Building Your Next-Generation WAN
Read about the NGWAN and how it can benefit your organization.

The Next-Generation WAN (NGWAN) for enterprises is an end-to-end routing architecture developed for large enterprise and public sector routed WAN deployments.
NGWAN provides several benefits, including increased scalability, improved security, and a seamless network to provide the best Borderless Network experience to end users.
The NGWAN modular and scalable design consists of multiple network modules:
- Regional WAN
- Metro
- WAN Core
- Enterprise Edge
The NGWAN can provide your organization with a foundation to deliver key Cisco Borderless Network Services. Some of these include video and Medianet, Application Visibility and Control, TrustSec, and Cloud Connectors, combined with end-to-end management using Cisco Prime Management Suites.
Regional WAN (RWAN) Resources
RWAN Overview and Deployment
- Branch Office in a Box (PDF - 3.76 MB KB)
Branch Office in a Box Using VM Ware
- RWAN At-A-Glance (PDF - 170 KB)
(June 2013) - Provides an overview of the RWAN architecture and branch types
- RWAN Deployment Guide (PDF - 1.51 MB)
(Oct 2011) - A guide for RWAN deployment within the NGWAN architecture
- Best Practice Guide (PDF - 355 KB)
(July 2012) - Builds upon the RWAN Deployment Guide and offers best practice guidelines for configuring some of the features used in NGWAN, including combinations of Performance Routing (PfR) Target Discovery, Application Visibility and Control (AVC), and Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)
- IPv6 Migration Deployment Guide (PDF - 355 KB)
(Sept 2011) - Guidance for the transition to IPv6 in order to establish an Internet presence in IPv6
- Application Visibility: BYOD at the Branch Using the Cisco Application Experience (Cisco ISR-AX) (PDF - 819 KB)
(June 2013) - The Cisco® Integrated Services Router Application Experience (ISR-AX) portfolio delivers application services including WAAS and AVC. These services provide the following benefits: enhanced end-user productivity, lower WAN bandwidth costs, and simplified IT. These benefits lower the barriers for deploying and consuming applications across cloud and BYOD environments.
Network Operations and Management
- Glue Networks Deployment Guide for the Cisco Next-Generation WAN (April 2013)
The Gluware engine automates the deployment of a software-defined WAN based on the Cisco NGWAN, providing an automated platform that allows an administrator to remotely build, monitor, and maintain their network.
- RWAN Management Supplemental Guide (PDF - 3.4 MB)
(May 2012) - Network management plays an important role within the NGWAN architecture. This document outlines Cisco Prime which fills this role within NGWAN.
Security
- DMVPN-to-GET VPN Migration Guide (PDF - 693 KB)
(Oct 2011) - Steps for migration from DMVPN to GET VPN
Rich Media Services
- Video Deployment Guide (PDF - 1.65 MB)
(Oct 2011) - Video support is implemented in the standard and high-end branches
NGWAN and RWAN Deployment at the Enterprise Edge
- RWAN Remote Access VPN Design Guide (PDF - 946 KB)
(Sept 2011) - An architecture overview of the NGWAN with an emphasis on the RWAN implementation of the Internet edge and enterprise edge functions
- RWAN Remote Access VPN Deployment Guide (PDF - 1.79 KB)
(Sept 2011) - Details for implementing the Internet edge
- IPv6 Deployment at the Internet Edge At-A-Glance (PDF - 731 KB)
(Sept 2012) - Deployment of IPv6 at the Internet edge allows enterprises to connect critical content and services to the Internet over IPv6
- Cisco Unified Communications Voice over Spoke-to-Spoke DMVPN Test Results and Recommendations
- Deploying IPv6 in the Internet Edge
- DMVPN Design and Implementation
- DMVPN Design Overview
- Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN) Design Guide (Version 1.1) (PDF - 2.28 MB)
- Enterprise Internet Edge Design Guide
- Ethernet Access for Next Generation Metro and Wide Area Networks
- Infrastructure Protection and Security Service Integration for the Next Generation WAN Edge v2.0
- Internet Edge Solution Overview
- IPSec Direct Encapsulation VPN Design Guide
- IPSec VPN WAN Design Overview
- L3VPN Consumer Design Guide
- Medianet WAN Aggregation QoS Design 4.0
- Multicast over IPSec VPN Design Guide
- Next Generation Enterprise MPLS VPN-Based MAN Design and Implementation Guide
- Next Generation Enterprise MPLS VPN-Based WAN Design and Implementation Guide
- Performance Routing (PfR) Master Controller Redundancy Configuration
- Point-to-Point GRE over IPSec Design and Implementation
- Point-to-Point GRE over IPsec Design Guide
- Transport Diversity: Performance Routing (PfR)
- V3PN: Redundancy and Load Sharing Design Guide (PDF - 3.62 MB)
- Voice and Video Enabled IPSec VPN (V3PN) SRND (PDF - 2.36 MB)
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