New features

This release of the product includes these new features. For more information and configuration instructions, see the Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN Product Guide, the Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN Installation Guide, and the Forcepoint NGFW Manager and VPN Broker Product Guide.

Starting from SMC version 7.2.0, the following feature is supported:

  • Multi-Link packet duplication

    By configuring the Multi-Link packet duplication feature you can enable duplication of traffic packets over multiple links that are sent to the same destination. This eliminates all packet loss due to link failure or delay in packet loss detection.

    For more information, see the Multi-Link packet duplication topic in the Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN Product Guide.

Starting from SMC version 7.2.1, the following features are supported:

  • Adaptive Forward Erasure Correction (FEC) for SD-WAN tunnels

    The FEC feature helps to control errors in data transmission over an unreliable or noisy communication channel.

    When FEC is enabled, the engine sends a combination of M data packets, N correction packets, and metadata information in a data set through a link to the destination. This allows recovering up to N missing data packets within one set of data and correction packets.

    For more information, see the Adaptive Forward Erasure Correction (FEC) for SD-WAN tunnels topic in the Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN Product Guide.

  • Backup unit support for single node engines

    You can now configure hot standby backup unit for single node engines. This enables high availability configurations for scenarios that are only supported in single node engine, such as dynamic interfaces.

    For more information, see the Configure a backup unit or a connection synchronization for external high availability topic in the Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN Product Guide.

  • Connection Synchronization for External High Availability

    You can now configure two separate single node engines to synchronize their connection tables. This enables building high availability (HA) setups where HA is controlled by an external entity such as 3rd party load balancer.

    For more information, see the Configure a backup unit or a connection synchronization for external high availability topic in the Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN Product Guide.