Which component transports data plane traffic across a Cisco SD-WAN network?

Question

Options

• AvSmart
• BvManage
• CcEdge
• DvBond

• A
  4% (2)
• B
  8% (4)
• C
  86% (43)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

cEdge routers (option C) are the data plane devices in Cisco SD-WAN, responsible for forwarding actual user traffic across the overlay network using secure IPsec tunnels between sites. They sit at the edge of each branch or data center location and handle packet forwarding, quality of service, and application-aware routing in real time.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• vSmart (A) is the control plane controller that distributes routing and policy information to cEdge routers but never carries actual data traffic itself.
• vManage (B) is the management plane component - a centralized dashboard used for configuration, monitoring, and orchestration, not traffic forwarding.
• vBond (D) is the orchestration plane component that authenticates devices and helps them discover each other during onboarding, playing no role in ongoing data forwarding.

Memory tip: Think of the "E" in cEdge as "Edge traffic" - it lives at the network edge and moves data, while the "v" components (vSmart, vManage, vBond) handle control, management, and brokering functions in the cloud/controller layer. A simple way to remember: "c" = carries traffic.

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