Which Cisco SD-WAN component handles centralized policy processing?

Which Cisco SD-WAN component handles centralized policy processing?

• A. vSmart
• B. vManage
• C. WAN Edge
• D. vBond

Answer: (A)

Centralized policy processing is handled by the vSmart controller. It serves as the overlay’s control plane, receiving policy definitions from the management plane and distributing them to the WAN Edge devices. This setup ensures consistent routing decisions, traffic engineering, QoS, and security policies across the entire SD-WAN fabric. The WAN Edge devices enforce the policies locally, while vBond handles onboarding and initial authentication, and vManage is used to design and push configurations but does not perform the policy decision-making itself.

Centralized policy processing is handled by the vSmart controller. It serves as the overlay’s control plane, receiving policy definitions from the management plane and distributing them to the WAN Edge devices. This setup ensures consistent routing decisions, traffic engineering, QoS, and security policies across the entire SD-WAN fabric. The WAN Edge devices enforce the policies locally, while vBond handles onboarding and initial authentication, and vManage is used to design and push configurations but does not perform the policy decision-making itself.