Citrix SD-WAN Series User Manual

Citrix SD-WAN Platforms
themselves. Once you have more than a few accelerated servers, the aggregate acceleration provided
by multipleVPX VMs exceeds anything that can be provided with a single appliance.
VPX accelerates all types of network applications, including XenApp, XenDesktop, Citrix Merchandis-
ing Server, network file systems, databases, web servers, and more.
Figure 3. VPX use case #3: Accelerated Datacenter Servers
VPN accelerator
By installing the VPN of your choice with VPX, you have an accelerated VPN.
Note: Unlike other configurations, the VPN virtual machine is on the WAN side and the VPX virtual
appliance is on the LAN side, because the VPN traic must be decrypted for compression and
application acceleration.
Figure 4. VPX use case #4: VPN accelerator
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Citrix SD-WAN Series Specifications

General

Product Type	SD-WAN Appliance
Product Series	SD-WAN
Network Interfaces	Gigabit Ethernet
Performance	Varies by model
Form Factor	Rackmount
Management	CLI
Throughput	Varies by model
Interfaces	Ethernet
VPN Support	IPsec, SSL VPN
High Availability	Yes
Security Features	Firewall
WAN Optimization	Application Acceleration, Data Deduplication, Compression