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Scenario: Application Intelligence: Description
Scenario: Application Intelligence: Description
Lab 5
Scenario: Application Intelligence
Overview
Description
This lab introduces you to Pravail NSI Application Intelligence appliance.
You will learn about essential steps to install and configure application
intelligence as well as how to use application intelligence in traffic reports.
This lab is divided into the following parts:
• Installation of Pravail NSI AI device
• Initial CLI configuration using wizard
• Usage of application intelligence
Setup
Pravail NSI AI device will be getting copy of network traffic on pcc0
interface. Mgt0 interface of Pravail NSI AI is connected will be used for
communication with Pravail NSI Controller.
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Internet
flow0
Pravail NSI
Controller
pcc0 mgt0
Pravail NSI AI
LAN
AuthX agent
on AD controller
Objectives
After completing this lab, you will be able to do the following:
• Perform installation and initial configuration of Pravail NSI AI;
Equipment/Tools
The following equipment is required to complete this lab:
• web browser (Chrome or Firefox)
When accessing training labs, you will be prompted for Training Portal
Authentication. Use following credentials:
• Login: student17
• Password: 44AYJCgf82
Host/IP: 10.2.25.129
Port: 22
User: student17
Password: 44AYJCgf82
Installation process
In this section we will perform initial installation steps. These steps are
typically performed on new Pravail NSI appliance after power on.
1. Wait while Pravail NSI installation process prepares hard drive and
copies necessary software packages. This process may take up to half
an hour.
2. Set system hostname to AI-LAB17
3. Set IP address of mgt0 interface to 192.168.117.18
4. Set Network mask of interface mgt0 to 255.255.255.240
5. Skip media setting for interface mgt0 (press Enter)
6. Skip IP configuration for interface flow0 (press Enter)
7. Skip default gateway configuration (press Enter)
8. Skip BGP, FTP, HTTP and HTTPS ACL configuration (press Enter)
9. Permit ICMP Ping access from any network – type 0.0.0.0/0 as the first
entry and confirm that there are no more entries by pressing enter for [done]
10. Skip SNMP, Telnet, TFTP and VRRP ACL configuration (press Enter)
11. Permit SSH access from any network – type 0.0.0.0/0 as the first entry and
confirm that there are no more entries by pressing enter for [done]
12. Check that current date/time matches actual clock in UTC time zone.
Format of the string is MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]
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GUI verification
1. After few minutes log into your Pravail NSI Controller
https://pod17.training.arbor.net/
using credentials you have configured on the Controller in lab 1. Note
that you will be presented with proxy authentication first, use your
student login:
student17
2. Navigate to Summary page.
3. Check that your AI device appears in System Information and status is
Good.
4. Click on AI device name to see current load.
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