Certificate Installation on vBond and vSmart Controllers
Short answer
A Applies the certificates trust-mode configuration, root-CA trust plus local key generation, to both the vBond Orchestrator and the vSmart Controller.
Question
Key Takeaways
It tests whether you know that controller certificate installation lives under certificates trust mode and must be applied to both vBond and vSmart, not just vManage.
This 300-415 question asks which command block installs certificates on the vBond Orchestrator and the vSmart Controller; the correct configuration, option A, sets root-CA trust and local key generation on both controllers.
Common mistake: Choosing an option that only configures the organization name, device lists, or a single controller — those settings are prerequisites or identity data, not certificate installation.
Expert Analysis
Reading the qualifier
The task says the engineer must apply certificate installation configuration to the vBond Orchestrator and the vSmart Controller — two separate controller node types, not vManage. So the correct image must be a controller-side snippet that is valid on both vBond and vSmart. Any option that only shows the vManage-only trust subcommands (for example the vmanage-root-ca-trust / vmanage-server-cert style directives) or that configures just one controller fails the "and" in the question.
What "certificate installation" actually contains
On the controllers the certificate work happens under the certificates configuration mode: define the trust store by trusting the root CA (and optionally an intermediate chain), then generate the local key pair / CSR or load the issued server certificate, and finally have the controller present that identity during DTLS/TLS and OMP/OMP-control handshakes. A snippet that merely sets the organization name, the device lists, or the system identity does not install a certificate, so those options are eliminated by the noun "certificate installation."
Why the remaining options split
The deciding detail is whether the option applies both the root-CA trust and the local key generation/server-cert step in one command block that works on vBond and vSmart. Option A is the only image that shows that full pair on a controller, and community voters converge on A as well — one of them even questions whether the reference to sshd is a real service name or a typo, since SSH/NETCONF must be reachable before DTLS/TLS negotiation succeeds. That aside does not change the verdict: A is the certificate installation configuration for both controllers.
Eliminating the rest B, C and D either show only partial trust configuration, target a single controller, or show non-certificate settings, so each is ruled out by the word "installation" combined with the required coverage of both vBond and vSmart. Correct answer: A.
Exam Strategy
When a question names multiple devices joined by "and," treat that as a coverage test: eliminate any option that configures only one of them or a different device entirely. Then confirm the option contains both halves of certificate installation — trusting the root CA and generating/loading the local key or server certificate — because partial trust configuration alone is a common distractor. Finally, remember that SSH, NETCONF and the organizational name are prerequisites checked before certificate validation, so options showing only those are not installation steps.
Frequently Asked Questions
On which controllers is the certificates trust-mode configuration applied in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN?
Why must SSH and NETCONF be reachable before certificate-based DTLS/TLS works?
What happens if only one controller has its certificate installed?
Discussion 3 contributions
Compiled from public community threads and reader submissions, lightly edited for clarity. Handles and vote tallies are shown as recorded, and comments reflect the views of individual contributors.
From public community threads 3
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Roger95 👍 3 Answered AInstalling certificates involve various steps and are covered in detail later in this section. The summary of steps are as follows:: 1. Prerequisites: Ensure that NETCONF and SSH are allowed on the controller interface tunnels if DTLS/TLS connections are not established yet. Configure the organization name in the vManage GUI, , and depending on the method, validate your server connectivity, configure Smart Account credentials, and/or ensure a DNS server is configured in vManage for VPN 0. https://community.cisco.com/kxiwq67737/attachments/kxiwq67737/6011-docs-networking/6883/2/cisco-sd-wan-certificates-deploy-2020aug.pdf
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westh4m1234 👍 1 Answered Ai go for A but is sshd a service or is it a typo? what should it be sshd or ssh
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GlobalK 👍 1 Answered ACorrect
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