Example project
For a better readability, we will be using the following SD-WAN project as an example throughout this document:
As can be seen on the diagram, the project is comprised of two regions:
- West Region is served by two Hubs.
- East Region is served by a single Hub.
The Edge sites offer two levels of connectivity, which are referred to as profiles:
- Silver profile means two WAN links: one Internet connection (ISP1) and one MPLS.
- Gold profile means three WAN links: two Internet connections (ISP1, ISP2) and one MPLS.
To summarize, each of the Edge sites in our example will have slightly different properties:
|
Site |
Region |
Profile |
Serving Hubs |
WAN links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site1-1 | West | Silver | 2 | 2 |
| site1-2 | West | Gold | 2 | 3 |
| site2-1 | East | Silver | 1 | 2 |
The Hubs serving the two regions are as follows:
|
Site |
Region |
Profile |
WAN links |
|---|---|---|---|
| site1-H1 | West | Gold | 3 |
| site1-H2 | West | Gold | 3 |
| site2-H1 | East | Silver | 2 |
It can also be seen that both Internet connections in our project have DHCP servers, while the MPLS connection does not. As such we must manually provision the interface IP address and the next-hop gateway for the MPLS WAN link on each site.
In addition, as it typically happens, each Edge device will act as a DHCP server for its local LAN.
In the following sections we will demonstrate how you can use our generic deployment method to deploy such a mixture of different sites and transports.