Add a Network Implementation Plan

Click Browse to import a pre-created network implementation plan in JSON format. The values in the pre-created plan are automatically populated in the Add Network Implementation Plan page.

Click the Download this form into JSON file link to download and save the profile in its current state (for example, when you want to save the current configured values for later reference or for maintaining a record).

If you are creating a plan, enter a name for the plan.

The plan name can contain alphanumeric characters (a-z, A-Z, and 0-9) and some special characters [period (.) and hyphen (-)], and cannot exceed 64 characters.

If you are editing a plan, the name is already populated and cannot be edited.

Enter a description for the plan.

Select one or more device profiles to be used in the plan. You can view only those device profiles that you associated with the plan while creating the profile. If you are editing an automatically generated implementation plan, the default interface and device profiles are already populated.

Configurations in the default device profile are common to all devices and applied to all the devices included in the plan.

Alternatively, click the Add new device profile link to create a device profile to be used as the default device profile. See Add a Device Profile.

Select one or more interface profiles to be used in the plan. You can view only those interface profiles that you associated with the plan while creating the profile.

The configurations in the default interface profile are common to all interfaces and applied to all the interfaces configured in the plan.

Alternatively, click the Add new interface profile link to create an interface profile to be used as the default interface profile. See Add an Interface Profile.

Add all devices that you want to configure while the device is onboarded to Paragon Automation. The plan can also be used to manage the configuration of the devices after the devices are onboarded. You can also edit and delete the devices added to the plan from here.

Click the Add (+) icon to add devices to the plan. The Add Devices wizard appears that helps you configure the device, the device's interfaces, and add the chassis components for monitoring health. See Table 2 for adding devices.

Add links between the devices added to the plan.

Click the Add (+) to add links to other devices. The Add Link page appears from where you can configure the links.

You can also edit and delete the links configured between devices included in the plan from here.

See Table 3.

Displays a summary of the onboarding plan. Click the Edit link to edit the general information or the links added to the plan.

Enter a name for the device. Paragon Automation uses this name internally.

The name can contain alphanumeric characters and some special characters [hyphen (-) and underscore (_)]. The name cannot exceed 64 characters.

Enter a hostname for the device.

The name can contain alphanumeric characters and some special characters [hyphen (-) and underscore (_)]. The hostname cannot exceed 64 characters.

If you do not enter a hostname, Name is used as the hostname.

Enter an IPv4 loopback address for the device in the dotted decimal notation format. For example, 10.10.10.1.

The value that you enter here overrides the value that is configured in a device profile.

IPv6 Loopback

Enter an IPv6 loopback address for the device in the dotted decimal notation format. For example, 2001:db8:4136:e378:8000:63bf:3fff:fdd2.

The value that you enter here overrides the value that is configured in a device profile.

Select the site where you want to install the device.

Alternatively, if you have the permissions to add a site, you can view the Add new site link next to the Site drop-down list. Click the link and add a new site on the Create Site page. See Add Sites.

Enter the serial number of the device that you want to associate with the plan.

The serial number will be used to map the device to this profile when it is added to the inventory (during adoption which is described later), and the onboarding process is started.

Select the vendor of the device.

Select the model of the device from the drop-down list.

For a list of supported devices, see Supported Devices and OS Versions.

Select the software image to be installed on the device during onboarding from the drop-down list.

All software images that are uploaded to Paragon Automation are listed here.

Select one or more device profiles to be applied to the device from the drop-down list. The configurations in the device profiles are committed on the device in the order in which the profiles are added to the plan.

Configurations present in both the default device profile and the specific profiles that you enter here are committed on the device. However, for configurations that are present in both the specific device profiles and the default device profile, the values in the specific device profiles override the configuration in the default device profile.

Enter the time duration in minutes that the field technician can take to install the device, add pluggables, and connect cables. Paragon Automation checks the health of the device as soon as it pushes the configurations on the device. However, If the device installation is not complete by then, Paragon Automation notifies the device as unhealthy and executes the next task.

To prevent reporting the device as unhealthy before installation is complete, Paragon Automation retries the device health checks every minute. The device health is checked until the device is detected as healthy or for the duration that you enter here, whichever is early.

Default: 20 minutes

Range: 0 through 20

Enter instructions or any additional information that you want to provide to a field technician who is onboarding the device. The field technician can view the instructions that you enter here.

Placement Resources

Bandwidth

Enter the bandwidth (in bps) to be used for service provisioning.

Displays the device's chassis view. You can perform the following tasks from here:

• View the ports (interfaces) on the device chassis in the displayed chassis image.

• Add and define the configuration of all the device ports that you want to configure during device onboarding.

  To add a port:

  1. Click the Add Default Interfaces to populate the interfaces in the device.

  2. Click a port that you want to configure and click the Edit icon (pen).

     See Configure Port.

  Note:

  In this release, Interfaces are populated for the ACX7024 devices only.

• Edit, or delete the ports that you added.

• Zoom in and zoom out the chassis view.

Configure Port

Enter a name for the interface as follows:

• Use the type-fpc/pic/port.logical format to enter the name with a logical unit. For example, et-0/0/0.2.

• Use fpc/pic/port[:channel].logical format to enter the name for a channelized interface. For example, t3-0/0/0:1.2.

• Use the management interface name of the device for management interfaces. For example, re0:mgmt-0.0.

• Use the aggregated Ethernet interface name for aggregated interfaces. For example, ae0.0, ae1.0, and ae2.0.

For ports in the ACX7204 devices, this field is populated if you select a port to be configured in the Physical Ports tab.

Enter a description for the interface.

Enter the IPv4 address (in dotted decimal notation) with the subnet mask for the interface. For example, 10.10.10.10/24.

If you have disabled automatic IP address assignment in the interface profiles assigned to the interface, you can assign the IPv4 address for the interface here.

IPv6 Address/Subnet Mask

Enter the IPv6 address (in dotted decimal notation) with the subnet mask for the interface. For example, 2001:db8:4136:e378:8000:63bf:3fff:fdd2/48

If you have disabled automatic IP address assignment in the interface profiles assigned to the interface, you can assign the IPv6 address for the interface here.

Select one or more interface profiles to be applied to the interface from the drop-down list. The configurations in the device profiles are committed on the device in the order in which the profiles are added to the plan.

Configurations present in both the default interface profile and the specific profiles that you enter here are committed on the device. However, for configurations that are present in both the specific interface profiles and the default interface profile, the values in the specific interface profiles override the configuration in the default interface profile.

Enter the type of pluggable to use in the port; for example, QOD-400G-FR4.

A field technician can view the information that you enter here during device onboarding.

Enter instructions to connect cables to the interfaces.

A field technician can view and use this information that you enter here to connect cables to interfaces during device onboarding. We recommend that you use specific instructions that are known to the field technician, such as a reference number of the cable.

Access Parameters

Name

Enter a reference name for the CE facing interface.

VLAN Start

Enter the starting number for the range of VLANs that can be configured on this port.

Range: 1 through 4095

VLAN Size

Enter the range of VLANs that can be used for service provisioning. A VLAN is assigned from this range during service provisioning.

Range: 1 through 4095

Enter the number of power supply modules (PSMs) in the device.

This information is used for collecting analytics and health data from the PSMs.

Enter the number of fans in the device.

This information is used for collecting analytics and health data from the fans.

Enter the number of line cards in the device.

This information is used for collecting analytics and health data from the line cards.

Enter the number of pluggables in the device.

This information is used for collecting analytics and health data from the pluggables.

Enter a name for the link.

The name can contain alphanumeric characters and some special characters [hyphen (-), underscore (_), period (.), and colon (:)] and cannot exceed 64 characters.

You must enter the link name if you want to configure links between multiple devices in the same subnet.

Select a source device to originate the link.

Displays the site where the device that originates the link is installed.

Select the interface on the source device from which the link originates.

Enter instructions for the link. For example, the cables to be used to connect the device to the network or another device.

Select the destination device to terminate the link.

You need not select a destination device if you want to connect to multiple devices from the same source device and interface.

Displays the site where the destination device that terminates the link is installed.

Select an interface on the destination device at which the link terminates.

Enter instructions for the link. For example, the cables to be used to connect the device to the network or another device.