BugZero | Cisco BugID CSCwf48530 - C1100TG incorrectly enters Controller-Managed mode

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BugZero | Cisco BugID CSCwf48530 - C1100TG incorrectly enters Controller-Managed mode

Cisco - Defect ID: CSCwf48530

C1100TG incorrectly enters Controller-Managed mode

Cisco - Defect ID: CSCwf48530

C1100TG incorrectly enters Controller-Managed mode

Last updated on October 2nd, 2025

BugZero Risk Score
6.1 Medium

Overall: 6.1

Severity: 6.4

Lifecycle: 9.1

Popularity: 4.6

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Bug Details

Description

Symptom

A C1100TG is operating in controller-mode which is not supported on this platform. Router# show version | in Router operating mode: Router operating mode: Controller-Managed SDWAN-related commands are not recognized.

Conditions

This issue might occur when the C1100TG gets onboarded via PNP day0 workflow.

Workaround

Boot the device to ROMMON and update the ROMMON variable manually to set the mode to Autonomous: rommon 6 > set DEVICE_MANAGED_MODE=autonomous rommon 7 > sync rommon 8 > boot

Further Problem Description

Mode change logs can be inspected by reviewing the bootflash:mode_event_log file.

Change history

2025-10-02 Added: 17.12.5c, 17.12.6, 17.12.6a, 17.15.1z, 17.15.4, 17.15.4a, 17.15.4b, 17.15.4c, 17.18.1, 17.18.1a

2025-09-22 Added: 17.12.5c, 17.12.6, 17.15.1z, 17.15.4, 17.15.4a, 17.15.4b, 17.18.1, 17.18.1a

2025-09-08 Added: 17.12.6, 17.15.4, 17.15.4a, 17.18.1, 17.18.1a

2025-08-25 Added: 17.15.4, 17.15.4a, 17.18.1, 17.18.1a

2025-08-18 Added: 17.15.4, 17.15.4a

2025-06-02 Added: 17.05.01c, 17.12.02a, 17.12.1, 17.12.1a, 17.12.1w, 17.12.1x, 17.12.1y, 17.12.1z, 17.12.1z1, 17.12.1z2, 17.12.1z3, 17.12.1z4, 17.12.2, 17.12.2a, 17.12.3, 17.12.3a, 17.12.4, 17.12.4a, 17.12.4b, 17.12.5, 17.12.5a, 17.12.5b, 17.13.1, 17.13.1a, 17.14.1, 17.14.1a, 17.15.1, 17.15.1a, 17.15.1b, 17.15.1w, 17.15.1x, 17.15.1y, 17.15.2, 17.15.2a, 17.15.2b, 17.15.2c, 17.15.3, 17.15.3a, 17.15.3b, 17.16.1, 17.16.1a, 17.17.1, 17.5.1, 17.5.1a, 17.5.1b, 17.5.1c, 17.6.1, 17.6.1a, 17.6.1w, 17.6.1x, 17.6.1y, 17.6.1z, 17.6.1z1, 17.6.2, 17.6.3, 17.6.3a, 17.6.4, 17.7.1, 17.7.1a, 17.7.1b, 17.7.2, 17.8.1, 17.8.1a, 17.9.1, 17.9.1a, 17.9.1w, 17.9.1x, 17.9.1x1, 17.9.1y, 17.9.1y1, 17.9.2, 17.9.2a

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Affected versions:No known affected versions

Fixed versions: 17.05.01c, 17.12.02a, 17.12.1, 17.12.1a, 17.12.1w, 17.12.1x, 17.12.1y, 17.12.1z, 17.12.1z1, 17.12.1z2, 17.12.1z3, 17.12.1z4, 17.12.2, 17.12.2a, 17.12.3, 17.12.3a, 17.12.4, 17.12.4a, 17.12.4b, 17.12.5, 17.12.5a, 17.12.5b, 17.12.5c, 17.12.6, 17.12.6a, 17.13.1, 17.13.1a, 17.14.1, 17.14.1a, 17.15.1, 17.15.1a, 17.15.1b, 17.15.1w, 17.15.1x, 17.15.1y, 17.15.1z, 17.15.2, 17.15.2a, 17.15.2b, 17.15.2c, 17.15.3, 17.15.3a, 17.15.3b, 17.15.4, 17.15.4a, 17.15.4b, 17.15.4c, 17.16.1, 17.16.1a, 17.17.1, 17.18.1, 17.18.1a, 17.5.1, 17.5.1a, 17.5.1b, 17.5.1c, 17.6.1, 17.6.1a, 17.6.1w, 17.6.1x, 17.6.1y, 17.6.1z, 17.6.1z1, 17.6.2, 17.6.3, 17.6.3a, 17.6.4, 17.7.1, 17.7.1a, 17.7.1b, 17.7.2, 17.8.1, 17.8.1a, 17.9.1, 17.9.1a, 17.9.1w, 17.9.1x, 17.9.1x1, 17.9.1y, 17.9.1y1, 17.9.2, 17.9.2a

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Affected versions:No known affected versions

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Cisco - Defect ID: CSCwf48530

C1100TG incorrectly enters Controller-Managed mode

Cisco - Defect ID: CSCwf48530

C1100TG incorrectly enters Controller-Managed mode

Last updated on October 2nd, 2025

BugZero Risk Score6.1 Medium

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