Managing CPE devices

Kaspersky SD-WAN lets you install CPE devices with the following technical characteristics at your organization's branches or client locations:

• Standard CPU architecture:
  • x86 (Intel 80x86)
  • Arm v8/64 (Advanced RISC Machine)
  • MIPS (Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages)
• No vendor lock-in
• Minimal hardware requirements, such as CPU and RAM

Connected CPE devices are automatically registered in the inventory database and have direct internet access (DIA). You can use two types of CPE devices:

• Standard CPE devices — to provide additional VNFs from the data center or cloud, you must make the virtual CPE device part of the service chain. After providing the VNF, traffic is sent to its destination.
• Universal CPE (hereinafter also uCPE) — hosting VNFs locally improves response times, optimizes transport streams, and lets you manage these VNFs through the orchestrator web interface.