System requirements and installation
Before you install Citrix SD-WAN Center on a VM, make sure that you must understand the hardware and software requirements and have met the prerequisites.
Note
The system requirements are common for both single-region network and multi-region network.
Hardware requirements
Citrix SD-WAN Center has the following hardware requirements.
Processor
- 4 Core, 3 GHz (or equivalent) processor or better for a server managing up to 64 sites.
- 8 Core, 3 GHz (or equivalent) processor or better for a server managing up to 128 sites.
- 16 Core, 3 GHz (or equivalent) processor or better for a server managing up to 256 sites.
- 32 core, 3 GHz (or equivalent) processor or better for a server managing up to 550 sites.
Memory
- A minimum of 8GB of RAM is strongly recommended for a VM managing up to 64 sites.
- A minimum of 16GB of RAM is strongly recommended for a VM managing up to 128 sites.
- A minimum of 32GB of RAM is strongly recommended for a VM managing up to 256 sites.
- A minimum of 32GB of RAM is strongly recommended for a VM managing up to 550 sites.
Disk space requirements
The following table provides some guidelines for determining the disk space requirements for Citrix SD-WAN Center data storage. Use direct access storage with SSD having 5000 to 10000 IOPS.
Estimated disk space requirement
| # Client Sites | Average # WAN Links per Site | Average # Intranet/Internet Services per Site | Average # Virtual Paths per Site | Database Size (TB) for 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.2T |
| 32 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.8T |
| 32 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5.3T |
| 64 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.5T |
| 64 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2.6T |
| 64 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9.6T |
| 96 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.8T |
| 96 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.3T |
| 96 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 14.0T |
| 128 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.0T |
| 128 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.1T |
| 128 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 18.0T |
| 192 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.6T |
| 192 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5.6T |
| 192 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 27.0T |
| 256 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.0T |
| 256 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7.2T |
| 256 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 35.0T |
| 550 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15.9T |
| 550 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 41.9T |
| 550 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 195.6T |
Network bandwidth
The following table provides some guidelines for determining network bandwidth requirements for the Citrix SD-WAN Center VM.
Estimated network bandwidth requirements
| # Client Sites | Average # WAN Links | Average # Virtual Paths per Site | Total VWAN Data per 5-min Poll (MB) | Bandwidth Rate to Configure per 5-min Poll (Kbps) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 2 | 2 | 1.2 | Default 1000 |
| 32 | 4 | 4 | 3.6 | Default 1000 |
| 32 | 8 | 8 | 20.0 | Default 1000 |
| 64 | 2 | 2 | 2.3 | Default 1000 |
| 64 | 4 | 4 | 7.2 | Default 1000 |
| 64 | 8 | 8 | 40.0 | 2000 |
| 96 | 2 | 2 | 3.5 | Default 1000 |
| 96 | 4 | 4 | 10.8 | Default 1000 |
| 96 | 8 | 8 | 60.0 | 3000 |
| 128 | 2 | 2 | 4.6 | Default 1000 |
| 128 | 4 | 4 | 14.4 | Default 1000 |
| 128 | 8 | 8 | 80.0 | 4000 |
| 192 | 2 | 2 | 6.9 | Default 1000 |
| 192 | 4 | 4 | 21.6 | 2000 |
| 192 | 8 | 8 | 120.0 | 6000 |
| 256 | 2 | 2 | 9.2 | Default 1000 |
| 256 | 4 | 4 | 28.8 | 2000 |
| 256 | 8 | 8 | 160 | 10000 |
| 550 | 2 | 2 | 34.0 | 2000 |
| 550 | 4 | 4 | 89.3 | 6000 |
| 550 | 8 | 8 | 415.7 | 24000 |
Software
Citrix SD-WAN Center VPX can be configured on the following platforms :
Hypervisor
- VMware ESXi server, version 6.5.
- Citrix XenServer 6.5 or higher.
- Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 R2 or higher.
Cloud Platform
- Microsoft Azure
- Amazon Web Services
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- Microsoft Internet Explorer 11+
- Mozilla Firefox 41.0+
Prerequisites
Following are the prerequisites for installing and deploying Citrix SD-WAN Center:
- The SD-WAN Master Control Node (MCN) and existing client nodes must be upgraded to the latest Citrix SD-WAN software version.
- It is recommended to have a DHCP server available and configured in the SD-WAN network.
- You must have the Citrix SD-WAN Center installation files.
Note
You cannot customize or install any third party software on Citrix SD-WAN Center. However, you can modify the vCPU, memory and storage settings.
Download Citrix SD-WAN Center software
Download the Citrix SD-WAN Center Management Console software installation files, for the required release and platform, from the Downloads page.
The Citrix SD-WAN Center installation files use the following naming convention:
ctx-sdwc-version_number-platform.extension
- version_number is the Citrix SD-WAN Center release version number.
- platform is the platform type, hypervisor, or cloud platform name.
- extension is the installation file extension.
| Platform | File extension |
|---|---|
| Citrix XenServer | .xva |
| VMware ESXi | -vmware.ova |
| Microsoft Hyper-V | -hyperv.vhd.zip |
| Microsoft Azure | -azure.vhd.zip |
Gather the Citrix SD-WAN Center installation and configuration information
This section provides a checklist of the information you will need to complete your Citrix SD-WAN Center installation and deployment.
Gather or determine the following information:
- The IP address of the ESXi server, XenServer, Hyper-V server, or Azure that hosts the Citrix SD-WAN Center Virtual Machine (VM).
- A unique name to assign to the Citrix SD-WAN Center VM.
- The amount of memory to allocate for the Citrix SD-WAN Center VM.
- The amount of disk capacity to allocate for the virtual disk for the VM.
- The Gateway IP Address the Citrix SD-WAN Center will use to communicate with external networks.
- The subnet mask for the network in which the Citrix SD-WAN Center VM will be installed.