Upgrade your Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Edge Devices
Better performance and visibility with Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN Release 17.9.4a 
Unlock key features by ensuring your Cisco Edge devices are on the suggested version.
- The Create Configuration Group workflow feature consolidates various settings onto a single page, allowing you to review numerous configurations at once.
- Enhancements to the Configuration Group feature added support for SNMP, Cellular Interface, GDP Routing, and more.
- The Network Hierarchy and Resource Management feature enables the creation of network hierarchies to represent geographical locations of your network.
- The Multi-Region Fabric policy feature provides a migration mode that helps facilitate the migration of complex enterprise networks to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN.
- Matching traffic according to its destination region when creating an application route or data policy is now possible with the Multi-Region Fabric policy feature.
- Re-origination dampening creates a delay before re-originating routes that have gone down repeatedly, preventing excessive churn and improving Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN controller performance.
- Support for AWS GovCloud (US) and Azure for US Government Cloud have been integrated with Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Cloud OnRamp for Multicloud.
- Improved visibility of Microsoft 365 traffic provides you with more details about the Microsoft 365 traffic being processed by Cloud OnRamp for SaaS.
Prepare for your upgrade to Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN Release 17.9.4a
To ensure an optimal upgrade experience, these steps should be taken prior to implementation. You must be on version 17.1.1 or higher before completing these steps.
Review Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN release notes
Explore release-specific information for your upgrade.
Check the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Compatibility Matrix
Check the minimum software version
Perform a Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly vManage) Backup
Capturing a VM snapshot prior to upgrading is recommended to ensure you do not lose any operational data.
How much time does it take to upgrade?
Plan your upgrade with these time estimates based on your current version.
Get started
Review the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN platforms and their corresponding upgrade paths above, then read the steps below to perform your upgrade.
Step 1
Choose your Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly vManage) upgrade path
Review the possible Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager upgrade paths.
Step 2
Download the software needed to perform the upgrade
Use the matrix above to determine which software version is required.
Step 3
Complete the software upgrade process
Engage in Community
Join or start a discussion about this release in Cisco Community. See what your peers have to say, ask questions of your own, and get help upgrading alongside Cisco Specialists.