Deployment Overview

This topic outlines the key deployment responsibilities for deploying ExtremeCloud Edge on Universal Compute Platform. Each of the following components have unique responsibilities:

• Customer On-Site Representative
• Extreme CloudOPS
• System Administrator of Universal Compute Platform

Customer On-Site Representatives are responsible for the following tasks:

• Set up a firewall that enables cluster access to the appropriate internet ports (for example, port 443) and enables CloudOps access. Follow the firewall configuration guidelines under Firewall Setup.
• Configure each node for service — Provide the necessary IP, DNS, and Host addresses, ICC​ Configure and form cluster (VRRP).
• Register the cluster with an ExtremeCloud IQ Public account.​
• Register an ExtremeCloud IQ deployment request. The request requires a valid XIQ-EDGEOPS-S-EW in good standing. This SKU is a required component of an ExtremeCloud Edge BOM quote.

For detailed information, see Introduction and Prerequisites.

ExtremeCloud IQ CloudOps is responsible for the following tasks:

• Deploy ExtremeCloud applications (ExtremeCloud IQ, etc.) to the Universal Compute Platform cluster.
• Create monitoring and backup frameworks.
• Validate the state of all operational components.

Universal Compute Platform Administrators are responsible for the following tasks:

• Create ExtremeCloud IQ user accounts for end-device management.
• Onboard managed devices from the ExtremeCloud IQ local account.