What is the role of the vSmart controller in a Cisco SD-WAN environment?
A. It performs authentication and authorization.
B. It manages the control plane.
C. It is the centralized network management system.
D. It manages the data plane.
What is the role of the vSmart controller in a Cisco SD-WAN environment?
A. It performs authentication and authorization.
B. It manages the control plane.
C. It is the centralized network management system.
D. It manages the data plane.
B is correct.
The Cisco vSmart Controller oversees the control plane of the Cisco SD-WAN overlay network, establishing, adjusting, and maintaining the connections that form the Cisco SD-WAN fabric.
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/sdwan/configuration/sdwan-xe-gs-book/system-overview.html#:~:text=The%20Cisco%20vSmart%20Controller%20oversees,the%20Cisco%20SD%2DWAN%20fabric.
Actually vSmart Controllers “implement” all the control plane policies created on the vManage.
The vSmart “manage” the reachability info learned from sd-wan routers (OMP) and in conjunction with the vBond orchestrate connectivity between the sd-wan routers
D
I’d say A
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