SD-WAN

Secure and automate workloads to scale intelligently

Unleash your network’s potential and drive digital innovation with secure, scalable, high-performance SD-WAN solutions.

Top-tier solutions. Streamlined control.

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Scale and simplify hybrid networking with SD-WAN (3:35)

200+

global SD-WAN gateways reaching over 100 countries

200+

global SD-WAN gateways reaching over 100 countries

27,000+

worldwide branch deployments

27,000+

worldwide branch deployments

#1

peered global network1

#1

peered global network1

Why Lumen?

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Accelerated network agility

Manage changes to routing and user policies, traffic thresholds and security controls in near real-time across your entire network.

Accelerated network agility

Manage changes to routing and user policies, traffic thresholds and security controls in near real-time across your entire network.


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Enhanced resiliency

Fail-safe your hybrid network by deploying active connectivity that’s balanced under normal conditions and automatically reroutes if one connection goes down.

Enhanced resiliency

Fail-safe your hybrid network by deploying active connectivity that’s balanced under normal conditions and automatically reroutes if one connection goes down.

Lumen® SD-WAN features

Lumen® SD-WAN with VMware®

Lumen® SD-WAN with VMware®

Lumen® SD-WAN with Versa Networks

Lumen® SD-WAN with Versa Networks

Lumen® SD-WAN with Cisco Meraki®

Lumen® SD-WAN with Cisco Meraki®

Lumen® SD‑WAN with Cisco Viptela®

Lumen® SD‑WAN with Cisco Viptela®

Lumen SASE Solutions with Fortinet

Lumen SASE Solutions with Fortinet

Intelligent routing and control

Limited availability

Forwarding paths

2 or more

2 or more

2

2 or more

2 or more

SD‑WAN cloud instance support

SD‑WAN throughput

Up to 10 Gbps

Up to 10 Gbps

Up to 2 Gbps

Up to 10 Gbps

Up to 10 Gbps

Wi‑Fi

Limited availability

Enterprise firewall

Data analytics

Customer self‑service

Global availability

Locations supported

×

nope

No minimum

10 minimum

No minimum

10 minimum

No minimum

Deployment

  • On‑premises
  • Cloud or data center
  • uCPE
  • On‑premises
  • Cloud or data center
  • uCPE
  • On‑premises
  • Cloud or data center
  • uCPE
  • On‑premises
  • Cloud or data center
  • uCPE
  • On‑premises
  • Cloud or data center

Threat management

Customer stories

Resources

Questions? Let’s talk.

Contact our team to get the assistance and answers you’re looking for.

Questions? Let’s talk.

Contact our team to get the assistance and answers you’re looking for.

Questions? Let’s talk.

Contact our team to get the assistance and answers you’re looking for.

1The Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA), AS Rank, April 2023.