Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Onboarding Guide, Releases 26.x and Later
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Updated: July 7, 2026
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Upload devices manually to SD-WAN Manager.
You can choose to upload your devices to SD-WAN Manager manually, if:
You don't want to use the auto sync option, which requires you to sync your Smart Account with SD-WAN Manager.
Your SD-WAN Manager instance is unable to connect with the Cisco PnP portal.
Refer to the Prerequisites for Using the Quick Connect Workflow section.
Follow this procedure to manually upload your devices to SD-WAN Manager.
| 1. | Download the authorized serial number file or the provisioning file from the Cisco PnP portal. This file is available in the PnP portal under Controllers > Provisioning File. Note |
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| 2. | Transfer the device information to Cisco SD-WAN Manager by manually uploading the authorized serial number file to Cisco SD-WAN Manager. For more information about manually uploading the WAN Edge router serial numbers, see Upload WAN Edge Router Authorized Serial Number File. |
If you upload your devices to SD-WAN Manager using the manual method, they do not appear in the SD-WAN Manager dashboard until you deploy them using the CLI bootsrap configuration that the Quick Connect workflow generates.
The bootstrap method helps you onboard a factory-shipped WAN Edge device with the configuration needed to securely deploy it to join the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN network.
NoteFor the complete procedure to deploy Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN devices using the CLI bootstrap configuration, see On-Site Bootstrap Process for Cisco SD-WAN Devices.
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