SD-WAN SD-WAN Localized Policy: ACLs and Route Policies at the Edge Centralised policy shapes the whole overlay from the Controller. But some things belong on the device itself - the ACL on J Jul 12, 2026 4 min read
SD-WAN SD-WAN Data Policy and Application-Aware Routing (AAR) This is the feature people actually buy SD-WAN for. Application-aware routing (AAR) measures the real-time quality of J Jul 12, 2026 5 min read
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SD-WAN Catalyst SD-WAN Templates: Device, Feature, and CLI Templates Compared The first thing that trips people up in Catalyst SD-WAN is not OMP or TLOCs or policy - it is J Jul 12, 2026 5 min read
Networking SD-Access Design Questions: Where Fabrics Fit and Where They Don't Not every network should be a fabric. SD-Access is a genuinely powerful architecture, but it is also a big J Jul 12, 2026 5 min read