Features Introduced in Prisma SD-WAN Release 6.3.1
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Features Introduced in Prisma SD-WAN Release 6.3.1
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Virtual Routing Forwarding for WAN Segmentation
Prisma SD-WAN supports Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRFs) for WAN segmentation of application
traffic. Network segmentation will help achieve isolation of application traffic for
the same customer between different business units or customers who share the same
WAN infrastructure by carrying the segment identifier over the WAN overlay.
WAN Segments are first defined in global VRF profiles. These VRF profiles are then
bound to sites. After that, interfaces are configured with the appropriate VRF. When
traffic enters the interface, it only considers destinations with the same VRF
locally or across the fabric. If the traffic is destined to go across the fabric, it
gets automatically encapsulated with a unique identifier specific to that VRF. Once
the traffic reaches the remote ION, it can egress onto the VRF that is appropriately
configured.
Performance Policy
Measuring application performance and delivering app SLAs is a core
component of
Prisma SD-WAN
. Performance Policy builds upon the
existing App SLA configuration to deliver a policy framework for the measurement,
enforcement, and alerting for application SLAs. Performance Policy utilizes link quality metrics such as Latency, Loss, and
Jitter as well as application performance metrics such as Application RTT and Init
failure % as SLA metrics. If the SLA metrics are violated, the system takes action
to ensure that the SLA is enforced including moving flows to a compliant path (if
available) and invoking line conditioning such as Forward Error Correction (FEC) to
ensure the SLA is met. Optionally, an incident can be generated for critical
applications when an SLA is violated. Although default policies work well for most
environments, policies can be granularly tuned per application, path type, DC group,
and circuit category to align to the performance needs of the business.
FEC is available as a preview feature in 6.3.1 for
testing purposes.
SNMP-based Discovery for IoT
Prisma SD-WAN
supports the discovery of devices that are not directly
connected to the Prisma SD-WAN
branch ION devices by using SNMP
(Simple Network Management Protocol) to discover IoT devices within a branch
network. The system uses LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) to identify
neighboring networking devices in a branch ION, launching an SNMP MIB to gather IP
address and MAC Address entries. SNMP discovery involves querying LLDP information
for IP and MAC address bindings, retrieving data from neighboring devices one by one
until it discovers all the IoT devices. The ION device transmits these discovered
bindings, alongside VLAN, subnet details, and so on, as Enhanced Application logs
(EAL) to Cortex Data Lake (CDL). IoT Security uses this information to enhance
visibility in its portal by identifying the devices.
Incident Dampening
You can now suppress incidents for a selected period of time using Incident Policies. With incident policy
rules, you can specify the dampening interval during which the system suppresses
events generated by resources during the specified period.
Layer 2 Switching Capabilities in ION 3200
Prisma SD-WAN
supports ION 3200 with Layer 2 switch. The
Layer 2 switch ports enable connecting multiple devices directly on the L2 LAN or
add downstream switches or Wireless Access Points (WAP).
Used-for-HA Capability on Layer 3 Interfaces
Generation One ION devices use the control port to exchange HA heartbeat
and manage the controller traffic between the active and the standby device. With
the introduction of used-for-HA (referred to as
Used-for-Control
in earlier releases) as a port type, the
NextGen ION devices such as the ION 1200-S, ION 3200, ION 5200, ION 9200 do not need
a dedicated controller port for the management services. The
used-for-HA
interface allows you to exchange HA heartbeat
and connect the standby device to the controller through the active ION device. You
can use the control interface to send management traffic like App Probe, NTP, SNMP,
RADIUS, and IPFIX. Support for
used-for-HA
capability is extended on
the main interface on all routed ports. This capability was available on SVI and
sub-interfaces in the previous release. Used for HA is supported on all the ION
devices. IPv6 BGP Support
Prisma SD-WAN
now supports IPv6 for BGP. 