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Cisco Secure Workload Software Appliance Deployment Guide

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Introduction

Benefits
Comparison of Hardware and Software Appliance models
Guidelines for migrating to Software Appliance

Deploy Secure Workload Software Appliance in VMware vSphere

End-to-End workflow
Prepare for deployment
VMware vSphere configuration settings
Infrastructure Management parameters
Setup parameters
Deploy the Infrastructure Management OVA
Provision the Infrastructure Manager
Cluster provisioning status panels
Install Secure Workload Software Appliance
Cluster licenses

Troubleshooting Software Appliance

Troubleshoot deployment issues

Migrate Hardware Appliances

Configuration migration from Hardware Appliance

Commission and decommission Virtual machines

Best practices

Cisco Secure Workload Software Appliance Deployment Guide

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Updated: October 31, 2025

This guide provides comprehensive instructions, guidelines, and reference for deploying and managing Cisco Secure Workload Software Appliance in customer-managed environments.

Introduction

Learn about the Secure Workload Software Appliance

Deploy Secure Workload Software Appliance in VMware vSphere

Leran how to deploy Software Appliance in VMware vSphere

Troubleshooting Software Appliance

Understand the troubleshooting scenarios after deploying Software Appliance

Migrate Hardware Appliances

Learn to migrate Secure Workload hardware to software appliances

Commission and decommission Virtual machines

Provides best-practice recommendations for using the Commission and Decommission features with virtual machines to ensure smooth operation and minimize issues

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