Very informative thanks. How does the overlay WAN learn dynamically of the new sites such as VPN2 in the example when it comes 'online' with presumably only a default config or does this information have to be hard coded into the controller?
That's the idea I'm having - since the vSmart controller should know what sites need to be reachable via the overlay network, it should be that we just define it in there. I'm working with peers who have a 3rd or 4th project they're working on with Viptela (Cisco's) SD-WAN solution in the initial stages.
Good video. I have recent experience, this past two weeks,with an SDwan vendor who could not seamlessly integrate their solution into our mutual customers WAN. It was a miserable failure and a waste of everyone's time, not to mention it created about 24+ hours of enterprise wide outages. We had to fail back to the old design.. I'm keenly interested in seeing a solution that can integrate SDwan into a mature network without any down time at all. I should be able to route into the SDwan, or they should peer with routing like an MPLS transport. I shouldn't have to re-ip the entire colo or branches, or route within windows or any of those silly ideas. And the entire enterprise shouldn't go down for 24 hours.. We shouldn't be on 12 hour long phone calls.
Right off the bat, it seems that way until we get to what SD-WAN actually provides • lowering costs due to several factors • decreasing network complexity; concerning the first item, the central controller would make a complex network seem simple to approach on how it would manage handling routing impacting how much staff is still needed Since most ISPs have larger discounts with companies like Cisco, they're able to offer devices at far lower rates and also offer to provides SD-WAN services as a replacement of traditional Managed Service WAN offerings but further decrease cost/complexity through the programmable network. Also, with OMP and the vSmart controller, it gets to make - presumably - better decisions on where to route traffic if you network is a mixture of QoS-guaranteed MPLS network, 4G/5G (backup) link, and a broadband connection like FiOS, maybe. But yeah, a pretty experienced network engineer could architect all these but as what my friends tell me, Viptela SD-WAN is as easy as like playing a game. A simple gui game. :) I know, it still seems far fetched. I'm.trying to convince myself a bit before entering the project. My 2 cents on it. I am also.looking for a use case and templates to use for a pre-sales endeavor I'd like to venture in.
Very informative thanks. How does the overlay WAN learn dynamically of the new sites such as VPN2 in the example when it comes 'online' with presumably only a default config or does this information have to be hard coded into the controller?
That's the idea I'm having - since the vSmart controller should know what sites need to be reachable via the overlay network, it should be that we just define it in there.
I'm working with peers who have a 3rd or 4th project they're working on with Viptela (Cisco's) SD-WAN solution in the initial stages.
Good video.
I have recent experience, this past two weeks,with an SDwan vendor who could not seamlessly integrate their solution into our mutual customers WAN. It was a miserable failure and a waste of everyone's time, not to mention it created about 24+ hours of enterprise wide outages. We had to fail back to the old design..
I'm keenly interested in seeing a solution that can integrate SDwan into a mature network without any down time at all. I should be able to route into the SDwan, or they should peer with routing like an MPLS transport.
I shouldn't have to re-ip the entire colo or branches, or route within windows or any of those silly ideas. And the entire enterprise shouldn't go down for 24 hours.. We shouldn't be on 12 hour long phone calls.
I am struggling to find a use case for this technology
Right off the bat, it seems that way until we get to what SD-WAN actually provides
• lowering costs due to several factors
• decreasing network complexity; concerning the first item, the central controller would make a complex network seem simple to approach on how it would manage handling routing impacting how much staff is still needed
Since most ISPs have larger discounts with companies like Cisco, they're able to offer devices at far lower rates and also offer to provides SD-WAN services as a replacement of traditional Managed Service WAN offerings but further decrease cost/complexity through the programmable network.
Also, with OMP and the vSmart controller, it gets to make - presumably - better decisions on where to route traffic if you network is a mixture of QoS-guaranteed MPLS network, 4G/5G (backup) link, and a broadband connection like FiOS, maybe. But yeah, a pretty experienced network engineer could architect all these but as what my friends tell me, Viptela SD-WAN is as easy as like playing a game. A simple gui game. :)
I know, it still seems far fetched. I'm.trying to convince myself a bit before entering the project.
My 2 cents on it. I am also.looking for a use case and templates to use for a pre-sales endeavor I'd like to venture in.