Creating a Hub-and-Spoke topology

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A Hub-and-Spoke topology is built using roles that you assign to CPE devices. You can assign the role of a standard CPE device or an SD-WAN Gateway. Standard devices establish links with each other through SD-WAN Gateways.

By default, all devices are assigned the standard device role. To build a Hub-and-Spoke topology, at least one device must be assigned the SD-WAN Gateway role.

You can assign this role to an individual CPE device or to all devices that use the CPE template. To build a Hub-and-Spoke topology, use the following instructions:

• Assigning a role to an individual CPE device.

  To assign a role to an individual CPE device:

  1. In the menu, go to the Infrastructure section.

     The SD-WAN infrastructure management page is displayed. By default, the Network resources tab is selected, which displays the table of SD-WAN Controllers.

  2. Click Management next to the SD-WAN Controller and in the drop-down list, select Configuration menu.

     This opens the SD-WAN Controller configuration menu. By default, you are taken to the Controller nodes section, which displays a table of Controller nodes.

  3. Go to the Topology tags section.

     The topology tag settings are displayed.

  4. In the Switch drop-down list, select the CPE device.
  5. In the Role drop-down list, select the role for the CPE device:
     • CPE for a standard CPE device.
     • Gateway for an SD-WAN Gateway.
  6. In the upper part of the page, click Save.

  You can also assign a role in the CPE device configuration.

  To assign a role in the CPE device configuration:

  1. In the menu, go to the SD-WAN section.

     By default, the CPE subsection is displayed with a table of CPE devices.

  2. Click the CPE device.

     The settings area is displayed in the lower part of the page. You can expand the settings area to fill the entire page by clicking the expand button .

  3. Select the Topology tab.

     The topology tag settings are displayed.

  4. Select the Override check box to ignore the applied CPE template and make the settings in the selected tab editable. This check box is cleared by default.
  5. In the Switch drop-down list, select the CPE device.
  6. In the Role drop-down list, select the role for the CPE device:
     • CPE for a standard CPE device.
     • Gateway for an SD-WAN Gateway.
  7. In the upper part of the settings area, click Save to save the configuration of the CPE device.
• Assigning a role to all devices that use the CPE template.

  To assign a role to all devices that use the CPE template:

  1. In the menu, go to the SD-WAN → CPE templates subsection.

     A table of CPE templates is displayed.

  2. Click the CPE template.

     The settings area is displayed in the lower part of the page. You can expand the settings area to fill the entire page by clicking the expand button .

  3. Select the Topology tab.

     The topology tag settings are displayed.

  4. In the Role drop-down list, select a role for devices associated with the CPE template:
     • CPE for a standard CPE device.
     • Gateway for an SD-WAN Gateway.
  5. In the upper part of the settings area, click Save to save the configuration of the CPE template.