Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Upgrade Guide

Feature history for the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Control Components upgrade workflow

Updated: July 1, 2026

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Lists the feature history for the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Control Components upgrade workflow, including release information and descriptions of upgrade capabilities for Cisco SD-WAN control plane components.

This reference provides information about the feature history for the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Control Components upgrade workflow, including release details and upgrade options for Cisco SD-WAN control plane components.

Table 1. Feature history
Feature Name	Release Information	Description
Cisco SD-WAN Control Components Upgrade Workflow	Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Control Components Release 20.18.1	With the guided workflow you can upgrade the software image of all the Cisco SD-WAN Control Components. It also allows you to apply patch release upgrades to Cisco SD-WAN Control Components, for bug fixes and minor improvements. From Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Control Components Release 20.18.1, you can schedule full OS and patch upgrades for Cisco SD-WAN control plane components (SD-WAN Manager, SD-WAN Validator, SD-WAN Controller) for a specific future date and time.

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