Configure an SD-WAN Policy Rule
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Configure an SD-WAN Policy Rule

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Configure an SD-WAN Policy Rule

Configure an SD-WAN policy rule to specify how the firewall selects preferred paths for applications and services.
Contact your account team to enable Cloud Management for NGFWs using Strata Cloud Manager.
Where Can I Use This?
What Do I Need?
  • NGFW (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager)
  • VM-Series, funded with Software NGFW Credits
  • AIOps for NGFW Premium license (use the Strata Cloud Manager app)
  • Prisma Access
    license
An SD-WAN policy rule specifies applications and services, and a traffic distribution profile to determine how the firewall selects the preferred path for an incoming packet that doesn’t belong to an existing session and that matches all other criteria, such as source and destination zones, source and destination IP addresses, and source user. The SD-WAN policy rule also specifies a path quality profile of thresholds for latency, jitter, and packet loss. When one of the thresholds is exceeded, the firewall selects a new path for one or more applications, services, or both.
  1. Log in to
    Strata Cloud Manager
    .
  2. Select
    Manage
    Configuration
    NGFW and Prisma Access
    Security Services
    SD-WAN Policy
    and select the branch folder for which you want to create the SD-WAN policy rule.
  3. Add Rule
    and select whether to create a
    Pre Rule
    or
    Post Rules
    .
    A pre-rule is a policy rule that always comes before any policy rules configured locally on the firewall. A post-rule is a policy rule that always comes after any policy rules configured locally on the firewall.
  4. Configure the policy rule
    Source
    match criteria.
    If you’re adding a zone,
    Select
    one or more of the predefined zones you created when setting up SD-WAN.
    Additionally, you can configure any Addresses or Users as needed.
  5. Configure the policy rule
    Destination
    match criteria.
    If you’re adding a zone,
    Select
    one or more of the predefined zones you created when setting up SD-WAN.
    Additionally, you can configure any Addresses or Users as needed.
  6. Configure the Application/Service to specify which applications or services the SD-WAN policy rule applies to and to associate your link Management Profiles.
    1. For
      Application
      , select
      Any
      or
      Select
      applications, application groups, or application filters.
    2. For
      Service
      , select
      Application Default
      ,
      Any
      or
      Select
      any custom services you’ve configured.
    3. Select a predefined
      Path Quality Profile
      to specify the latency, jitter, and packet loss parameters indicate path health.
    4. (
      Optional
      ) Select a
      SaaS Quality Profile
      you created when you created your SD-WAN link Management Profiles to specifies how software-as-a-service applications are monitored if your branch firewall has a Direct internet Access (DIA) link to a SaaS application.
  7. Configure the corrective
    Action
    the firewall takes when a link health is degraded and failover is required.
    1. Select a
      Traffic Distribution Profile
      to specify how the firewall selects paths for session load distribution and for path failover when the firewall detects a brownout, blackout, or path deterioration for an application.
    2. Select an
      Error Correction Profile
      to specify the corrective action the firewall takes when certain data transmission errors occur over noisy communication lines to improve data reliability without requiring retransmission or Packet Duplication to duplicate application sessions from one tunnel to another.
  8. Save
    .
  9. Push Config
    to push your configuration changes.

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