What is the process to add a new site to an existing SD-WAN fabric using vManage?

• A. Install hardware and ship it
• B. Create Device Template and Feature Template, configure VPNs and policies, enroll device via vBond, associate with vSmart/vManage, push templates, and monitor deployment
• C. Provide user training
• D. Disable automatic enrollment

Answer: (B)

Onboarding a new site into a Cisco SD-WAN fabric is a template-driven provisioning and enrollment workflow orchestrated by vManage. Start by creating a Device Template that defines the new device (or site) in terms of hardware platform, software image, and where it fits in the fabric. Pair that with one or more Feature Templates that specify the actual overlay networks (VPNs), routing policies, QoS, security policies, and other behavior the site should have. These templates give the fabric a reusable, scalable way to configure many sites consistently.

Next, enroll the device through vBond. The device authenticates to vBond, learns the rest of the fabric’s controllers, and establishes the secure control connection needed to participate in the overlay. Once enrolled, the device associates with the control plane through vSmart and becomes manageable by vManage, so it can receive and report configuration and state.

After enrollment, vManage pushes the Device Template and its tied Feature Templates to the device. This applies the intended VPNs, policies, and other settings, provisioning the new site to join the fabric’s data plane.

Finally, monitor the deployment to verify that the site is online, tunnels are up, and policies are functioning as expected. This ongoing visibility ensures the new site is integrated correctly and performing as designed.

Other options don’t reflect the actual onboarding workflow: merely shipping hardware, or focusing on training, or disabling automatic enrollment don’t provision the site into the SD-WAN fabric through vManage.