Cisco Wide Area Application Services

Introduction

Cisco Wide-Area Application Services (CWAAS) v2.0 is an instructor-led course presented by Cisco training partners. This course 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.

This course updates Cisco Wide-Area Application Services (WAAS) v4.0.13.

Course 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

Target Audience

Channel Partner / Reseller
Customer
Employee

Pre-Requisites

For WAAS implementation content, CCNA and CCNP certification level is strongly recommended.
System Engineers (SEs) should have CCDA. Background in TCP and exposure to layer 7 protocols also recommended.

Course Outline

Module 1: Cisco Wide-Area Application Services.

Upon completing this module, the learner will be able to explain the business value of WAN optimization and application acceleration technologies and describe the technologies employed by Cisco WAAS to enable consolidation while improving application performance over the WAN.

Lesson 1: Introducing Cisco WAAS
Lesson 2: Understanding WAN Optimization
Lesson 3: Understanding Application Acceleration

Module 2: Cisco WAAS Quick Start.

Upon completing this module, the learner will be able to describe the basic configuration steps required for Cisco WAAS deployment and provide a high-level overview of Cisco WAAS deployment options.

Lesson 1: Introducing Traffic Interception
Lesson 2: Installing and Configuring Cisco WAAS Using Quick Start

Module 3: Implementation, Integration, and Management.

Upon completing this module, the learner will be able to describe Cisco WAAS 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.

Upon completing this module, the learner will be able to implement each of the Cisco WAAS application optimizers for maximum performance.

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.

Upon completing this module, the learner will be able to describe how to design and troubleshoot Cisco WAAS installations, including considerations and issues associated with platform and network connectivity, network interception, and WAN optimization.

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.

Upon completing this module, the learner will be able to describe and deploy the Cisco WAAS Mobile Client solution.