A branch device is powered on with factory-default staging configuration.

The correct answer is B . In Versa SD-WAN onboarding, the branch progresses through three staging phases. In Stage 1 , the branch uses its factory-default configuration to start an IKE session with the staging server. After the IKE session comes up, the staging server assigns an IP address to the branch and notifies the branch of the Versa Director IP address. Versa Director is also notified that the branch has come up.

In Stage 2 , Versa Director pushes the stage-two configuration to the branch through the staging server. This stage changes the IPsec profile so that the Controller IP address becomes the remote IP. The branch reboots and then attempts to establish the IKE session with the Controller. If the device successfully completed Stage 1 but never forms the Controller IKE session, the failure point is Stage 2.

Stage 3 is later, when the device receives stage-three configuration, becomes operational, and creates Controller IPsec plus branch-to-branch VXLAN/ESP sessions. Therefore, the described issue is a Stage 2 staging failure.