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This document defines the Universal SD-WAN Edge (USWE) and specifies the USWE implementation requirements.
It also specifies the requirements on the vendor propriety SD-WAN Edge and on SD-WAN Vendor Manager to support the interoperability between these entities and the USWE. A USWE allows an SD-WAN Service Provider (SP) to deploy a single SD-WAN Edge implementation to be deployed at SP common locations. A Universal SD-WAN Edge can participate as an SD-WAN Edge in a Mplify-compliant SD-WAN Service (as specified in MEF 70.1) with SD-WAN Edges and SD-WAN Vendor Managers provided by other vendors that meet the requirements specified herein.
The Universal SD-WAN Edge included in this specification includes the following:
Some of these functions, as described, are required to be supported in both the Universal SD-WAN Edge and the interconnected vendor-proprietary SD-WAN Edges or the SD-WAN Vendor Controller.
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