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SD-WAN / SD-Branch Architecture for MSSPs

Hub connection: many-to-one

Hub connection: many-to-one

In this example, Site 1 has two Internet connections, while the Hub has only a single one. With the BGP on loopback design, we can configure a single Dial-Up IPsec endpoint on the Hub to which the Spoke will establish two static IPsec tunnels.

Remember that, unlike with the legacy BGP per overlay design, we no longer need to configure tunnel subnets, and this is why the same Spoke can establish multiple IPsec tunnels towards the same Dial-Up endpoint without tunnel subnet conflicts. We also do not need to configure additional BGP sessions, since there is always a single session between the Spoke and the Hub.

The IKE exchange-ip-addrv4 feature will inject the /32 loopback route through both of the established tunnels, allowing the BGP routes to be recursively resolved through all available overlay paths.

Hub connection: many-to-one

Hub connection: many-to-one

In this example, Site 1 has two Internet connections, while the Hub has only a single one. With the BGP on loopback design, we can configure a single Dial-Up IPsec endpoint on the Hub to which the Spoke will establish two static IPsec tunnels.

Remember that, unlike with the legacy BGP per overlay design, we no longer need to configure tunnel subnets, and this is why the same Spoke can establish multiple IPsec tunnels towards the same Dial-Up endpoint without tunnel subnet conflicts. We also do not need to configure additional BGP sessions, since there is always a single session between the Spoke and the Hub.

The IKE exchange-ip-addrv4 feature will inject the /32 loopback route through both of the established tunnels, allowing the BGP routes to be recursively resolved through all available overlay paths.