Citrix SD-WAN

Upgrade to 11.2 with working Virtual WAN deployment

  1. In the Change Management > Change Preparation page, click Choose Files and select the ctx-sdw-sw-11.2.0.x.zip software package file. Click Upload.

    Note:

    You can download the Citrix SD-WAN release 11.2 software package from the Downloads page.

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    A progress bar appears to show the current upload progress.

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  2. After the upload process is successful, relevant appliance models are displayed. The appliances would be upgraded based on the configuration file.

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  3. 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.

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  4. The Appliance Staging process is initiated. The changes are distributed to all appliances on the network. The transfer progress bar appears and the site details table is updated.

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  5. Once the transfer progress is 100% complete, click Next to proceed to activation.

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    The various states of software package configuration displayed in the summary table indicate the following:

    • Preparing - Local processing to prepare update package for transfer to the appliance.
    • Preparing Region Packages - Local processing to prepare update package for transfer to RCN. (Applicable if RCN is part of network).
    • Percentage - Percent of package transferred to the appliance.
    • Unpacking - Remote appliance processing to apply the update package.
    • Transferring Region - Package are being transferred to RCN. (Applicable if RCN is part of network).
    • Failed - Remote detected incomplete transfer.
    • Canceled - Canceled by user when ‘Ignore Incomplete’ was checked during Stage Appliances
    • Not Needed - Prepared staged package does not include this site-appliance name.
    • Not Connected - Local cannot see the remote’s active package information.
  6. Click Activate Staged to activate the staged software.

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  7. After the countdown, a message indicates that activation is completed. Click Done.

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  8. Navigate to Change Management page to view the transfer status.

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The Multi-region summary table provides the following details:

  • Region – Name of the region
  • Total Site - Total number of sites in the region.
  • Not Connected - Total number of sites not connected in the region.
  • Connected - Total number of sites connected in the region.
  • Traffic Impacted - Total number of sites where the traffic is impacted in the region.
  • No Traffic Impact - Total number of sites where the traffic is not impacted in the region.
  • Staging In Progress - Total number of sites for which local processing is attempting to prepare update package for transfer in the region.
  • Staging Completed- Total number of sites for which staging has completed in the region.
  • Staging Failed - Total number of sites for which incomplete transfer was deleted in the region.

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Click the Global Multi-Region Summary table entry link to filter the region specific configuration reports.

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For muliregion deployment, on each RCN navigate to Change Management Settings page and schedule the installation of dependent components. By default the MCN/RCN assigns schedules installation to be attempted every day at 21:20:00 based on software availability on the branches.For more information, see Change Management Settings

Upgrade to 11.2 with working Virtual WAN deployment