Advanced Networking for Connected Mode
Overview
Master complex networking scenarios for multi-site Azure Local deployments with direct cloud connectivity, inter-site communication, and sophisticated traffic engineering.
Network Topology Options
Hybrid Connectivity Models
- Azure ExpressRoute Private Peering
- VPN gateway connections
- Virtual WAN integration
- Dedicated interconnects
Inter-Site Communication
- Site-to-site VPN
- Private peering protocols
- Direct fiber links
- Redundant paths
Local Edge Networking
- SD-WAN capabilities
- Quality of Service (QoS)
- Traffic classification
- Policy-based routing
Bandwidth and Latency Optimization
Advanced Routing Scenarios
Application-Aware Routing
- Workload-specific paths
- Performance optimization
- Cost optimization paths
- Disaster recovery routes
Traffic Engineering
- Load balancing algorithms
- Path preferences
- Failover mechanisms
- Traffic shaping policies
Security Segmentation
- Network policies
- Microsegmentation
- Encrypted tunnels
- Zero-trust networking
Performance Considerations
- Throughput optimization
- Link aggregation
- Compression
- Offload capabilities
- Latency management
- Hop count reduction
- Queue management
- Congestion avoidance
- Reliability
- Redundant paths
- Fast convergence
- Automatic failover
Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Real-time flow monitoring
- Bandwidth utilization tracking
- Latency measurement
- Link quality metrics
- Packet loss detection