Edge Automation

Demonstration Feature

Important

The Edge Automation feature is a demonstration feature that is provided for testing purposes. Demonstration features are for lab use only and are not for use in a production environment. Please work with your Extreme Networks sales team to request a demonstration.

Supported Platforms

Edge Automation connects Extreme virtual tunnel endpoints (VTEPs) with other network devices, such as switches or wireless access points (APs), by establishing a VXLAN tunnel to them, thereby receiving VXLAN-encapsulated traffic from the devices. Virtual networks and local tunnel endpoints (LTEPs) must already be configured on the VTEPs, and only remote virtual tunnel endpoint (RTEP) creation is dynamic.

The information about the devices (name, IP address, MAC address, etc.) is stored in a VNI-device database. The name of this VNI-device database is set using ExtremeXOS commands or ExtremeCloud Connector.

Edge Automation is a platform-independent feature, and thus works on all platforms that support VXLAN:

ExtremeSwitching X465, X590, X670-G2, X690, X695, X870, and 5520 series switches.

Limitations

• Virtual networks and LTEPs are not configured automatically. They must be configured using existing methods.
• The VNI-device database must be reachable using Mgmt-VR.
• You can only configure one database. If you need to create a new database, the existing database must be deleted first before adding the new database.
• This feature works only with Extreme Campus Controller. It does not work with any third-party applications.
• Any existing limitations on dynamic RTEPs apply to RTEPs created by Edge Automation.
• If a database's password is changed, and if the same is configured on ExtremeXOS, then the connection between ExtremeXOS and the database is re-established, causing a brief loss of connectivity.
• If a network device supports multiple IP addresses, the first IPv4 address is used for RTEP creation.
• Traffic between ExtremeXOS and the database is unencrypted.

New CLI Commands

create database database_name

delete database database_name

configure database database_name add server [ host_name | ip_address] {port port_number} {password [encrypted encrypted_password | password ]}

configure database database_name delete server [host_name | ip_address | all]

configure database max-retry-interval retry_interval

configure database database_name server [host_name | ip_address] password [encrypted encrypted_password | password ]

configure automation edge [connect | disconnect] database database_name

show database database_name

show automation edge database

show automation edge devices {vni vni}