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Winning the WAAS POC (WAASPOC) v4.1.3 2 days Workshop
Course outline

Lesson 1: Cisco WAAS POC Phases

  • Requirements Gathering
  • Planning and Design
  • Implementation
  • Testing and Reporting
  • General Guidelines

Lesson 2: Requirements Gathering

  • Positions and Priorities
  • Requirements Gathering
  • Defining Success Criteria

Lesson 3: WAAS Architecture

  • Positioning
  • Enterprise Scalability
  • Interception Flexibility

Lesson 4: Planning and Design

  • Success Criteria
  • Test Plan Alignment
  • WAAS Planning and Design Best Practices

Lab 1: Planning and Design

Lesson 5: Designing for Isolation and Bypass

  • Inline Considerations
  • WCCP Considerations
  • Bypass Functionality
  • Directed Mode
  • Best Practices for Designing for Bypass and Isolation

Lesson 6: Baselining Tools

  • NetQoS and NAM
  • Other Tools
  • CIFS Benchmark
  • Microsoft Application Client Simulation Tools
  • Best Practices for POC Baselining Tools

Lesson 7: Implementation

  • General Guidelines
  • Risks and Assumptions
  • Methods for Mitigating Risk
  • Troubleshooting GUI
  • WCCPv2 Interception
  • WCCPv2 Interception with Catalyst 6500 Switches
  • Management Services
  • Reporting Facilities
  • WAAS POC Implementation Best Practices

Lab 2: Implementation

Lesson 8: Testing and Reporting

  • Cisco WAAS POC Testing Guidelines
  • Testing and Reporting Metrics
  • Monitoring Connections and Optimizations
  • Reporting

Lab 3: Testing and Reporting


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