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Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Onboarding Guide, Releases 26.x and Later

Enable Cisco SD-AVC on Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN Devices

Updated: October 12, 2026

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Describes how to enable SD-AVC on a Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN device.

To enable SD-AVC on a Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN device, create a localized policy that enables app visibility and apply the policy to the template for the Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN device.

Before you begin

  • A template exists for the Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN device (example: Cisco ASR 1001-X, Cisco ISR 4321).

  • TCP port 10501 destination traffic must be permitted.

Procedure

  1. From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Configuration > Policies.

  2. Select Localized Policy.

  3. To add a policy and enable Application, follow these steps:

    1. Select Add Policy.
    2. Click Next on several pages (Create Groups of Interest, Configure Forwarding Classes/QOS, Configure Access Control Lists, Configure Route Policy) until the Policy Overview page.
    3. In the Policy Overview page, enter a policy name and policy description.
    4. Select Application.
    5. Save the policy.

  4. To add the localized Policy to the device template, follow these steps:

    1. From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Configuration > Templates.
    2. For the device on which you have to enable SD-AVC, click … and select Edit from the menu.
    3. Select Additional Templates.
    4. Add the localized policy created in an earlier step of this procedure.
    5. Select Update and proceed through the next screens to push the updated template to the device.

  5. After pushing the update to the device, you can check the status of SD-AVC on the device with one of the following commands.

    show avc sd-service info summary

    or

    show avc sd-service info connectivity