An airport authority brings up a new WAN Edge and must reach the SD-WAN controllers for the first time. Which controller’s primary role is initial authentication and orchestrating discovery of the other controllers?
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Short Explanation
vBond is the airport greeter: it checks the Edge’s credentials and points it to vManage and vSmart so the rest of onboarding can proceed. vSmart is not the template store, and a wireless LAN controller is not the SD-WAN orchestrator. Skipping vBond’s job leaves first contact incomplete.
Full Explanation
vBond provides zero-touch-style orchestration: it authenticates incoming Edges (and controllers) and facilitates discovery of vManage and vSmart so permanent control connections can form. vManage owns ongoing management and templates; vSmart owns overlay control policy and OMP. Neither eliminates vBond’s first-contact orchestration role in standard Cisco SD-WAN deployments. Campus WLCs are outside this control-plane trio.