SD-AVC Overview

Cisco Software-Defined AVC (SD-AVC) is a component of Cisco Application Visibility and Control (AVC). It functions as a centralized network service, operating with specific participating devices in a network.

As an SDN solution operating network-wide, Cisco SD-AVC complements solutions such as:

  • Cisco Intelligent WAN (IWAN)

  • Cisco EasyQoS

  • Application Assurance

Features and Benefits

Some of the current features and benefits provided by SD-AVC:

  • Network-level application recognition consistent across the network

  • Improved application recognition in symmetric and asymmetric routing environments

  • Improved first packet recognition

  • Protocol Pack update at the network level

  • Secure browser-based SD-AVC Dashboard over HTTPS for monitoring SD-AVC functionality and statistics, and for configuring Protocol Pack updates network-wide

For details, see SD-AVC Features and Benefits.

No Change to Topology

Deploying SD-AVC within an existing network does not require any changes to the network topology.