Overview
The Cisco WAN Automation Engine (WAE) is a powerful, flexible, software-defined networking (SDN) platform. It abstracts and simplifies your WAN environment while making it fully open and programmable. It is a network modeling technology that enables real-time analysis of traffic needs and placement in complex WAN topologies.
Check it out here: Cisco WAN Automation Engine 6.2 with 8 Nodes v1.1
Scenarios
- Scenario 1: Offline Planning with MATE Design
- Scenario 2: Bandwidth on Demand
- Scenario 3: Tunnel Balancer
- Scenario 4: Tunnel Builder
- Scenario 5: Bandwidth Calendaring
- Scenario 6: WAE API and Tunnel Split / Merge
Requirements
Components
- Cisco BGP-LS Technology
- Cisco WAE 6.2 SDN Server
- TraGenSer, traffic generator
- Cisco IOS XRVR 5.3.2
- Cisco PCE and PCEP Technology
- CentOS 7
- Docker
- Nginx
- VIRL
Features
Cisco WAE | - State-of-the-art network and traffic modeling technology.
- Intuitive interface for creating flows, tunnels, and demands.
- Cloud SDN application suite with advanced PCE.
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Virtual Internet Routing Lab (VIRL) | - Multi-purpose network virtualization platform.
- Provides an easy way to build, configure, and test new or existing network topologies.
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Topology