Circuits

Circuits define physical connections to the WANWide Area Network or the Internet. A circuit defines the inbound and outbound bandwidth and the named circuit type.

On an Exinda Appliance, a circuit specifies the named bridge (or bridges) to which it is bound. In the Exinda Management Center, the binding to bridges is through a designated Circuit Type. Circuit Types represent the intended use of a circuit. So you can configure a circuit for multiple appliances without requiring the bridges on the appliances to have the same name. This is favorable where the number of bridges or names of bridges or the cabling of the bridges is not consistent across the appliances.

If multiple bridges on an appliance are mapped to the same Circuit Type, then all those bridges will be bound to the single circuit in the Policy Tree that is configured with that Circuit Type. To learn how Circuit Types are used to determine which circuits are sent to the appliances, read Circuit Types.

Circuits can be created in the Configuration Library directly and then later assigned to an Optimizer Policy Tree, Circuits can also be created in an Optimizer Policy Tree, from where the configuration is saved to the Configuration Library so that it can be used elsewhere. The circuits within a tenant must have unique names. When a circuit is modified, all uses of it are modified.

Circuits are part of the Optimizer Policy Tree. To learn how circuits, Virtual Circuits, policy sets, and policy rules work together, see Policy Tree.