Automatic removal and deactivation of a CPE device

You can specify the time after which an individual CPE device or all devices that use a certain CPE template are deleted or deactivated if communication with the SD-WAN Controller is lost.

Both functions are used to prevent theft of devices. The automatic deletion function is also used to clean up obsolete entries from the orchestrator web interface. Both functions are disabled by default.

To automatically delete or deactivate CPE devices, use the following instructions:

Configuring automatic deletion and/or deactivation of an individual CPE device.
To configure automatic deletion and/or deactivation of an individual CPE device:
1. In the menu, go to the SD-WAN section.
  By default, the CPE subsection is displayed with a table of CPE devices.
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 button .
3. Select the Deactivation tab.
  Automatic deletion and deactivation settings of the CPE device are displayed.
4. Configure automatic deletion of the CPE device:
  1. Select the Override check box next to the Delete timeout (sec.) field to ignore the applied CPE template and be able to change automatic deletion settings. This check box is cleared by default.
  2. Select the Enable check box next to the Delete timeout (sec.) field to enable automatic deletion.
  3. In the Delete timeout (sec.) field, enter the time after which the device must be deleted if communication with the SD-WAN controller is not possible. Time period is specified in seconds. Range of values: 60 to 31,536,000. The entered value may not be lower than the value specified for the automatic deactivation function.
5. Configure automatic deactivation of the CPE device:
  1. Select the Override check box next to the Deactivation timeout (sec.) field to ignore the applied CPE template and be able to change automatic deactivation settings. This check box is cleared by default.
  2. Select the Enable check box next to the Deactivation timeout (sec.) field to enable automatic deactivation.
  3. In the Deactivation timeout (sec.) field, enter the time after which the device must be deactivated if communication with the SD-WAN controller is not possible. The time period is specified in seconds. Range of values: 60 to 31,536,000. The entered value may not be greater than the value specified for the automatic deletion function.
6. In the upper part of the settings area, click Save to save the configuration of the CPE device.
Configuring automatic deletion and/or deactivation of all devices using a certain CPE template.
To configure automatic deletion and/or deactivation of all devices using a certain CPE template:
1. In the menu, go to the SD-WAN → CPE templates subsection.
  A table of CPE templates is displayed.
2. Click the CPE template.
  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 button .
3. Select the Deactivation tab.
  Automatic deletion and deactivation settings of the CPE device are displayed.
4. Configure automatic deletion of all devices that use the CPE template:
  1. Select the Enable check box next to the Delete timeout (sec.) field to enable automatic deletion. By default, automatic deletion is disabled.
  2. In the Delete timeout (sec.) field, enter the time after which the device must be deleted if communication with the SD-WAN controller is not possible. Time period is specified in seconds. Range of values: 60 to 31,536,000. The entered value may not be lower than the value specified for the automatic deactivation function.
5. Configure automatic deactivation of all devices that use the CPE template:
  1. Select the Enable check box next to the Deactivation timeout (sec.) field to enable automatic deactivation. By default, automatic deactivation is disabled.
  2. In the Deactivation timeout (sec.) field, enter the time after which the device must be deactivated if communication with the SD-WAN controller is not possible. The time period is specified in seconds. Range of values: 60 to 31,536,000. The entered value may not be greater than the value specified for the automatic deletion function.
6. In the upper part of the settings area, click Save to save the configuration of the CPE template.