Run Readiness Assessment

The Readiness Assessment helps you resolve errors in your network configuration before the ExtremeCloud IQ engine is installed. Run the Readiness assessment prior to onboarding and registering the cluster in Public ExtremeCloud IQ. The cluster registration process automatically notifies CloudOPS and provides basic information on the installation location and network access that is being deployed.

The Readiness Assessment is performed against a specific host at ExtremeNetworks. An assessment service runs that exercises the validation on the access setup through the firewall for the IP Ports that the application(s) require. The assessment services are installed at ucp0-console.extremecloudiq.com.

The assessment does the following:

Pulls service groups and ports for inbound and outbound connections.
Lets you enter the IP addresses that you plan to deploy.
Tests your configuration and reports the results using a PASS and FAIL convention.

Note

Make sure that your firewall is configured to allow external and inbound access in relation to the firewall rules and service sets that appear in the ExtremeCloud Edge - Managed Orchestration Deployment Guide for Universal Compute Platform to ensure that the test succeeds.

Go to Engines > Installation.
From the ExtremeCloud IQ pane, select Readiness Assessment.
When prompted, enter the VRRP IP Address and External IP Address that you plan to deploy for each service group and port. See the subsequent table for more information on these fields.
Select Test.
For any tests that received a FAIL result, or for any other error message, make the required configuration corrections and rerun the test.
If you receive a PASS for all checks, proceed to engine installation.

The following table provides information on the fields that display around the Readiness Assessment.

Table 1. Readiness Assessment Field Descriptions
Field	Description
Outbound
Port	The port over which the outbound connection is tested.
Protocol	The protocol that is in use for outbound connections on this port.
Result	The result of the test. Possible results include: PASS FAIL
Error	For tests that fail, the value in this field provides information about the problem so that you can fix it.
Inbound
Service Group Name	The name of the service group (or service set) that accepts incoming connections to this external IP address.
Port	The port over which the inbound connection is tested.
Port Name	The name of the port.
Protocol	The protocol that is in use for inbound connections to this port and external IP address.
VRRP IP Address	The internal VRRP IP address that provides load balancing and high availability for inbound connections to this service group.
External IP Address	The public lP address that accepts incoming connections for this service group. The connection is port-forwarded to the internal VRRP IP address for this service group.