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Features / Out-of-Path Options
« on: March 04, 2014, 09:17:45 AM »
Two out of path deployment options are available.
Router mode:
PBR Pros: Network transparency. High Availability - Immediate seamless fail-over. More efficient, less overhead. More robust.
PBR Cons: Router needs to be configured to PBR traffic to the Core.
Tunnel mode:
Tunnel Pros: Simpler, no need to configure any routing for the incoming traffic from the WAN.
Tunnel Cons: More overhead. Transparency is lost in the WAN.
Router mode:
PBR Pros: Network transparency. High Availability - Immediate seamless fail-over. More efficient, less overhead. More robust.
PBR Cons: Router needs to be configured to PBR traffic to the Core.
Tunnel mode:
Tunnel Pros: Simpler, no need to configure any routing for the incoming traffic from the WAN.
Tunnel Cons: More overhead. Transparency is lost in the WAN.