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SD-WAN branch network template

A branch office on SD-WAN with dual internet and LTE underlays, a central orchestrator, regional hubs and direct cloud breakout for SaaS — for WAN engineers. This network diagram template contains 15 labelled components, branches such as “Broadband”, “Fibre”, “Backup”.

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Components in this network diagram

  • Branch users & Wi-Fi
  • Branch access switch
  • Branch SD-WAN edge
  • SD-WAN orchestrator: Cisco vManage
  • Internet ISP 1
  • Internet ISP 2
  • 4G/5G LTE
  • Regional hub: DC1
  • Regional hub: DC2
  • Data centre apps & ERP
  • Application-aware routing
  • Local internet breakout
  • IPsec overlay to hub
  • Zscaler cloud security
  • SaaS applications

How to use this network diagram template

  1. Click Open in the editor. The network diagram opens on a new page in FlowDiagram — nothing is uploaded and there is no sign-up.
  2. Rename, add or delete shapes and drag them where you want; connectors stay attached as things move.
  3. Drop in vendor logos from the library — 1,160 of them, including every AWS, Azure and Google Cloud service icon — or restyle it with the colour and theme controls.
  4. Prefer text? Edit the Mermaid source below and paste it in through ☰ → Import diagram (see the Mermaid editor); it imports as an editable diagram.
  5. Export to PNG, SVG or PDF, or press Ctrl+L for a link that carries the whole diagram.

Mermaid source

The whole template is the text below. Paste it into FlowDiagram, keep it in Git next to the code it describes, or hand it to an AI assistant to extend.

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  USERS[Branch users & Wi-Fi] --> SW[Branch access switch]
  SW --> EDGEB[Branch SD-WAN edge]
  ORCH[SD-WAN orchestrator: Cisco vManage] -.-> EDGEB
  EDGEB -->|Broadband| INET1((Internet ISP 1))
  EDGEB -->|Fibre| INET2((Internet ISP 2))
  EDGEB -->|Backup| LTE((4G/5G LTE))
  INET1 --> HUB1[Regional hub: DC1]
  INET2 --> HUB2[Regional hub: DC2]
  LTE --> HUB1
  ORCH -.-> HUB1
  ORCH -.-> HUB2
  HUB1 --> DCAPPS[(Data centre apps & ERP)]
  HUB2 --> DCAPPS
  EDGEB --> POLICY{Application-aware routing}
  POLICY -->|Microsoft 365, Zoom| BREAKOUT[Local internet breakout]
  POLICY -->|ERP, file shares| TUNNEL[IPsec overlay to hub]
  BREAKOUT --> SSE[Zscaler cloud security]
  SSE --> SAAS[SaaS applications]
  TUNNEL --> HUB1

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