Access Site Local User Interface

• In cases of VMware or KVM sites, boot up your virtual machine after installing the software.

• In case of F5 IGW hardware, connect to the power source and switch on the device.

• In cases of VMware or KVM sites, find the IP address from the utilities, such as vSphere client or the virsh CLI tool.

• In case of F5 IGW hardware, use tools such as a network scanner to find the IP address after connecting to your LAN.

Note: You can also obtain an IP address from the F5 IGW device display after connecting the WAN port to your local LAN.

• Open a browser window and enter https://volterra.local:65500 or https://<device-ip-address>:65500. This loads the authentication popup window.

• Enter admin and Volterra123 in the Username and Password fields, respectively.

• Select Sign in. The site local UI loads, asking you to change the password.

• Enter the current password.

• Enter a new password and enter the same password in the confirmation field, and then select Change password.

• Refresh the browser to sign in with your new password. The site local UI dashboard appears.

The Status field in the dashboard shows Configuration.

• Select Configure now to load the device configuration window.

• Configure the fields per the following guidelines:

  • Token: This is your site token and is mandatory for provisioning.

  • Cluster name: Enter a cluster name. This is mandatory for provisioning. However, you can also set this during registration.

  • Hostname: Optional field.

  • Certified Hardware: This is populated by a default value, but you can change it from the drop-down list.

  • Primary Outside NIC: This is populated by default to eth0, but you can change it from the drop-down list.

  • Latitude: Optional field.

  • Longitude: Optional field.

• Select Save configuration.

• Refresh the browser to update the status to Approval - indicating that site registration is pending approval.

• Log into F5® Distributed Cloud Console (Console) and select Multi-Cloud Network Connect.

• Select Manage > Site Management > Registrations in the options. The Pending Registrations tab loads by default.

• Check that a registration request is displayed for your site.

• Select the blue checkmark symbol to approve the registration.

• Enter the required fields in the registration acceptance form as applicable and select Accept. The approval may take a few seconds to update.

• Go back to the site local UI and refresh the browser to ensure the status reflects Provisioning.

• Wait for a few minutes and refresh again so that the status now displays Provisioned.

• Select Services on the left menu to load the Services status page. The status Ready indicates that the site services are ready for operation.

• Select Refresh to obtain the latest status.

Select DHCP leases on the left menu to check the DHCP lease information.

In this example, eth3 is the inside interface providing DHCP services to the network to which this interface is associated.

In this example, no inside interfaces provide DHCP services to the network.

Select Status on the left menu to obtain detailed site status in JSON format.

Note: The wireless configuration is typically performed for IGW hardware devices.

Step 1.1: Configure Wi-Fi settings.

• Select WiFi settings on the left menu and wait for the wireless network scanning to complete.

• Select in the Network SSID field and select a network per your choice.

• Select in the Security field to select the security type and enter the security information according to the security selection.

• Select Apply Changes to save the Wi-Fi settings.

• Select Scan for networks anytime to scan again and refresh the network list.

Note: If you need to reset the settings, select Reset form.

Step 1.2: Configure LTE settings.

Configuring LTE settings requires you to insert a mobile carrier LTE SIM card into the F5 IGW hardware device. Also, you must obtain the APN, username, and password from your LTE service provider.

• Select LTE settings on the left menu to load the LTE settings form.

• In the APN field, enter your access point name.

• In the User and Password fields, respectively, enter your username and password.

• In the PIN field, enter your connection PIN.

• Select Apply Changes to save the LTE settings.

Note: If you need to reset the settings, select Reset form.

• From the menu on the left, select the Change password option.

• Enter your current password.

• Enter your new password twice, and then select Change password.

• To reset the form to empty, select Reset form.

The site local UI provides you with a set of CLI commands to execute and obtain results.

• From the menu on the left, select the Tools option.

• From the Select tool drop-down menu, select a command to execute, and then select the blue button corresponding to the command. This example displays the Show Log command.

The site local UI provides you with an option to reset your node to factory settings.

• From the menu on the left, select Factory reset.

• Select Trigger factory reset. The site status in the dashboard shows Resetting. This process may take several minutes.

Afterwards, you are required to perform initial configuration. Refresh the browser and perform the instructions listed in the Perform Initial Configuration chapter.

Note: You can also perform factory reset from Console. See Perform Factory Reset for more information.

• From the menu on the left, select Debug info to load the debug info window.

• Select Collect Debug info and wait for the debug collection to complete.

• Select Browse debug info files to display the debug information files collected.

• Select the filepath to download a compressed file that contains the logs.

• To delete the logs, select Clean debug info files.