SD-WAN Nokia-Nuage Collector Prerequisites & Common Questions

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About

This document provides a list of questions that SevOne requires the user to respond to prior to a fresh install or an upgrade. For details on compatibility, please refer to Release Notes SD-WAN Collector > Resources & Requirements > section Compatibility Matrix.

Network Requirements

  • Ports exposed on Collector Server
    None

  • Collector Outbound Connections

    Address Outbound Port Description
    Nuage VSD server 8443 Nuage API
    Nuage Elasticsearch server 6200 Nuage API for Flow Augmentor input
    Nuage AMQP server 5672 Nuage message queue API
    NMS server 443 NMS API
    NMS DNC server 9996 Flow Augmentor output

for Fresh Installs only

Prerequisites for Nokia-Nuage Fresh Installs Only Response
1 Have you verified the checksum of the installer file?

NOTE: If you do not know how to verify the checksum, please refer to SD-WAN Nokia-Nuage Networks Collector Installation Guide > section Collector Installation > Step 3 . If you are still not able to verify the checksum, please contact IBM SevOne Support.		 Yes / No
2 Please provide the following information.
  1. NMS appliance IP address
  2. Username for an administrator-level account
  3. Is password for NMS ready to share during the installation/upgrade session? (NOTE: Please ensure all passwords are available prior to the session.)
  4. IP address of SevOne DNC where the flows need to be sent
  5. Port number for DNC where the flows are being sent (NOTE: The default port number is 9996.)
  1. IP address:
  2. Username:
  3. Yes / No:
  4. DNC IP address:
  5. DNC port:
3 Please provide the following information related to VSD.
  1. IP address of targeted VSD
  2. Username for VSD (VSD credentials with admin-level read privileges)
  3. Is password for VSD ready to share during the session? (NOTE: Please ensure all passwords are available prior to the session.)
  4. Elasticsearch port number of targeted VSD (NOTE: The default port number is 9200.)
  5. Protocol of targeted VSD
  1. VSD IP address:
  2. VSD username:
  3. Yes / No:
  4. Elasticsearch port number:
  5. http / https:
4 Please provide the collector node IP address(es). <enter IP address(es)>
5 Have you performed the health check on your SevOne NMS cluster to ensure that all critical services are up and running with no potential issues? If Yes, please share the results in the Response column.

NOTE: Execute SevOne-act check checkout --full-cluster command to perform the health check.
If you do not have access to shell prompt, please contact IBM SevOne Support.		 <enter results here>
6 Have you checked the reachability of VSD from the collector PAS? Please circle one option in the Response column.

NOTE: Please check the rechability by running the following command:
curl -u username:password -k -X GET https://<VSD IP>:8443/nuage/ -H "Content-Type:application/json" -H "X-Nuage-Organization:csp"

If you do not have access to shell prompt, please contact IBM SevOne Support.		 Yes / No
7 Please provide the Managed Service Provider (MSP) name for the configured VSD.

NOTE: For MSP Name, choose an arbitrary name for this field, to logically group the devices created by the SD-WAN solution. This name will be used to create a device group containing all tenants and their sites along with the devices which are created by the collector.		 <enter details here>
8 Please provide the Tenant / Enterprise Name available in VSD for the collection of data.

NOTE: To check the Tenant / Enterpise Name on VSD, login to VSD and see the enterprise name from the left panel.		 <enter details here>
9 Do you want to distribute devices created by the collector among all or some peers of the NMS cluster?

NOTE: If you want to distribute devices to some peers only then, please provide the IP addresses / peer names of those selected peers in the Response column.		 <All / Some>

<If Some, please enter IP addresses / peer names of selected peers>
10 Do you want to monitor NetFlow? Please circle one option in the Response column.

NOTE: Installation of flow augmentor is mandatory when the Netflow/flow monitoring is required.		 Yes / No
11 Do you want to suffix the device names (created by the collector) with the tenant name? Please circle one option in the Response column. If no, please ensure that all device hostnames are unique across all tenants.

NOTE: This setting cannot be changed in subsequent upgrades. If you are unsure whether the device hostnames are unique or not, please make sure that the suffix is added to the device names.		 Yes / No
12 Do you want the indicators to collect data in octets? Please circle one option in the Response column.

NOTE: Data is by default collected in octets by Nokia-Nuage and SevOne. However, you may choose to collect the data in packets or both, octets and packets.		 Yes / No
13 Is NTP synchronization enabled on the PAS, collector/augmentor, and VSD? Please circle one option in the Response column. Yes / No
14 Please highlight any detail that must be addressed during the fresh installation session. <enter details here>

for Upgrades only

Prerequisites for Nokia-Nuage Upgrades Only Response
1 Please provide NPM version being installed. <enter version here>
2 Have you verified the checksum of the installer file?

NOTE: If you do not know how to verify the checksum, please refer to SD-WAN Nokia-Nuage Networks Collector Installation Guide> section Upgrade Collector > Step 5 . If you are still not able to verify the checksum, please contact IBM SevOne Support.		 Yes / No
3 Please provide the following information.
  1. NMS appliance IP address
  2. IP address of SevOne DNC where the flows need to be sent.
  3. Port number for DNC where the flows are being sent. (NOTE: The default port number is 9996.)
  1. IP address:
  2. DNC IP address:
  3. DNC port:
4 Please provide the collector node IP address(es). <enter IP address(es)>
5 Have you performed the health check on your SevOne NMS cluster to ensure that all critical services are up and running with no potential issues? If Yes, please share the results in the Response column.

NOTE: Execute SevOne-act check checkout --full-cluster command to perform the health check.
If you do not have access to shell prompt, please contact IBM SevOne Support.		 <enter results here>
6 Have you checked the reachability of VSD from the collector PAS? Please circle one option in the Response column.

NOTE: Please check the rechability by running the following command:
curl -u username:password -k -X GET https://<VSD IP>:8443/nuage/ -H "Content-Type:application/json" -H "X-Nuage-Organization:csp"
If you do not have access to shell prompt, please contact IBM SevOne Support.		 Yes / No
7 Please highlight any detail that must be addressed during the upgrade session. <enter details>