Meraki
Meraki
The main focus is providing support for easy, automated, high-performing and flexible cloud access, because there is a preferred use
of cloud services to deliver applications.
What drives this use case is little to no workloads in on-premises data centers, and more reliance on cloud workloads. This can be
SaaS or infrastructure as a service (IaaS) in a centralized or distributed way, with few or many cloud providers involved. WAN
transport is typically internet only, but can be enhanced internet or private connectivity as well.
Clients that often describe themselves as having a cloud-first and/or cloud-only application strategy generally have plans to close
corporate data centers and eliminate corporate private WANs, but not cloud onramp WANs.
Flexibility in network architectures and network setup is key to this use case, as is delivering application performance from the end
user to the workloads. Consequently, cloud onramp (a connectivity solution that enterprises use to access cloud service providers)
automation, orchestration capabilities and SaaS optimization are important for this use case. This solution often leverages cloud-
delivered security, rather than security at the edge/branch.
Global WAN Customer
How to differentiate with Cisco DNA Essentials vs Cisco DNA Advantage
• General SD-WAN features -DIA Tracker: Interface • Advanced Multicloud and SaaS visibility- site to cloud,
tracker for DIA, ability to track static route on service site-site, mid-mile integrations
VPN, per-class/DSCP BFD for AAR, ACL matching • Advanced SD-WAN Routing– Per VPN QoS, Adaptive
ICMP FEC, TCP Optimization, etc. QoS, Hierarchical SD-WAN, etc.
• Cloud OnRamp for Multicloud and SaaS Visibility • Cross domain integrations
• SD-WAN with L2 and L3 routing protocol services • Advanced IP Multicast services
• Cloud Security OnRamp – auto reg, auto-tunnel, DNS • Advanced SD-WAN Services– service insertion, tracker
monitoring, Umbrella App discovery support, AppQoE, etc.
• 4+1 VPN segments • Unlimited VPN segmentation (up to 250)