Overview

The Orchestrator enables you to globally monitor performance and manage Silver Peak appliances, whether your focus is configuring primarily for WAN optimization or for .

This section discusses the following:

n	Completing the Orchestrator’s Getting Started Wizard

n	Assumptions

n	What to Configure Next in a WAN Optimization Network

n	Understanding Topology and Layout

Completing the Orchestrator’s Getting Started Wizard

After you first install the Orchestrator and use a web browser to go to the IP address you’ve assigned it, its Getting Started Wizard appears.

It takes you through the basics of configuring the following:

n	Orchestrator Name, management IP address, and password

•	The default for username and password is admin.

n	License and Registration

•	EdgeConnect registration is required for Cloud-based features and products, including CPX and SaaS. The associated Account Name and Account Key enable the Orchestrator to discover EdgeConnect appliances via the Silver Peak Cloud Portal, as they’re added to your network.

•	If you have NX, VX, and VRX appliances, you will also have an Orchestrator License.

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Date/Time

•	Silver Peak strongly recommends using an NTP server so that data across the Orchestrator and appliances is synchronized.

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Email

•	Change the default settings to your Company’s SMTP server, and then test.

•	Separate fields are provides for Global Report recipients and Alarm recipients.

n	Add Appliances

•	[Optional] You can use this now to add NX, VX, and VRX appliances that are already up and running in your network. Or you can add them later.

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Backup

•	Specifies the database backup destination, transfer protocol, and backup schedule.

If you don’t Apply the configuration after you complete the last screen, the Orchestrator’s wizard reappears at the next login.

To access the Orchestrator wizard again after initial configuration, go to Orchestrator Administration > Getting Started Wizard.

Assumptions

The assumptions here are as follows:

n	Any appliance that you add has already been deployed with Appliance Manager, either in-line (Bridge mode) or out-of-path (Router or Server1 modes).

n	Any necessary flow redirection is already configured on the deployed appliance and, if necessary, the appropriate router.

For detailed appliance configuration information, refer to the Appliance Manager Operator’s Guide. Also see the Network Deployment Guide for specific scenarios.

One more thing ...

This is also a good time to add users to the Orchestrator server database. By default, the Orchestrator uses this local database for authentication. However, you can also to point to a RADIUS or TACACS+ server for that function.

Orchestrator Administration > User Management
Orchestrator Administration > Authentication

For more information, see “Managing Orchestrator User Accounts and Authentication”.

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Server mode is a subset of Router mode. It uses one interface for both management and datapath traffic.

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