{"id":5464,"date":"2022-10-10T11:51:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T09:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/?p=5464"},"modified":"2022-10-10T11:51:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T09:51:49","slug":"sophos-firewall-v19-5-sd-wan-load-balancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/2022\/10\/products\/sophos-firewall-v19-5-sd-wan-load-balancing\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophos Firewall v19.5 SD-WAN Load Balancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Sophos Firewall v19.5 firmware now available for early access, we will be covering one of the top new features each week leading up to launch.\u00a0 In this article, we will have a look at how SFOS v19.5 enables load balancing application traffic across multiple SD-WAN links.<\/p>\n<p>As you know, Xstream SD-WAN launched as part of v19 earlier this year and introduced many powerful new SD-WAN features including profiles to define sophisticated SD-WAN routing strategies. Now, v19.5 adds SD-WAN load balancing bringing additional flexibility, performance, and redundancy to SD-WAN connections.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5465 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/xstream-sd-wan-in-sophos-firewall-os.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1431\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/xstream-sd-wan-in-sophos-firewall-os.png 1431w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/xstream-sd-wan-in-sophos-firewall-os.png?resize=300,151 300w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/xstream-sd-wan-in-sophos-firewall-os.png?resize=768,387 768w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/xstream-sd-wan-in-sophos-firewall-os.png?resize=1024,517 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1431px) 100vw, 1431px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This new SD-WAN load balancing capability enables simultaneous routing of application traffic across multiple SD-WAN links for added performance and redundancy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5466\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5466\" style=\"width: 3414px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5466 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"3414\" height=\"1588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB0.png 3414w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB0.png?resize=300,140 300w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB0.png?resize=768,357 768w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB0.png?resize=1024,476 1024w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB0.png?resize=1536,714 1536w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB0.png?resize=2048,953 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3414px) 100vw, 3414px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophos Firewall v19.5 can load balance traffic across multiple SD-WAN connections that meet the required performance criteria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can setup SD-WAN load balancing using either a traditional round robin technique where packets are directed across various links based on weighting, or utilize session persistence where affinity between clients and servers is maintained for the duration of a session based on connection, source or destination IP, or both.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5467\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5467\" style=\"width: 2778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5467 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2778\" height=\"1640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB1.png 2778w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB1.png?resize=300,177 300w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB1.png?resize=768,453 768w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB1.png?resize=1024,605 1024w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB1.png?resize=1536,907 1536w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB1.png?resize=2048,1209 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2778px) 100vw, 2778px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SD-WAN load balancing offers round-robin or session persistence options.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For round robin load balancing, you have full control over the weighting of each connection.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5468\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5468\" style=\"width: 2780px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5468 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2780\" height=\"1652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB2.png 2780w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB2.png?resize=300,178 300w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB2.png?resize=768,456 768w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB2.png?resize=1024,609 1024w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB2.png?resize=1536,913 1536w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB2.png?resize=2048,1217 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2780px) 100vw, 2780px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Define your own custom SD-WAN round robin load balancing weighting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5469\" style=\"width: 3840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5469 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"1628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB3.png 3840w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB3.png?resize=300,127 300w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB3.png?resize=768,326 768w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB3.png?resize=1024,434 1024w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB3.png?resize=1536,651 1536w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB3.png?resize=2048,868 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Easily see the status of your SD-WAN links<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SD-WAN link and load balancing status is readily available on the SD-WAN Profiles screen (above) or via the log viewer and SD-WAN performance monitoring screen (below).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5470\" style=\"width: 1430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5470 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Picture1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1430\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Picture1-1.png 1430w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Picture1-1.png?resize=300,121 300w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Picture1-1.png?resize=768,310 768w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Picture1-1.png?resize=1024,413 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1430px) 100vw, 1430px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Use the log viewer or SD-WAN Performance monitor to get details on SD-WAN link activity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can then use your load balancing SD-WAN profile as part of any routing strategy based on application, source, destination or service as before.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5471\" style=\"width: 2776px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5471 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2776\" height=\"1702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB5.png 2776w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB5.png?resize=300,184 300w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB5.png?resize=768,471 768w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB5.png?resize=1024,628 1024w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB5.png?resize=1536,942 1536w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/SD-WAN-LB5.png?resize=2048,1256 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2776px) 100vw, 2776px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Use your new SD-WAN load balancing profiles as part of any routing strategy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em>Watch a full demo of SD-WAN Load Balancing in SFOS v19.5:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/756491130?h=6b7d64076b&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Check Out All The New Features in v19.5<\/h2>\n<p>Sophos Firewall OS v19.5 includes a ton of great new capabilities. Check out the full list of what\u2019s new in this <a href=\"https:\/\/community.sophos.com\/sophos-xg-firewall\/sfos-v19-5-early-access-program\/m\/files\/9529\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What\u2019s New PDF download<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>SFOS v19.5 Early Access<\/h2>\n<p>Check out all the great new features in SFOS v19.5 today, and help us make this release the best it can be by participating in the early access program. Get started by visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/events.sophos.com\/sophosfirewallv195earlyaccess\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SFOS v19.5 EAP registration page<\/a> to get started.<\/p>\n<p>Sophos Firewall OS v19.5 EAP1 is a fully supported upgrade from any v18.5 firmware as well as v19, including the very recent v19 MR1 build 365 release.<\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019re up and running, please provide feedback through your Sophos Firewall\u2019s feedback mechanism (top right of every screen on your Firewall). Also visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/community.sophos.com\/sophos-xg-firewall\/sfos-v19-5-early-access-program\/\">EAP community forums<\/a> to share your experience with others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover how SFOS v19.5 enables load balancing application traffic across multiple SD-WAN links.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":3000004598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[231,149],"coauthors":[58],"class_list":["post-5464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products","tag-sfos-v19-5","tag-sophos-firewall"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/featured-image-partner-blog-sophos-firewall-xstream-1600-960.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5464"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5475,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5464\/revisions\/5475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5464"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}