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Upgrading to 11.4 without working virtual WAN deployment

September 23, 2021

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Note: To configure the latest 11.4 features, remiage the MCN appliance to 11.4 software. For more information, see Reimage Citrix SD-WAN appliance software

Prepare the configuration using the Configuration Editor and save the configuration with a valid name. For more information, see Configuration topic.
Export the saved configuration to Change Management. Click Export and select Change Management Inbox as the destination. Click Export.
In the Change Management > Change Preparation page, click Choose Files and select the ctx-sdw-sw-11.4.0.x.zip software package file. Click Upload.

Note:

You can download the Citrix SD-WAN release 11.4 software package from the Downloads page.

A progress bar appears to show the current upload progress.
After upload process is successful, relevant models are displayed that would be upgraded based on the configuration file that has information about each branch platform model.
Click Stage Appliance to proceed with validation of configuration file. The License agreement page for user acceptance appears. Click I accept the End User License Agreement and click OK.
The Appliance Staging process is initiated the changes will be distributed to all appliances on the network. The transfer progress bar appears and the site details table is updated.
Once the transfer progress is 100% complete, click Next to proceed to activation.
Click Activate Staged. A user acceptance pop-up message appears as this is the first time the appliance is being staged.

You are redirected to the Local Change Management page for activating the local appliance. Click OK to proceed.
Click Activate Staged in Local Change Management. An activation confirmation message appears. Click OK.

Activation starts with a countdown timer of 180 seconds.
After the countdown, a message indicates that activation is completed. Click Done, the appliance restarts.
After the appliance restarts, navigate to Change Management page to download the local change management packages for the respective branches that you need to bootstrap to the network with Virtual WAN software upgrade only.
Enable SD-WAN service on the appliance. Navigate to Virtual WAN > Enable/Disable/Purge Flows and click Enable.

To further configure and add new sites to the network, folow the procedure in Configure branch node topic.

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Upgrading to 11.4 without working virtual WAN deployment

September 23, 2021

Contributed by:

C S

September 23, 2021

Contributed by:

C S

Upgrading to 11.4 without working virtual WAN deployment

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