Creating the Edge Gateway (Aviatrix Platform)

In Aviatrix CoPilot:

  1. Go to Cloud Fabric > Edge > Edge Gateways tab.

  2. Click + Edge Gateway.

    Provide the following information to create your Edge Gateway.

    Parameter

    Description

    Name

    Name for the Edge Gateway.

    Platform

    The platform where you want to deploy the Edge Gateway.

    You can create and edit platforms in CoPilot by going to Cloud Fabric > Edge > Platforms tab.

    Site

    Select an existing name or enter a new name to identify the edge location.

    Site name cannot contain spaces.

    High Availability

    Select the high availability mode.

    • Off creates only the primary Edge Gateway with one active peering.

    • On (Active Standby Mode) enables Edge connection with one active peering and one standby peering. Only the active peering forwards network traffic. The network switches to the standby peering when the primary peering goes down.

    • On (Active Active Mode) enables all Edge connections with active peering to perform load sharing and forward network traffic.

    Preemptive

    Preemptive is turned On only when High Availability is turned On with Active Standby Mode. The Preemptive is set on the Primary gateway.

    • On enables the network to automatically switch back to the primary gateway when the primary gateway connection is back up.

    • Off enables the network to continue to use the standby gateway even after the primary gateway is back up, until you initiate a manual switchover.

    Primary Device

    Name of the edge device where you want to deploy the primary Edge Gateway.

    Secondary Device

    Name of the edge device where you want to deploy the secondary (HA) Edge Gateway.

    The primary and secondary device must have the same hardware configuration.

    Gateway Resource Size

    Select a size for this gateway.

    In the Interface Configuration section, configure the WAN, LAN, and Management interfaces for the Edge Gateway.

    WAN Interface

    Click WAN, then provide the following information.

    For IP and DNS settings, enter using the applicable format. For example, if the Edge Gateway’s WAN IP is 10.1.1.151, enter 10.1.1.151/24 or what your netmask is.
    Parameter Description

    IP Assignment

    The default is Static for static IP assignment.

    DHCP for dynamic IP address assignment is not supported.

    Interface Tag

    Name to identify the WAN interface.

    Interface CIDR

    The CIDR for the WAN interface.

    Default Gateway IP

    The Default Gateway IP address for the WAN interface.

    Primary DNS (Optional)

    The primary DNS server IP address.

    Secondary DNS (Optional)

    The secondary DNS server IP address, if available.

    Public IP

    (optional) The WAN interface’s egress Public IP address.

    Egress Management IP (Optional)

    The CIDR range for the egress for the MGMT interface.
    To change or update the Edge Gateway WAN connectivity to Transit Gateway, you will need to first detach the Edge-to-Transit gateway attachment, if there is an attachment.

    LAN Interface

    Click LAN, then provide the following information.

    Parameter Description

    IP Assignment

    The default is Static for static IP assignment.

    DHCP for dynamic IP address assignment is not supported.

    VRRP

    To enable Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) on the Edge Gateway, set this switch to On.

    VLAN Interface

    If your LAN is segmented into virtual LANs (VLANs), click + VLAN Interface to add one or more VLAN sub-interfaces, then provide the following information for each VLAN sub-interface.

    Parameter Description

    Interface CIDR

    The native VLAN interface IP address.

    This interface is where untagged packets are sent.

    VRRP Gateway IP

    The Virtual IP for the VRRP Gateway, when VRRP is enabled.

    Default Gateway IP

    The Default Gateway IP address for the native VLAN interface.

    Interface Tag

    Name to identify the native VLAN interface.

    VLAN Sub-Interfaces

    VLAN ID

    The VLAN ID.

    VLAN ID must be a number between 2 and 4092.

    VLAN Interface CIDR

    The VLAN sub-interface IP address.

    VRRP Gateway IP

    The Virtual IP for the VRRP Gateway, when VRRP is enabled.

    Default Gateway IP

    The Default Gateway IP address for this VLAN sub-interface.

    Sub-Interface Tag

    Name to identify this VLAN sub-interface.

    VLAN configurations are added to the primary and secondary Edge Gateway. If the properties are shared, the fields are disabled on the secondary and non-editable, but the value appears as primary values are selected.

    Management Interface

    Click MGMT, then provide the following information.

    Parameter Description

    IP Assignment

    The MGMT interface defaults to DHCP.

    The Edge Gateway will automatically NAT out of the physical MGMT interface of the edge node when using the Aviatrix Edge Platform. This setting cannot be changed.

    Private Network

    Leave this setting to Off.

    The Edge Gateway on the edge hardware requires public Internet reachability to connect to the Aviatrix Controller and Aviatrix Secure Edge infrastructure in the cloud.

    Parameter

    Description

    Egress CIDR (Optional)

    The CIDR range for the egress for this Management interface.

If a required field is missing, the interface tab is highlighted to indicate there is an error.

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