Which deployment model ensures that management and control plane is cloud-delivered while data continues to flow on-premises between VMware SD-WAN nodes that remain on-premises?

Question

Options

• AHosted SD-WAN Orchestrator/Controller
• BOn-premises SD-WAN Orchestrator/Controller
• CPartially on-premises
• DAll on-premises

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  5% (2)
• D
  93% (41)

Explanation

Option D (All on-premises) is correct because in this model, the SD-WAN Orchestrator (management plane) and Controllers (control plane) are deployed entirely within the customer's own infrastructure, while SD-WAN Edge nodes communicate with each other without data leaving the premises - giving organizations full sovereignty over both the control and data paths.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Hosted SD-WAN Orchestrator/Controller): In this model, the Orchestrator and Controllers are hosted externally (by VMware or a service provider), meaning the management and control plane leave the on-premises environment - the opposite of what the scenario requires.
• B (On-premises SD-WAN Orchestrator/Controller): This is a partial model where the Orchestrator is on-prem but Controllers may still reside in the cloud, so it doesn't guarantee full on-premises control.
• C (Partially on-premises): As the name implies, some components are cloud-hosted, which violates the requirement that all nodes and data flow remain on-premises.

Memory tip: Think of it as a spectrum - Hosted = everything in the cloud, All on-premises = everything in your building. The phrase "data flows between on-prem nodes" is your signal that nothing exits the customer's network, pointing straight to D.

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