Cisco SDWAN Controllers and vEdge Routers Deployment Step by Step workflow. Making complex technologies simple to understand.

1. 1
Workflow – Deployment of SDWAN Components
By Farooq Khan
BringingUp- vEDGE
Minimum Configuration for IP Reachability ,
Authentication, Register, and Verification
Green Field or BrownField Deployment
BringingUp – Control Plane
vManage, vBond, vSmart
Optimization- Various types of Policies

2. 2
Control Plane Bring up steps
Workflow Made Easy
Steps to Remember
1. Install Hypervisor on the Servers and Install VM on the Server
2. Install Images for SD WAN Components for vManage, vBond, vSmart, & vEdges on the
VM
3. Create Minimum Configuration and deployment for vManage, vBond, vSmart. &
Establish connectivity between controllers ( Enable Inter-Controller Connectivity)
4. Generate CSR for Each Controller ( Overlay Connections)
5. Sign Certificate to validate and Authenticate the controllers ( Certificate Signature)

3. 3
vEdge Bring up steps
Workflow Made Easy
Steps to Remember
1. Create a minimal configuration for vEdges & Create/Establish IP Connectivity into WAN
( Deployment vEdge)
2. Verify vEdge Router are reachable to the Controllers
3. Authenticate every vEdge router
4. Register every vEdge router with vManage
5. Verify all vEdge are see in the vManage dashboard

4. 4
Detailed Workflow
Workflow Made Easy
Steps to Remember
1. Create a minimal configuration for vEdges & Create/Establish IP Connectivity into WAN
( Deployment vEdge)
2. Verify vEdge Router are reachable to the Controllers
3. Authenticate every vEdge router
4. Register every vEdge router with vManage
5. Verify all vEdge are see in the vManage dashboard

5. 5
Detailed Workflow- vManage Deployment
Workflow Components
Procedure
1. Plan Network
2. Create Configuration
3. Download Required Software
4. Deploy vManage.
Plan out your overlay network, See
components of the Cisco SD WAN
Solution
Green Field or Brown Field , create
device configuration, for required
architecture
Download Software Images
4.1 Create vManage Virtual Machine
Instance on an ESXi or a KVM Hypervisor
4.2 Create Configuration for each
vManage
4.3 Configure certificate and generate a
certificate for the vManage
4.4 Create a vManage Cluster
Identify the right hardware, through put,
Scalability, Security Features etc.
Check the Cisco Software release for required
features in your design and License document
Required CCO Account.
Deployment may be on clod or on Prem
Cluster Requirement Active/Active or
Active/Standby Cluster

6. 6
Detailed Workflow- vBond Deployment
Workflow Components
Procedure
On- Prem Installation
5. Deploy vBond Deployment of vBond Orchestrator.
5.1 Create vBond VM Instance – ESXi
or KVM Hypervisor
5.2 Create Min Configuration for
vBond Orchestrator
5.3 Add the vBond Orchestrator to the
overlay network and generate certificate
for the vBond.
5.4 Create a full configuration or the
vBond Orchestrator
Do The Baseline Routing configuration
on VPN0 as well
Cluster Requirement Active/Active or
Active/Standby Cluster

7. 7
Detailed Workflow- vSmart Deployment
Workflow Components
Procedure
On- Prem Installation
6. Deploy vSmart Deployment of vSmart Controllers.
6.1 Create vSmart VM Instance – ESXi
or KVM Hypervisor
6.2 Create Min Configuration for
vSmart Controllers
6.3 Add the vSmart Controllers to the
overlay network and generate certificate for
the vSmart Controllers.
6.4 Create a full configuration or the
vSmart Controller.

8. 8
Detailed Workflow- vEdge Router Deployment
Workflow Components
Procedure
On- Prem Installation
7. Deploy vEdge
Deployment of vEdge Cloud Routers in
the Overlay Network
7.1 vEdge Software Cloud Router,
Create VM on an AWS/ESXi/KVM
Hypervisor
7.2 Send a Certificate Signing Request
to Authority and Install the signed
certificate on the Router
7.3 From the vManage, Send the serial
numbers of all vEdge Routers to the
vSmart Controllers and vBond
Orchestrator
7.4 Create a full configuration for the
vEdge Routers