Get Started with Prisma SD-WAN
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Prisma
SD-WAN is
a core component in delivering Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
for the modern enterprise. At the core of the system is the application
performance engine. Prisma
SD-WAN provides
a software-defined, wide area network (SD-WAN) solution that transforms
legacy wide area networks (WANs) into a radically simplified, secure,
application fabric (AppFabric), virtualizing heterogeneous underlying
transports into a unified hybrid WAN.
Prisma
SD-WAN controls
network application performance based on application-performance
service level agreements (SLAs) and business priorities.
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Through Instant-On Network (ION) devices, Prisma
SD-WAN simplifies
how WANs are designed, built, and managed, securely extending data
center-class security to the network edge. Prisma
SD-WAN leverages
the x86 platform with a centralized controller-based model, enabling
simple deployments at remote offices and data centers. You can view
granular application-driven analytics, build a robust policy, and
performance-based traffic management of the WAN.
You can deploy Prisma SD-WAN in one of the three
modes—Analytics, Control, or Disabled.
- In the Analytics mode, the branch ION device sits in-path, between a branch router
and a LAN switch. It monitors traffic but does not apply policies or make path
selection decisions for applications. You don’t require a data center site in this
mode. When the branch is in Analytics mode, there won't be any VPN connections to
the data center site.
- In the Control mode, the branch ION device sits in-path between a branch router and
a LAN switch or replaces the router at a branch. It forwards traffic, selects the
best path available, and applies security and Quality of Service (QoS) policies. You
require an ION 3000, ION 7000 or ION 9000 in the data center if the intent is to
enable a native Prisma SD-WAN virtual private network (VPN) between a
branch and a data center.
- In the Disabled mode, the branch ION device sits in-path and acts as a link between
a branch router and a LAN switch. It does not monitor traffic, no policies are
applied, and no path selection decisions for applications are applicable.
Read on to get started with Prisma
SD-WAN:
