As we set up your Lumen SASE Solutions service, use this guide to learn about the service delivery and support processes and how to work with Lumen to have your SASE service delivered and installed as efficiently and accurately as possible.
Lumen SASE Solutions is built with a digital experience to simplify and improve access to your services and interactions with Lumen. The service is offered as a pro‑managed or self‑managed experience. Please refer to the proper section of this guide based on your service level.
After purchasing the elements required to deploy your services, whether through Lumen Marketplace or through your Lumen representative, the first step is to familiarize yourself with the Lumen SASE Manager. If you purchased SASE Support Design and Implementation with self-managed, follow the “Get ready for pro-managed SASE” guidance.
Here is what to expect when you have ordered SASE with pro-managed service. Steps of the process are labeled with important ownership to deliver the smoothest experience possible.
Step | Task | Lumen | You |
1 | Sign in and familiarize yourself with Control Center and the Lumen SASE Manager. | ||
2 | Software only services and access to the SASE partner portals will be available within 4 hours of your order being confirmed. | ||
3 | If you want help from Lumen to configure the services and complete technical data gathering, schedule Lumen design assistance* through the SASE Manager. | ||
4 | If you requested design assistance, Lumen works with you to create and implement the default Lumen policies, profiles, and configurations for your service (or as customized based on your request). | ||
5 | For location‑based services, use SASE Manager to configure a new location with the appropriate services selected in the ordering process. | ||
6 | Once technical data gathering is complete, Lumen will configure and ship any equipment necessary to provide the service. | ||
7 | Prepare for activation. You will need to provide space and power and access to any WAN and LAN connections necessary to provide service. | ||
8 | Activate services. For activation assistance, schedule an activation engineer through the SASE Manager scheduling process. A Lumen engineer will join an activation conference bridge to help you activate and verify the service is online and active. | ||
9 | Use the SASE Manager to interact with any support after a successful activation. You can also use SASE Manager to monitor support requests and add/upgrade service. |
Here is what to expect when you have ordered SASE with self-managed service. Steps of the process are labeled with ownership. Self-managed customers that need assistance to design and activate a SASE service instance may purchase Lumen design support through the SASE Manager, through Lumen Marketplace, or through their sales professional. This is sold as a one time NRC per instance or location where the assistance is required.
Step | Task | Lumen | You |
1 | Sign in and familiarize yourself with Control Center and the Lumen SASE Manager. | ||
2 | Software only services and access to the SASE partner portals will be available within 4 hours of your order being confirmed. | ||
3 | Complete technical data gathering and configure your service. | ||
4 | Create and implement Lumen default policies, profiles, and configurations—or customize them as needed. | ||
5 | For location‑based services, use SASE Manager to configure a new location with the appropriate services selected in the ordering process. | ||
6 | Once technical data gathering is complete, Lumen will configure and ship any equipment necessary to provide the service. | ||
7 | Prepare for activation. You will need to provide space and power and access to any WAN and LAN connections necessary to provide service. | ||
8 | Follow the steps to configure and software only services or follow the installation steps for any hardware services. Verification of successful activation is available by reviewing the services in the SASE partner portal. | ||
9 | Use the SASE Manager to interact with any support after a successful activation. You can also use SASE Manager to monitor support requests and add/upgrade service. |
To help ensure we stay on track and successfully design and activate your SASE services, we recommend you do the following:
For location-based services, before you install your device(s), make sure you record the serial number for each. You can find the serial number on the bottom of the device. This is the quickest way for your support member to find your information.
Once you have completed any technical data gathering required to support your service, you will be ready to activate. For software-only services, such as cloud virtual machines (VMs) or remote access and ZTNA (zero trust network access), you will proceed directly to the SASE partner portals—accessed from SASE Manager (in Control Center). Here you can view, configure, and activate the services.
Ports on the Advantech FWA 1012VC-4C
Ports on the Lanner Lanner NCA-1515B or Lanner NCA-1515A
Ports on the Lanner Lanner NCA-1515B or Lanner NCA-1515A
Ports on the Advantech FWA 3260
*The Large Versa CPE device is available in 2 possible configurations that provide an expansion NMC (network mezzanine card). It can either provide additional 1G SFP ports or 10G SFP+ ports. There are also 2 on board SFP+ ports listed as VNI 0/5 and VNI 0/6 (shown above).
Ports on the Advantech FWA 5070
To help you quickly resolve a service issue, we recommend that you double-check these items before calling Lumen for support. Here are a list of common causes for not being pass traffic successfully.