Product Solution
SD-WAN Solution
Overview
A software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN), is a network that is abstracted from its hardware, creating a virtualized network overlay. Operators can remotely manage and quickly scale this overlay, which can span over large geographical distances. It is an application of software-defined networking (SDN).
An SD-WAN can connect several branch locations to a central hub office or cover multiple locations in a large campus such as a university campus. Because it is abstracted from hardware, it is more flexible and available than a standard WAN. It relies on four central components:
- Edge connectivity abstraction
- WAN virtualization
- Centralized management
- Elastic traffic management
Technology Partner
Objective
- Provide virtualized manager for network, overseeing traffic and applying policy and protocol set by operators.
- Controller centralized management, and enables operators to see the network through a single pane of glass, and set policy for the orchestrator to execute.
- connect to a virtual cloud gateway over the internet, which makes the network more accessible, and provides better integration and performance with cloud-native applications.
Benefits
- Increased bandwidth at a lower cost since the network traffic can be provisioned for optimal speeds and throttle low-priority applications.
- Centralized management across branch networks through a simple management console, which reduces the need for manual configuration and on-site IT staff
- Full visibility into the network, as the controller gives operators a holistic view of the network.
- can reside on COTS hardware instead of specialized equipment, reducing capex.
