Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela) Sandbox (20.16.x)
Solution overview
This sandbox environment features a pre-configured network topology designed to showcase the diverse capabilities of the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solution. The incorporated set of components within the lab topology include Controllers and IOS-XE WAN Edges (Catalyst 8000V), all running on 20.16.1/17.16.01a code.
In December 2024, Cisco released Catalyst SD-WAN version 20.16.1, which includes several important enhancements, including improved multitenancy features, and the ability to quarantine devices with expired certificates for enhanced security. New features such as the integration of Cisco ThousandEyes for extended device support and cloud monitoring tools provide greater operational visibility. Additionally, the release adds advanced logging features, including inspection of security actions (pass, drop, or inspect), and support for multi-cloud environments via Cloud OnRamp, which unifies monitoring across cloud and interconnect providers. Cisco also enhanced the SD-WAN Manager interface for better handling of application compliance, policy group management, and security logging, while introducing synthetic traffic replay and improved failover support for NAT DIA traffic.