Cisco SD-WAN Architecture

Organization vManage vBond vSmart ZTP/PnP

Cloud or On-Prem Controllers

Control (OMP)

Data (IPSec)
Transport
WAN Edge (Underlay) WAN Edge Management
vEdge Router vEdge Cloud

Site ID System IP Site ID

Tunnel Overlay System IP

Domain ID
System IP
WAN Edge
Cisco ISR/ASR
Site ID
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vManage vBond vSmart ZTP/PnP WAN Edge WAN Edge

Added to vManage
1 Issue Certificate/Authenticate
Control (OMP)
Added to vManage
2 Issue Certificate Data (IPSec)
Upload vSmart Info
Connect/Authenticate
Management
3
Add and Sync Device List
from PnP Connect
Upload WAN Edge Info
Upload WAN Edge Info
Connect via URL
Redirect to Org vBond 4
Connect/Authenticate
Learn about vManage and vSmart

Connect/Authenticate
Obtain Configuration/Software 5

Connect/Authenticate
Establish OMP Peering/Learn Routes 6
7
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vSmart

TLOC = System IP + Color + Encapsulation Protocol

Prefix
TLOC
Attributes Transport 1
Color

OMP Route TLOC TLOC OMP Route

TLOC
TLOC Route
WAN IP TLOC Transport 2 TLOC TLOC Route
Service Route System IP
Attributes Color System IP
Service Route

TLOC TLOC

System IP

OMP Route
TLOC Route
Service Route
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Management
VPN
VPN512

Site VPN1 VPN0

Transport
Service
VPN
VPN VPNn VPN0

IPSec/BFD

Transport 1
Color

TLOC TLOC

TLOC Transport 2 TLOC

System IP
Color System IP

TLOC TLOC

System IP
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Device Template vManage vSmart

Feature Template
Config

Feature Template

Centralized
Control Policy

IPSec/BFD

Transport 1
Color
Centralized
Data Policy
Localized
Control Policy Transport 2
System IP
Localized Color System IP
Data Policy

System IP