Speaker 1: All right, everyone, welcome to your sd WAN deep dive.
Speaker 1: We're diving into some really cool stuff today.
Speaker 2: Definitely exciting stuff.
Speaker 1: You guys give us this Silver Peak training guide and
Speaker 1: got to say it's a beast advanced deployments, the whole
Speaker 1: nine yards.
Speaker 2: But that's what we love, right absolutely getting into the
Speaker 2: nitty gritty.
Speaker 1: We're talking going beyond just the basics of sd WAN.
Speaker 1: This is like getting under the hood of how big companies, businesses,
Speaker 1: they're all connecting their networks these days.
Speaker 2: It's a whole different world now, especially with everyone relying
Speaker 2: on cloud stuff and having teams spread out everywhere.
Speaker 1: No kidding, Like, this isn't your old school office network anymore. Right.
Speaker 1: It's about making sure video calls are crystal clear, huge
Speaker 1: files transfer and a snap all while keeping everything locked
Speaker 1: down tight exactly.
Speaker 2: And that's where stwand comes in. It's like it's the
Speaker 2: brain that can juggle all of that and keep things
Speaker 2: running smoothly. The old wages can't handle it, right.
Speaker 1: It's a total change in how companies are thinking about
Speaker 1: their networks. Out with the old hardware, in with the
Speaker 1: sore and the cloud.
Speaker 2: Think of it like this, with sd one, you're basically
Speaker 2: cherry picking the best parts of the Internet and building
Speaker 2: your own custom network.
Speaker 1: That's got to be huge for companies, especially with everyone
Speaker 1: working remotely and needing to scale up quickly.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, and a guide. It doesn't mess around. It throws
Speaker 2: you right into the driver's seat. You actually get to
Speaker 2: set up a simulated network using Silver Peak stuff.
Speaker 1: Wait, so it's like a slight simulator, but for network
Speaker 1: Peaks exactly.
Speaker 2: You can play around with virtual routers, try out different
Speaker 2: Internet connections, even mobile data.
Speaker 1: Wow, that's really hands on the best way to learn
Speaker 1: for sure. One thing that caught my eye in the
Speaker 1: guide was this Edge eight cha thing.
Speaker 2: Ah yeah, Edge eight that's silver Peaks way of making
Speaker 2: sure your network never goes down. Imagine you're in the
Speaker 2: middle of a video call, right and your internet just dies.
Speaker 1: Don't even remind me, happens to the best of us.
Speaker 2: Total nightmare. But with Edge ag it's like you've got
Speaker 2: a backup system ready to go the second your main
Speaker 2: connection drops boom. It takes over seamlessly.
Speaker 1: So for companies that can't afford any downtime, this is critical.
Speaker 2: Absolutely every second counts, right, It's like insurance for your network.
Speaker 1: Love it, No more Internet heart attacks. Okay, so let's
Speaker 1: get into how silver Peak actually makes all of this
Speaker 1: magic happen.
Speaker 2: Let's talk orchestration.
Speaker 1: Orchestrations sounds kind of fancy, right, like we're about to
Speaker 1: conduct a symphony.
Speaker 2: It's not that far off. Actually, think of silver Piece
Speaker 2: Orchestrator as the conductor making sure every single part of
Speaker 2: your SDU one is in sync.
Speaker 1: So it's calling the shots, making sure data flows smoothly
Speaker 1: between all those virtual routers and connections.
Speaker 2: Exactly. It's the control center for your entire network. From
Speaker 2: one place. You need to update some security settings across
Speaker 2: like all your offices at once.
Speaker 1: Which, let's be real, is a nightmare scenario most of the.
Speaker 2: Time, right, But Orchestrator makes it a breeze. A few
Speaker 2: clicks and you're done. No running around with cables.
Speaker 1: That's wild. It's like having this like god mode view
Speaker 1: of your entire network, no matter how how big or
Speaker 1: messy it gets.
Speaker 2: And because it's all software, you could make changes on
Speaker 2: the fly. No need to wait for someone to ship
Speaker 2: you a new box or you know whatever they used
Speaker 2: to do.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the beauty of it, right. Businesses can adapt instantly,
Speaker 1: need to set up a new office across the world,
Speaker 1: no problem, exactly.
Speaker 2: But we can't forget about the unsung heroes here.
Speaker 1: Who are we missing.
Speaker 2: The routing protocols? Yeah, OSPF and BGP.
Speaker 1: Okay, this sound a little intimidating.
Speaker 2: They're like the traffic cops of your network, making sure
Speaker 2: all the data gets where it needs to go fast.
Speaker 1: So instead of cars, it's data packets zipping around exactly.
Speaker 2: OSPF, that's your local guy managing traffic within your network.
Speaker 2: Think of it like optimizing roots within a city.
Speaker 1: Got it. So if I'm sending a file to my coworker,
Speaker 1: OSPF's on.
Speaker 2: It right now. BGP he's handling the bigger picture traffic
Speaker 2: between your network and the rest of the world. Ah.
Speaker 1: So when I'm browsing a website hosted like who knows.
Speaker 2: Where, BGP figures out the best route through the internet jungle.
Speaker 1: Makes sense.
Speaker 2: And this guide it doesn't just give you the basics
Speaker 2: on these protocols. It goes deep how to configure them,
Speaker 2: how to make them sing.
Speaker 1: This is where it gets really juicy, because knowing the
Speaker 1: theory is one thing, but actually getting your hands dirty
Speaker 1: that's the key.
Speaker 2: It's like having a master mechanic teaching you how to
Speaker 2: rebuild an engine.
Speaker 1: Nice okay, so real talk things break. What happens when
Speaker 1: there's a network hiccup?
Speaker 2: Good point. That's why this guide spends a lot of
Speaker 2: time on troubleshooting. Remember those routing loops, Oh yeah.
Speaker 1: The data equivalent of getting stuck in a roundabout forever exactly.
Speaker 2: The guide shows you how to spot those, fix them,
Speaker 2: and keep things moving. It even gets into optimizing BGP
Speaker 2: because even the.
Speaker 1: Best traffic cops need a little help sometimes.
Speaker 2: Especially with how much the Internet changes. Right, and you
Speaker 2: don't want to just guess when it comes to your network.
Speaker 1: Trial and error with your network is not the move.
Speaker 2: Not at all. You need a plan, and this guide
Speaker 2: gives you that. Then there's the idea of regions.
Speaker 1: Regions like geographical regions, not quite, think.
Speaker 2: Of them as like virtual zones within your network. You
Speaker 2: can segment things based on what you.
Speaker 1: Need, so instead of everything being lumped together, I can
Speaker 1: say this is for finance, this is for marketing exactly.
Speaker 2: You create these little pockets within your network.
Speaker 1: That makes way more sense than just having one giant
Speaker 1: network for everything.
Speaker 2: Right, and the guide tells you how to do it all,
Speaker 2: how to make sure traffic flows between these regions. How
Speaker 2: to control what goes where.
Speaker 1: So it's like you're not just securing the perimeter, you're
Speaker 1: setting up internal checkpoints too.
Speaker 2: Exactly. Wouldn't want sensitive financial data just floating around?
Speaker 1: Nope, not a good time. So how does silver Peak
Speaker 1: handle that? The whole security thing?
Speaker 2: I mean, they've got something called the zone based firewall
Speaker 2: zone based huh.
Speaker 1: So it's not like your average firewall, right, It's specific
Speaker 1: to each of these zones exactly.
Speaker 2: It's like having a security guard at the door of
Speaker 2: each department. You get to decide who and what can
Speaker 2: go in and out.
Speaker 1: So, for example, my marketing team can share files with
Speaker 1: each other, no problem. But if they try to access
Speaker 1: like super secret financial stuff blocked. Yeah.
Speaker 2: It's all about layers of security. So even if someone
Speaker 2: gets through one door, they're not getting access to everything.
Speaker 1: Gotcha. It makes sense, and this guid it actually shows
Speaker 1: you how to set it up.
Speaker 2: Step by step. It even covers some really cool advanced
Speaker 2: stuff like creating your own custom firewall rules. You can
Speaker 2: get super specific like blocking certain apps or even individual users.
Speaker 1: Wow, talk about granular control. This whole deep dive has
Speaker 1: really opened my eyes to how much SD one can do. Like,
Speaker 1: the flexibility is insane.
Speaker 2: It really is a game changer, and we're just scratching
Speaker 2: the surface. There's this whole other thing SaaS. It's like
Speaker 2: the next evolution.
Speaker 1: Oh okay, you're losing me a little. What's that?
Speaker 2: So imagine taking everything cool about SD one, the flexibility,
Speaker 2: the security, all of it, and then you apply that
Speaker 2: to basically your entire online presence, cloud apps, remote users, everything.
Speaker 1: So instead of having like a million different systems, it's
Speaker 1: all under one.
Speaker 2: Roof exactly simplified, but even better, kind of like upgrading
Speaker 2: from a beat up old car to like a spaceship.
Speaker 1: Okay, I can get behind that analogy. This deep dive
Speaker 1: has been awesome. We've learned so much.
Speaker 2: You've been a great student.
Speaker 1: Well, this guide made it easy. Before we wrap up, though,
Speaker 1: anything else that really stood out to you something our
Speaker 1: listeners shouldn't miss, you know.
Speaker 2: Besides all the technical stuff, I really liked how much
Speaker 2: it focused on actually solving problems. It's not just do this,
Speaker 2: then do that. It's about understanding why.
Speaker 1: So you're not just a technician, you're like the architect
Speaker 1: of your network exactly.
Speaker 2: You have the knowledge, you have the power and that's huge.
Speaker 2: That's how you build the future.
Speaker 1: Couldn't agree more. And on that note, we'll wrap up
Speaker 1: this SD one deep dive. We hope you've enjoyed this
Speaker 1: journey as much as we have. Until next time, keep exploring,
Speaker 1: keep learning, and we'll see you in the next deep dive.