Router Mode Standard Deployment

This section describes the main steps for configuring a Router Mode network. It is based on a typical use case illustrating a simple deployment where three branch office appliances are connected to a Data Center appliance over either the MPLS private network, or the Internet, or both. This deployment consists of configuring the appliances and creating IPsec tunnels.

A full Router Mode network includes appliances with WAN interfaces deployed in Router mode only. The SD-WAN Orchestrator enables you to build an overlay network of site connections through IPsec tunnels.

B01 is connected to the Data Center through one tunnel over the Internet. Another tunnel connects B01 to B02.
B02 is connected to the Data Center through two tunnels, one over the Internet and the other one over MPLS. A third tunnel connects B02 to B01.
B03 is connected to the Data Center through one tunnel over the MPLS private network.
B04 is a RVC destination managed by remote appliances; there is a tunnel from the B04 CE router to the Data Center appliance.

"Configuring the Data Center appliance"

"Configuring the Branch Office appliances"

"Advanced Configuration"

Use Case 2

Graph legend

Blue connection

Grey connection

SD-WAN appliance

router

RVC destination

subnet

host in a subnet

server

IPsec tunnel

physical connection between devices

Note: A router may be a CE Router (MPLS Router), an Internet Access Router or a Core Router.

Configuring the appliances

Refer to "Configuring the appliances" in the Hybrid Mode Standard Deployment section.