In-Line Deployment : Creating Tunnels
Creating Tunnels
Create a tunnel between appliances B and C. This involves accessing each appliance, in turn, and creating a tunnel to the other (remote) appliance.
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To create a tunnel on Appliance B
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From a browser, access Appliance B.
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From the menu bar, select Configuration > Tunnels. The Tunnels page appears.
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Click Add Tunnel.
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In the Name field, assign a locally significant name for the tunnel.
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In the Admin field, accept the default value, Up.
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Leave Auto MTU selected. This allows the tunnel MTU to be discovered and negotiated automatically. When selected, this overrides the MTU setting.
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In the Local IP field, the Appliance Manager prefills the IP address for the local appliance.
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In the Remote IP address field, enter the data path IP address of the remote Silver Peak appliance.
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Leave Auto Max BW selected, so the appliance uses the lower of the two system bandwidths.
If you wanted to configure this manually, then you would deselect Auto Max BW and, in the Max BW field, enter the maximum bandwidth for this tunnel. The value must be less than or equal to the upstream bandwidth of your WAN connection.
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Leave the Min BW at its default, 32 [Kbps].
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Click Apply.
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Save the changes.
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To create a tunnel on Appliance C
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From a browser, access Appliance C.
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From the menu bar, select Configuration > Tunnels. The Tunnels page appears.
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Click Add Tunnel.
a
In the Name field, assign a locally significant name for the tunnel.
b
In the Admin field, accept the default value, Up.
c
Leave Auto MTU selected. This allows the tunnel MTU to be discovered and negotiated automatically. When selected, this overrides the MTU setting.
d
In the Local IP field, the Appliance Manager prefills the IP address for the local appliance.
e
In the Remote IP address field, enter the data path IP address of the remote Silver Peak appliance.
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Leave Auto Max BW selected, so the appliance uses the lower of the two system bandwidths.
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Leave the Min BW at its default, 32 [Kbps].
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Click Apply.
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Save the changes.
Within a few seconds, the tunnel Status changes to Up - active. Click Refresh, if required.
Be aware that a tunnel doesn’t come up unless it’s configured on both ends. Configuring a tunnel on a single device will not cause a connection to come up.
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