300-415 Question 4
Select 3A company is planning to deploy a Cisco SD-WAN solution. They require centralized management, orchestration, and control of the SD-WAN fabric while ensuring secure data plane communication between sites. Which components of the Cisco SD-WAN architecture are essential to meet these requirements?
- A
vManage
- B
vSmart
- C
vBond
- D
vEdge
- E
Cisco DNA Center
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Correct answers: A, B, C
Explanation
To meet the requirements of centralized management, orchestration, and secure communication in Cisco SD-WAN, vManage, vSmart, and vBond are essential components. vManage provides centralized configuration and monitoring, vSmart enforces policies and routes, and vBond facilitates secure connectivity and device authentication. While vEdge is crucial for data plane operations, it is not responsible for centralized control or orchestration.
- A. Correct.
vManage is the centralized management component of the Cisco SD-WAN architecture, responsible for configuration, monitoring, and policy management.
- B. Correct.
vSmart is the centralized control plane component responsible for enforcing policies and distributing routing information to the vEdge devices.
- C. Correct.
vBond acts as the orchestration plane, managing initial device authentication and connectivity, ensuring the secure establishment of control and data plane connections.
- D. Incorrect.
vEdge is the data plane device located at branch or edge sites, but by itself, it does not provide centralized management, orchestration, or control.
- E. Incorrect.
Cisco DNA Center is not a component of Cisco SD-WAN. It is a separate network management platform used for enterprise networks.