Features and Benefits

vSZ-D is a virtualized service to segregate and securely tunnel user data traffic.
Note: You can create a maximum of 2047 multicast groups on vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D.

Some of the key use cases for the vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D are:

Use cases

Feature and Benefits

Feature Benefit
Secure data plane tunneling Manages the creation of aggregated user data streams through secure tunnel
Multiple Hypervisor Support Supports the most widely deployed VMware and KVM hypervisors, applicable only to vSZ-D.
Dynamic data plane scaling Supports 1Gbps, 10Gbps or even higher throughput capacities to support all types of enterprise and carrier deployments that can be dynamically tuned without needing software updates
Seamless integration with vSZ controller
  • Simple integration and management with vSZ controller clustering architecture enables support for multiple vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D instances
  • vSZ + Data Plane services
    • 20 vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D instances per vSZ instance
    • 80 vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D instances per vSZ cluster of 4 instances

    Workaround:

    • If Flexi-VPN/L3 Roaming/Network Segmentation is enabled, user shall not be able to approve more than 40 DPs.
    • If Flexi-VPN/L3 Roaming/Network Segmentation is not enabled and the user adds more than 40 DPs, then Flexi-VPN/L3 Roaming/Network Segmentation setting shall be greyed out.

  • The controller runs in Active/Active (3+1) mode for extremely high availability.
  • Each vSZ-D runs as an independent virtual machine instance that is managed by the controller.
  • With vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D DP Group enabled, it is possible to support a distributed vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D instance on a per vSZ Zone basis.
Superior data plane functions Encrypted tunnel aggregation from all types of WLANs (Captive portal, 802.1x, HS2.0), VLANs, DHCP Relay, DHCP Server, NAT, L3 Roaming, IPv6 Support and NAT traversal between AP and vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D.
Scalable Deployment Architectures Provides the ability to service distributed and centralized network configurations
Deployment and operational simplicity Simple integration and management with vSZ-E and vSZ-H installations
Site level QoS and policy control Service policy management and data stream (will be supported in a later release)

In this section:

  1. Tunneled WLANs and Flexible Traffic Redirection
  2. Architecture and Deployment Flexibility
  3. IPv6 Address Support
    The vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D supports IPv6 addresses for the data plane interface. The vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D also supports client IPv6 addresses for DHCP Relay only.
  4. vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D DP Group
    It is now possible to dedicate vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D instance on a per distributed site basis.
  5. DHCP Server and NAT Service on vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D
    Highly scalable and optimized DHCP Server on vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D is designed from the ground up for WiFi networks. It also introduces NAT capability.
  6. L3 Roaming
    RUCKUS vSZ and vSZ-D/SZ100-D/SZ144-D architecture now supports L3 Roaming without the need for additional mobility controllers.
  7. Enabling Flexi VPN
    You can enable Flexi-VPN and limit the network resources that a UE can access. Flexi-VPN allows an administrator to customize the network topology, and is thereby able to control the network resources accessible to the end-user. This feature is only supported on vSZ-E and vSZ-H, and is enabled by purchasing the Flexi-VPN license.
  8. Enabling Tunnel Encryption
    You can use tunnel encryption to encrypt data for a private network through a public network. Tunnel encryption is available in virtual controller vSZ-H and vSZ-E platforms.