Cisco SD-WAN Templates Part 1

Module 2
Manuel Di Lenardo
Technical Solutions Architect, SD-WAN & SASE
October 14th, 2021
 Manuel Di Lenardo

• Technical Solutions Architect

• Austrian-Italian based in Germany
• Over 15 years of experience (EN and SP)
• CCIE#24189 and JNCIE#2015
• Driving Partner Enablement for SD-WAN
/ SASE in Germany
Munich, Germany

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 1 Feature Templates

Agenda
2 Device Templates

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Why Templates?

Link to “Configuration Guide 17.x”

• Cisco vManage creates and stores configurations for all devices

• Assigned to each Edge Router
• Use of variable

• Templates = Configuration
• Policy = Traffic Steering >> !! vSmarts will need a template !!
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 Device Templates Feature Templates
• Define device’s complete operational • Device model specific
configuration • Represent individual building blocks of
• Device Template references several configuration
feature templates • Attached to devices using Device
templates

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vManage: Centralized Device Configuration
Manager

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Where should I
start from ☺?

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Creating a Feature Template – I.e. “Cisco System”

Global Variable
Same value on all attached devices

Device Specific variable

Per-device value using CSV or manual
input
Default Setting
System default value

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 How to create and Attach a device template

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 And if
something
goes wrong
?

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 • Device templates consolidate
feature templates
• Only one device template can
be attached to an SDWAN
device
• Same template can be attached
Summary to multiple SDWAN devices of
the same type
• Router with a template are
managed by the vManage
• Automation Tools
(Import/Export)
https://developer.cisco.com/codeexchange/github/repo/reismarcelo/sastre/

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Next Session: Agenda for Module 2

Duration
Time (CET) Topic Speaker
(Mins)
How do you get started, SD-WAN topologies,
10:00 – 10:20 installation, certificates, upgrades and pain points 20 Denis Kodentsev
tips

10:20 – 10:40 Templates Part 1 (Feature and Device) 20 Manuel Di Lenardo

Break 5

10:45 – 11:05 Templates Part 2 (CLI and best practices) 20 Huseyin Efe Evyapan

Break 5

11:10 – 11:30 Policies 20 Charles Youssef

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