Course Details
CWAAS - Cisco Wide-Area Application Services (2.0)
  • Course Length: 0 days
  • Course Price: $0
  • Code: CWAAS 2.0
  • Course Mode: ILT
Prerequisite
The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows: Fundamental knowledge of TCP/IP and associated TCP/IP applications, equivalent to those learned in Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (ICND1) Operational knowledge of Cisco routers, equivalent to those learned in Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (ICND1) Fundamental knowledge of Microsoft Windows networking technologies.
Audience
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
  • Network designers
  •  Network administrators
  • Network engineers
  • Server and system administrators
  • Systems engineers
The secondary audience for this course is as follows:
  • Network managers

Cisco Wide-Area Application Services (CWAAS) v2.0 is an instructor-led course that will teach learners how to design and deploy a solution using Cisco WAAS that improves application performance over the WAN while enabling infrastructure consolidation. The learner will also understand Cisco WAAS optimization technology, design considerations, network integration, and system troubleshooting aspects.

Module 1: Cisco Wide-Area Application Services

Lesson 1: Introducing Cisco WAAS
Lesson 2: Understanding WAN Optimization
Lesson 3: Understanding Application Acceleration
Module 2: Cisco WAAS Quick Start
Lesson 1: Introducing Traffic Interception
Lesson 2: Installing and Configuring Cisco WAAS Using Quick Start
Module 3: Implementation, Integration, and Management
Lesson 1: Network Design, Interception, and Interoperability
Lesson 2: Configuring Cisco WAE Interfaces
Lesson 3: Implementing Cisco WAAS Central Management
Lesson 4: Configuring Application Traffic Policies
Lesson 5: Configuring Virtualization
Module 4: Cisco WAAS Application Optimizers
Lesson 1: Configuring CIFS Optimization
Lesson 2: Configuring Cisco WAAS Network Printing Optimization
Lesson 3: Configuring NFS Optimization
Lesson 4: Configuring HTTP Optimization
Lesson 5: Configuring Streaming Video Optimization
Lesson 6: Configuring MAPI Optimization
Lesson 7: Understanding SSL Optimization
Module 5: Cisco WAAS Design and Troubleshooting
Lesson 1: Planning a Cisco WAAS Network Design
Lesson 2: Troubleshooting Introduction
Lesson 3: Troubleshooting Network Interception
Lesson 4: Troubleshooting WAN Optimization
Module 6: Cisco WAAS Mobile Client Solution
Lesson 1: Installing Cisco WAAS Mobile
Lesson 2: Configuring Cisco WAAS Mobile Options
Lesson 3: Troubleshooting Cisco WAAS Mobile

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

  • Explain the business value of WAN optimization and application acceleration technologies and understand the technologies employed by Cisco WAAS to enable consolidation while improving application performance over the WAN
  • Describe the basic configuration steps required for Cisco WAAS deployment and provide a high-level overview of Cisco WAAS deployment options
  • Describe Cisco WAAS implementation, integration, and management
  • Implement each of the Cisco WAAS application optimizers for maximum performance
  • Describe how to design and troubleshoot Cisco WAAS installations, including considerations and issues associated with platform and network connectivity, network interception, and WAN optimization
  • Describe and deploy the Cisco WAAS Mobile Client solution.

Lab 2-1: Cisco WAAS Quick Start (In-Line)
Lab 3-1: Configure the Cisco NME-WAE and WCCP
Lab 3-2: Configure Custom Application Traffic Policies
Lab 3-3: Configure the Branch Office Cisco WAE-674 for Virtualization
Lab 4-1: Configuring Cisco WAAS NFS Acceleration
Lab 4-2: Configuring Cisco WAAS MAPI Acceleration
Lab 5-1: Design Cisco WAAS Solutions
Lab 6-1: Configure Cisco WAAS Mobile Client