VMware SD-WAN (Software-defined Wide Area Network) by VeloCloud is a cloud-delivered solution for network operators and application owners who want to ensure high application performance and availability for their end users while lowering networking costs.
VMware SD-WAN ensures a reliable and resilient wide area network (WAN), with a choice of connection types, including: Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), LTE, WiFi and broadband. VMware SD-WAN combines multiple links and uses traffic steering technology to select the best path for each application to ensure consistent performance and overcome quality issues and outages.
Available resources under VMware SD-WAN are as follows:
Orchestrator: A web-based central management tool that provides simplified configuration, provisioning, monitoring, fault management, logging, and reporting.
VMware SD-WAN Gateways: VMware SD-WAN Gateways optimize data paths to all applications, branches, and data centers along with the ability to deliver network services to and from the cloud.
Edges: A Zero-touch enterprise-class appliance that provides secure optimized connectivity to applications in any location, including private data centers, public clouds and hybrid deployments.
Links: Connectivity between edge and other end devices.
Go to Setup > Integrations and Apps. If there are already installed apps, it will redirect to the INSTALLED APPS page where all the installed apps are displayed. Click +ADD and search for the App on the Available apps page.
If there are no installed apps, it will navigate to the AVAILABLE APPS page.
Use the search option available to search for VMware SD-WAN (VeloCloud) application. Alternatively, use All Categories dropdown to search. In this case, select Saas Application. All SAAS apps are displayed. Note: The search option is used to search for apps on a page.
Click ADD under VMware SD-WAN (VeloCloud):
In Add VELOCLOUD page, enter account information:
Property
Description
Name
(required) Enter integration name.
Account Number
(required) Enter the VeloCloud account number
Host Name
(required) Enter the host name
User Name
(required) Enter the user name
Password
(required) Enter the password
Confirm Password
(required) Re-enter the password
Click Next.In the RESOURCE TYPE section, select:
ALL: All the existing and future resources will be discovered.
SELECT: You can select one or multiple resources to be discovered.
In the DISCOVERY SCHEDULE section, select Recurrence Pattern to add one of the following patterns:
Minutes
Hourly
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Click Finish.The application is now installed and displayed on the Installed Integration page. Use the search field to find the installed application.
After configuring the integration, VMware SD-WAN metrics can be viewed from the Infrastructure page.
