Recommended Computing Resources for Cisco SD-WAN Controller Release 20.7.x (Cisco Hosted Cloud Deployment)

Starting from Cisco SD-WAN Manager Release 20.6.x, new cloud controller instances are introduced. There are three types of these instances- Small, Medium, and Large, based on computing resources. The following table shows the specifications associated with each instance type.

Instance Type Specifications (Approximation)
vCPUs RAM Storage Size

Small

16 vCPUs

32 GB RAM

500 GB

Medium

32 vCPUs

64 GB RAM

1 TB

Large

32 vCPUs

128 GB RAM

5 TB
Table 1. Instance Types With Number of Devices and Nodes and Deployment Models
Devices Nodes and deployment models with instance type Data processing factor Number of days the data can be stored

** Cisco SD-WAN Application Intelligence Engine (SAIE) Disabled

<250

One Node Small vManage

NA

NA

250-1000

One Node Medium vManage

NA

NA

1000-1500

One Node Large vManage

NA

NA

1500-2000

Three Node Medium vManage Cluster

NA

NA

2000-5000

Three Node Large vManage Cluster

NA

NA

5000-7000

Six Node Large vManage Cluster

NA

NA

** Cisco SD-WAN Application Intelligence Engine (SAIE) Enabled
<250

One Node Medium vManage

25 GB/Day

20 Days

250-1000

One Node Large vManage (All Services)

50 GB/Day

30 Days

1000-2000

Three Node Large vManage Cluster

100 GB/Day

14 Days

2000-7000

Six Node Large vManage Cluster

100 GB/Day

14 Days

Note

  • *For a larger dataset per day, run Stats on all the servers.

  • ** Along with the SAIE, the Approute statistics are also considered in the recommendations.

Note

The number of days the data can be stored in Cisco SD-WAN Manager, depends on per-day processing volume of the device nodes. To store the data for a longer time or to accommodate the increase in per-day processing volume, use the following formulas to calculate the required Cisco SD-WAN Manager disk size:

Formula to calculate the Cisco SD-WAN Manager disk size required for single node deployment: (Data per day × number of days) + 500 GB buffer . For example, if the data per day is 100 Gigabytes and the number of days the data must be stored is 10, then the required Cisco SD-WAN Manager disk size is 1.5 Terabytes.

Formula to calculate the Cisco SD-WAN Manager disk size required for cluster deployment: (Data per day × number of days × 3) + 500 GB buffer . For example, if the data per day is 100 Gigabytes, the number of days the data must be stored is 10, then the required Cisco SD-WAN Manager disk size is 3.5 Terabytes.

Table 2. Number of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Validators and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controllers Required for Respective Device Ranges
Devices Number of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Validators required Number of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controllers required

<250

2

2

250-1000

2

2

1000-1500

2

2

1500-2000

4

4

2000-5000

6

6

5000-7000

8

8

Note

The required number of vCPUs and RAM for Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Validators and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controllers, is determined by the Cloud Ops and is provisioned accordingly.

Multitenant

The supported hardware specifications for the Cisco vBond Orchestrator, Cisco vManage, and the Cisco vSmart Controllers are as follows:

Table 3. Hardware Specifications to Support 50 Tenants and 1000 Devices

Server

Cisco vManage

Cisco vBond Orchestrator

Cisco vSmart Controller

Deployment Model

Cloud hosted

Cloud hosted

Cloud hosted

Number of Instances

3 instances

2 instances

6 instances

Instance Type

Large

NA

NA

Note

The required number of vCPUs and RAM for Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Validators and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controllers, is determined by the Cloud Ops and is provisioned accordingly.