Details the sequence and workflow of automated bring-up, including key stages, prerequisites, and mechanisms that facilitate efficient and reliable SD-WAN system onboarding.
After WAN edge devices boot and run their initial configurations, the Cisco SD-WAN Validator automatically leads the second part of the bring-up process. The WAN edge devices establish encrypted communication channels among themselves under Cisco SD-WAN Validator. They automatically validate and authenticate each other over these channels, forming an operational overlay network. Once the overlay network is active, the WAN edge devices automatically receive and activate their full configurations from the Cisco SD-WAN Manager server. (You must manually configure each Cisco SD-WAN Manager server.) After the initial configurations, Cisco SD-WAN Validator initiates the automatic bring-up sequence.