SDWAN Plugin

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Important: For details on how to deploy / configure SDWAN's Fortinet and VeloCloud solution, please refer to SD-WAN Fortinet Solution Deployment / Configuration Guide and SD-WAN VeloCloud Solution Deployment / Configuration Guide respectively for details.

The SDWAN plugin allows you to create integrations with supported SD-WAN vendors such as, FortiManager and VeloCloud.

  1. To access the Device Manager from the navigation bar, click the Devices menu and select Device Manager.
  2. Either add a device with the SDWAN plugin or edit an existing device to enable the SDWAN plugin.
  3. Click the plugin drop-down. By default, it is set to SNMP. Select SDWAN.
  4. Select Enable SDWAN API Integration check box.
  5. In the Vendor field, you can choose vendors FortiManager or VeloCloud.

    1. for vendor, FortiManager

      sdwanPluginFortiManagerDeviceManager

      • In the FortiManager URL field, enter the URL for SDWAN vendor, FortiManager.
      • In the Username field, enter the username for SDWAN vendor, FortiManager.
      • In the Password field, enter the password for SDWAN vendor, FortiManager.
      • Enable field Auto-discover and monitor associated FortiGates - Use SNMP Plugin to automatically discover and monitor Fortinet devices.

    2. for vendor, VeloCloud

      sdwanPluginVeloCloudDeviceManager

      • In the VCO URL field, enter the URL for SDWAN vendor, VeloCloud.
      • In the Username field, enter the username for SDWAN vendor, VeloCloud.
      • In the Password field, enter the password for SDWAN vendor, VeloCloud.
      • In the Poll Frequency field, enter how often to poll the device. The default value is 10 minutes.
      • Enable field Auto-discover and monitor associated VeloCloud Edges - Use SNMP Plugin to automatically discover and monitor Velocloud devices.
  6. Click Save As New to save the current changes as a New Device, or click Save to confirm the changes in the Edit Device page.

  7. When the desired changes have been saved, click the Cancel button to return to the Device Manager page.

  8. Once the SDWAN plugin is configured, from the plugin drop-down, select plugin SNMP. Ensure that the field SNMP Capable check box is selected to enable the discovery of SNMP object types and to poll SNMP data on the device.
Important: Once the device is created, collection of SDWAN Fortinet / Velocloud resources (based on the vendor chosen) starts on SevOne NMS.