The FCSS SD-WAN 7.6 curriculum describes multiple standard SD-WAN deployment designs, each mapped to a specific operational goal or constraint.
A cloud on-ramp topology is designed to optimize connectivity to cloud services such as SaaS and IaaS. This design provides the most efficient and reliable path to cloud applications by establishing direct tunnels to cloud gateways or cloud workloads and by avoiding backhauling traffic through a central data center. As a result, its primary indication is improving the performance of cloud applications, which makes option A correct.
A remote breakout (centralized breakout) design forwards all internet-bound traffic from branch sites to a central hub for security inspection. This allows security policies, inspection, and logging to be centralized on a high-capacity FortiGate at the hub. Because branch devices do not need advanced local security configurations, this design also limits local management requirements, which makes option C correct.
Option B is incorrect because a standalone SD-WAN design is not selected simply because a site has only one WAN link. SD-WAN provides its main benefits when multiple WAN paths exist, and single-link sites do not gain meaningful traffic-steering advantages.
Option D is incorrect because a direct internet access (DIA) design performs local internet breakout at the branch and therefore requires strong local security capabilities. DIA does not inherently increase traffic security and is not intended for devices with limited capabilities.
Therefore, the two correct associations are A and C.
