Cisco SD-WAN

This section focuses on demystifying marketing messages, looking beyond the media hype, and bringing reality to the mix. It will help you answer these question:

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of the solution?
• What can providers and companies get from it?

It also describes the fundamental networking concepts that, although abstracted from the SD-WAN administrator, are always present and must be considered at all times.

This section describes the mechanisms and technologies that allow Cisco SD-WAN to deliver its promises:

• What do the controllers do?
• How do they do it?
• Control and data plane capabilities
• Orchestration plane and management plane
• What are the caveats and limitations?

Once you understand the functions and capabilities of Cisco SD-WAN, it becomes clear what exactly you can expect it to do, and what to look out for.

Once the moving parts of the Cisco SD-WAN solution and its capabilities are known, planning and optimization become a necessity. This section covers:

• Design best practices
• Where are the trade-offs?
• Where do optimal and functional meet in your design?
• How to plan your site scheme properly?
• Standardization above all

This section also highlights what to consider before deploying a Cisco SD-WAN solution, and explains why planning is of utmost importance.