Fabric Technologies - Software-Defined WAN
9 important questions on Fabric Technologies - Software-Defined WAN
What are the 2 SD-WAN solutions offered by Cisco?
2. Meraki SD-WAN (When UTM is needed)
The Cisco SD-WAN solution is a cloud-deliver overlay WAN architecture. What are the 5 components?
2. -vSmart Controller (The brains of the solution)
3. SD-WAN Routers (vEdge and cEdge routers)
4. -vBond Orchestrator (Authenticates and orchestrates connectivity between SD-WAN routers and vSmart Controllers)
5. -vAnalytics (Optional analytics and assurance service)
How does the vSmart controller communicate with the SD-WAN routers?
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What is the Overlay Management Protocol (OMP)?
What are the two different Cisco SD-WAN routers and what are the differences?
Supports 6 features: Cisco AMP, Enterprise Firewall, Cisco Umbrella DNS Security, URL Filtering, SNORT IPS, Embedded Platform security.
2. -cEdge (Viptela software integrated in Cisco IOS-XE. Supported on CSR, ISR, ASR1K, ENCS and cloud CSRv and ISRv.
Only supports 2 features: Enterprise Firewall and Cisco Umbrella DNS Security
Which SD-WAN device needs to have a Public IP to connect to the SD-WAN devices?
What are the 3 main components of the vBond Orchestrator?
Creates and maintains DTLS tunnel to vSmart controllers and SD-WAN routers. Authenticates SD-WAN routers to join the network.
2. NAT-Traversal
Facilitates connectivity between vSmart Controllers and SD-WAN routers when one or both are behind NAT.
3. Load Balancing
Load balances SD-WAN routers across vSmart controllers.
What are 3 capabilities of vAnalytics?
2. Forecasting and what-if analysis
3. Intelligent Recommendations
What is Cisco SD-WAN Cloud OnRamp?
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