SD-WAN Monitoring
Go beyond built-in tools with end-to-end SD-WAN network monitoring.
Lock in SD-WAN success
- Achieve digital transformation and eliminate gaps in native SD-WAN monitoring tools with comprehensive network visibility.
- Avoid migration pitfalls with insights to inform strategy before, during, and after deployment.
- Understand your SD-WAN fabric’s impact on network traffic and performance.
- Manage, monitor, and operate your SD-WAN(s) with confidence.
Multi-vendor SD-WAN? No problem.
- Experience total clarity with operational views across multiple SD-WAN platforms including hybrid deployments with SD-WAN and legacy routers in the same network.
- No vendor left behind – Kentik integrates with all major open SD-WAN solutions.
- Ingest vendor-specific fields for richer visibility and insights.
- Easily add or remove SD-WAN networks from mergers and acquisitions.
Deliver peace of mind with proactive planning
- Know where your network stands before you deploy.
- Discover what applications are running between sites, the internet, and to the data center.
- Have the complete picture to know what will happen when you flip the switch or migrate to another vendor.
- Proactively plan SD-WAN capacity for cost-effective utilization and prevention of bandwidth exhaustion.
Master your WAN and SD-WAN traffic
- Get visuals and data on SD-WAN transport including underlay and overlay.
- Verify intent by auditing measured traffic against SD-WAN policies.
- Visualize all your transports, such as MPLS, internet, and LTE links, and show traffic traversing on transports to validate SD-WAN policies.
See SD-WAN underlay and overlay simultaneously
- Monitor the fabric with the underlay and transport, connecting various sites and data centers.
- Drill down to details such as site, device, or provider if you see something that needs attention.
- Reduce MTTR of underlay issues concerning service provider or internet connectivity.
Reduce network complexity
- Verify if SD-WAN service is meeting expectations with custom dashboards, monitoring, and ongoing alerts.
- Lock in operational oversight best practices and use traffic insights to fine-tune controller policies.
- Get alerts when applications shift out of policy or transport services go down.
Enhance security and protect your organization
- Keep tabs on anything in the network that could compromise security.
- Leverage analytics to discover irregularities in traffic patterns, like unexpected bandwidth spikes or application activity.
- Investigate any attacks in detail.
- Use insights to enhance SD-WAN defenses, update policies, and implement security measures.
SD-WAN Monitoring FAQs
How do I monitor multi-vendor SD-WAN deployments in one platform?
Kentik SD-WAN Monitoring supports multi-vendor SD-WAN visibility, including hybrid deployments that mix SD-WAN and legacy routers. It can ingest vendor-specific fields for richer analysis so teams can keep one operational view during migrations, M&A, or day-to-day operations. See: Networking Devices
How do I validate SD-WAN policy intent and traffic steering across transports?
Validate policy intent by auditing measured traffic against SD-WAN policies and confirming that applications are being steered onto the expected transports (MPLS, internet, LTE) in each region and site. Kentik helps you verify that policy outcomes match your intent by correlating traffic behavior with underlay and overlay visibility. See: SD-WAN Analytics
How do I troubleshoot whether an SD-WAN issue is in the underlay or the overlay?
Start by looking at underlay circuit health (latency, loss, jitter, availability) alongside overlay tunnel behavior and path selection. Kentik shows both sides so you can determine whether the root cause is an ISP or transport problem versus an overlay policy or tunnel issue and reduce MTTR. See: Internet Underlay Visibility is Critical for SD-WAN Overlays
How do I plan SD-WAN capacity and prevent bandwidth exhaustion?
Plan capacity by establishing baselines for key links and transports, tracking growth trends, and forecasting when circuits will hit critical thresholds. Kentik supports proactive SD-WAN capacity planning so you can right-size circuits before performance degrades or links overload. See: Network Capacity Planning and Projections
How do I ensure branch sites have optimal paths to critical SaaS apps?
Ensure optimal SaaS paths by continuously measuring branch-to-SaaS performance across transports and validating that steering policies select the best egress. Kentik helps with SD-WAN visibility across underlay and overlay, SaaS performance monitoring, and alerts when paths or performance degrade so you can correct routing and policy quickly.
How can I measure quality of experience for VoIP and video across WAN links?
Define QoE targets around latency, jitter, and packet loss and monitor them continuously per site and transport. Kentik helps by correlating SD-WAN/WAN telemetry with synthetic testing and path context so you can pinpoint where real-time traffic degrades and validate that policies keep voice/video on the best-performing routes.
How do I get alerted when applications shift out of policy or a transport goes down?
Use policy-based alerting to notify you when traffic deviates from expected patterns (such as apps leaving their intended transport) or when connectivity changes indicate a transport failure. Kentik supports policy-based alerts that detect anomalous traffic and can trigger notifications so teams respond before users are impacted. See: Policy Alerts Overview
How can I detect security issues and anomalous traffic patterns in SD-WAN environments?
Monitor for irregular traffic patterns (unexpected bandwidth spikes, unusual application activity, new destinations) and investigate suspicious slices quickly to reduce risk. Kentik can surface anomalous traffic behavior so teams can update SD-WAN policies and defensive controls with evidence. See: Network Anomaly Detection
How do I maintain visibility during SD-WAN migrations, vendor changes, or M&A integration?
Reduce migration risk by baselining traffic and application behavior before the change, watching transport and policy behavior during rollout, and comparing post-change performance to the baseline. Kentik helps teams avoid migration pitfalls by keeping visibility consistent across underlay, overlay, and application traffic as networks evolve. See: SD-WAN Best Practices
How do I discover which applications are running between sites, the internet, and the data center before deployment?
Identify current application traffic patterns across branch-to-branch, branch-to-cloud, and branch-to-data-center paths so you can predict what will happen when you “flip the switch” on SD-WAN policies or change transports. Kentik helps by enabling fast traffic exploration and breakdowns by site, application, and path so planning is evidence-based. See: Data Explorer