Question

A retail company is deploying Cisco SD-Access to a large number of small branch sites, each with only a single switch, a handful of wired hosts, and a few wireless access points. The network team wants to minimize the hardware footprint at each branch while still providing full fabric functionality (edge, control plane, and border services). Which SD-Access deployment approach best fits these small-site requirements?

Accepted Answer

Deploy a Fabric-in-a-Box design, collapsing the control plane node, border node, and edge node roles onto a single switch at each site

Answer

Deploy a distributed fabric with dedicated control plane nodes and border nodes at each branch to ensure role separation

Answer

Extend the fabric from the headquarters data center over the WAN so each branch switch operates only as a Layer 2 access extension

Answer

Deploy each branch switch as a fabric edge node only, and route all control plane and border functions to Cisco Catalyst Center