Software Defined Local Area Network (SD-LAN)

Software Defined Local Area Network (SD-LAN) is a service provided on RUCKUS One that is implemented on SmartEdge. Software Defined Local Area Network (SD-LAN) provides centralized forwarding for RUCKUS access points.

Requirements

This section describes the recommended builds for configuring SD-LAN.
  • SmartEdge Version : 2.0.0718
  • AP Version : 6.2.4.256

Pre-requisites

This section describes the pre-requisites for configuring SD-LAN.
  • The Core Port is mandatory to configure SD-LAN service.
  • Add APs to venue: To add an AP, refer to the instructions in Managing Network Devices: AP > Adding an AP.
  • Create Tunnel Profile: To create tunnel profile, refer to the instructions in Policies > Creating a Tunnel Profile. The tunnel profile between the access point and the Data Center, as well as between the Data Center and the SmartEdge, can have its gateway Path MTU mode configured either automatically or manually. In order to tunnel only the guest traffic to internet without entering the Data Center network, a VxLAN tunnel is established between the Data Center and DMZ edge device. The gateway Path MTU mode between Data Center to DMZ must be manually configured as tunneling between two SmartEdges is not supported.

    The gateway Path MTU range is between 68 to 1450 bytes.

Limitations

This section describes the limitations of the SD-LAN service.
  • SmartEdge can perform WLAN tunneling to another SmartEdge. This can be enabled only on captive portal (a customized login page) WLAN and this works on User Equipment (UE) traffic which are assigned to VLANs.
  • SD-LAN is not supported for default VLAN [ VL-1].
  • PMTUD (Path MTU Discovery) is not supported for tunnels between two SmartEdges. PMTU should be manually configured for these tunnels.

Services Supported on SD-LAN

This section describes the services supported by SD-LAN on SmartEdge.
  • A Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) tunnel is established between the access point (AP) and the SmartEdge device to facilitate the forwarding of user equipment traffic.
  • Capability to forward guest WLAN traffic from Data Center SmartEdge to the SmartEdge device located in the DMZ Network.
  • Enabling Layer 2 (L2) bridging allows user equipment (UE) traffic to be forwarded into the core network.