Exam 350-401 topic 1 question 9 discussion

vManager - is the controller and cisco considers it the management plane vSmart - is the control plane. vEdge is the data plane. vBond is the orchestrator plane, and according to cisco it authenticates the vSmart controllers and the SD-WAN routers and orchestrates connectivity between them. It is the only device that must have a public IP address so that all SD-WAN devices in the network can connect to it. A vBond orchestrator is an SD-WAN router that only performs vBond orchestrator functions.

A is correct vBond = orchestration plane vManage = management plane vSmart = control plane vEdge = data plane

vBond is correct. that language is typically used when describing the vBond.

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A is correct

A is correct. vBond handles the orchestration plane. vManage is a centralized network management system that lets you configure and manage the entire overlay network from a simple graphical dashboard. vSmart Controller is the centralized brain of the Cisco SD-WAN solution, controlling the flow of data traffic throughout the network. The vSmart Controller works with the vBond Orchestrator to authenticate vEdge devices as they join the network and to orchestrate connectivity among the edge routers. vBond Orchestrator automatically orchestrates connectivity between edge routers and vSmart Controllers. If any edge router or vSmart Controller is behind a NAT, the vBond Orchestrator also serves as an initial NAT-traversal orchestrator. The edge routers sit at the perimeter of a site and provide connectivity among the sites. They are either hardware devices or software (Cloud router), that runs as a virtual machine. The edge routers handle the transmission of data traffic. Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/sdwan/configuration/sdwan-xe-gs-book/system-overview.html

The Cisco vBond orchestrator is a multitenant element of the Cisco SD-WAN fabric. Cisco vBond is the first point of contact and performs initial authentication when devices are connecting to the organization overlay. Cisco vBond facilitates the mutual discovery of the control and management elements of the fabric by using a zero-trust certificate-based allowed-list model. Cisco vBond automatically distributes a list of Cisco vSmart controllers and the Cisco vManage system to the Cisco WAN Edge routers during the deployment process.

vBond – initiates the bring up process of every vEdge device, at the first step it creates secure tunnel with vEdge and informs vSmart and vManage about its parameters like for instance ip address. It has to be fully connected with every device.

A is correct. Reference: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/solutions/CVD/SDWAN/cisco-sdwan-design-guide.html#_Toc39479328:~:text=secure%20connection%20to-,the%20vBond%20orchestrator.,-The%20following%20figure

A is correct

YES vBond

The given answer is correct

orchestraiton is done at the vbond device

vBond (Also called the Orchestration Plane): Is the Orchestrator (or a better word "facilitator")