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BE Labs🔗

Welcome to BE Labs, the online Verity evaluation environment!

This guide will walk you through a quick introduction to Verity and the main components of the solution.

LUKE - LAB Design description, simple diagram here.

Requirements🔗

To use this lab you must have the following:

Item Source
Google Chrome Google, duh
BE Labs URL BE Networks Solutions Team
Verity Username BE Networks Solutions Team
Verity Password BE Networks Solutions Team

Scenario 1 - Tenancy🔗

In this scenario you will login to Verity, get comfortable with the navigation, and create a new Tenant in Verity, including Layer-2 Services, and finally a Gateway.

Logging into Verity🔗

  1. Enter the BE Labs URL in your browser.
  2. Enter the Username and Password provided to login.
  3. Wait a moment for the items in the left sidebar to turn black, indicating that the components of the Verity GUI are ready for use.

Create a Tenant🔗

  1. Click Tenancy on the left main menu.
  2. Click Tenants
  3. Click Add Button in the upper right corner.
  4. Enter "Customer-B" for the name in the dialog box. Click Create Tenant button to create tenant

Create new Services🔗

  1. Click Tenancy.
  2. Click Services.
  3. Click Add button.
  4. Enter "WWW-B" as the Service Name in the dialog box. Click Create Service button to create the service.
  5. Click the Enable switch to enable the service for use.
  6. From the Tenant drop down menu, select the Customer-B tenant.
  7. Under Layer-2, enter the VLAN ID of 3000.
  8. Click Save to save the settings for this VLAN.
  9. Click Add button.
  10. Enter "Database-B" as the Service Name in the dialog box. Click Create Service button to create the service.
  11. Click the Enable switch to enable the service for use.
  12. From the Tenant drop down menu, select tenant Customer-B.
  13. Under Layer-2 enter the VLAN ID of 3001.
  14. Click Save to save the settings for this VLAN.
  15. Click Add button.
  16. Enter "GPUs-B" as the Service Name in the dialog box. Click Create Service button to create the service.
  17. Click the Enable switch to enable the service for use.
  18. From the Tenant drop down menu, select the tenant Customer-B.
  19. Under Layer-2, enter the VLAN ID of 3002.
  20. Click Save to save the settings for this VLAN.

Create a new Gateway🔗

  1. Click Tenancy
  2. Click Gateways
  3. Click +Add Button
  4. Enter "Cisco-Router" for the name of the Gateway in the dialog box. Click Create Gateway button to create the Gateway.
  5. Click the Enable switch to enable the service for use.
  6. From the Tenant drop down menu, select the Customer-A as the Tenant that will manage this Gateway.
  7. Select the Gateway mode, Select Static BGP
  8. Under BGP, enter the Neighbor ASN of 200.
    • Enter the Nightbor IP Address. This is 10.2.215.1.
  9. Click Save to save the settings for this Gateway.

Scenario 2 - Provision Ports🔗

This Demonstration will show how to apply the Tenants, Services and Gateways to a profile, and apply the profiles to ports.

Creating an Eth-Port Profile (L2 Services template).🔗

  1. Click Templates
  2. Under Layer-2, click Eth-Port Profiles
  3. Click +Add button
  4. Name the Eth-Port Profile "Database Server" in the dialog box. Click the Create Eth-Port Profile button to create the profile.
  5. Click the Enable switch to enable the profile for use.
  6. Under Services, from the Service Pull-down menu, select Database-B service.
    • Check Enabled to enable the service
    • From the External VLAN pull-down menu, select From Service.
  7. Under Services, from the Service Pull-down menu, select Database-A service.
    • Check Enabled to enable the service
    • From the External VLAN pull-down menu, select From Service.
  8. Click Save to save the settings for this Eth-Port Profile.
  9. Click +Add button
  10. Name the Eth-Port Profile "GPU Server" in the dialog box. Click the Create Eth-Port Profile button to create the profile.
  11. Click the Enable switch to enable the profile for use.
  12. Under Services, from the Service Pull-down menu, select GPUs-A service.
    • Check Enabled to enable the service
    • From the External VLAN pull-down menu, select From Service.
  13. Under Services, from the Service Pull-down menu, select GPUs-B service.
    • Check Enabled to enable the service
    • From the External VLAN pull-down menu, select From Service.
  14. Click Save to save the settings for this Eth-Port Profile.
  15. Click +Add button
  16. Name the Eth-Port Profile "WWW Server" in the dialog box. Click the Create Eth-Port Profile button to create the profile.
  17. Click the Enable switch to enable the profile for use.
  18. Under Services, from the Service Pull-down menu, select WWW-A service.
    • Check Enabled to enable the service
    • From the External VLAN pull-down menu, select From Service.
  19. Under Services, from the Service Pull-down menu, select WWW-B service.
    • Check Enabled to enable the service
    • From the External VLAN pull-down menu, select From Service.
  20. Click Save to save the settings for this Eth-Port Profile.

Creating a Gateway Profile (L3 Services template).🔗

  1. Click Templates
  2. Under Layer-3, click Gateway Profiles
  3. Click +Add button
  4. Name the Gateway Profile "GW-AS200" in the dialog box. Click the Create Gateway Profile button to create the profile.
  5. Click the Enable switch to enable the profile for use.
  6. Under External Gateways, from the External Gateway Pull-down menu, select Cisco-Router gateway.
    • Check Enabled to enable the gateway
    • From the Source IP/Mask text field, enter "10.2.215.2/24"
  7. Click Save to save the settings for this Gateway Profile.

Creating an External LAG🔗

  1. Click Topology
  2. Click Topology again to get the Topology Menu.
  3. Click LAGs
  4. Double click External LAGs Box
  5. Click the + Button to create a new Port Channel Configuration
  6. Name the LAG "Server1 LAG" and click Save
  7. Click Edit to edit the settings for the LAG.
  8. Check Enable to enable the Port Channel for use.
  9. Under the Provisioning Pull-down menu, select Database Server
  10. Click Save
  11. Click the Network External LAGs Breadcrumb link on the top of the browser pane.
  12. Click the + Button to create a new Port Channel Configuration
  13. Name the LAG "Server2 LAG" and click Save
  14. Click Edit to edit the settings for the LAG.
  15. Check Enable to enable the Port Channel for use.
  16. Under the Provisioning Pull-down menu, select WWW Server
  17. Click Save

Assigning the External LAG to an interface port.🔗

  1. Click Topology
  2. Click Network View
  3. Double-click Leaf1A to zoom in and see interface details of Leaf1A.
  4. Double-click the gray Port Provisioning Box next to port 1/5, BP 5
  5. Click the Edit button
    • From the (No Provisioning) Pull-down menu, scroll to the bottom to LAG and select Server1 LAG
    • Click Save button to assign the LAG
    • A dialog box will pop up, click Yes button to continue.
  6. Click Network View Breadcrumb link on the top of the browser pane.
  7. Double-click Leaf1B to zoom in and see interface details of Leaf1B.
  8. Double-click the gray Port Provisioning Box next to port 1/5, BP 5
  9. Click the Edit button
    • From the (No Provisioning) Pull-down menu, scroll to the bottom to LAG and select Server1 LAG
    • Click Save button to assign the LAG
    • A dialog box will pop up, click Yes button to continue.
  10. Click Yes button to confirm and apply the settings to the switch.
  11. The switches will change color to Green letting the user know that the system is provisioing the changes to the devices. Once complete, the devices will return to their normal "white" color.
  12. Click Network View Breadcrumb link on the top of the browser pane.
  13. Double-click Leaf2A to zoom in and see interface details of Leaf2A.
  14. Double-click the gray Port Provisioning Box next to port 1/5, BP 5
  15. Click the Edit button
    • From the (No Provisioning) Pull-down menu, scroll to the bottom to LAG and select Server2 LAG
    • Click Save button to assign the LAG
      • A dialog box will pop up, click Yes button to continue.
  16. Click Yes button to confirm and apply the settings to the switch.
  17. The switches will change color to Green letting the user know that the system is provisioing the changes to the devices. Once complete, the devices will return to their normal "white" color.
  18. Click Network View Breadcrumb link on the top of the browser pane.
  19. Double-click Leaf2B to zoom in and see interface details of Leaf2B.
  20. Double-click the gray Port Provisioning Box next to port 1/5, BP 5
  21. Click the Edit button
    • From the (No Provisioning) Pull-down menu, scroll to the bottom to LAG and select Server2 LAG
    • Click Save button to assign the LAG
      • A dialog box will pop up, click Yes button to continue.
  22. Click Yes button to confirm and apply the settings to the switch.
  23. The switches will change color to Green letting the user know that the system is provisioing the changes to the devices. Once complete, the devices will return to their normal "white" color.
  24. Click Topology
  25. Click LAGs
  26. Double-click External LAGs to see the LAG status of the newly assigned and configured LAGs.
    • Double-click Server1 LAG
    • Note that this LAG is configured automatically as an ESI Mulithome and that the links are green and online and passing traffic normally.
  27. Click the Network External LAGs Breadcrumb link at the top of the pane to zoom back to the External LAGs view.
  28. Double-click Server2 LAG
    • Note this is a normal Port Channel configuration since the underlying Leaf switches are a MCLAG pair and does not support ESI Multihoming.
    • Also note that the links are green and online and passing traffic normally.

Assigning the Gateway Profile to a Border Gateway🔗

  1. Click Topology
  2. Click Network View
  3. Double-click Border1A to zoom in and see interface details of Border1A.
  4. Double-click the gray Port Provisioning Box next to port 1/5, BP 5
  5. Click the Edit button
    • From the (No Gateway Profile) Pull-down menu, scroll to the bottom and select GW-AS200
    • Click Save button to assign the Gateway Profile
    • A dialog box will pop up, click Yes button to continue.
  6. The switch will turn green showing that it is provisioning the switch. It will show a hex box with a red line saying Unmanaged Gateway Detected. The red line connecting to it will turn Green when the BGP Session between the routers is active and passing neighbor and network information.
  7. Click Reports
  8. Under Layer-3 Menu, select External BGP Connections
  9. This report will show the neighbor information and under BGP Status it will be Green and say ESTABLISHED.
  10. Click Reports to go back to the Reports Menu.
  11. Under Layer-3 Menu, select Tenant Route Tables
  12. Under the Route column, click the Switch Filter to Use Wildcard Input button.
    • In the text box that appears, enter "10.200.*"
    • Note that under the Origin Column it has the Cisco Routers IP address and the Gateway profile under Origin Location. This shows that the advertised routes from the Cisco Router and network are forwarding into the Routing Tables of the switches.

Scenario 3 - Time Traveler🔗

This demonstration is to show how to use the Time Traveler feature in Verity to create a snapshot of the current intended network configuration, compare the snapshot to the previous snapshot, and how to restore a time traveler snapshot.

Create a new Time Traveler Snapshot🔗

  1. Click Operations
  2. Under Version Control, click Time Traveler
  3. Click the "+" Button in the top left corner of the Time Traveler pane to create a new Time Traveler Snapshot.
  4. Give the backup a name like Backup of System. The Name must be unique.
    • (Optional) Add a note to the backup so other users know what it is for.
    • Click the Save icon to save the snapshot
  5. The Time Traveler backup will be at the top of the list of backups.

Compare the Time Travler backup with the previous backup🔗

  1. Click the Compare to previous backup button
  2. In the Backup Compare Options, verify all items are checked.
  3. Click the Compare button
  4. You are presented with a simple report detailing the differences between the backups, including Services, tenants, gateways, provisioned ports, templates, profiles and configuration changes that have happened between the backups.
  5. Click View Details button
    • This is the detailed report that allows users to click and drill in to the specific changes to get finer details of the backup differences.
  6. Click the Cancel button to close the report and return to the Time Traveler Dashboard

Restore a Time Traveler snapshot🔗

  1. Click the Restore Network Time Traveler Backup button.
  2. In the Backup Import Options, verify all options are selected.
  3. Click the Import... button
    • A dialog box appears warning the user that importing Switches, can re-provision LAG configurations, which can lead to instability. Click Yes to proceed.
  4. A report of what will be restored and the changes will be displayed
    • (Optional) You can click View Details button to see all the specific details of what will be restored.
  5. Click the Begin Import button to start the recovery process.
  6. Verity automatically puts the system into World Read-only mode when doing a recovery so that users can verify and validate any changes to the devices before implementing the changes. If everything looks correct, remove the World Read-only option by performing the following:
    1. Click Topology
    2. Click Network View
    3. Ensure you are at the root level view of the Network View but clicking the Network View Link in the Topology Breadcrumb.
    4. Click the Read-only button in the upper right corner.
    5. Confirm you want to take the system out of read only and click Yes.
  7. The system will be placed in to normal Read/Write mode and provision the devices as they are intended from the Time Traveler Backup.

Scenario 4 - Viewing Configs🔗

This demonstration will show how to view a specific switches Running-Configuration in Verity. 1. Click on Topology 2. Click on Network View 3. Double Click the switch you want to see the running-configuration on. 4. Double Click the top box of the switch to zoom in to the Switch Details view. 5. Click the Click to see current switch configuration Button in the upper right corner. 6. In the Configuration window, from the Type: Pull-down menu, select Target Running * This shows the current target-running configuration on the switch. 7. When finished reviewing, click the Close button in the upper right corner to close the configuration pane.

Scenario 5 - Observability🔗

This demonstration will show how to navigate to Satori, and how to move between the different dashboards (Site, switch and Port views)

  1. Click Satori
  2. Click Site
    • This is the overall site view of Satori. This view provides users with a zoomed out view of all the metric and telemetry information collected at the Site level. Dashboards in this view consist of:
    • Summary:
      • Switch Connectivity
      • Underlay BGP Status
      • Switch Provisioning Status
      • Active Alarm counts by severity
      • Provisioned Leaf Ports
      • Provisioned Leaf Port Bandwidth High Usage
      • Leaf Gateway Port Dropped Packets
      • CPU Load Outliers by Spine
      • CPU Load Outliers by Leaf
      • Utilized Memory Outliers by Leaf
      • Utilized Memory Outliers by Spine
    • Hardware:
      • Device Software Versions used
      • SFP Models used and counts
    • sFlow:
      • Top Talkers by source
      • Top Talkers by destination
      • Conversation Traffic over time
      • Underlay Conversations
  1. Click Satori
  2. Select Switch
  3. From the Switch Drop-down menu, select which switch you want to view.
    • This is the Switch specific view in Satori. This view provides users with switch specific details based on which switch the user selects. It consists of the following dashboards:
    • Summary:
      • Device Details
      • An image of the switch
      • CPU Usage
      • Available Memory
      • Active Alarms
      • Sensor Temperatures
      • Component Status like fans and PSU's
      • Gateway Port Dropped Packets
      • Total provisioned ports on the switch
      • SFP models used by the switch
    • Port Statistics:
      • Shows only the current provisioned ports and their stats.
    • Port Errors:
      • Show errors on current provisioned ports
    • Port Packets/Second
      • Shows the current packets/second on the provisioned ports
    • TCAM Resource Usage:
      • IPv4 Resource Usage
      • IPv6 Resource Usage
      • Nexthop Resource Usage
      • FDB Usage
      • Source NAT Usage
      • Destination NAT Usage
      • ACL Egress/Ingress per LAG usage
      • ACL Egress/Ingress per Port usage
      • ACL Egress/Ingress RIF Usage
      • ACL Egress/Ingress usage by the switch
      • ACL Egress/Ingress usage by VLAN
    • sFlow:
      • Top Talkers by source
      • Top Talkers by destination
      • Ingress flows
      • Egress flows
      • VxLAN Tunnel Traffic
      • VNI-Specific flows
      • Frame-type Breakdowns
      • Application Protocol Distribution
  1. Click Satori
  2. Click Port
  3. From the Switch Drop-down menu, select which switch you want to view their ports
  4. From the Port Drop-down menu, select which port on the switch you want to view statistics for
    • This is the port specific view for the selected switch in Satori. It consists of the following dashboards:
    • Summary:
      • Details of the Port
      • Current Traffic details of the port
      • Packets/Second report
    • Multicast, Errors and Discards:
      • Multicast Packets/Second
      • Errors/Second
      • Discards/Second
    • Optics Power and Temperatures
      • Optic Power
      • Optic Temperature
      • Optic Temperature Rate
    • Optics Temperature
    • sFlow:
      • Top Talkers by Source
      • Top Talkers by Destination
      • VNI-Specific Flows
      • Ingress Flows
      • Application Protocol Distribution
      • Frame Type Breakdown