Create a device list in the Cisco Smart Account and make it available in Cisco SD-WAN Manager. For more information see, Cisco Plug and Play Support Guide for Cisco SD-WAN products.

1. From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Configuration > Devices.

2. Click Sync Smart Account.

3. In the Sync Smart Account pane, enter the Username and Password. To sync the WAN edge list, with other Cisco SD-WAN Control Components, use the Send to Controllers drop-down list.

4. Click Sync.

   After the device is successfully added to Cisco SD-WAN Manager, you should see the Cisco ENCS in the devices list.

   Note	The device reaches out to the Cisco Plug and Play (PNP) Connect portal to receive the control components information. Don't interrupt the PnP boot-up process or the redirection to control components fails.

Cisco SD-WAN Manager uses the remote repository to source the vnf-disk-image, and auto generate the files required by Cisco ENCS. For more information on adding a remote server,see Register Remote Server.

Uploading VNF QCOW2 to Cisco SD-WAN Manager is a three-step process:

1. Download the VNF QEMU Copy On Write version 2 (QCOW2) from CCO.

2. In the Cisco SD-WAN Manager Menu, navigate to Maintenance > Software Repository > Virtual Images > Upload Virtual Image > Remote Server (preferred) to upload VNF QCOW2 to Cisco SD-WAN Manager.

3. In the pop-up window, enter the QCOW image file name (including the extension) and other required/optional fields to add a remote server virtual image.

A Quick Connect Workflow provides an alternative, guided method in Cisco SD-WAN Manager to onboard supported WAN edge devices into the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN overlay network. This workflow helps you configure Cisco NFVIS devices to establish data plane and control plane connections.

The behavior of the Quick Connect workflow depends on how you upload devices to Cisco SD-WAN Manager. You can upload your devices in one of the following ways, either as part of the Quick Connect workflow or independently.

• Auto-sync option: Your Smart Account is in sync with the Cisco SD-WAN Manager. This option requires Cisco SD-WAN Manager to be able to connect with the Cisco PNP portal.

• Manual upload: Download the authorized serial number file of devices from the Cisco PnP portal and upload it to Cisco SD-WAN Manager.

Use the following instructions to use the quick connect workflow:

1. From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Workflows.

2. To start a new quick connect workflow: Under the Popular Workflows area, choose Quick Connect Workflow.

   Note	Ensure that you have the following configured before you get started: Organization's name Certificate Authorization Cisco SD-WAN Control Components including Cisco SD-WAN Controllers and Cisco SD-WAN Validators as per your requirement

3. Import device serial numbers from Cisco Plug and Play or upload device files manually using serial numbers.

   Note	Choose Skip for now if you already have Cisco NFVIS devices configured in Cisco SD-WAN Manager.

4. Once you see the Cisco NFVIS devices in the device list, select the device from the device list, and click Next.

5. Add and review the Cisco NFVIS devices settings that you want to configure and click Next.

6. (Optional) You can tag Cisco NFVIS devices to respective keywords (optional) to better group and identify the Cisco NFVIS devices.

   Note	In Cisco SD-WAN Manager Release 20.12.1, device tagging isn't supported for Cisco NFVIS device. The device tagging is supported for Cisco NFVIS devices starting from Cisco SD-WAN Manager Release 20.13.1.

7. In the summary page, review the configuration of Cisco NFVIS device for one last time and click Onboard.

   Your Cisco NFVIS device is defined as a supported device in Cisco SD-WAN Manager.

• To upload a file with the serial numbers: Download the sample CSV file and upload a signed file (.viptela file) from Cisco Plug and Play or upload an unsigned file (.csv file). For more information, see Plug and Play Connect Service.

  Note	The Chassis number and either the Cert Serial Number or SUDI Serial Number are mandatory field to onboard Cisco ENCS onto Cisco SD-WAN Manager.

• Typical virtual branch deployment requires an authorized list of devices and VNF images for the services to deploy. Also, the VNF images should be made available in the remote server(s).

1. From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Workflows > Create NFV Configuration Group.

2. Start a new NFV Configuration workflow: Under the Popular Workflows area, choose Create NFV Configuration Group.

   Note	You can perform site-wise configurations and tweak the site settings based on your requirement.

3. Enter a name for your NFV Configuration group and click Next.

4. Define the NFV device system settings and WAN circuits using the Site Configurations step.

   Table 2. Site Configurations

   Field	Description
   Site Type	The configuration group type is Single NFV Device by default. This is the only option available.
   Site Settings	Enter site-specific values that maybe common to other devices in Cisco SD-WAN Manager. Configure two different banner text strings, one to be displayed before the login banner. The other to be displayed after a successful login to the device-message-of-the-day (MOTD).
   WAN Interfaces	Configure the WAN interfaces required. Note   Only one DHCP and a maximum of four WAN interfaces are supported. The Cisco ENCS device supports only two WAN interfaces.
   WAN Routing	Click Add Routes to add WAN routing details to the configuration.

5. Define VNF services in the VNF Services step. You can either pick a predefined topology or you create your own custom topology.

6. Review and edit the NFV Config Group design if required and click Create Configuration Group.

7. Once you create an NFV configuration group workflow, in the success page, click Associate Devices to the NFV config group to associate the NFVIS devices to the intended configuration group.

Note	You can edit the configuration group and add Day N modifications to the configuration group.

Create an Add on CLI configuration with a user-defined Feature Profile. For more information see, Configuration Groups and Feature Profiles.

Note	In the Add and Review Device Configuration page, enter GEO-2 in the field for the LAN interface, where the default variable name is lan_1_intf_name. Enter the LAN IP address and Subnet Mask. The Cisco SD-WAN Manager configures these settings under the MGMT interface on the Cisco ENCS platform.

1. Once the NFVIS Config group is sucessfully created in the What's Next area, click Associate Devices to the NFV config group.

2. Choose and review the list of devices.

3. Click Next.

4. Choose the respective device from the Available Devices screen.

   Note	You can perform site-wise configurations and tweak the site settings based on your requirement. If you intend to use ENCS LAN-SRIOV networks for the VM interfaces, enter GEO-2 in the Interface Name Variable.

5. Click Next.

6. The devices are added to the configuration group. In the device added success pop-up, click Provision Devices to check all the site parameters, connectivity, and check if the device is ready for configuration. Click No, I Will Do It Later if you want to skip provisioning your devices.