Configuration Conversion Workflows

The SD-WAN Conversion Tool supports seven types of conversion workflows, classified into broader groups as listed below:

1. Device & Feature Templates

Using this group of conversion workflows, users can convert and export templates and policies from one vManage instance to the same or another instance.

  • Live vManage: Using this workflow, users can provide the details of a Live vManage instance to import templates and policies for conversion and export to a vManage instance or as a Sastre archive.

  • Sastre Archive: Using this workflow, users can upload a Sastre archive created by Sastre tool as a source for templates and policies. The templates and policies can then be converted and exported to a vManage instance or as a Sastre archive.

2. Device CLI Configurations to Template Conversion

Using this group of conversion workflows, users can convert device CLI configurations into device and feature templates.

  • IOS-XE CLI: Using this workflow, users can upload an IOS-XE CLI configuration file that would be converted and exported as SD-WAN templates to a vManage instance or as a Sastre archive.

  • Cisco Edge Router CLI: Using this workflow, users can upload a Cisco Edge Router CLI configuration file that would be converted and exported as device and feature templates to a vManage instance or as a Sastre archive.

  • vEdge CLI: Using this workflow, users can upload a vEdge CLI configuration file that would be converted and exported as device and feature templates to a vManage instance or as a Sastre archive.

3. Device CLI to CLI Configuration Conversion

Using this group of conversion workflows, users can convert device CLI configurations into device CLI templates.

  • vEdge CLI to Cisco Edge Router CLI: Using this workflow, users can upload a vEdge CLI configuration file that would be converted and exported as a Cisco Edge Router CLI template to a vManage instance or as a Sastre archive.

4. CLI Policies

Using this group of conversion workflows, users can convert policy CLI configurations into vManage’s UI Builder-based policies.

  • Localized Cisco Edge Router Policy: Using this workflow, users can upload a CLI configuration file for Localized policy that would eventually be exported as vManage’s UI Builder based policies.

  • Centralized CLI Policy: Using this workflow, users can upload a CLI configuration file for Centralized policy that would eventually be exported as vManage’s UI Builder based policies.

See also

Refer to Appendix B for more information around Sastre tool.

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Figure 1. Configuration Conversion Workflows

For each of the conversion workflows, the tool supports two types of targets as mentioned below:

  • Live vManage: When selecting this target type, the configurations, templates, and policies created from a conversion workflow are pushed directly to a public vManage accessible by the tool.

  • Sastre Archive: When selecting this target type, the configurations, templates, and policies created from a conversion workflow are exported as a Sastre archive. The Sastre archive can then be downloaded and uploaded to a vManage using Cisco’s Sastre tool.