A customer is using VMware SD-WAN and has branches in different continents where the Edges are assigned with local Gateways. Which Gateway should be used so all the branches can build tunnels with…

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Options

• ARegional Gateway
• BSuper Gateway
• CPrimary Gateway
• DAlternate Gateway

• A
  6% (3)
• B
  13% (7)
• C
  77% (40)
• D
  4% (2)

Explanation

In VMware SD-WAN, a Primary Gateway serves as the universal hub that all Edges connect to regardless of their geographic location or locally assigned gateways - by designating a common Primary Gateway across all branch Edges, tunnels can be established between branches on different continents because they share a common rendezvous point. Option A (Regional Gateway) is wrong because regional gateways are scoped to a specific geographic area, meaning branches in other continents would be assigned different regional gateways and cannot form a single shared tunnel hub. Option B (Super Gateway) is a fabricated term - it does not exist in VMware SD-WAN's architecture or documentation. Option D (Alternate Gateway) is wrong because alternate gateways are backup/secondary failover gateways, not designed to act as a global interconnect point for cross-continent branch communication.

Memory tip: Think "Primary = universal priority" - just as a primary DNS server is the one everyone reaches first regardless of location, the Primary Gateway is the one gateway you configure globally so every Edge, no matter the continent, can use it as a common tunnel anchor.

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