Managing SD-WAN instance pools

The table of SD-WAN instance pools is displayed in the SD-WAN → SD-WAN instance pools section. Information about SD-WAN instance pools is displayed in the following table columns:

• ID is the ID of the SD-WAN instance pool.
• Name is the name of the SD-WAN instance pool.
• Number of instances is the number of SD-WAN instances in the SD-WAN instance pool.
• # of CPEs is the number of CPE devices that have been added to the SD-WAN instances.
• Created is the date and time when the SD-WAN instance pool was created.

The actions that you can perform with the table are described in the Managing solution component tables instructions.

The SD-WAN instance pool settings are displayed on the following tabs:

• Information contains basic information about the SD-WAN instance pool. You can rename the SD-WAN instance pool in the Name field and enter a brief description in the Description field.
• SD-WAN instances contains SD-WAN instances that have been added to the SD-WAN instance pool.

Creating a pool of SD-WAN instances

To create a pool of SD-WAN instances:

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

   A table of SD-WAN instance pools is displayed.

2. In the upper part of the page, click + SD-WAN instance pool.
3. This opens a window; in that window, enter the name of the SD-WAN instance pool.
4. Click Create.

The SD-WAN instance pool is created and displayed in the table.

You need to add SD-WAN instances to the created SD-WAN instance pool.

Adding an SD-WAN instance to an SD-WAN instance pool

To add an SD-WAN instance to an SD-WAN instance pool:

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

   A table of SD-WAN instance pools is displayed.

2. Click the SD-WAN instance pool to which you want to add an SD-WAN instance.

   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 Information tab is selected, which displays general information about the SD-WAN instance pool.

3. Select the SD-WAN instances tab.

   A table of SD-WAN instances is displayed.

4. Click + SD-WAN instance.
5. This opens a window; in that window, select the deployed SD-WAN instance that you want to add to the SD-WAN instance pool.
6. Click Add.

   The SD-WAN instance is added to the SD-WAN instance pool and displayed in the table.

7. In the upper part of the settings area, click Save to save the settings of the SD-WAN instance pool.

If you are adding a CPE device to the SD-WAN instance pool, you can add that CPE device to the SD-WAN instance that you added to the SD-WAN instance pool. This happens if the least number of CPE devices have been added to the SD-WAN instance as compared to the other SD-WAN instances in the SD-WAN instance pool.

Removing an SD-WAN instance from an SD-WAN instance pool

To remove an SD-WAN instance from an SD-WAN instance pool:

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

   A table of SD-WAN instance pools is displayed.

2. Click the SD-WAN instance pool from which you want to remove an SD-WAN instance.

   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 Information tab is selected, which displays general information about the SD-WAN instance pool.

3. Select the SD-WAN instances tab.

   A table of SD-WAN instances is displayed.

4. Click Delete next to the SD-WAN instance that you want to remove from the SD-WAN instance pool.

   The SD-WAN instance is removed from the SD-WAN instance pool and is no longer displayed in the table.

5. In the upper part of the settings area, click Save to save the settings of the SD-WAN instance pool.

Deleting a pool of SD-WAN instances

When you delete an SD-WAN instance pool, all CPE devices added to that SD-WAN instance pool are automatically deleted. This does not delete SD-WAN instances.

Deleted SD-WAN instance pools cannot be restored.

To delete an SD-WAN instance pool:

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

   A table of SD-WAN instance pools is displayed.

2. Click the SD-WAN instance pool that you want to delete.

   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 Information tab is selected, which displays general information about the SD-WAN instance pool.

3. In the upper part of the settings area, under Actions, click Delete.
4. In the confirmation window, click Delete.

The SD-WAN instance pool is deleted and is no longer displayed in the table.