Introduction
Large scale deployment of SMB appliances managed by SmartProvisioning requires a technical person who knows how to configure the appliance on site (this should be done manually for each appliance on deployment time).
This article demonstrates how to orchestrate large scale deployment of SMB appliances using existing API and tools automatically.
Refer to sk116375 - Zero Touch Provisioning for SMB appliances for information about the Zero Touch portal.
Flow
One Time Tasks
The following should be done manually:
- In Smart Dashboard: Create LSM Profile (Network Topology, Cluster Members, NAT etc.)
- In Zero Touch Portal: Create Configuration Template (Wireless Country, Time Zone, NTP Server etc.)
For Each Gateway
The following is performed automatically by orchestration scripts:
- In Smart Provisioning: LSM object creating
- In Zero Touch Portal: Claiming gateway, assigning template and adding specific gateway configuration
Documentation and Downloads
The Demo kit includes the following files:
