: SD-WAN Devices
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SD-WAN Devices

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SD-WAN Devices

Add SD-WAN branch and hub devices.
  • Panorama
    SD-WAN
    Devices
SD-WAN devices are branches or hubs that make up your VPN cluster and SD-WAN topology.
Field
Description
Name
Enter a name that identifies the SD-WAN device.
Type
Select the type of SD-WAN device:
  • Hub
    —A centralized firewall deployed at a primary office or location, such as a Data Center or business headquarters, that all branch devices connect to using a VPN connection. Traffic between branches passes through the hub before continuing to the target branch. Branches connect to hubs to gain access to centralized resources at the hub location. The hub device processes traffic, enforces policy rules, and manages link swapping at the primary office or location.
  • Branch
    —A firewall deployed at a physical branch location that connects to the hub using a VPN connection and provides security at the branch level. The branch connects to the hub for access to centralized resources. The branch device processes traffic, enforces policy rules, and manages link swapping at the branch location.
Virtual Router Name
Select the virtual router to use for routing between the SD-WAN hub and branches. By default, an
sdwan-default
virtual router is created and enables Panorama to automatically push router configurations.
Site
Enter a user-friendly site name that identifies the hub or branch. For example, enter the city name where the branch device is deployed.
Link Tag
(
PAN-OS 10.0.3 and later 10.0 releases
) For a hub, select the Link Tag that you created for a hub virtual interface so the hub can participate in DIA AnyPath. Auto VPN applies this link tag to the whole hub virtual interface, not an individual link. You reference this Link Tag in the Traffic Distribution Profile to indicate the order of failover to this hub virtual interface. On the branch device, Auto VPN uses this tag to populate the Link Tag field on the SD-WAN virtual interface that terminates on the hub device.
Zone Internet
Add
one or more security zones to identify traffic going to and coming from untrusted sources.
Zone Hub
Add
one or more security zones to identify traffic going to and coming from the SD-WAN hub devices.
Zone Branch
Add
one or more security zones to identify traffic going to and coming from the SD-WAN branch devices.
Zone Internal
Add
one or more security zones to identify traffic going to and coming from the trusted devices on the corporate network.
Router ID
Specify the BGP router ID. The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) router ID must be unique between all routers.
Use the Loopback Address as the Router ID.
Loopback Address
Specify a static loopback IPv4 address for BGP peering.
AS Number
Enter the Autonomous System number to define a commonly defined routing policy to the internet. The AS number must unique for every hub and branch location.
Use a 4-byte private BGP AS number to not interfere with any publicly routable AS number.
Redistribution Profile Name
Select or create a redistribution profile to control which local prefixes are communicated to the hub router from the branch. By default, all locally connected internet prefixes are advertised to the hub location.
Palo Alto Networks does not redistribute the branch office default route(s) learned from the ISP.

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