Specifying the cost of a link

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You can specify the cost of an individual tunnel. The tunnels are displayed in a common table in the Tunnels section; in the graphical topology in the Topology section; and in the CPE device configuration on the Tunnels tab. Only tunnels built using the particular CPE device are displayed in the configuration of that device.

To indicate the cost of the tunnel, use the following instructions:

• Specify the cost of the tunnel using the overall tunnel table.

  To specify the cost of a tunnel using the overall tunnel table:

  1. In the menu, go to the Infrastructure section.

     This opens the resource management page. By default, the Network resources tab is selected, which displays the table of SD-WAN and SDN Controllers.

  2. Click Management → Configuration menu next to the SD-WAN Controller.

     This opens the Controller configuration menu. By default, you are taken to the Controller nodes section, which displays a table of Controller nodes.

  3. Go to the Tunnels section.

     A table of tunnels is displayed.

  4. Click Management next to the tunnel and in the drop-down list, select Set cost.
  5. This opens a window; in that window, select the Override check box to specify the cost of the tunnel.
  6. In the Tunnel cost field, enter the cost of the tunnel.
  7. To automatically assign the specified cost to the corresponding tunnel in the opposite direction, select the Save for both tunnels check box.
  8. Click Save.
• Specify the cost of a tunnel using the graphical topology.

  To specify the cost of a tunnel using the graphical topology:

  1. In the menu, go to the Infrastructure section.

     This opens the resource management page. By default, the Network resources tab is selected, which displays the table of SD-WAN and SDN Controllers.

  2. Click Management → Configuration menu next to the SD-WAN Controller.

     This opens the Controller configuration menu. By default, you are taken to the Controller nodes section, which displays a table of Controller nodes.

  3. Go to the Topology section.

     The SD-WAN topology is displayed.

  4. Click the tunnel to open a window and in that window, click Set cost.
  5. This opens a window; in that window, select the Override check box to specify the cost of the tunnel.
  6. In the Tunnel cost field, enter the cost of the tunnel.
  7. To automatically assign the specified cost to the corresponding tunnel in the opposite direction, select the Save for both tunnels check box.
  8. Click Save.
• Specifying the cost of a tunnel in the configuration of the CPE device.

  To specify the cost of a tunnel on an individual CPE device:

  1. In the menu, go to the SD-WAN → CPE section.

     A table of CPE devices is displayed.

  2. Click the CPE device.

     The settings area is displayed in the lower part of the page. You can expand the settings area to fill the entire page by clicking the expand icon . By default, the Configuration tab is selected, which displays the current configuration of the CPE device. This tab also displays the table of Out-of-band management CPE device configurations.

  3. Select the Tunnels tab.

     A table of tunnels is displayed.

  4. Click Management next to the tunnel and in the drop-down list, select Set cost.
  5. This opens a window; in that window, select the Override check box to specify the cost of the tunnel.
  6. In the Tunnel cost field, enter the cost of the tunnel.
  7. To automatically assign the specified cost to the corresponding tunnel in the opposite direction, select the Save for both tunnels check box.
  8. Click Save.
  9. In the upper part of the settings area, click Save to save CPE device settings.