Advanced Network Configuration feature enables support of critical use-cases seen in Industrial environments
IP Multicasting - Pushing multicast traffic to cellular devices
There are three different parameters in the advanced network configuration that enable the above features -
L2 Tunnelling - for automatically creating Layer-2 tunnel endpoints for both VXLAN and GRE protocols.
Bridge - for bridging the traffic to and from devices behind the Layer-2 tunnel
IP Multicasting - for pushing the multicast traffic similar to Layer-2 traffic through a tunnel
Supernetting - for enabling routing, for the devices behind supernet hosts.
These parameters can be configured via templates per edge cluster, and applied as network policies to specific device groups to enable the above-mentioned features.
Creating an advanced network config template
These templates can be created on an
Edge Cluster details page, as long as the edge is running a version of 2305 or higher.Navigate to the end of the page and click the
Add Advanced Network Configbutton to open up the form
Give a name for your template (mandatory field)
Enable Bridge mode and select Tunnel Type (GRE or VXLAN)
If a specific Tunnel Type is not chosen, GRE will be chosen by default
Specify a VLAN ID (a valid number between 1 to 4094)
Enable Supernetting and specify one or more subnet masks.
Subnet masks must hold the following format:
a.b.c.d/e.f.g.h(where a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h are each numbers between 0 to 255) adhering to the IPv4 notation
Multiple subnet masks can be added by clicking on the “+” icon next to the Subnet Mask field input
Once you click
Createat the end of the form, you should see a success message with a green banner denoting that the advanced configuration has been successfully created, and the table should reflect your new template.
Applying advanced network config to devices
Navigate to the Device Profiles page anc click on CREATE DEVICE PROFILE to create a new Device Profile
To create a device profile, provide a
Name (mandatory field)
You can choose to apply this to all Edge Clusters or add an Override
To add an override, click on "Add Override"
Select the desired Edge Cluster, Network Domain and Advanced Network Configuration for this Device Profile
You can choose to apply this to a specific network domain
At this point, determine if this device profile requires a advanced network configuration
Select the desired Advanced Network Configuration
Add one or more devices to the device group
Click on "CREATE DEVICE PROFILE" at the bottom right side of the page.
Editing/Removing advanced network config from a device profile
To edit/remove an applied advanced network configuration from a device profile, click on the 3-dot menu, followed by the
Editbutton to launch the edit device profile workflow.
Change the selected advanced network configuration as shown below:
Editing/Deleting an advanced network config template
Once an advanced network configuration has been successfully created, you can edit or delete the config and associated parameters from the edge cluster details page, using the 3-dot menu at the last column of the config table
Note: Please note that applying, editing or removing an advanced network configuration to a device profile may result in network downtime so we recommend doing this during a maintenance window.
The same applies for editing the parameters of an advanced network config template which is already in use by one or more device groups.