Cisco Viptela (SD-WAN)

Introduction

Cisco Viptela (SD-WAN), a significant part of Cisco’s Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) solutions, focuses on enhancing the performance, security, and management of wide-area networks. The Cisco Viptela (SD-WAN) SD-WAN solution leverages a cloud-first approach to provide a comprehensive networking experience, combining ease of use, scalability, and robust security.

Key Benefits

Scalability: Supports a vast number of branch locations and cloud services, making it suitable for large, distributed enterprises.
Security: Offers end-to-end encryption, segmentation, and advanced threat protection.
Application Optimization: Enhances application performance through intelligent path control, quality of service (QoS), and WAN optimization.
Cloud Integration: Seamlessly integrates with major cloud service providers, enabling efficient and secure access to cloud-based applications

Here are the key discovery components found in Cisco Viptela (SD-WAN) environment:

vManage: A centralized management dashboard that provides a user-friendly interface for network configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
vSmart Controller: The brain of the SD-WAN, responsible for centralized control, policy enforcement, and orchestration of the data plane.3. Network Components
vEdge Routers: Network devices that deliver secure data routing, optimized application performance, and direct internet access.
cEdge Routers: Cisco’s integrated SD-WAN solution running on the IOS-XE operating system. These routers are designed to combine traditional routing functions with advanced SD-WAN features.
vBond Orchestrator: Facilitates the initial authentication and authorization of all SD-WAN components, ensuring a secure and seamless connection between them.

Supported Target Version


Supported Target Versions
This app validated on Cisco(SD-WAN) - Viptela vManage v20.14

Hierarchy of Cisco Viptela (SD-WAN) resource

For API Communication, hierarchy is as follows:

Application can discover the Cisco - Viptela Related Resources.

Viptela vManage
- Viptela vBond
  - Viptela vBond Interface
- Viptela vEdge
  - Viptela vEdge Interface
- Viptela cEdge
  - Viptela cEdge Interface
- Viptela vSmart
  - Viptela vSmart Interface
- Viptela Interface

Version History


Application Version	Bug fixes / Enhancements
4.1.0	This implementation introduces third-party CI alert mapping and OpsQL-based enhancements. Configure alert mappings to target CI systems through the application configuration. After configuration, the system automatically forwards alerts to the corresponding third-party platforms and maps them to the specified CIs, ensuring consistent integration and efficient alert management. Previously, resource filters in the app configuration required manual entry of resource core and custom attributes. With this enhancement, the configuration is moved to OpsQL-based filtering, where users can see the keys auto-populated as needed.
4.0.0	Added new metrics BGP status and CRC errors controller status.
3.0.0	Separated Viptela interface native types to Viptela Interface, Viptela vEdge Interface, Viptela cEdge Interface, Viptela vBond Interface, and Viptela vSmart Interface.
2.0.0	Added new metric for interface viptela_interface_admin_status.
1.0.6	Discovery will not delete unreachable router interfaces.
1.0.5	While discovering resources, app will now discover unreachable resources as well.
1.0.4	Interface discovery and Bulk API modifications to reduce API calls to the end device.
1.0.3	Fixed issue with interface discovery for few resoruces.
1.0.2	Activity log, latest snapshot and debug handler changes.
1.0.1	Updated the device reachability metrics to be valid in case of device disconnected.
1.0.0	Initial support for Cisco Viptela (SD-WAN) application.