Introduction

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The following sections provide an overview of HPE: Edge Connect (Silver Peak) and the HPE: Edge Connect (Silver Peak) PowerPack:

What is HPE: Edge Connect (Silver Peak)?

HPE: Edge Connect (Silver Peak) is an SD-WAN management solution that captures data and information from the Silver Peak Unity Orchestrator about devices connected through Unity EdgeConnect. Users can measure the performance and availability of these devices and the connected network, which helps determine potential service delivery issues and maintain compliance.

What Does the HPE: Edge Connect (Silver Peak) PowerPack Monitor?

To monitor HPE: Edge Connect (Silver Peak) using SL1, you must install the HPE: Edge Connect (Silver Peak) PowerPack. This PowerPack enables you to discover, model, and collect data about Silver Peak Unity Orchestrator and devices connected via Unity EdgeConnect.

The HPE: Edge Connect (Silver Peak) PowerPack includes:

  • A sample credential you can use as a template to create SOAP/XML credentials to connect to the Unity Orchestrator you want to monitor
  • Dynamic Applications to discover, model, and monitor performance metrics, and to collect configuration data for Unity Orchestrator and connected devices
  • Device Classes for each of the HPE: Edge Connect (Silver Peak) devices that SL1 monitors
  • Event Policies and corresponding alerts that are triggered when New Relic services meet certain status criteria
  • A device template for HPE: Edge Connect (Silver Peak) Unity Orchestrator
  • A dashboard that displays key metrics for each device

Installing the HPE: Edge Connect (Silver Peak) PowerPack

Before completing the steps in this section, you must import and install the latest version of the HPE: Edge Connect (Silver Peak) PowerPack.

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack overwrites all content from a previous version of that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent new PowerPacks from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields. (For more information, see the section on Global Settings.)

The minimum required MySQL version is 5.6.0.

To download and install the PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
  2. In SL1, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions button and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack dialog box appears.
  4. Click [Browse] and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPacks page.

If you exit the PowerPack Installer modal without installing the imported PowerPack, the imported PowerPack will not appear in the PowerPacks page. However, the imported PowerPack will appear in the Imported PowerPacks modal. This page appears when you click the Actions menu and select Install PowerPack.