Financial Institution Disaster Recovery & SD-WAN
Customer Challenge
A leading financial institution with a nationwide presence required a scalable, resilient solution to ensure consistent performance, automated failover, and secure connectivity across its distributed environment.
Objective / Scope
Glass Box Technology was engaged to provide hardware and services to modernize the customer’s disaster recovery and WAN infrastructure.
The primary objectives included:
- Improving resiliency and uptime
- Reducing MPLS dependency with SD-WAN
- Simplifying WAN operations with centralized control
- Meeting financial compliance and security requirements
Solutions
The solution combined Cisco switches and SilverPeak SD-WAN.
Our team:
- Designed, architected, and built EVPN VXLAN for secure data center interconnect
- Deployed Cisco and SilverPeak hardware across branch and Data Center sites
- Implemented redundant multi-hub architecture with automated failover
- Optimized routing, QoS, and WAN acceleration
- Delivered training, documentation, and end-to-end support
Services Provided
- Silver Peak Devices
- Cisco Switches
- End-to-end Project Management
- On Prem Installation:
- Silver Peak SD-WAN MDF install & configure
- Network Configuration:
- WAN re-design from semi- mesh to multi-hub and spoke topology between branch locations and data centers
- Designed & implemented multipath redundant architecture via MPLS and/or internet circuits
- Migrated from VM to hardware WAN accelerators
- Optimized SD-WAN routing
- EVPN VXLAN design and configuration