As enterprise applications migrate from the corporate data centre to the cloud, private line connections such as MPLS have proven to be overly restrictive and expensive. With increased internet reliance, including broadband services in the WAN transport mix will improve the opportunity to achieve “cloud speed.”
The Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise SD-WAN platform enables businesses to dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of building a WAN while improving application performance by connecting users to applications via broadband. Furthermore, Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise provides a secure network foundation for Zero-Trust and SASE frameworks.
The solution combines a next-generation firewall with fine-grained segmentation, identity-based access control, and DDoS defense to protect branch locations from malicious activity. The solution works closely with top cloud security providers to create a best-in-class SASE architecture.
What Is Aruba Edgeconnect Enterprise SD-wan Platform?
The Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise SD-WAN platform consists of three components:
Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise
Build a secure virtual network overlay by installing physical or virtual SDWAN appliances in branch offices (supporting widely used hypervisors and public clouds). As a result, customers can implement a broadband WAN at their own pace, either site by site or via a hybrid WAN strategy that combines MPLS and broadband internet connectivity.
Aruba WAN Orchestrator
The Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise SD-WAN platform enables unprecedented levels of visibility into both legacy and cloud applications and the unique ability to centrally assign policies based on business intent to secure and manage all WAN traffic. So policy automation accelerates and simplifies the deployment of numerous branch offices and the ability to enforce uniform policies across applications.
Users can also launch the Aruba WAN Orchestrator software directly from Aruba Central. In addition to other Aruba wired and wireless network components, Aruba Central allows you to view the enterprise-wide SD-WAN topology, health status, and alarms of each EdgeConnect Enterprise appliance in the SD-WAN.
Aruba WAN Boost
By combining Aruba WAN optimization technologies with Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise, an optional WAN optimization performance pack, a single, integrated WAN edge platform, is created.
In a single, integrated SD-WAN edge platform, Aruba WAN Boost speeds up latency-sensitive applications and reduces WAN data transmission.
Aruba Edgeconnect Enterprise Key Features
Business Intent Overlays
Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise is built on an application-specific virtual WAN overlay model. So Define multiple overlays to separate the virtual overlays from the underlying physical transport services, each supporting a different set of QoS, transport, failover, and security policies.
Groups of applications are mapped to various business intent overlays to deliver applications to users by business requirements. So use business intent overlays to extend micro-segmentation of specific application traffic from the data centre across the WAN to help comply with security compliance regulations.
Path Conditioning
With this feature, you can use the public Internet as if it were a private line. Includes techniques for improving application performance by mitigating the effects of dropped and out-of-order packets, which are familiar with broadband internet and MPLS connections.
Tunnel Bonding
Bonded tunnels, built from two or more physical WAN transport services, combine the performance of all underlying links into a single logical overlay connection. Apply real-time traffic steering to any broadband, MPLS link, or any combination of links based on company-defined policies based on business intent. In the event of an outage or brownout, Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise automatically carries traffic on the remaining links or switches to a backup connection.
Tune the network traffic of Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise SD-WAN for availability, quality, throughput, and efficiency. To accomplish this, Business Intent Overlays are used on a per-application basis. So multiple business intent policies, each with its bonding policy, are possible. This policy definition lets customers modify link prioritization and traffic steering policies based on physical performance, link economics, link resiliency, and customer-definable attributes.
First-packet iQ Application Classification
Enterprise (first-packet) iQ application classification classifies applications on the first packet to deliver trusted SaaS and web traffic directly to the Internet and divert unauthorized or suspicious traffic to the data centre firewall or IDPs. To avoid session interruption, branches behind Network Address Translation (NAT) must identify applications in the first packet and choose the correct path.
Secure Internet Breakout
It could be more efficient to backhaul all HTTP/HTTPS traffic to the data centre; First-packet it’s granular, intelligent traffic steering eliminates this. The solution eliminates the possibility of wasted bandwidth and performance bottlenecks for trusted SaaS and web traffic. Corporate security policies route unknown or suspicious traffic to stronger security services but trusted traffic goes directly across the Internet.
Extend Wan Fabric to the Cloud
Virtual Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise appliances in AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or Oracle Cloud improve branch-cloud connections. In the event of a brownout or blackout, the remaining link(s) still carries out traffic, ensuring that users’ voice calls, audio and video conferences, and other applications do not suffer interruptions. So network performance, dependability, and quality improve with a ruggedized first mile.
Why Add Aruba Wan Boost?
The built-in packet-based tunnel bonding, dynamic path control (DPC), and path conditioning in Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise appliances improve application performance for broadband or hybrid WAN deployments by reducing dropped and out-of-order packets.
However, require more performance for some applications or locations. So As the WAN distance between locations increases, application performance suffers. So bandwidth is less important than how long it takes to send and receive data packets over long distances and how often data needs to be sent again.
Increase Throughput
As packets pass through Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise appliances, Aruba WAN Boost inspects them at the byte level and stores the content in local data stores. So as new packets arrive, Aruba calculates their data fingerprints. It compares them to locally stored data to see if they match. If the remote appliance already has the information, it does not need to be sent to the WAN. Instead, precise start-stop instructions deliver data locally.
Final Thought
By utilizing the Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise SD-Wan Platform, businesses can easily manage their cloud applications and services, improve network reliability and agility, and reduce operational costs. This option by any company that wants to improve the effectiveness, security, and cost-effectiveness of its IT infrastructure. Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise SD-Wan Platform is a long-term investment that will undoubtedly pay off!
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