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300-415 · Question #101

Refer to the exhibit. The control connection is failing. Which action resolves the issue?

The correct answer is D. Restore the reachability to the vSmart. When a control connection between a WAN Edge (or controller) and vSmart is failing, restoring IP reachability to vSmart is the foundational fix because no control plane session can be established without underlying network connectivity.

Management and Operations

Question

Refer to the exhibit. The control connection is failing. Which action resolves the issue?

Options

  • AImport vSmart in vManager.
  • BValidate the certificates authenticity on vSmart
  • CUpload the WAN Edge list on vManage.
  • DRestore the reachability to the vSmart

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    93% (25)

Why each option

When a control connection between a WAN Edge (or controller) and vSmart is failing, restoring IP reachability to vSmart is the foundational fix because no control plane session can be established without underlying network connectivity.

AImport vSmart in vManager.

Importing vSmart in vManage is an administrative onboarding step - if vSmart is already operational and the issue is a failed control connection, re-importing does not fix underlying reachability or connectivity problems.

BValidate the certificates authenticity on vSmart

Validating certificate authenticity addresses authentication failures after a connection is established at the transport layer - it does not help if vSmart is unreachable.

CUpload the WAN Edge list on vManage.

Uploading the WAN Edge list on vManage is required for device authorization, not for resolving a control connection failure between already-configured controllers.

DRestore the reachability to the vSmartCorrect

Control connections in Cisco SD-WAN use DTLS or TLS over IP - if vSmart is unreachable at the network layer, no control connection can be established or maintained regardless of certificate status or configuration. Restoring reachability (routing, firewall rules, or interface state) to vSmart resolves the root cause shown in the exhibit where connectivity to vSmart is the failure point.

Concept tested: Cisco SD-WAN control connection troubleshooting and reachability

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/sdwan/configuration/sdwan-xe-gs-book/cisco-sd-wan-overlay-network-bringup.html

Topics

#SD-WAN Troubleshooting#vSmart Controller#Control Plane Connectivity#Network Reachability

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