Installing Edge OS and Onboaring Dell Hardware

To deploy an Aviatrix Edge Transit or Spoke Gateway, you must first procure and onboard your edge device onto the Aviatrix Edge Platform.

This topic provides the prerequisite and deployment steps to install Aviatrix Edge OS and onboard Dell hardware onto the Aviatrix Edge Platform.

Prerequisites

The prerequisites to install Edge OS and onboard edge device.

1. Procure the Edge Device

If you do not already have your edge device, you need to evaluate the hardware that you require for your edge computing and procure the hardware. Contact your Aviatrix account manager for the hardware you may require.

For a list of Aviatrix supported hardware, see Supported Edge Hardware for the Aviatrix Edge Platform.

2. Obtain the Device Serial Number

Obtain the Serial Number of your edge device. To onboard and register the edge device with the Aviatrix Edge platform, you will be required to provide the device Serial Number.

The device Serial Number can be found from the iDRAC. Login to the iDRAC. On the Dashboard, look for System Information/Service Tag:

edge idrac serial number

3. You must have Aviatrix Controller and CoPilot deployed.

4. Set Up the Aviatrix Edge Platform Accout

To onboard and register the edge device onto the platform, you will need to create an Aviatrix Edge Platform Account.

To set up the account, see Setting up Accounts for Edge Platforms.

5. Set Up Proxy Profile

If you are using a Proxy setup, you can configure a proxy profile and associate the profile with the edge device. To create a proxy profile, see Using a Proxy Profile on the Edge Device.

6. Obtain iDRAC, MGMT, WAN, LAN IP Address/Mask, and ASN and LAN Router Details

  1. To Configure iDRAC, iDRAC port requires IPv4 address, its subnet and gateway IP information. Refer to https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/idrac9-lifecycle-controller-v4.x-series/idrac9_4.00.00.00_ug_new/setting-up-idrac-ip-address?guid=guid-23b48a9f-7afe-42e0-8398-ad3bedb82226&lang=en-us [IP address Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 User’s Guide | Dell US].

  2. MGMT interface is used to establish connectivity to AEP backend. MGMT interface can either get DHCP IP address from customer network or can be statically configured. MGMT requires IPv4 network, mask and gateway.

    When using static IP on MGMT port, an image file is requried to be downloaded from CoPilot and loaded onto the device. Steps are documented in the Edge OS installation procedures.

  3. LAN port is used by Edge gateway for connectivity to datacenter on-premises devices. The Edge gateway LAN interface requires IPv4 address, subnet length and gateway IP (which is the downstream datacenter on-premises router).

  4. WAN port is used by Edge gateway to connect to upstream network over which connectivity to Transit in cloud is established. WAN interface on Edge gateway requires IPv4 address, subnet length and gateway IP (which is the downstream datacenter on-premises router).

7. Provide Network Access

The Management Port needs internet access to communicate with the Aviatrix Platform.

Ensure your firewalls allow access to the IP addresses in the Aviatrix Edge Platform access (Edge Gateway deployed on hardware form factors which are Aviatrix managed) table at Aviatrix Products: Required Access for External Sites on the Aviatrix Customer Support website.

Edge OS Installation and Device Onboarding

The Aviatrix Edge OS can be installed on the Dell hardware using Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) or USB.

Before you install the Edge OS, you need to enable the required BIOS settings on the Dell hardware. See Dell PowerEdge BIOS Configuration.

If you prefer to install Edge OS using iDRAC and ISO, follow the instruction in Installing Aviatrix Edge OS Using iDRAC Remote Console and ISO.

If you prefer to use a USB installer to install Aviatrix Edge OS, follow the instructions in Installing Aviatrix Edge OS Using USB.