Cisco Cisco Prime Network Services Controller 3.4
Workflow for Automatically Deploying Network Services
Prime Network Services Controller enables you to automatically deploy compute firewall and load balancer network services by
preparing the required networks, defining organizational profiles by configuring service automation policies, and assigning the
organizational profiles to the required organization in the tenant hierarchy.
preparing the required networks, defining organizational profiles by configuring service automation policies, and assigning the
organizational profiles to the required organization in the tenant hierarchy.
The following table identifies the tasks required to configure Prime Network Services Controller for automatic network service
deployment, the related documentation, and the minimum role required for each task.
deployment, the related documentation, and the minimum role required for each task.
Role
Required
Required
Related Documentation
Task
admin
1. Confirm that the following prerequisites are met:
• Prime Network Services Controller has been
installed and is accessible from VMware.
• In Prime Network Services Controller,
VMware vCenter has been added as a VM
Manager.
Manager.
• The Prime Network Services Controller
Device Adapter has been installed and is
registered with Prime Network Services
Controller.
registered with Prime Network Services
Controller.
admin
Importing Service Images, on page 11
2. Import service images. Supported service devices
are VSG compute firewalls and Citrix NetScaler
load balancers.
are VSG compute firewalls and Citrix NetScaler
load balancers.
admin
3. Configure Management, HA, and vPath networks
and subnetworks at root.
and subnetworks at root.
admin
Adding a Device Profile, on page 12
4. Create the policies and profiles for the network
services.
services.
admin
5. Create organizational (Org) profiles and add
service automation definitions to each profile.
service automation definitions to each profile.
admin or
tenant-admin
tenant-admin
6. In Tenant Management, create the organization
where the network services will be deployed and
assign an Org profile.
where the network services will be deployed and
assign an Org profile.
tenant-admin
Deploying a Network Service, on page 14
7. Add a network to the organization to deploy the
network service.
network service.
tenant-admin
8. Configure additional policies and profiles as
needed.
needed.
tenant-admin
9. Removing an automatically deployed compute
firewall network service.
firewall network service.
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