The VMware SD-WAN solution consists of hosted or on-premises cloud gateways; branch office appliances and data center appliances; a central orchestrator to automate policies; and virtual services insertion capabilities.

VMware SD-WAN Edge

Enterprise-class appliances to provide secure, optimized connectivity to applications anywhere, on and off cloud. VMware SD-WAN Edge software is zero touch provisioned for a secure, optimized connectivity to applications and data. The VMware SD-WAN Edge with VMware SD-WAN Dynamic Multipath Optimization™ (DMPO) and deep application recognition aggregates multiple links and steers traffic over optimal links to other VMware SD-WAN Edges in branch offices, private data centers, campuses, and headquarters.

They can integrate with the existing network via routing protocols and benefit from dynamic learning and automation. VMware SD-WAN Edges deliver highly available deployment with a redundancy protocol. They can host virtual network function (VNF) services simplifying branch office deployments of network services. The VMware SD-WAN Edge is available in different form factors: hardware-based appliance, a virtual appliance, on the cloud marketplaces and a virtual machine (VM) on a server or as a VNF.

VMware SD-WAN Gateways

VMware SD-WAN Gateways optimize data paths to all applications, branches, and data centers along with the ability to deliver network services to and from the cloud. A distributed network of gateways, deployed around the world or on-premises at service providers, provide scalability, redundancy, and on-demand flexibility.

VMware SD-WAN Gateways implement DMPO, cloud virtual private network (VPN), and VMware SD-WAN Multisource Inbound Quality of Service between global cloud services (software as a service (Saas), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), network services) and each VMware SD-WAN Edge, enabling multiple broadband and private leased lines to appear as a single, high-performance WAN.

VMware SD-WAN Orchestrator

A cloud-hosted or on-premises secure and scalable web-based central management tool provides simplified configuration, provisioning, monitoring, fault management, logging, and reporting. The VMware SD-WAN Orchestrator enables the simple implementation of business-based policies for application delivery, simplifying application traffic management. Using VMware SD-WAN’s zero touch deployment capability, VMware SD-WAN can be quickly installed. The VMware SD-WAN Edge is shipped to the branch office where non-IT personnel can plug in power and a few cables. Activation, configuration, and ongoing management are all handled in the VMware SD-WAN Orchestrator.