Extreme Tunnel Concentrator runs as a ExtremeCloud Edge - Self-Orchestrated application that is deployed on the Extreme Universal Compute Platform. The Extreme Tunnel Concentrator solution lets you configure Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunneling that directs wireless traffic from your access points to your traffic data center, where the traffic can be aggregated and processed.
Tunnel Concentrator provides the following benefits over existing wireless traffic solutions:
Centralizes wireless traffic.
Isolates data traffic from management traffic.
Extends the data center network to your edge devices.
Provides a replacement for some VPN Gateway Virtual Appliance (VGVA) tunneling use cases.
Creates tunneled traffic flows that do not need to cross a controller, removing the need to have Tunnel Concentrator in the same location as your access points.
Provides an option for traffic aggregation in situations where it is cost prohibitive to deploy fabric mesh infrastructure or VxLAN switching.