LUMEN® SD-WAN

Unleash your network potential with Lumen SD-WAN solutions—featuring automated security, optimised performance and intelligent scalability for driving digital innovation.

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Maximised performance
visibility and security

Lumen® SD-WAN with Versa Networks is designed to improve resource usage for multi-site deployments. It provides centralised cloud management, helps efficiently manage bandwidth and ensures high-level performance for critical applications. Find your potential cost savings with the SD-WAN calculator.

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Benefits

Accelerated network agility

Dynamically route traffic, manage user policies and set security controls in near real time. Prioritise apps, mitigate performance issues and deploy app-aware failover to ensure access to critical cloud-based resources.

Operational efficiency

Managed services supplement in-house resources with highly skilled experts to help design, configure, deploy and manage your network, freeing up valuable IT resources for other projects.

Enhanced resiliency

Defend your hybrid network by deploying active/active connectivity that is balanced under normal conditions and automatically reroutes if one connection goes down.

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Features and Specifications

SD-WAN hosted infrastructure, software licences and rental customer premises equipment (CPE) options supporting up to 10 Gbps
Lumen connectivity or bring-your-own-transport—MPLS, Ethernet, dedicated internet, broadband, 4G/LTE
Multiple virtual routers for complete traffic segmentation with unlimited forwarding paths
Site-to-site auto VPN securely connects branch locations using fully meshed, partially meshed or hub-and-spoke
Flexible WAN design options to fit individual site needs including high-availability and global configurations as well as BGP, OSPF and CGNAT

Management flexibility with fully managed and co-managed options
24/7 customer self-service portal access for agile co-management
Automatic, customer and pre-defined identification for over 3,100 applications for policy-based control
Application QoS, intelligent optimal path selection and packet duplication
Service wrapper includes design, deployment, configuration, activation, change management, appliance/circuit monitoring and upgrades, event management, appliance upgrades and 24/7 support for the entire WAN solution
Optional (for fee) on-site installation and maintenance at each SD-WAN site

Authentication, key exchange and encryption
Stateful firewall and Geo-IP based firewall rules include content filtering, URL filtering, IP filtering and IDS/IPS
Real-time and historical analytics and reporting with pervasive visibility from Layer 2 to Layer 7 – sites, circuits, apps, threats, SD-WAN, etc.

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Use Cases

Simplifying branch management

Bring multiple branch, campus, retail, data centre, colocation and cloud locations under a single network umbrella with uniform policies and security protocols.

Optimising the WAN

Seamlessly integrate public and private transport to effectively use bandwidth while eliminating bottlenecks, backhauling and passive connectivity.

Minimising security risk

Software-defined security across your enterprise, including branch locations, provides visibility, centralised management and policy from a single dashboard.

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