What is a key element used in a vBond Orchestrator redundancy topology?

In Cisco SD-WAN architecture, the vBond Orchestrator plays a crucial role in the initial device onboarding and control plane security. Ensuring redundancy for vBond Orchestrators is essential for maintaining high availability and reliability in the SD-WAN network.

Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN): The use of an FQDN is a key element in vBond Orchestrator redundancy. By configuring multiple vBond Orchestrators with the same FQDN, the SD-WAN devices can resolve this domain name to different IP addresses corresponding to the different vBond Orchestrator instances. This allows for automatic failover and load balancing among the vBond Orchestrators.

Redundancy Mechanism: The DNS mechanism will resolve the FQDN to a list of IP addresses, and in case one vBond is unreachable, another can be contacted. This approach ensures continuous availability and redundancy without requiring manual reconfiguration of the devices.

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