Before You Begin

Before You Begin

This document means to help Silver Peak resell partners understand the deployment process for Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect appliances. The four aspects of deployment are: 

  • Unity EdgeConnect CPO or POC request
  • Unity Orchestrator for management and control of the EdgeConnect appliances
  • Unity EdgeConnect Headend/Data Center appliance(s)
  • Unity EdgeConnect branch appliance(s)

This document will guide you through the necessary steps to first deploy the Orchestrator and then the EdgeConnect appliances. Where appropriate, links to online documentation are provided to offer additional detail, as required.

Prior to beginning deployment, you must acquire the following information from Silver Peak:

  • an Account Name
  • an Account Key
  • a valid license for Orchestrator and all EdgeConnect appliances

As long as a valid request has been submitted by your Silver Peak account representative, all of this information will be provided in an email to the customer.  Silver Peak partners are unable to obtain this information directly.

Unity Orchestrator Considerations

The Silver Peak Unity Orchestrator provides a single pane of glass for manageability of all Silver Peak appliances in the WAN. From Orchestrator you are able to provision, deploy, configure, monitor and troubleshoot your Silver Peak SD-WAN regardless of the make, model or deployment type.  Orchestrator will manage physical, virtual and cloud-based EdgeConnect appliances seamlessly from a single console. 

Orchestrator is only offered as a virtual appliance and, therefore, requires a suitable host to run on. It will be required to identify an appropriate host machine with adequate resources to host the Orchestrator. Typical deployment locations for Orchestrator would be in a Network Operations Center (NOC) or Data Center, though any location with efficient access to the WAN devices could be suitable. For more information on Orchestrator requirements, refer to the Orchestrator Host System Requirements on Silver Peak’s User Documentation site.

For licensing, the Orchestrator (IP address) must be able to reach the Silver Peak Cloud Portal via the Internet.  Allocate an appropriate IP address for the Orchestrator appliance and allow it access through any security components in the environment to the “silver-peak.com” domain. (Orchestrator requires port 443 access.)