge Virtual WAN Center 8.1.0 Installation and Configuration Guide

Citrix CloudBridge

Virtual WAN Center 8.1.0

Installation and Configuration Guide

This document provides basic instructions for installing, configuring, and deploying

Citrix CloudBridge Virtual WAN Center 8.1.0.

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Document Revision History

VERSION

AUTHOR/EDITOR

DATE

COMMENTS

8.1.0 Review Draft

KM (author)

10/06/15

First draft for review.

8.1.0 GA Release

KM (author)

10/15/15

First release draft.

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Contents

1 About This Guide ..................................................................................................... 6

Purpose .......................................................................................................................... 6

Audience ........................................................................................................................ 6

How This Guide Is Organized ....................................................................................... 7

Document Font Conventions ....................................................................................... 8

Related Documents ....................................................................................................... 8

2 Overview ................................................................................................................... 9

CloudBridge Virtual WAN Center ................................................................................. 9

The CloudBridge Virtual WAN Center Web Interface .................................................. 9

Basic Navigation ..................................................................................................... 9

Virtual WAN Center Page Hierarchy........................................................................... 12

The Virtual WAN Center Dashboard ..................................................................... 14

The Configuration Editor ............................................................................................ 16

Configuration Editor Navigation ........................................................................... 16

The Change Management Wizard .............................................................................. 21

Change Management Wizard Navigation ............................................................. 21

3 Before You Begin ................................................................................................... 26

Hardware Requirements ............................................................................................. 26

Processor Requirements ...................................................................................... 26

Memory Requirements .......................................................................................... 26

Disk Space Requirements ..................................................................................... 27

Network Bandwidth Requirements....................................................................... 28

Software Requirements .............................................................................................. 29

Operating System Requirements ......................................................................... 29

Browser Requirements ......................................................................................... 29

CloudBridge Virtual WAN Configuration Requirements ..................................... 29

Downloading the CloudBridge Virtual WAN Center Software ............................ 30

Summary of Installation and Configuration Procedures .......................................... 31

4 Gathering Your Installation and Configuration Information ............................... 32

Information Checklist .................................................................................................. 32

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5 Installing and Deploying the Virtual WAN Center................................................ 33

Installing the VMware vSphere Client ........................................................................ 34

Installing and Deploying the Virtual WAN Center OVF Template ............................ 38

Adding and Configuring the Datastore ...................................................................... 47

Displaying and Recording the Virtual WAN Center Management IP Address ........ 59

Switching the Active Storage to the New Datastore ................................................. 64

Configuring the Management Interface Settings ...................................................... 68

Installing the Virtual WAN Center Certificate ............................................................ 71

Specifying the MCN and Testing the Connection ..................................................... 74

6 Glossary .................................................................................................................. 77

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About This Guide

This chapter provides an overview of the purpose and content of this guide. Topics include:

 Purpose

 Audience

 How This Guide Is Organized

 Document Font Conventions

 Related Documents

The following sections provide details on each of these topics.

Purpose

This guide provides basic instructions for installing and deploying CloudBridge Virtual WAN

Center.

Audience

This guide is intended for Network Administrators and Architects. Readers are assumed to be

familiar with the physical setup and operation of networking equipment, and general

networking concepts.

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How This Guide Is Organized

A list and summary of each of the chapters in this guide are provided below.

Chapter 1: About This Guide – This chapter provides an overview of the purpose,

audience, and content of this guide. Also provided are a description of the font conventions

used in this guide, and a list of recommended and related documents.

Chapter 2: Overview – This chapter provides some basic information about the

CloudBridge Virtual WAN Center, and a description and navigation roadmap of the Virtual

WAN Center Web Interface.

Chapter 3: Before You Begin – This chapter outlines the hardware and software

requirements for deploying Citrix CloudBridge Virtual WAN Center, and defines any platform

dependencies. Also provided is a summary and overview of the CloudBridge Virtual WAN

Center installation and configuration procedures described in this guide.

Chapter 4: Gathering Your CloudBridge Virtual WAN Center Installation Information –

This chapter provides a checklist of the information you will need to complete the installation

and configuration of Virtual WAN Center.

Chapter 5: Installing and Deploying the Virtual WAN Center – This chapter provides

step-by-step instructions for installing and deploying the Virtual WAN Center. This includes

basic instructions for installing the VMware vSphere Client, which you will use to create and

deploy the Virtual WAN Center Virtual Machine.

Glossary – This provides definitions of some of the fundamental CloudBridge Virtual WAN

and Virtual WAN Center terms and concepts.

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Document Font Conventions

Font Convention

Use

Arial bold font

Bold font indicates a GUI screen element. This font is also used for

table and list headings for visual clarity.

Arial bold Italic font

Bold Italic font is used to indicate GUI screen elements that might

vary according to specific context. This font is also occasionally

used for table and list subheadings, for visual clarity.

Arial plain Italic font

Plain Italic font is used for book or publication titles, and occasionally

for emphasis.

Courier New (plain text) font

Courier New plain text font indicates screen output and non-GUI

screen elements, and program or script code text.

Courier New bold font

Courier New bold font indicates user input (text you must enter

manually). It also indicates a script or other executable name.

Courier New bold Italic font

Courier New bold Italic font indicates variable user input.

Related Documents

The following additional CloudBridge Virtual WAN and Virtual WAN Center documentation is

available on the Citrix Support Portal (http://www.citrix.com/support):

Citrix CloudBridge Virtual WAN Deployment Planning Guide

Citrix CloudBridge Virtual WAN Installation and Configuration Guide

You can also find the CloudBridge WAN Optimization documentation at his URL:

http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/cloudbridge/cldb-cloudbridge.html

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Overview

This chapter provides some basic information about the CloudBridge Virtual WAN Center,

and a description and navigation roadmap of the CloudBridge Virtual WAN Center Web

Interface.

The following sections provide the essential information for each of these topics.

CloudBridge Virtual WAN Center

CloudBridge Virtual WAN Center is a centralized management system that enables you to

configure, monitor, and analyze reports and statistics across multiple CloudBridge Virtual

WAN Appliances.

The following section provides an overview of the Virtual WAN Center Web Interface

elements and navigation.

The CloudBridge Virtual WAN Center Web Interface

This section provides basic navigation instructions, and a navigation roadmap of the Virtual

WAN Center. Also provided are specific navigation instructions for the Configuration Editor

and Virtual WAN 8.1 Change Management wizard.

Basic Navigation

Figure 1 outlines the basic Virtual WAN Center navigation elements, and the terminology

used in this guide to identify them.

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Figure 1. CloudBridge Virtual WAN Center Web Interface Navigation

The basic navigation elements are as follows:

 Title bar – This is the dark grey bar at the top of all Virtual WAN Center Web Interface

pages. This displays the software version currently running on the appliance, and the

user name for the current login session. Click the down-arrow next to the version

number to see the IP Address and version number of the Virtual WAN Center. Click

the down-arrow next to the user name and select Logout to log out of the Virtual

WAN Center.

 Main menu bar – This is the blue bar displayed below the title bar on every Virtual

WAN Center Web Interface screen. This contains the section tabs for displaying the

navigation tree and default page for a selected section.

 Section tabs – The section tabs are located in the blue main menu bar at the top of

the page. These are the top-level categories for the Virtual WAN Center Web

Interface pages and forms. Each section has its own navigation tree for navigating the

page hierarchy in that section. Click a section tab to display the navigation tree for

that section.

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 Navigation tree – The navigation tree is located in the left pane, below the main

menu bar. This displays the navigation trees for the section tabs. Click a section tab to

display the navigation tree for that section. Click a branch (topic) in the tree to reveal

the default page for that topic.

 Breadcrumbs – This displays the navigation path to the current page. The

breadcrumbs are located at the top of the page area, just below the main menu bar.

Active navigation links display in blue font. The name of the current page is displayed

in black font.

 Page area – This is the page display and work area for the selected page. Select an

item in the navigation tree to display the default page for that item.

 Page tabs – Some pages contain tabs for displaying additional child pages for that

topic or configuration form. These are usually located at the top of the page area, just

below the breadcrumbs display.

 Page area resizing – For some pages, you can grow or shrink the width of the page

area (or sections of it) to reveal additional fields in a table or form. Where this is the

case, there will be a grey, vertical resize bar on the right border of a page area pane,

form, or table. Roll your cursor over the resize bar until the cursor changes to a bi-

directional arrow. Then click and drag the bar to the right or left to grow or shrink the

area width.

If the resize bar is not available for a page, you can click and drag the right edge of

your browser to display the full page.

The following section provides a description of the Virtual WAN Center Web Interface page

hierarchy.

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Virtual WAN Center Page Hierarchy

The Virtual WAN Center Web Interface pages and displays are organized into several top-

level sections (tabs), as follows:

 Dashboard

 Fault

 Monitoring

 Configuration

 Reporting

 Administration

Click a section tab in the main menu bar to display the navigation tree for that section. Then

select a topic in the navigation tree to display the page for that topic. Many pages contain

tabs, buttons, or active icons and links leading to additional page displays.

The following table provides a navigation roadmap of the Virtual WAN Center Web Interface

navigation tree hierarchy.

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Virtual WAN Center Page Hierarchy

TOP LEVEL TABS

PAGES

PAGE TABS

Dashboard

Fault

Event Viewer

Notification Settings

 Email Alerts tab

 Error Emails tab

 Syslog tab

Severity Settings

Monitoring

Network Map

Statistics

Diagnostics

System Information

Configuration

Network Discovery

 SSL Certificate tab

 Discovery Settings

 Inventory and Status

Network Configuration

Change Management

Appliance Settings

Reporting

Administration

User/Authentication Settings

Global Settings

 Management Interface

 HTTPS Certificate

 TimeZone

 Software Upgrade

Database Maintenance

Storage Maintenance

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The Virtual WAN Center Dashboard

Click the Dashboard section tab to display the Dashboard page.

The Virtual WAN Center Dashboard presents text and graphical displays of the following

information:

 Graphical display of the current network map of the Virtual WAN

 A table of the current events occurring within the last 1 hour

 Virtual Path report for the last 24 hours

 Graphical display of the Alarm Summary

 Graphical display of the current database usage

 Graphical display of the current active OS usage in Gigabytes

Figure 2 shows a sample Virtual WAN Center Dashboard display.

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Figure 2. Virtual WAN Center Dashboard

The following section provides an overview and navigation instructions for the Virtual WAN

Center Configuration Editor.

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The Configuration Editor

The Configuration Editor is available both as a component of the Virtual WAN Center Web

Interface, and in the Virtual WAN Management Web Interface running on the Master Control

Node (MCN) of the Virtual WAN. This section provides an overview of Configuration Editor

navigation and page elements. For detailed instructions on using the Configuration Editor to

configure your Virtual WAN, please see the Virtual WAN 8.1.0 Installation and Configuration

Guide.

The Configuration Editor enables you to add and configure CloudBridge Virtual WAN

Appliance sites, connections, and provisioning, and to create and define a Virtual WAN

Configuration. You can also define and view Network Maps of your Virtual WAN system.

Configuration Editor Navigation

To open the Configuration Editor, do the following:

1. Log into the Virtual WAN Center Web Interface.

2. Select the Configuration tab.

This displays the Configuration tab navigation tree, with the Network Discovery page

preselected, as shown in Figure 3.

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Figure 3. Configuration tab navigation tree with Network Discovery page displayed (default)

3. In the navigation tree (left pane), select Network Configuration.

This displays the Network Configuration page Configuration Editor, as shown in

Figure 4.

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Figure 4. Network Configuration page Configuration Editor

Figure 5 outlines the basic navigation and page elements of the Configuration Editor, and

the terminology used in this guide to identify them.

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Figure 5. Configuration Editor navigation and page elements

The following describes the primary Configuration Editor navigation elements:

 Configuration Editor menu bar – This is located at the top of the page area, just

below the breadcrumbs links. The menu bar contains the primary activity buttons for

Configuration Editor operations. In addition, at the far right edge of the menu bar is

the View Tutorial link button for initiating the Configuration Editor tutorial. The

tutorial steps you through a series of bubble descriptions for each element of the

Configuration Editor display.

 Configuration Editor sections tree – This is the stack of dark grey bars located in

the left pane of the Configuration Editor page area. Each grey bar represents a top-

level section. There are three sections: Sites, Connections, and Provisioning. Click

a section bar to expand a section and reveal the configuration tree for that section.

Click the bar again to collapse the section.

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 Section tree branches – Click + (plus sign) at the left of a section branch name in

the section tree to open a section branch. Click – (minus sign) to close a branch. Each

section branch contains one or more sub-branches of configuration categories and

forms, which in turn may contain additional child branches and forms.

 Sites tree – This lists the site nodes that have been added to the configuration

currently opened in the Configuration Editor. In the section tree, click + at the left of

Sites to open the Sites tree. Click + to the left of a site name to open the branch for

that site. Click – (minus sign) to close a branch.

 Audits status bar – This is the dark grey bar at the bottom of the Configuration

Editor page, and spanning the entire width of the Configuration Editor page. The

Audits status bar is available only when the Configuration Editor is open. An Audit

Alert icon (red dot or goldenrod delta) at the far left of the status bar indicates one or

more errors present in the currently-opened configuration. Click the status bar to

display a complete list of all unresolved Audit Alerts for that configuration.

 Resize bar – The resize bar is the thin, grey, vertical bar located on the right border of

the main page area pane, and is available in most of the Configuration Editor

pages. You can use the resize bar to grow or shrink the width of the page area to

reveal or truncate content in a table, tree, or form. Roll your cursor over the resize bar

until the cursor changes to a bi-directional arrow. Then click and drag the bar to the

right or left to grow or shrink the area width.

If the resize bar is not available for a page area, you can click and drag the right edge

of your browser to display the full page.

The following section provides an overview and navigation instructions for the Virtual WAN

Change Management wizard. The Change Management wizard is a component of the

Virtual WAN Management Web Interface running on the Master Control Node (MCN), and is

not part of the Virtual WAN Center. However, you can use the Virtual WAN Center to connect

to the specified MCN, and access the Change Management wizard. Instructions are

provided in the next section.

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