Waas inline in L2 environment

Hi,
A new WAAS installation is planed. The customer has 3 sites with one WAAS on each. On each site, there is no core layer. The L3 device is the ISP router. So, the WAAS will be plugged via inline interfaces between the ISP router and a switch. The WAAS will received all L2 broadcast from the LAN. There is no L3 point-to-point dedicated network between the router and the switch.
Is this scenario could be an issue ?
Rgds.

Wow, cant believe noone answered this for two years!
I´m having the similar WAAS deployment, check this link out:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/contnetw/ps5680/ps6870/white_paper_C11-560131.pdf

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Can someone answer this basic question? I cant seem to find that much documentation on the inline modules.
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Thanks for that. So if I had
Group1 = router1 - WAAS inline group1 - LAN switch
Group 2 = router2 - WAAS inline group2 - LAN switch
The routers would see each other through the WAAS and then the LAN switches (as if they were just connected to the switches), but wouldn't see each other directly across the WAAS module? Or you mean they don't see each other at all?
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I need to deploy waas WAE7371 in VRF/MPLS environment. I have 2 sites, each one have 6500 router as a CE\PE with multiple vrf. the wan interface is mpls enabled.
i need to deploy the WAE-7371 in only one VRF, let say VRF netapp which is bounded to interface vlan x. i will create another L3 interface vlan with defferent subnet and bound it to vrf netapp (for the WAE).
because wccp protocol is not vrf\mpls aware, can i configure IP wccp 61 redirect in & IP wccp 62 redirect out on the interface vlan x and get the same results?
attached diagram for the deployment.
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Outbound redirection is not recommended on the Catalyst 6500 platform, since a portion of the processing occurs in software.
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kind regards
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/waas/waas/v421/configuration/guide/network.html#wpxref53362
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I'm running in a problem where auto-discovery is failing. We have remote-offices with one router and one wae in inline deployment, so far so good, this works perfect.
On the Main-Office we have two routers for redundancy, on the lan site we use hsrp.
Can I use both inline-cards two for each router ?
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or do I have to put both routers behind one pair of inline-card ?
-----|- inlinegroup1-|-hsrp-router1-|
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Lukas,
If traffic for a connection flows asymmetrically through both inline groups, then CSCsk47177 can prevent optimization. This is schedule to be fixed in the next WAAS maintenance release.
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WAAS inline without module?

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WAAS inline deployment

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Somebody can help me ?
I put an WAE574 in inline mode betwen the switch and the wan router.
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Bibian

Hello,
I finally fix my problem
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WAAS in VRF Environment

Hi,
I need to deploy waas WAE7371 in vrf environment. I have 2 sites, each one have 6500 router as a CE\PE with multiple vrf. the wan interface is mpls enabled.
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because wccp protocol is not vrf\mpls aware, can i configure IP wccp 61 redirect in & IP wccp 62 redirect out on the same interface vlan x and get the same results?
thanks,

Wow, cant believe noone answered this for two years!
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/contnetw/ps5680/ps6870/white_paper_C11-560131.pdf

WAAS PREPOSITIONING DELAY 17 HOURS

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What is the WAN link b/w and latency you have on that link? What type of file is it (pre-compressed or encrypted or plain text etc)? Just for troubleshooting purpose have you tried transfering that file over that WAN link using regular file transfer using FTP or Windows drag & drop (CIFS based). If so, how long does it take?
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We are in the middle of a WAAS deployment across our network, we have deployed 7341's at our datacecntres using WCCP and 674, 574 and 274's at our branch sites using Inline.
10 Sites have been completed without issue using all of the above hardware models and connection methods however on our last install we attempted to install a 274 WAVE Inline and a small branch site. The WAVE sit's in between the onsite router which is a Nokia and 3750 Cisco Switch, both the switch port and Inlinegroup have been hard coded to 100/full and I was assured that the Nokia NIC port is also set to 100/full.
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Hi Adam,
Few tests you may want to do if you have redundant pair of inline interface. Try using different inline pair on waas to rule out waas inline interface. if the second inline pair on waas also has same issues, means there is some incompatibility between waas and nokia nic.
if the second pari comes up fine, it may be a faulty NIC / inline pair on waas side.
On the other side, if you have a spare interface n Nokia FW, try chaning the interface on Nokia and verify if that works or not.
For your reference, here is the inline adapter config guide:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/waas/wae/module/inline/installation/guide/17880fru.html#wp39911
Hope this helps.
Regards.
PS: Please mark this as Answered, if this answers your question.

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