Friday, April 30, 2021

Cisco iWAN to SD-WAN - pros/cons?

My organization is currently running iWAN for our remote site connectivity. We have the ability to upgrade to the newer post-Viptella acquisition Cisco SDWAN solution.

I know there is a detailed guide for making this change, but I was just curious to hear thoughts from anyone that has performed this upgrade.

Any growing pains? Weird issues? Is it really that much better? Easier to manage/administrate?

Basically just trying to figure out if the juice is worth the squeeze at this point. iWAN has been terribly underwhelming. I know Viptella used to be a great product line. Not sure if Cisco has destroyed that product and technology in true Cisco form yet or if it is a solid solution.

Curious to hear from folks that have made the upgrade and your overall thoughts/opinions.

Our setup is pretty basic. We’ve got an internet connection and an MPLS connection to each remote site. The head ends at the datacenters are ASR1001 routers and each remote site has an ISR4451.



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