Which statement describes Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP) in SD-WAN and its prerequisites?

• A. Automatic provisioning and require manual device onboarding.
• B. Benefits include slower deployments and increased human error.
• C. Requires local console access for initial config.
• D. Prerequisites include initial reachability to vBond/vManage and configuration templates.

Answer: (D)

Zero-Touch Provisioning in SD‑WAN enables devices to automatically enroll and configure themselves with no on-site manual setup. The device, once powered and connected, pulls its bootstrap and policy templates from the SD‑WAN control plane and applies them, reducing human touch and speeding deployment.

For this to work, the device must be able to reach the orchestration layer early in the process. Specifically, there needs to be initial reachability to the vBond and vManage components, and access to the configuration templates stored in vManage. These templates define the device’s VPN, tunnel settings, and policies so the device can install the correct configuration automatically.

The other statements don’t fit ZTP’s purpose: manual onboarding slows things down and introduces more opportunities for error; requiring local console access negates the zero-touch goal; and describing slower deployments contradicts the efficiency that ZTP aims to provide.