Which Cisco SD-WAN component centralizes policy configuration?

Cisco DNA Center is a management platform for enterprise networks, but in the context of Cisco SD-WAN, vManage is the primary orchestrator, and vSmart is the policy enforcer.

vBond Orchestrator is responsible for initial authentication and orchestration of SD-WAN components, not for centralized policy configuration.

WAN Edge routers enforce policies locally, but they do not centralize policy configuration; they receive policies from the vSmart controller.

The vSmart controller is the centralized brain of the Cisco SD-WAN control plane, responsible for distributing routing information, security policies, and service-chaining policies to all vEdge routers. It is where control policies that influence routing, topology, and traffic engineering are configured and applied.