Claim the Prisma SD-WAN ION and Assign to a Datacenter
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Claim the Prisma SD-WAN ION and Assign to a Datacenter
Learn how to claim the ION device and assign it to a data center site.
After the ION successfully boots, as long
as it can connect to the Prisma SD-WAN controller it will show up
as Unclaimed: Online under the Map -> Unclaimed Devices section
of the portal.
It can take up to 10 minutes for the
ION to show up in the Controller.
- Claim the device by selecting .It will transition to an offline state while going through the claiming process.Create a Data Center Site while the device is being claimed.Although this workflow depicts how to assign the vION to a data center site, you can also assign the vION to a branch site or a branch gateway site. However, Prisma SD-WAN does not support high availability for vIONs deployed at a branch site or a branch gateway site.
- Select .Enter a name for the site and other site details and click Next.Add an Internet Circuit in the Circuits section and click Next.
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Assign the device to the data center by selecting Assign Devices and selecting the ION device from the list of Select Devices and Save.![]()
Once the device is successfully assigned, click the device name to enter the device configuration screen.- Enter a Device Name.
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Configure Port 1, by assigning the Internet WAN circuit label you created in step 2 and providing the external NAT address and port.To figure out the external IP address go to the Azure portal and find the Public IP address provisioned in the resource group.![]()
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Configure port 2 to be Admin Up and Use this port to: Peer with a Network, and set for DHCP.![]()
Configure a static default route pointing to the gateway of port 2 (the 1st IP address of the private subnet specified in the deployment template).![]()
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Switch the site to Control mode and verify the VPNs are up and active.![]()
Proceed to the next section to finalize the Azure deployment steps.
