Introduction

SD-WAN Conversion Tool is a web-based application hosted on the cloud that allows its users to perform conversion workflows on configurations and policies for Cisco’s SD-WAN product via a simplified, intuitive, and interactive wizard. The tool outputs SD-WAN configuration which can be pushed to a desired vManage node as a device template for Cisco’s SD-WAN product.

The SD-WAN Conversion Tool is intended to perform the following functions:

• Convert traditional IOS-XE WAN configurations to SD-WAN configurations.

• Determine what traditional configurations are supported by SD-WAN software.

• Create device templates, feature templates, and policies based on traditional IOS-XE WAN configurations.

• Convert legacy software commands into SD-WAN commands, such as:

  • BGP
  • ACL
  • AAA
  • UC

• Determine what configurations and templates are supported by the target device type for a conversion workflow.

• Export device templates, feature templates, subtemplates, and policies to vManage or as a Sastre archive.

• Convert device and feature templates as per the configurations supported by the target device type.

• Convert WAN Edge CLI configurations to device and feature templates.

• Convert localized and centralized CLI policy configurations to vManage’s UI Builder-based policies.

The SD-WAN Conversion Tool will NOT:

• Fully migrate a traditional IOS configuration to a fully functional SD-WAN configuration.

  • Users must still add SD-WAN overlay configurations and build overlay.
  • Users must still understand SD-WAN concepts.

• Convert an SD-WAN configuration to legacy IOS-XE configuration.

• Automate SD-WAN deployments.

The assumption in using this tool is that the user has experience around Cisco SD-WAN and can use this tool to speed up migrations from legacy WAN to SD-WAN or within SD-WAN space, and improve accuracy in those conversions.