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The SD-WAN Software-Defined Wide Area Network. SD-WAN is an application for applying SDN technology to WAN connections that connect enterprise networks across disparate geographical locations. Orchestrator automates tunnel configuration between the branch and hub sites. The benefit of the SD-WAN Wide Area Network. WAN is a telecommunications network or computer network that extends over a large geographical distance. Orchestrator is that WAN links are automatically discovered and tunnels are orchestrated based on business and topological needs. For example, mapping data centers to branch offices.
The Aruba Route Orchestrator enables the distribution of routing information across all sites including branches and headends. It provides route distribution across sites in a dynamic way according to the topology and routing segmentation policy configurations. The main functions of the Aruba Overlay Route Orchestrator include:
- Learning routes from hub or branch sites
- Advertising routes across the SD-WAN network with appropriate costs
- Redistributing routes into the LAN Local Area Network. A LAN is a network of connected devices within a distinct geographic area such as an office or a commercial establishment and share a common communications line or wireless link to a server. side with appropriate costs
Figure 1 Overlay Network Segmentation
