Create a Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Cloud Hosted Fabric
The Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Portal provisions Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN fabrics according to the information that you provide as part of the following procedure.
Before You Begin
Ensure that you have the following:
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An active Cisco Smart Account.
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An active Cisco Virtual Account.
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The SA-Admin role for your Cisco Smart Account. (Required to access the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Portal for the first time and to create a fabric. Not required thereafter.)
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A valid order for controllers on Cisco Commerce (formerly CCW).
Procedure
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Go to the URL that you received in the email from Cisco to access the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Portal, and log in.
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From the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Portal menu, choose .
The Create Cisco Hosted Overlay page appears.
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From the Smart Account drop-down list, choose the name of the Cisco Smart Account to which you want to associate the fabric.
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From the Virtual Account drop-down list, choose the name of the Cisco Virtual Account to which you want to associate the fabric.
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Click Assign Controllers and perform the following actions in the Assign Controllers area:
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From the Fabric Choice drop-down list, choose one of the following options:
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Shared: Choose this option if you ordered an SKU for a Shared controller.
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Dedicated: Choose this option if you ordered an SKU for a Dedicated controller (Complimentary or Paid).
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If you choose the Dedicated fabric option, configure the options for the number of controller types, as described in following table.
These options do not apply to the Shared fabric option. The Shared fabric supports only one Cisco SD-WAN Manager, and settings are configured automatically in the background.
Option for Dedicated Fabric
Description
Size (for the vManage controller type)
Choose Small, Medium, or Large, depending on the controller SKU that you ordered.
For detailed information about these options, see Recommended Computing Resources for Cisco SD-WAN Controller Release 20.11.x.
Assign (for the vManage controller type)
Enter the number of Cisco SD-WAN Manager controllers in your deployment.
Valid values are 1, 3, or 6.
Size (for the vBond controller type)
Enter the number of Cisco SD-WAN Validator in your deployment.
The minimum value is 2.
Size (for the vSmart controller type)
Enter the number of Cisco SD-WAN Controllers in your deployment.
The minimum value is 2.
Enable Cluster
Applies only if you choose a value of 3 or 6 for the number of Cisco SD-WAN Manager controllers.
Turn on this option to create a Cisco SD-WAN Manager cluster.
Cluster Type
Applies only if you turn on the Enable Cluster option.
Choose one of these options:
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Single Tenant Cluster: Enables a single tenant cluster.
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Multi Tenant Cluster: Enables a multitenant cluster.
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In the Fabric field, enter a name for your fabric.
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(Applies to the Dedicated fabric option only) Under Cloud Provider, choose the cloud provider at which you want Cisco to host the controllers for your fabric (AWS or Azure).
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(Applies to the Dedicated fabric option only) From the SD-WAN Version drop-down list, choose the version of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN that you want to use on your controllers.
Choose the recommended version unless there are specific features that you need and these features are available only in another version. For information about recommended versions, go to Cisco Software Central. For information about Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN releases, see the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Release Notes in the Release Information area in User Documentation for Cisco IOS XE (SD-WAN) Release 17.
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Turn on the Enable Analytics option to enable all the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Analytics features for the fabric.
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Analytics is a cloud-based analytics service that offers comprehensive insights into application and network performance, providing information about device and network health, behavior, traffic, and related activities in your fabric.
If you chose the Dedicated fabric option, but do not turn on this Enable AnalyticsEnable Analytics option, the system collects Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Analytics data, but does not provide reports.
For more information, see Cisco vAnalytics.
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Under Locations, perform these actions:
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From the Primary Location drop-down list:
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If you configured the Shared fabric option, choose the geographical location where the fabric will be spun up.
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If you configured the Dedicated fabric option, choose the geographical location where the Cisco SD-WAN Manager controllers are provisioned.
We recommend that you choose a location that is relatively close to your network.
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(Applies to the Dedicated fabric option only) From the Secondary Location drop-down list, choose the geographical location for backed up data storage and load balancing.
We recommend that you choose the location that is closest to the primary location.
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(Applies to the Dedicated fabric option only) From the Data Location drop-down list, choose the geographical location for Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Analytics data storage.
We recommend that you choose the location that is closest to the primary location.
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Enter the following information under Contacts:
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In the Fabric Admin field, enter the email address or mailer list name to which the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Portal sends notifications about the fabric.
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In the Cisco Contact Email field, enter the email address of a contact at Cisco that can be reached if there is an urgent issue and the administrator of the fabric cannot be reached.
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In the Enter Contract number of service field, enter the number of your Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Portal service contract.
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In the Enter CCO ID of Service Requester field, enter the Cisco ID of the person who created the ticket for your Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Portal.
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(Optional, applies to the Dedicated fabric option only) Configure the following Advanced Options, as needed.
For detailed information about these options, see Configure Advanced Options for a Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Cloud Hosted Fabric.
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Custom Subnets: Options for configuring private IP addresses to be used for controller interface IP addresses.
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Custom Domain Settings: Options for configuring custom domains for accessing Cisco SD-WAN Validator and Cisco SD-WAN Manager controllers.
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Snapshot Settings: Option for configuring how often the system takes a snapshot ofCisco SD-WAN Manager instances in your deployment.
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Custom Organization Name: Option for configuring a unique organization name to identify your network.
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Compliance Configuration: Option for selecting a compliance type for a fabric.
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Dual Stack: Option for enabling IPv6 dual stack.
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Click Click here to review and agree to Terms & Conditions before proceeding, and in the Terms and Conditions dialog box, review the information that is shown and click I Agree.
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Click Create Fabric.
The system creates the fabric. This process can take up to 60 minutes. Information about the progress of this process appears in the Create Fabric Progress area.
After the fabric is created, you receive an email message notifying you that the fabric is ready.
In addition, a password appears in the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Portal Notification page. Use this password to access the fabric for the first time.
To secure your environment, we recommend that you immediately change this password after logging in.
Note
The system-provided controller password is no longer visible in the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Portal after seven days. We recommend that you keep a copy of the password if you want to retain it.
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After you receive a notification that your fabric is ready:
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Install the controller certificates on your devices. For information about installing controller certificates, see Use Case: Cisco-Hosted Cloud Overlays with Software Version 19.x and Above.
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Install web server certificates. For information about installing web server certificates, see Web Server Certificates.
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