Microsoft Hyper-V

Virtual Appliances deployed on Microsoft Hyper-V are subject to the following configuration limitations:

• Hyper-V does not support layer 2 bridging; therefore, the Passthrough Service is not supported in Virtual Appliances deployed on Hyper-V.
• Hyper-V does not support multiple VLANs to use a single virtual interface, therefore only one VLAN can be supported on an Interface Group.

Important: When shutting down Virtual Appliances deployed on Hyper-V, use the “Shut Down” option rather than the “Turn Off” option to ensure graceful shutdown. If the “Turn Off” option is used, the Virtual Appliance may not start up properly.

Deploy the Virtual Appliance in Hyper-V

1. Open Server Manager, select the Tools pull-down menu, and click Hyper-V Manager. This will open the Hyper-V Manager window.

   

2. In the Hyper-V Manager window, make sure your server is selected from the dropdown list in the left. Select New, and then Virtual Machine. This will open the New Virtual Machine Wizard.

   

3. Review the Before You Begin tab, then click next.
4. On the Specify Name and Location tab, type an appropriate name for your virtual machine into the name box. Click Next.

   

5. On the Specify Generation tab, ensure that Generation 1 is selected and click Next.

   

6. On the Assign Memory tab, chose the appropriate amount of memory necessary for the Virtual Appliance being deployed and input that value into the Startup memory box. Confirm “Use Dynamic Memory for the virtual machine” is not selected, then click Next.

   

7. On the Configure Networking tab, select a Virtual Switch to connect to the default network adapter. This network adapter will be used as the management interface for the Virtual Appliance. If you have not yet configured any Virtual Switches, you may leave the network adapter disconnected for the moment. Click Next.

   

8. On the Connect Virtual Hard Disk tab, select the "Attach a virtual hard disk later" option and click Next.

   

9. On the Summary page, review the information for accuracy then click Finish.
10. The next step is to use the Virtual Switch Manager to configure Virtual Switches for the network interface ports. If this has already been done for other virtual machines on the server, skip to the next step.
    1. On the Hyper-V Manager window, select the server and from the dropdown then select Virtual Switch Manager.
    1. Select New Virtual Switch, make sure External Network (for connection to external Ethernet ports) is selected under type, and click Create Virtual Switch.
    2. In the Name box, choose an appropriate name for the Virtual Switch (i.e. MGT, WAN, or LAN).
    3. Under Connection Type, choose the physical NIC this Virtual Switch will represent. Disable the "Allow management operating system to share this network adapter" option, unless this is the management NIC and you would like it to be shared among VMs.
    4. Under VLAN ID, allow tagging and choose the VLAN if required, click Apply.
    5. Repeat these steps for each NIC that will be used on the virtual appliance. Then, click OK. In a typical deployment the virtual appliance will require a minimum of three NICs – Management, LAN, and WAN.
11. Back on the Hyper-V Manager window, select the new virtual machine and click Settings.

    

    1. In the settings window for your virtual machine select the IDE Controller 0 from the Hardware dropdown menu. Ensure that Hard Drive is selected and click Add.
12. Under Media, choose Virtual Hard Disk and browse to where the .vhd for the Virtual Appliance is stored on the server. Click Apply then OK.
13. Go back to your virtual machine Settings window. You will notice that one network adapter has already been created during the VM deployment. This network adapter provides management connectivity for the Virtual Appliance. If it is not connected to the Virtual Switch designated for management traffic, select that Virtual Switch from the dropdown and click Apply.
14. You will need to create network adapters for the remaining data ports that will be used on your Virtual Appliance. Select Add Hardware from the Hardware dropdown menu, then choose Network Adapter and click Add.

    

15. Choose the appropriate previously configured Virtual Switch for the desired physical port from the dropdown menu. If VLAN tagging will be used on this port, select the Enable virtual LAN identification button. Click Apply and repeat for each virtual machine port. Click OK when all network adapters have been created.
16. Finally, the Memory Weight for the Virtual Appliance must be set to High. Select Memory from the Hardware dropdown menu. Ensure that the slider for Memory Weight is set to High, then click Apply.
17. At this point the Virtual Appliance is ready for boot. Click Start from the VM's dropdown menu, then Connect to console into the device.

1. Verify that the Virtual Appliance boots properly by hitting return to get the login prompt.

   

2. Log into the Virtual Appliance using the default credentials (talariuser/talari) and determine the management IP address as displayed at login as Host IP. If DHCP is not configured for this Ethernet segment, there will not be an IP address displayed at login (see below) so the user will have to manually configure the management IP address on the Appliance.

   

To manually configure a management IP address on the Virtual Appliance:

• Run the tcon command to acquire the console.
• Run the management_IP command.
• At the set_management_ip> prompt type set interface followed by the IP, subnet mask, and gateway (e.g., set interface 172.16.28.31 255.255.255.0 172.16.0.6).
• Hit Enter.
• Type apply and hit Enter.
• Run main_menu to exit.

Once access to the management IP has been confirmed, you may configure and license the Virtual Appliance.

Configure and License the Virtual Appliance

1. If you intend to deploy your Virtual Appliance as a Network Control Node, skip to step 6. Otherwise, access the Talari Configuration Editor available from the web console of your Network Control Node or your Oracle SD-WAN Aware instance.
2. From the Talari Configuration Editor, modify your current Configuration to include the Virtual Appliance as a new Site or as an update to an existing Site.
3. Under Sites → [Virtual Appliance Site Name] → Basic Settings, when you choose a Virtual Appliance model from the Model drop-down menu, you will also be given the option to choose the correct license from the License drop-down menu.

   

4. Stage the modified Configuration on your network as you would any other configuration change.
5. Download the staged Appliance Package for the Virtual Appliance to your local workstation.
6. Open any supported browser and navigate to the management IP of the Virtual Appliance. At the Login prompt enter the following credentials and click Login:

   Login: talariuser Password: talari

7. Request a license for the Virtual Appliance by submitting the Hardware Identifier (found on the Home page when you log in) to your Sales Representative. Your Sales Representative will issue a License file based on the performance level you specified.

Note:

If you have a pre-prepared Appliance Package for the Virtual Appliance, continue with step 8. If you do not have a pre-prepared Appliance Package for the Virtual Appliance, click Advanced Config to manually configure and license your Virtual Appliance.

1. Under One Touch Start, click Browse and select the pre-prepared Appliance Package from your workstation.

   

2. Select Client or Network Control Node (NCN) and click Apply Package.
3. Once the Appliance Package is uploaded the Client Setup Complete (or NCN Setup Complete) page will load.

Note:

The Service starts automatically, but before you can take advantage of the performance level you purchased a license for, you must upload the license to the Virtual Appliance. An unlicensed Virtual Appliance will override the permitted rates of all configured WAN Links so their total does not exceed 10 Mbps full-duplex (i.e., 20 Mbps total).

1. Download the License file issued by your Sales Representative to your workstation. From this page or the Manage Appliance → License Information page, click the Browse button and choose the License file you downloaded.
2. Click Upload License. The page will reload to display your License Information.

Note:

In order for the license to take effect, the Service must be restarted.

Important:

When shutting down Virtual Appliances deployed on Hyper-V, use the “Shut Down” option rather than the “Turn Off” option to ensure graceful shutdown. If the “Turn Off” option is used, the Virtual Appliance may not start up properly.