行业的领导者权力更加可靠和灵活network services with Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN edge platform

这家领先的制造商提供了广泛的工业电力系统，清洁能源解决方案，家庭和花园动力设备等。该公司的单一基于MPLS的以太网局域网（ELAN）从其整个北美的制造业和业务地点服务全球市场，无法再支持其增长和网络可靠性要求。

该公司的全球网络服务经理解释说：“我们的所有位置都连接回公司数据中心，因此，如果MPLS巡回赛倒塌，我们立即失去了与业务应用程序，通信，互联网（Internet）的连接。由于我们的许多设施位于农村地区，带来新的MPLS电路可能需要90至120天或更长时间。我们需要更多的网络灵活性和可靠性。”

网络正常运行时间比以往任何时候都重要

A few years ago, the manufacturer standardized on SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP), which handles all customer order processing, supply chain logistics, billing, etc. The company also relies on a variety of cloud services for things like data analytics, backup, service monitoring, and credit card payment processing.

Everything is digital today, which the global network services manager says makes network uptime more important than ever. “Before, if we had an outage, people could get by processing things manually until the network came back up. That’s no longer an option.”

随着公司扩大产品线的扩大，业务周期也发生了变化。“我们曾经在冬季风暴季节和飓风季节看到商业峰值，当时人们急忙购买发电机。但是现在我们全年忙。与过去相比，网络中断对我们的业务产生了更大的负面影响。”

简化WAN管理是关键

The global network services manager and his team considered adding a second MPLS provider, but that would still require the remote facilities to backhaul through the corporate data center for internet access. That’s when they looked into SD-WAN, considering vendors such as Silver Peak, now Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, and Cisco Viptela.

经理说：“我的优先事项是部署和操作的简单性，对应用程序流量具有可见性，并能够轻松解决电路问题。”“在进行尽职调查之后，我们发现阿鲁巴最能符合这些资格。”

To validate the selection, the network services team set up a test environment, deploying anAruba EdgeConnectSD-WAN edge appliance at one of the company’s regional facilities and another in the corporate data center. Coincidentally, while conducting the evaluation the company’s ELAN provider experienced a 92-hour circuit outage, but the facility staff were able to continue business as usual with no network disruption. The team needed no further proof—EdgeConnect was the right choice.

Enables Secure Local Breakout

Today, the manufacturer has deployed dual redundant EdgeConnect platforms for high availability across all its physical locations, as well as virtual EdgeConnect appliances in AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. EdgeConnect is terminated with an MPLS circuit bonded with a dedicated internet access (DIA) link from a second provider. As a result, facilities can use both connections simultaneously and benefit from sub-millisecond failover, allowing staff to remain productive even if one circuit experiences a brownout or outage.

EdgeConnect会自动识别并将流量转向Zscaler Internet访问，并使用配置的主要和辅助隧道阿鲁巴编排management console. Now all traffic destined for cloud applications or the internet is routed to Zscaler for inspection. A senior global network analyst with the company says, “Since we automated tunnel configuration in Orchestrator, our facilities can now break out traffic locally to the internet instead of backhauling everything to our data center.”

分析师建议，其议程上的下一个是在EdgeConnect平台上实施基于区域的状态防火墙的高级安全功能。

统一边缘平台上的灵活选择

网络服务团队利用各种SD-WAN技术能力available on the EdgeConnect platform, including path conditioning, dynamic path control, and routing interoperability, which allowed the team to retire legacy routers. The network services manager remarks, “Consolidating on EdgeConnect means we have less equipment to maintain, patch, update, and manage, which helps offset our overall network costs.”

The manager also values having the option to deployAruba BoostWAN optimization software where and when it’s needed. As an example, the company will soon be testing its disaster recovery capabilities, which will require moving large volumes of data across the network to a remote site. He notes, “I like being able to buy just a one-month Boost license for when we have that initial data push without making a multi-year commitment. Any time we have a project where we need to move a lot of data, I know Boost is available to us to accelerate the project.”

Brings New Locations Online Faster

该公司继续扩大业务，最近通过新的制造，组装和分销操作，这是该公司还将与EdgeConnect SD-WAN一起引入Aruba Wireless访问权限和Aruba Clearpass网络访问控制。此外，SD-WAN将使网络服务团队能够在简化网络管理的同时在线上加速此网站和其他新网站。

网络服务经理说：“通过编排，我可以实时看到每个电路的利用率，以及是否有人在连接应用程序方面存在问题。”“有了更多的知名度和控制，我对超额订阅服务的担忧更少，最终将能够通过更多地依靠DIA和宽带来减少我们对MPL的依赖。”

The manager also points out that steering away from MPLS will help when adding new sites. “With EdgeConnect and Orchestrator we can simply fire up two internet circuits and have a site online in less than a week rather than wait months for MPLS. SD-WAN gives us a lot more flexibility to choose providers as the company continues to grow.”