SD WAN Flashcards
Legacy networks run on expensive hardware such as routers and switches, which require time-consuming configuration and maintenance. In addition, these networks require expensive transport connections or carrier circuits to secure and segment the network. These carrier circuits might also not offer the bandwidth that is now required by users and modern applications hosted in private or public data centers.
Cost
Legacy networks operate on the old model of a distributed control plane, which means that every node in the network must be configured with routing and security rules. Remote site management, change control, and network maintenance represent major logistical challenges.
Complexity
Legacy networks that run on dedicated carrier circuits depend on the carrier to install new circuits, which can take several months. This process can dramatically delay the launch of new branch locations.
Lengthy installation times
Legacy networks that run on carrier circuits sacrifice control to the ISP, from network design to configuration to monitoring. Requesting changes from the ISP also requires extra time and is prone to communication errors.
Control
Legacy networks typically backhaul all branch traffic to the main data center for inspection and filtering. However, with advancements in cloud technologies, and wider adoption of cloud-delivered services, traffic flows have changed, with more traffic now being destined to the internet. This means that backhauling all traffic through a centralized security stack is no longer efficient. Backhauling traffic in this way increases latency and can decrease the user’s overall quality of experience.
Security
Legacy networks require complex end-to-end quality of service (QoS) configurations to ensure business-critical applications are prioritized. Manually updating or modifying these configurations is a lengthy process that can be error-prone.
Application Awareness
Every router at the edge of a network has two sides for routing
WAN and LAN
One to the transport network
WAN
Service side of the network
LAN
The Cisco SD-WAN network fabric, also called an ______ network, forms a software overlay that runs over standard network transport services, including the public Internet, MPLS, 5G/LTE, and satellite.
Overlay
______ and ______ advertisements to establish and maintain the flow of traffic throughout the network.
Routing, Routing
______ segmentation using virtual routing and forwarding (VRF), to isolate various flows of traffic
Layer 3
______ to ______concepts for setting up and maintaining bidirectional connections between pairs of protocol entities.
Peer, Peer
On-premises and cloud security options, as well as ______ plane and _______ plane authentication and encryption.
Data, Control
_______ for routing and data traffic.
Policies
______ connectivity options supporting a range of transports.
Flexible
Simplified management via a single pane of ______ platform.
Glass
Cisco SD-WAN network separates the data plane from the control plane and _______ much of the routing that used to require dedicated hardware.
Virtualizes
Centralized controllers, called ______ controllers, oversee the control plane of the Cisco SD-WAN fabric, efficiently managing provisioning, maintenance, and security for the entire Cisco SD-WAN overlay network.
vSmart
______ orchestrator, automatically authenticates all other Cisco SD-WAN devices when they join the Cisco SD-WAN overlay network.
vBond
The ______ plane manages the rules for routing traffic through the overlay network, and the data plane passes the actual data packets among the WAN Edge devices.
Control
Cisco _______ provides a simple, yet powerful, set of graphical dashboards for monitoring network performance on all devices in the overlay network, from a centralized monitoring station.
vManage
The ______ network carries packets from one WAN Edge device to another.
Transport
The ______ protocol is enabled by default and runs over each of these tunnels, detecting loss, latency, jitter, and path failures.
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)