Cisco SD-WAN Stability

ER
Executive Vice President Operations and IT at Sterling National Bank

The system worked extremely well from the beginning and there have been no issues with stability. In fact, stability is the reason why the solution was put in place.  

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Suraj Krishna - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at Orange

The solution is stable. Other solutions provide better stability, such as Silver Peak SD-WAN.

I rate the stability of Cisco SD-WAN an eight out of ten.

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MOHAMEDELSHERIF - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Consultant at International Turnkey Systems - ITS

The solution is very stable. 

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Cisco SD-WAN
April 2024
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RuiAraujo - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Presales Consultant at Sysconnect Lda

The solution is stable. 

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Samuel Romero - PeerSpot reviewer
Field data engineer at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees

My first impression of the solution's stability was that it was quirky. We had some dropped sessions where the VPN session would just drop if we had a carrier drop and some sessions where the solution would drop the VPN session. It wasn't a virtual device; it was a piece of hardware in the data center. I saw it and had that drawing. The solution would drop the VPN sessions whenever they got too loaded because we had a priority on the session screen devices and they had an issue there. My initial thought was, "Why didn't we use something else?" After Cisco made changes to their FlexVPN appliance in iOS, it became really stable. We had a workaround for it, which was to tear down the session every few hours and round-robin the remote devices to set up the sessions. This would help to load balance the solution into the data center. After Cisco fixed their software, we no longer had to do that and we didn't have any issues because it would automatically shift the remote to set the load across all the appliances.

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DeepakSinghal - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at Ernst & Young

Sometimes there are issues on the routing layers. Most of the time, the protocols don't meet the compliance standards. If one site is Cisco and another site is Juniper, then there is a mismatch in the protocols, so there is latency. If all the sites are Cisco, then it's stable.

I would rate the stability as six out of ten.

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VIJAICYRIAC - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Cisco SD-WAN is stable.

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DarrinBryant - PeerSpot reviewer
AVP Technology Network Engineer at LPL Financial

Cisco SD-WAN is a stable solution.

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LD
Head of Network Service, Information's Communications Technologies and Development at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We've had absolutely no issues with the stability of the solution. It doesn't crash or freeze. There are no bugs or glitches. It's been quite good overall.

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IbrahimAlsharif - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of IT at CITG

It is a stable solution, and I rate the stability a nine out of ten.

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Upinder Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Solutions Architect at Orange

I find the solution to be stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.

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UR
Consulting & Solution Integration at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

The stability and performance of Cisco SD-WAN are really good. It's a reliable solution. 

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SN
Sr Manager Infrastructure at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

The product is stable. We don't have any downside so far.

Cisco is very stable, whether a branch network or the branches. We don't have any issues with them.

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SI
Tech Specialist, Client Network DeliveryTech at AT&T

Cisco SD-WAN is very stable. It's a decent product. 

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UH
Pre-sales Manager at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

I found the stability of Cisco SD-WAN good enough.

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SO
Information and Communication Manager at Heineken

The product is stable. 

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VENKATESHREDDY - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate IT Director at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

We found the solution to be quite stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

We haven't seen major issues. 

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Ehsan Emad - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of IT at Synnapex

SD-WAN is 100 percent stable. If you use the suggested operating system, all the Cisco solutions are stable. According to the Gartner Magic Quadrant rating, I believe Cisco was No. 1 three years ago. Now it is No. 2 or 3, so I believe that they could improve more.
And many customers have used DMVPN or VPN solutions for many years, so those solutions are also extremely stable.

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HL
Solutions Architect at Comstor Brasil

The stability of the system is quite robust. Initially, there might be some minor challenges, particularly in the first couple of months, regarding certificate issues.

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EricBiederbeck - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Projektmanager at Telekom Deutschland GmbH

The stability is good.

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Suresh Vijayen - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at IX Telecom

The solution is stable. There are no bugs or glitches. it doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable.

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PH
Cloud Network Engineer at Pearl Technologies Ltd

I rate the product's stability an eight out of ten.

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Javed Hashmi - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at Future Point Technologies

I rate the platform's stability an eight out of ten.

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HN
Principal Solution Architect at Criterion Networks

I rate the stability an eight out of ten. So, it's very stable.

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GulfrazAhmad - PeerSpot reviewer
Division Head Enterprise Infrastructure (SVP) at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Cisco SD-WAN is stable.

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AV
Network and Security Engineer at FrieslandCampina

The stability is really great. It's definitely reduced downtime. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

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AS
Senior Engineer at Totalplay

The solution is very, very reliable. It's quite stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's been good overall.

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Kristof Spriet - PeerSpot reviewer
Products & Solutions Manager at Proximus

Its stability is fine if you stay within certain releases. From the stability point of view of the releases, it is fine.

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Farhan-Mohamed - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The stability of the solution is good as of now. 

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Malith Chandrasekara - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Enterprise Business at VSIS

I can't say that Cisco SD-WAN is incredibly stable, especially since Cisco has acquired Viptela and they are now busy with trying to improve Viptela's features and tools. So in some situations, it has been my experience that Cisco's SD-WAN is solid but it does succumb to stability issues at times.

So far we have completed only one project with Cisco, while other one is still ongoing. With that experience, I can say some stability improvements are needed, but I don't know about the other partners who have completed ten or more projects, for example.

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AQ
Senior Manager at Systems Limited

The solution is stable, and you need good connectivity. 

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FD
Senior Product Consultant at Entel Chile

Releases and updates/upgrades for the software in each component are not simple to configure.

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DA
Solution Director at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

The solution is stable. This is the reason why we ultimately chose it as a product. Cisco's experience regarding the complex configuration of networks is perhaps the more mature in the market. 

They have made some improvements to the solution, and I think these advancements make it one of the most stable in the industry. It's not great for large configurations, so it may not be as stable in those cases. However, Cisco remains the most stable on the market.

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Jeffry Miguel De Los Santos - PeerSpot reviewer
IT manager at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

Cisco SD-WAN is stable.

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Alex Shengelevich - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief technology officer at Winncom Technologies

The solution is stable.

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TT
Administrator at SOURTHERN WAVES Solution

Cisco SD-WAN is stable. 

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Roland Hambleton - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Director at Optko

It is pretty good. We have been reasonably happy with it.

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AN
Technical Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

For standard use, it's pretty stable. If you want to use this solution to manage traffic, then it depends on the release. Cisco has several patches for a variety of problems. Still, they can't guarantee that there won't' be any bugs. 

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SN
Sr Manager Infrastructure at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

SD-WAN is very stable - once it's deployed, you can just forget about it, it runs by itself.

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DK
Senior Global Product Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Since Cisco acquired Viptela, the stability of this solution has given problems since it is quite new. 

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SD
Director at Globe Internet Limited

Cisco SD-WAN is a stable solution. I have not seen any issues with stability. If you do the preventive management exercises, ensure that you have the right temperature, regularly perform inspections, and monitor the solution properly, then everything will work perfectly.

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DR
Vice President Of Services at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The solution could be more stable. There are issues that they've had to deal with.

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it_user1232472 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Associate at VPS

I have faced issues with one or two boxes. We replaced those boxes.

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Magdy Raafat - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Consultant at Orange Business Services

Sometimes it's a little buggy, so there needs to be some updates to make the solution more stable.

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DO
Chief Digital Officer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

The solution is stable. There is very minimal movement and very minimal packet loss. There is very minimal delay in the network. In terms of performance, it's absolutely best of breed, and world-class. There is no discussion about that. In terms of hardware, probably is the best provider. 

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Premnath Jaganathan - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at a educational organization with 51-200 employees

Cisco SD-WAN's stability is good - I haven't found any issues at the operational level.

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SP
Telecom and Collaboration Manager at a construction company with 501-1,000 employees

I would say neutral at this time because I am deploying this in an office this week. It seems okay in terms of stability. It hasn't crashed since it has been up.

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YB
Founder at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

I have not heard any complaints about the stability. The problem with this solution is with the interface, not the equipment.

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Kishlay Choudhary - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Support Engineer at Team Computers

Cisco SD-WAN is a stable solution.

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LC
Consultant Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

It is a stable solution.

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JA
Pre-Sale System Engineer SOLA & NOLA at Logicalis Latam

We had issues with the stability only one time when we integrated Viptella SD-WAN with Cisco Umbrella. After reading all of the documentation, we have not had any issues with the stability.

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ZT
Network Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Cisco's SD-WAN is a stable product.

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DM
Network Operations Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is good. There are some nice elements about it, but there are a few difficulties, and it is always an improvement process.

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MY
Sales Engineer at Logicom

The solution is extremely stable. It's not something that has a lot of bigs and glitches. It's reliable. It doesn't crash.

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MZ
Sr. Network Engineer Consulting Services at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Cisco SD-WAN is stable. It's scalable and reliable, and robust.

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DH
Head of IT Network Division at Panorinformatika

The solution is stable.

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PA
Pre-sales Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

This is definitely a stable product.

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AJ
Data Center Engineer at Emerging Communications Limited

Cisco SD-WAN is a stable network solution.

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JD
Architect IT-systemen at Cegeka

It is as stable as your lines are. We mostly have fiber connections, and it is really stable and performing well. I once had a problem with a power unit, but I have never experienced any downtime.

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SS
Pre-sales consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The stability of SD-WAN on iOS needs improving, they're in a transition phase. Cisco recently acquired Repeller. They are gradually migrating from their old SD-WAN to this new retail SD-LAN. It's been a challenge because the roadmaps they envisaged haven't quite worked out, it's not a smooth road. If you change from traditional WAN to SD-WAN from the retailers perspective, it can be a bit of a challenge. We also deploy Fortinet and that's easier. I don't know what's going to happen in the next couple of years, but for now, doing SD-WAN is a little bit of a challenge

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Taimoor Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Operations Engineer at Inara Technologies

When we have had power outages for a few hours we have had no issue with Cisco SD-WAN coming back online and functioning.

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HA
Design Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Cisco SD-WAN is a stable product.

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SR
Senior Director, Network Engineering at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is extremely stable. You can set it and forget it, if that is your thing. There are a lot of improvements with each full version release. As with all things Cisco, if you have the chance to wait for a few months before deploying the latest release, do it. They can be buggy for the first few months. 

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NP
Network Analyst at a real estate/law firm with 1-10 employees

The stability of the solution is one of the better features. 

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SK
Executive Director at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

As of now, the stability is fine.

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Tharanga SKP - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer, Enterprise Products at SLT Visioncom Pvt Ltd

We have not experienced any issues with stability over the past two months.

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RJ
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It's stable enough. They hardened it to their operating system. It's not an issue.

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SS
Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The solution is very stable. 

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PK
Owner at SCO`Scope Consulting Private Limited

The solution is stable. There aren't bugs or glitches. The solution is reliable. It just works.

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An Quang Vu Phan Phan - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Networking Pre-sales Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We do find that the solution can be a bit buggy. The more complex the setup is, the more bugs we seem to find. There seem to be many bugs in the software.

The web GUI is easy to deploy, however, when we deploy a whole network for a customer, we can see how they run inside the GUI. We've had to open cases with technical support to help us deal with issues that arise.

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UB
Solution Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Cisco SD-WAN is stable. There might be minor bugs in a few of the features, but overall, the product is stable and the customers are happy with it.

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NP
Network Analyst at a real estate/law firm with 1-10 employees

This is a stable solution. it does what it is supposed to do and is working fine.

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PD
Executive - Coastal Operations at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Cisco SD-WAN is a highly stable solution.

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DR
Network Engineer at Transportation

Stability (especially running in virtualized environment) is an issue SDN vendors do not talk about until customer learns the hard way. It has to be tested.

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AG
Cisco Systems at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

It's very good and stable compared to the others.

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SZ
Team Lead Network Infrastructure at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Stability-wise, it is a good product and it works very well.

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YY
Junior Solution Architect at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

I have found this solution stable.

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ED
Director de Arquitecturas at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The solution could have better stability. It's not ideal right now. It could be quite a bit better.

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OM
System Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The solution is stable enough. We haven't faced crashes, bugs or glitches that would make us concerned that is wasn't reliable.

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SQ
Head IT Operations at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

We have had no issues with stability.

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Buyer's Guide
Cisco SD-WAN
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Cisco SD-WAN. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
767,847 professionals have used our research since 2012.