Using WAVE-294-K9 as Central Manager - Cisco WAAS
Hi all,
Please, currently I'm working on a small scale Cisco WAAS deployment. I want to know if it's possible to use the entry level Cisco
WAVE-294-K9 as Central Manager.
Also about licensing, does this appliance model come with the enterprise level license
Thanks
Hi Abraham,
Yes, the WAVE-294 can also be configured as a central manager.
For the license, as with any other WAAS device, the enterprise license will have to be activated after the device is installed. As you probably know, WAAS uses a honor-based licensing system, so, no license verification will be done during the license activation.
I hope this helps
Daniel
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I am not seeing ANY WAAS software in Feature Navigator.
Hi James,
There is no specific image for Central manager. You can select the mode when you install WAAS for the first time --> whether you want it to act as central manager or application acceleration. You can select any of the universal images. Universal images can be used for Application accelerator or Central Manager but Accelerator images can only be used for application accelerator.
Further details about various WAAS images on CCO can be found here:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/waas/waas/v443/release/notes/ws443xrn.html#wp90088
You can download the WAAS images under Cisco --> Support --> Downloads --> Browse all categories --> Products --> Application Networking Services --> WAAS --> WAAS software.
Regards.
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WAE2#sh cms info
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Device Id = 3107921
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Vinod,
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Also a central manager cannot work as a inline or wccp device nor it can do any optimization.
Regards
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Is it mandatory to have Central Manager (CM)
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We are planning to have WAAS solution in our corporate. It is a small setup with 3 sites. We are thinking of using the SRE module in the WAN routers. While going through the documentations a need for additional Central Manager is mentioned. Just wonder is it really required to have it considering a small setup?
Regards,
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in regards Virtual WAAS ( as refered on the previous comment ) you might want to take a look at the following links:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11231/index.html
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/waas/waas/v431/vwaas/guide/vwaasguide.html
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Https certificate on WAAS Central Manager
Hi,
I wanting to know if it is possible to authenticate the WAAS central manager with a different certificate/key pair than the self-signed certificate/key pair.
I can't find any information about installing my own certificate/key pair.
Thanks in advanceWe do have an option for the same:
First you may generate a CSR using:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/waas/waas/v531/command/reference/execmds.html#wp2773266
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/waas/waas/v531/command/reference/execmds.html#wp2773369
"admin"
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Swati -
hi
the question is simply...
can i implement a WAAS accelerator and Central Manager roles on a WAVE 294 appliance at same time, or do i need one appliance for each role?.
thanks!Hi Julio,
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Regards
Daniel -
Ironport C170 Central Management Feature...
We have a SINGLE Ironport C170 that was set up by an IT Services group here over 6 years ago- before I was hired. We have been getting the following message e-mailed to us recently:
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https://tools.cisco.com/SWIFT/LicensingUI/Home
Licensing FAQ
Phone: 1-800-553-2447, opt 3
Request to have a case opened for GLO/Licensing.
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Centralized Management: ESA-CM-LIC=
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> activate
Enter feature key directly, or press Enter to return to featurekey menu.
[]>
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IronPort Image Analysis 1 Active 86 days Mon Dec 9 05:24:55 2013
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WAAS Central Manager Replacement
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OLD CM:
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Is this idea the best approach?
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http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCtz47138
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2- Make it primary
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We are building a WAAS lab (not production) for a customer and we recently discovered that we can't use the NME-WAE-502-K9 as the central manager which was very affordable. So we are very disappointed about this. The other equipment are Cisco ISR 2811 (very affordable for building WAAS) with NME-WAE-502-K9 running WAAS 4.1.1 acting as the application accelerators. I have some questions and asking for some advice about some alternative options for us to consider:
What is the cheapest/smallest WAAS option we can use for the WAAS central manager? The only thing I could find is the WAE-512-K9, but maybe there is something else that is smaller and cheaper for consideration.
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/app_ntwk_services/waas/waas/vwaas/guide/vwaasguide.html#wp69212
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