SD-WAN

An Introduction
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 INDEX
CEO’s Corner 03
AN INTRODUCTION TO SD-WAN

What is SD-WAN? 05
Why Choose SD-WAN? 06

The Future of SD-WAN 07

BENEFITS Conclusion 12
Service Delivery
About Us 13
Performance

Availability
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Security

Cost Savings

COMPARATIVE STUDY
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 CEO’S MESSAGE

“Email is so simple now with Google Apps or O365, storage is so simple

with Dropbox, why are we behind in the networking world in creating simple
user interfaces? This is what provoked us to invent ScaleAOn - Private Networks ,
a modern intent driven approach to WAN, rather than the classical protocol driven
approach prone to complexity.

Today SDN—in its true sense—is about building We’ve watched while applications have moved to the
great networking software, minus the overhead cloud (Microsoft Exchange is now O365), and compute
of network protocol convergence, which is the has moved to the cloud (servers are now Amazon EC2
dreaded reason for network complexity. It is all or Azure compute instances), and storage has moved
about preparing enterprises for the surge in cloud to the cloud (drives are now Dropbox or Google Drive)
and software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications — but when you think of the enterprise network, it still
coming our way. India (our home turf) is increasingly looks like the same topology diagrams we used a
becoming a mobile workforce environment, and every decade ago. Nothing has really changed in that respect.
enterprise is distributed, so we put two and two together Given that networking hardware will become
and decided to go after SD-WAN the right way. WAN is commoditized faster than we can imagine—switching,
about connecting people and applications, and the most routing, deep packet inspection (DPI), and WiFi are all
fundamental construct of connectivity is bandwidth. But available on commodity hardware now, and their
networking folks never envisioned a world where functions are easily implementable-the real challenge
always-available bandwidth would be a utility like will be in managing, monitoring, and making the
electricity—with adequate security and reliability. . enterprise network work the way you want. Our vision is
that the SDN controller in the cloud (as a service) is the
SD-WAN can bring maximum value to enterprises by true end goal of this transition in enterprise networks. .
handling any kind of hybrid WAN scenario, whether
MPLS, Internet, leased line, 3G/4G, private WAN Networks will be built from commodity hardware and
address, public WAN address, ephemeral WAN address controlled from the cloud. That's why, we offer our
using DHCP, and a host of other variants. At Lavelle SD-WAN controller as a cloud service from day zero.
Networks, we focus on network scale (our first customer Running the controller from the cloud means being
win was a network with more than 1,000 sites), and 100 able to do massive amounts of real-time analysis for
percent hybrid WAN support. Supporting all possible every enterprise, which will bring true agility to
combinations of hybrid transport is complex, but we e n t e r p r i s e n e t w o r k i n g . .
want to make sure all the use cases of hybrid transport
are covered. The other area we distinguish ourselves is
in our extensive work in the public cloud since we began
our company: Our virtual appliance was one of the first to
be able to use Intel Data Plane Developer Kit (DPDK)
acceleration even in the heterogeneous Amazon Web
S e r v i c e s ( AWS ) / X e n e n v i ro n m e n t s . .
Shyamal Kumar
CEO & Founder

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SD-WAN

INTRODUCTION TO
SD-WAN
 WHAT IS SD-WAN

SD-WAN is the next generation networking platform, for distributed enterprises to accelerate, secure, and
simplify their access to any cloud application - private, public or SaaS.

It brings the power of SDN (Software Defined Networking), to your WAN (Wide Area Networks). The demands
on the network - be it branch, regional office, remote work force are going to increase multi fold as enterprises
undertake the fastest phase of digital transformation we have seen till now. Implementing the best SD-WAN
platform for you, is the smartest way to future proof your network, taking the best of your current private link
(MPLS) infrastructure with the increased abundance of an Internet-driven, cloud first, digital only world.
Elastic VPN over multiple links, centralised policy enforcement within minutes, deep network visibility within
your WAN budgets, treating your VPC (virtual public cloud) like another branch,are key benefits of using SD-
WAN in your network.

TRADITIONAL WAN vs SD-WAN

Traditional WAN SD-WAN

SME or Branch HQ Data Center SME or Branch HQ Data Center

Office or Cloud Provider Office or Cloud Provider

SD-WAN Controller

DSL DSL
DSL
Fiber Fiber
Fiber
SD-WAN
LTE LTE
router
Traditional Traditional
WAN routers WAN routers

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 WHY CHOOSE SD-WAN ?

Applications are written for an Internet world now. DRIVERS TO DEPLOY SD-WAN
Enterprises need to embrace a future, where their
networks run on Internet more than private links like Increase network bandwidth at will
MPLS. As cloud-based applications continue to
flourish, businesses have identified the fact that Centralised policy control
traditional WAN infrastructure wont be able to
support this surge of bandwidth demand, agility and
Reduce dependency on single provider
security that is needed in the race to digital
technologies like MPLS
transformation.

So why aren't more internet connections used for Simplify their branch networks
enterprise WAN services? Simple, Historically, the
internet was just a university experiment back in the Achieve readiness to extend enterprise
'80s, then drove the web revolution in the 90s, and
network to ANY cloud
then the web scale technology companies in the 21st
century. Enterprise isolated themselves from this
Achieve multi-fold increase in network
WWW (Wild, Wild West) by using private links, edge
firewalls and the like. Today the Internet presents a
visibility at break through economics
real choice to enterprises, as they expand their
footprint, look to diversify their connectivity choices, Avoid regular router hardware upgrade
and get ready for a cloud first world. during technology refresh, instead achieve
real next generation network upgrade
Technologies like MPLS coupled the network control
(like a VPN) and QoS together, which was OK a
decade back, but is not OK in the current decade.
Today enterprises need to use the cloud, SaaS and
other forms of application workloads, so the creation
of private enterprise networks needs to be flexible,
fast and safe. Both Internet and MPLS need to be
used as transport technologies rather than end-to-
end networks.

The "S" in SD-WAN, indicates, that the platform is

software driven, and future proof. Features can be
pushed as needed to an enterprise location, instead
of a WAN budget determining which is the lowest
common denominator router or firewall, the IT team
can purchases. It is a paradigm shift from the current
proprietary platforms and COTS hardware, driven by
next generation networking software which brings
the flexibility of a SaaS service for the first time to
enterprise networking. Just like Office365 or Dropbox,
one can consume networking features de-linked
from the service provider technology like ILL, MPLS,

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 THE FUTURE
WHY TRANSIT NOW TO SD-WAN?

According to International Data Corporation (IDC) SD-WAN infrastructure and services revenue in expected
to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 69.6% and will reach $8.05 billion in 2021. That's no
surprise looking at the current demand of SD WAN. ..

It not only promises greater operational agility but business resiliency and higher quality of experience for
all end-users as well. Moreover, to lay the foundation of Digital Transformation, CIOs first need to upgrade
the networking capabilities to embark new age technology and create a dynamic IT environment
suitable for all data types such as IoT, 6LowPAN, BLE, and Zigbee. SD-WAN will be the face of enterprise
networking for years to come. It boasts many advantages over traditional networking solutions,
improving the performance of applications both on-premises and in the cloud.

The key findings of the survey are as follows,

Issues with bandwidth in traditional networking

infrastructure - MPLS, Hybrid WAN etc- is a
common challenge agreed by almost all CIOs.

82.4% faced bandwidth challenges in MPLS and

17.6% didn't face Bandwidth issues in their MPLS.

44.1% of them uses Azure, 14.7% of them uses

AWS, 17% used Google and the rest used others
as their Cloud providers.

97% of network professionals revealed that they

are looking for hybrid WAN as a solution in the
future while the rest aren't very sure about it.

As far as SD-WAN solution is concerned, 76%

leaders revealed that SD-WAN could be the
solution for the changing network demands while
17.6% of the leaders felt that it is not and the rest
2% aren't really sure about it.

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BENEFITS OF
SD-WAN

BENEFITS OF
SD-WAN
 BENEFITS OF SD-WAN

SD-WAN provides numerous advantages to traditional enterprise networks and represents a

simplified, cost-effective, and flexible alternative to traditional WAN solutions. It is emerging as a
networking approach that can deliver multiple performance benefits as well as driving cost-savings.

An SD-WAN solution enables enterprises to use less expensive, quickly

deployed broadband links as opposed to purchasing additional private lines
when scaling-up applications or offices. This means that a new office or
Service Delivery branch can be provisioned almost instantly when utilizing an internet
broadband or LTE solution due to the configuration, orchestration, and rapid
provisioning of an SD-WAN solution.

An SD-WAN solution has the ability to recognise latency-sensitive and

mission-critical workloads, and, through the aggregation of available
connections, can ensure that high-quality data transfer is maintained during
Performance busy periods. SD-WAN also supports dynamic path selection, which ensures
congestion points are spotted quickly and results in optimized load balancing
and congestion management, minimizing the number of dropped packets.

SD-WAN allows rapid deployment of WAN services (bandwidth and firewall)

without the need for IT personnel. Configurations allow for the availability of
zero-touch provisioning which reduces manual configuration of devices.
Availability
Scaling an SD-WAN solution is easy. Bandwidth can be easily added or
reduced as business requirements evolve, providing organizations with the
agility they need to stay ahead of competitors.

SD-WAN security is flexible. Fast key re-programming guarantees non

leakage of data. Always converged policy tables means lower risk of
unwanted access. Intent driven policies for access control, users, applications
Security creates a water tight perimeter across the branch networks. Network
segmentation and isolation can be achieved within seconds, rather than
complex configuration commands or scripting infrastructures.

Deploying SD-WAN provides two tools to reduce cost. Use broadband

wherever possible, and achieve better cost from existing service provider by
delineating network control from bandwidth SLAs. Choice is what lowers cost.
Cost Saving SD-WAN makes the WAN a buyer's market, instead of a seller's market. Even
on pure MPLS networks, SD-WAN provides this advantage.

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 COMPARATIVE STUDY

SD-WAN is frequently compared to more traditional enterprise network connections; this section explores
the differences between SD-WAN and similar network offerings.

MPLS VPN P2P

High Security High Security High Security

High Cost Low Cost Very High Cost
High Speed Variable Speed High Speed
Very Slow Provisioning Slow Provisioning Low Latency
High Reliability High Flexibility Limited Versatility
High Complexity No Scalability

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 EXCLUSIVE FEATURES OF SD-WAN

Simple to Deploy, Easy to Manage Hybrid WAN Connectivity

Intent based Management from the Aggregate multiple types of WAN links
Cloud - driven by policies at User, App, (MPLS, Internet, P2P, 3G/4G LTE - Native/Dongle)
Network, Node & Link Level. Zero touch intelligently steer traffic flows
provisioning of branch offices based link capacity & quality

Secure Connectivity Application Optimization

AES-256 Encryption with dynamic tunneling Prioritize enterprise apps on the network,
for app traffic, no public IP at bandwidth reservation & traffic shaping
remote Offices, stateful firewall at branch with app based policy direct & controlled
internet access for enterprise SaaS Apps

Intelligent Path Control & Alerting Makes Cloud Work Like Branch Office
Policy driven traffic flow anchoring based Seamlessly extends corporate policies
on Quality (Packet Loss, Jitter & Latency) and and enforcement to the Cloud
Capacity (throughput) on all available WAN links, (Microsoft Azure, AWS,
Automated alerting & notification of Google Cloud, IBM SoftLayer)
WAN link degradation & outage

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 CONCLUSION

In this age of digital transformation, for an enterprise to thrive, their networks must provide seamless access to
digital services. In recent years, the number of users, applications, and mobile devices has grown rapidly and
hardware-bound legacy networks are now struggling to meet the demands placed upon them.

As enterprises face more pressure to be responsive and agile, it's increasingly obvious that parts of the
network, like the WAN, aren't keeping up with those demands. To grow, enterprises need to adapt, evolve, and
migrate to next generation networking technology is needed. This is the promise of SD-WAN.

SD-WAN is that next generation networking platform that will disrupt the edge and branch networking
marketplace. It will do to networking what the cloud and SaaS did to traditional enterprise application
powerhouse companies. SD-WAN will create heroes from the visionary CIOs who choose this path, and new
upstart networking technology companies which will bring real value to data networking.

SD-WAN heralds an exciting future! Networking is alive again, and networking will unleash innovation again.

SOURCES
https://lavellenetworks.com/sdwan-survey-2018/

https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS42925117

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enterprises. All users, locations and cloud applications are connected using
the world’s simplest SD-WAN control panel, fastest network convergence
algorithms, and a true network-as-a-service experience. .

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