VMware SD-WAN (Software-defined Wide Area Network) by VeloCloud is a cloud-delivered solution for network operators and application owners who want to ensure high application performance and availability for their end users while lowering networking costs.
VMware SD-WAN ensures a reliable and resilient wide area network (WAN), with a choice of connection types, including Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), LTE, Wi-Fi and broadband. VMware SD-WAN combines multiple links and uses traffic steering technology to select the best path for each application to ensure consistent performance and overcome quality issues and outages.
Available resources under VMware SD-WAN are as follows:
Orchestrator: A web-based central management tool that provides simplified configuration, provisioning, monitoring, fault management, logging, and reporting.
VMware SD-WAN Gateways: VMware SD-WAN Gateways optimize data paths to all applications, branches, and data centers along with the ability to deliver network services to and from the cloud.
Edges: A Zero-touch enterprise-class appliance that provides secure optimized connectivity to applications in any location, including private data centers, public clouds, and hybrid deployments.
Links: Connectivity between edge and other end devices.
The INSTALLED INTEGRATIONS page is displayed with all the installed applications.Note: If there are no installed applications, it will navigate to the AVAILABLE INTEGRATIONS AND APPS page.
Click + ADD on the INSTALLED INTEGRATIONS page. The AVAILABLE INTEGRATIONS AND APPS page displays all the available applications and the newly created one.Note: You can even search for the application using the search option available. Also, you can use the All Categories option to search.
Click ADD in the VMware SD-WAN(VeloCloud) application.
In ADD VMWARE SD-WAN(VELOCLOUD) page, enter account information:
Property
Description
Name
(required) Enter integration name.
Account Number
(required) Enter the VeloCloud account number.
Host Name
(required) Enter the hostname.
User Name
(required) Enter the username.
Password
(required) Enter the password.
Confirm Password
(required) Re-enter the password.
Click Next.
In the RESOURCE TYPE section, select:
ALL: All the existing and future resources will be discovered.
SELECT: You can select one or multiple resources to be discovered.
In the DISCOVERY SCHEDULE section, select Recurrence Pattern to add one of the following patterns:
Minutes
Hourly
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Click FINISH.
The application is now installed and displayed on the Installed Integration page. Use the search field to find the installed application.
Create a template with collector type and applicable for VMware SD-WAN(VeloCloud). See Create a Template for more information on how to create a template.
You can either create a copy of global templates or use existing global templates for metric collection. But you cannot edit the global templates. Below is the list of global templates for VeloCloud.
VMware SD-WAN (VeloCloud) VMware SD-WAN Edge - for VeloCloud Edges.
VMware SD-WAN (VeloCloud) VMware SD-WAN Edge Link - For VeloCloud edge links.
VMware SD-WAN (VeloCloud) VMware SD-WAN Gateway - For VeloCloud gateways.
Refer to Assign a Template on how to assign a template to a resource.
After configuring the integration, VMware SD-WAN metrics can be viewed from the Infrastructure page.
