Cisco Wide Area Application Services Upgrade Guide (Software Version 5.x)

Table Of Contents

Cisco Wide Area Application Services Upgrade Guide

Information About Upgrading to Version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2

Upgrade Paths

Upgrade Restrictions and Prerequisites

Capacity Planning

Upgrading Your WAAS Software

Information About Upgrade Methods

Upgrading Your Firmware

Selecting a WAAS Upgrade Software Image

Upgrading Sequence

Creating a Backup of the Primary Central Manager

Upgrading the Standby Central Manager

Upgrading the Primary Central Manager

Upgrading the Branch WAAS Software

Upgrading the Data Center WAAS Software

Migrating from CIFS Application Accelerator to the SMB Application Accelerator

Information About Migrating to the SMB Application Accelerator

Information About the SMB and CIFS Application Accelerators

Migration Considerations

Performing an All at Once Migration to SMB Acceleration

Performing a Phased-In Migration to SMB Acceleration

Using AppNav with Mixed SMB and CIFS Application Accelerators

Using WCCP Service Groups With Mixed SMB and CIFS Application Accelerators

Migrating Dynamic Shares

Validity Testing and Rollbacks

Backing Up the Central Manager Database

Restoring the Central Manager Databases

Restoring the Standby Central Manager Database

Restoring the Primary Central Manager Database

Registering an Upgraded WAE with the Central Manager

Performing a WAE Software Downgrade

Performing WCCP Validity Testing

Performing SMB Validity Testing and Performing a Rollback

Preparing the Shared Server and Client for SMB Validity Testing

Performing a Manual SMB Performance Test with WAAS

Evaluating the Manual Test Results

Rolling Back from the SMB Application Accelerator to the CIFS Application Accelerator

Additional Resources

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Cisco Wide Area Application Services Upgrade Guide

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Published: April 30, 2013

Software Versions 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2

This document describes how to upgrade Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) to software version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2, which includes optionally migrating from the Common Internet File System (CIFS) application accelerator to the new Server Message Block (SMB) application accelerator.

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Note The procedures in this note contain CLI command examples. For more information about the commands used in the procedures, see the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Command Reference.

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This document contains the following sections:

•Information About Upgrading to Version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2

•Upgrading Your WAAS Software

•Migrating from CIFS Application Accelerator to the SMB Application Accelerator

•Validity Testing and Rollbacks

•Additional Resources

•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Information About Upgrading to Version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2

This section provides general information about upgrading your WAAS software to version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2 and contains these topics:

•Upgrade Paths

•Upgrade Restrictions and Prerequisites

•Capacity Planning

Upgrade Paths

Upgrading to version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2 is supported from certain older versions only. If you have a WAAS device that is running a version from which upgrading directly to version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2 is not supported, first upgrade the device to the next highest supported intermediate version and then upgrade to the desired 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2 version.

Table 1 specifies which WAAS software versions can be directly upgraded to version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2 and which versions require an intermediate upgrade.

Table 1 WAAS Versions and Upgrade Paths

Current WAAS Software Version	Upgrade Path
Earlier than 4.2.1	Upgrade to one of the directly upgradeable versions shown in this table first, and then upgrade to version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2
4.2.x	Upgrade directly to version 5.0
4.3.x, 4.4.x, 4.5.x	Upgrade directly to version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2
5.0.x	Upgrade directly to version 5.1 or 5.2
5.1.x	Upgrade directly to version 5.2

Upgrade Restrictions and Prerequisites

The following list includes prerequisites and restrictions that you need to know about before upgrading your software:

•Upgrading to version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2 requires that your devices have been upgraded to the transparent CIFS application accelerator that was introduced in version 4.4. If you are running legacy mode CIFS, you must first upgrade to version 4.4 or later, as described in the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Upgrade Guide for Version 4.4.

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Note If you have to upgrade from CIFS legacy mode to the transparent CIFS application accelerator, make sure that you do so in a separate change window.

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•You must upgrade the Central Manager software to version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2 prior to upgrading other Wide Area Application Engine (WAE) devices in your network.

•Make sure the Cisco IOS release on the router or switch has been scrubbed for WCCP issues for your specific platform. You must do this action only on routers and switches that participate in transparent redirection and is not applicable to policy-based routing (PBR) or inline deployments. If you do not do this action and there is a current active WAAS network, disable WCCP in the routers and switches in the data center and all branches before the software upgrade to 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2.

•You may need to update firmware or BIOS on some or all of your devices; see the Release Notes for the latest information on firmware requirements and updates.

•The following device platform is no longer supported on WAAS version 5.1 or later: NME-502. WAAS version 5.1 or later does not operate or install on this device.

•The following device platforms are no longer supported on WAAS version 5.0 or later: NME-302, NME-522, WAE-512, and WAE-612 platforms. WAAS version 5.0 or later does not operate or install on these devices. Additionally, the NME-502 platform is not supported in WAAS version 5.1.

•If you are using NTLM Windows domain authentication or are using a nonstandard port (other than port 88) for Kerberos authentication, you must change these configurations and ensure that your domain controller is configured for Kerebos authentication before proceeding with an upgrade to WAAS version 5.1 or later, which does not support NTLM or nonstandard ports. For more details on the procedure, see the WAAS Release Note for Cisco Wide Area Application Services.

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Note If you are using WCCP, the default value for the WCCP source IP mask changed in version 4.2.1 and later to 0xF00. However, if you are upgrading a WAE that used the previous default WCCP source IP mask of 0x1741 (or any custom mask), its WCCP mask will not be changed. If you are downgrading a WAE to a version earlier than 4.2.1, its WCCP source IP mask will not be changed. By not changing the mask during an upgrade or downgrade, the WAE avoids unexpected mask changes and WCCP farm disruptions. All WAEs in a WCCP farm must have the same mask or they will not participate in the farm.

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For important upgrade details, including to which software version you want to upgrade, see the WAAS Release Note for Cisco Wide Area Application Services.

Capacity Planning

Capacity planning is an ongoing process as branches and applications are added. Check the WAE devices to make sure that they are providing adequate caching and optimization and that connection limits are not exceeded.

If you determine that you need more processing capacity, contact your Cisco representative.

Upgrading Your WAAS Software

This section contains the following topics:

•Information About Upgrade Methods

•Upgrading Your Firmware

•Selecting a WAAS Upgrade Software Image

•Upgrading Sequence

•Creating a Backup of the Primary Central Manager

•Upgrading the Standby Central Manager

•Upgrading the Primary Central Manager

•Upgrading the Branch WAAS Software

•Upgrading the Data Center WAAS Software

Information About Upgrade Methods

You can use one of the following methods to perform the WAAS upgrade and transfer the new software image onto the WAE devices in the WAAS network:

•Use the Central Manager Software Update feature to distribute the WAAS software image to WAAS devices.

•Install the software image directly using the Software Recovery CD or USB method to perform a clean install (not an upgrade), which deletes the previous WAAS software image, deletes any cache and so forth.

•Use FTP or TFTP directly on the WAE through the command-line interface (CLI).

The remainder of this document assumes that you are using FTP or TFTP and the CLI to upgrade your software.

If you are using one of the other methods, see the "Maintaining Your WAAS System" chapter of the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide.

Upgrading Your Firmware

On WAE and WAVE appliances, before proceeding with your software upgrade, we recommend that you update the following three types of system firmware to the latest versions to best support new WAAS features:

•BIOS on the WAVE-594/694/7541/7571/8541 models—The latest BIOS is required for the AppNav operation in WAAS version 5.0 and later.

•BMC firmware on the WAVE-294/594/694/7541/7571/8541 models—The latest BMC firmware is required for the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) over LAN feature in WAAS version 5.0 and later.

•RAID controller firmware on the WAE-674/7341/7371 and WAVE-7541/7571/8541—The latest RAID controller firmware is recommended to avoid some rarely encountered RAID controller issues.

See the Release Notes for the latest information on firmware requirements and updates.

Selecting a WAAS Upgrade Software Image

Two different WAAS software images are available. One provides only accelerator and AppNav Controller (ANC) functionality, while the other provides all (universal) functionality, as shown in Table 2.

Table 2 WAAS Software Images

Image Type	Descriptions
Accelerator	Includes Application Accelerator and ANC functionality only. This image is smaller than the Universe image, which makes it the preferred software image to use for upgrading your WAE devices.
Universal	Includes Central Manager, Application Accelerator functionality and ANC functionality. You can use this type of software file to upgrade either a Central Manager or an Application Accelerator device. This image is considerably larger than the Accelerator-only software image.

Additionally, a separate set of No Payload Encryption (NPE) images are provided that have the disk encryption feature disabled. These images are suitable for use in countries where disk encryption is not permitted. Be sure to use the standard or NPE software images as required. You can recognize the NPE images by the "-npe" designation in the image filenames.

Upgrading Sequence

Use this procedure to upgrade your WAAS network to version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2.

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Step 1 Create a backup of the Central Manager database and save it to an external hard drive, as described in the "Creating a Backup of the Primary Central Manager" section.

Step 2 Upgrade the Secondary Central Manager, if present, as described in the "Upgrading the Standby Central Manager" section.

Step 3 Upgrade the primary Central Manager, as described in the "Upgrading the Primary Central Manager" section.

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Note You must upgrade your Central Manager(s) before you upgrade the rest of the WAE devices in your WAAS network.

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Step 4 Upgrade the other WAE network devices, as described in the "Upgrading the Branch WAAS Software" section and the "Upgrading the Data Center WAAS Software" section.

Step 5 If you are migrating some or all of your devices from the CIFS application accelerator to the new SMB application accelerator, follow the migration steps described in the "Migrating from CIFS Application Accelerator to the SMB Application Accelerator" section.

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Creating a Backup of the Primary Central Manager

Use this procedure to back up the primary Central Manager (CM) database and copy the backup file to an FTP server.

Procedure

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Step 1 Telnet to the primary CM.

telnet cm_ip_address

Step 2 Create the database backup.

cms database backup

Step 3 Copy the backup file to a remote FTP server.

copy disk ftp ftpserver / waas-db-filename.dump remote_filename

Step 4 Verify that the backup file copied correctly by checking the file for correct size and timestamp.

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Upgrading the Standby Central Manager

Use this procedure to upgrade the WAAS software on the standby CM.

Procedure

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Step 1 Telnet to the standby CM IP address.

telnet standby_cm_ip_address

Step 2 Copy the new software image to the standby CM.

copy ftp install ftpserver / waas-image.bin

This example assumes that the file is in the root directory of the FTP server. Provide the correct path if needed.

Step 3 Reload the standby CM.

reload

Step 4 Verify that the new image loaded correctly.

show version

Step 5 Ping the primary CM and branch WAE devices to confirm connectivity.

Step 6 Wait at least 5 minutes and then confirm the database last synchronization time to ensure that the database has been synchronized.

show cms info

Step 7 From the primary CM, confirm that the status indicator for the standby CM is online and green.

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Upgrading the Primary Central Manager

Use this procedure to upgrade the WAAS software on the primary CM.

Prerequisites

Upgrade the standby CM before you upgrade the primary CM, as described in the "Upgrading the Standby Central Manager" section.

Procedure

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Step 1 Telnet to the primary CM IP address.

telnet primary_cm_ip_address

Step 2 Copy the new software image to the primary CM.

copy ftp install ftpserver / waas-image.bin

This example assumes that the file is in the root directory of the FTP server. Provide the correct path if needed.

Step 3 Reload the primary CM.

reload

Step 4 Verify that the new image loaded correctly.

show version

Step 5 Ping the standby CM and branch WAE devices to confirm connectivity.

Step 6 Confirm that the CMS services are running.

show cms info

Step 7 Verify that all the WAE devices are online and in the AllWAASGroup.

a. Choose Devices > All Devices and verify that all the WAE devices are online and have a green device status.

b. Choose Device Groups > AllWAASGroup > Assign Devices and verify that all WAEs are listed with a green check mark.

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Checkpoint

The CMs are updated with the new WAAS software version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2. The standby CM was upgraded first followed by the primary CM.

Upgrading the Branch WAAS Software

Use this procedure to upgrade each WAAS branch WAE to version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2.

Prerequisites

•Make sure that you have already upgraded the secondary and primary CM(s)

•Use FTP to copy the WAAS software image to a local server or push the software image to your WAE devices through the CM, as described in the "Maintaining Your WAAS System" chapter of the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide.

Procedure

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Step 1 Access the CM GUI.

https://cm_ip_address:8443

Step 2 Verify that all the WAE devices are online (green).

Step 3 Address any alarm conditions that may exist.

Step 4 Open a console or Telnet session to the branch WAE.

Step 5 Copy the software image to the WAE.

copy ftp install ftpserver / waas-image.bin

This example assumes that the file is in the root directory of the FTP server. Provide the correct path if needed. You can use either the Universal or Accelerator-only images.

Step 6 Reload the WAE.

reload

Step 7 Verify that the image installed correctly.

show version

Step 8 Verify that the correct licenses are installed.

show license

If an Enterprise license has been purchased and not enabled, go to Steps 9 and 10. Otherwise, go to Step 11.

Step 9 (Optional) Clear the Transport license.

clear license Transport

Step 10 (Optional) Add the Enterprise license.

license add Enterprise

Step 11 Save the configuration.

copy running-config startup-config

Step 12 From the WAAS CM GUI, choose Devices > branchWAE and verify that the WAE is online and has a green device status.

Step 13 Verify the WAE device functionality as follows:

a. Assuming that WCCP is used for the traffic interception method, verify the WCCP is functioning properly.

show run | include wccp

b. (Optional) Confirm that flows are being optimized.

show statistics connection

c. Confirm that the Enterprise license is enabled.

show license

If the Enterprise license is not enabled, proceed with Steps d through f.

d. Clear the Transport license.

clear license Transport

e. Add the Enterprise license.

license add Enterprise

f. Save the changed configuration.

copy running-config startup-config

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Checkpoint

All the branch WAE devices within the active WAAS network are upgraded to version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2.

Upgrading the Data Center WAAS Software

Use this procedure to prepare for and upgrade the data center WAAS Software to version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2.

Procedure

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Step 1 Access the CM GUI.

https://cm_ip_address:8443

Step 2 Verify that all the WAE devices are online (green).

Step 3 Address any alarm conditions that may exist.

Step 4 Follow the procedure in the "Upgrading Each Data Center WAE" section, for each data center device.

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Note This procedure removes the WAE from the interception path while the upgrade is done and applies to deployments that use WCCP for redirection in the data center. If you are not using WCCP interception in the data center, you should use another method to remove the WAE from the interception path. For an inline deployment, use the interface InlineGroup slot/group shutdown global configuration command to bypass the traffic on the active inline groups. In a serial inline cluster, shut down the interfaces on the intermediate WAE first, then on the optimizing WAE in the cluster. For a deployment using Cisco ACE for interception, gracefully shut down the ACE real server by using the no inservice command in either real server host or real server redirect configuration mode.

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Upgrading Each Data Center WAE

Use this procedure to upgrade the data center WAE software.

Procedure

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Step 1 Disable WCCP on the WAE as follows to allow a graceful termination of existing TCP flows that are optimized by WAAS:

a. Disable WCCP.

config

wccp tcp-promiscuous service-pair x x 
no enable

exit

b. Wait until the countdown expires or press Ctrl-C to skip waiting for a graceful WCCP shutdown.

c. Verify that WCCP is disabled.

show wccp status

d. Save the changed configuration.

copy running-config startup-config

Step 2 (Optional) Disable WCCP on the intercepting router or switch. This step is recommended only if the Cisco IOS release on the router or switch has not been scrubbed for WCCP issues for your specific platform.

config t

no ip wccp 61

no ip wccp 62

exit

Step 3 (Optional) Verify that WCCP is disabled. This step is needed only if you disabled WCCP in Step 2.

show ip wccp

Step 4 Upgrade the data center WAE software as follows:

a. Open a console or Telnet session to the data center WAE.

b. Copy the software image to the WAE.

copy ftp install ftpserver / waas-image.bin

This example assumes that the file is in the root directory of the FTP server. Provide the correct path if needed. You can use either the Universal or Accelerator only images.

c. Reload the WAE.

reload

d. Verify that the image installed correctly.

show version

e. Confirm that WCCP is disabled.

show wccp status

f. Save the changed configuration.

copy running-config startup-config

Step 5 From the WAAS CM GUI, choose Devices > dataCenterWAE and verify that the WAE is online and has a green device status.

Step 6 (Optional) Enable WCCP on all intercepting routers or switches in the router list as follows:

a. Telnet to each core router or switch.

b. Enable WCCP.

config t 
ip wccp 61 redirect-list ACL_name 

ip wccp 62 redirect-list ACL_name 

See the "Enabling WCCP on WAE Devices in a Cluster" section for an example ACL template.

This step is needed only if you disabled WCCP in Step 2.

Step 7 Verify WAE device functionality as follows:

a. Enable WCCP.

config

wccp tcp-promiscuous service-pair x x 
enable

exit

If you are using wccp single service, use these commands instead:

config

wccp tcp-promiscuous y 
enable

exit

b. Confirm that redirecting intercepting router IDs are seen.

show wccp routers

c. Confirm that all WAE devices in the cluster are seen.

show wccp clients

d. Confirm that the packet count to the WAE is increasing and no loops are detected.

show wccp statistics

e. Verify that the buckets assigned for Service Group 61 match those of Service Group 62 and are assigned to the WAE.

show wccp flows tcp-promiscuous detail

f. Confirm that flows are being optimized.

show statistics connection

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Checkpoint

All WAE devices in the data center are upgraded to version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2 and have WCCP enabled.

Enabling WCCP on WAE Devices in a Cluster

Use this procedure to enable WCCP on WAE devices in a cluster.

Procedure

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Step 1 Validate your Cisco IOS release with a bug scrub for WCCP-related issues for your specific platform.

Step 2 Enable WCCP on the WAEs in the cluster

Step 3 Enable WCCP on the intercepting routers or switches; you can use or modify the following router ACL template for running WCCP in your network.

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ip access-list extended WCCPLIST

 remark ** ACL used for WCCP redirect-list **

 remark **WAAS WCCP Mgmt ports ** 

 deny   tcp any any eq telnet 

 deny   tcp any any eq 22 

 deny   tcp any any eq 161 

 deny   tcp any any eq 162 

 deny   tcp any any eq 123 

 deny   tcp any any eq bgp 

 deny   tcp any any eq tacacs 

 deny   tcp any eq telnet any 

 deny   tcp any eq 22 any 

 deny   tcp any eq 161 any 

 deny   tcp any eq 162 any 

 deny   tcp any eq 123 any 

 deny   tcp any eq bgp any 

 deny   tcp any eq tacacs any 

 remark ** Allow only explicit traffic **

  permit tcp x.x.x.x 0.0.0.255 y.y.y.y 0.0.0.255

  permit tcp y.y.y.y 0.0.0.255 x.x.x.x 0.0.0.255

 remark **

 remark ** Deny all other traffic

 deny ip any any

!

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Migrating from CIFS Application Accelerator to the SMB Application Accelerator

After you upgrade your WAAS software to version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2, you have the option of migrating file sharing acceleration on devices in your WAAS network from using the CIFS application accelerator to using the SMB application accelerator. These accelerators perform similar optimizations using different techniques.

This section assumes that you have already upgraded your devices to Version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2, as described in the previous sections of this document.

No matter which option you use, the basic migration steps are as follows:

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Step 1 Upgrade your CM and any devices on which you want to use the SMB application accelerator to Version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2, as described in the previous sections of this document.

Step 2 Review the "Information About Migrating to the SMB Application Accelerator" section and decide which devices you want to migrate to the SMB application accelerator.

Step 3 Decide on your migration options by reviewing the information in these topics:

•Performing an All at Once Migration to SMB Acceleration—Describes the option for migrating all of the devices in your WAAS network to use the SMB application accelerator.

•Performing a Phased-In Migration to SMB Acceleration—Describes the option for migrating some of your devices to use the SMB application accelerator while continuing to use the CIFS application accelerator on other devices.

Step 4 Follow the migration steps in the section for the option you have selected.

Step 5 If you had dynamic shares on a device that you migrated to the SMB application accelerator, you need to recreate those shares, as described in the "Migrating Dynamic Shares" section.

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Information About Migrating to the SMB Application Accelerator

Version 5.0 of WAAS introduced the new SMB application accelerator, which is briefly summarized in this section, and AppNav, which is described in the "Configuring AppNav" chapter of the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide.

This section contains the following topics:

•Information About the SMB and CIFS Application Accelerators

•Migration Considerations

Information About the SMB and CIFS Application Accelerators

The CIFS and SMB application accelerators mostly support the same features, although they use different techniques to perform their optimizations. Table 3 shows the main features supported by each accelerator for file sharing.

Table 3 SMB and CIFS Application Accelerator Feature Comparison 

File Sharing Acceleration Feature	SMB Accelerator	CIFS Accelerator
Optimization of SMBv1 traffic	Yes	Yes
Optimization of CIFS traffic	Yes	Yes
Optimization of print traffic	Yes	Yes
Optimization of signed traffic	Yes	Yes
Optimization of SMBv2.x traffic	Yes	Yes
Native SMBv2.x acceleration	Yes	No
Performance tuned for high throughput and low latency	Yes	No
Support for object prepositioning	Not yet	Yes
Supports advanced print acceleration	In WAAS version 5.2	Yes

The CIFS application accelerator is enabled by default, except in ISR-WAAS, which does not support the CIFS accelerator and where the SMB accelerator is enabled by default. The SMB accelerator provides native support for SMBv2 signing and higher throughput with low latency times than the CIFS accelerator.

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Note You can enable either the CIFS application accelerator or the SMB application accelerator on a WAE. Enabling one automatically disables the other on the device.

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Peer WAEs must both use the same application accelerator (CIFS or SMB) because the two different accelerators do not interoperate. They can coexist in the same WAAS network but only on separate devices that are not peers.

Note that the SMB application accelerator provides options for fine-tuning the optimizations you want it to perform. For more information about configuring the accelerators, see the "Configuring File Services" chapter of the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide.

You can use either AppNav or WAAS groups to migrate from the CIFS application accelerator to the SMB application accelerator, as described in the "Performing a Phased-In Migration to SMB Acceleration" section.

Migration Considerations

When you upgrade to version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2 from a 4.x version, you can continue to optimize file sharing traffic with the CIFS application accelerator, or you can migrate some or all of your devices to optimize with the SMB application accelerator instead.

If you are migrating some or all of your file share traffic to the SMB application accelerator, be aware of these considerations:

•The SMB and CIFS application accelerators are mutually exclusive: they cannot be enabled on a device at the same time.

•If you only have SMB and CIFS application accelerators running on the same path, the flow is not optimized.

•You can migrate some of your devices to the SMB application accelerator while continuing to use the CIFS application accelerator on other devices by following one of the migration options outlined in the "Performing a Phased-In Migration to SMB Acceleration" section. You can also choose the all at once migration option to switch your entire WAAS network to the SMB accelerator; see the "Performing an All at Once Migration to SMB Acceleration" section.

•Enabling SMB automatically disables CIFS; enabling CIFS automatically disables SMB.

•Policy classifiers are identical for the SMB and CIFS accelerators.

•The SMB accelerator does not support prepositioning; when you switch from the CIFS accelerator to the SMB accelerator, your preposition directives are deactivated.

Before starting any migration, make sure that the current CIFS traffic load can be supported without the CIFS object cache for the time required to perform the migration.

Performing an All at Once Migration to SMB Acceleration

The all at once option is the simplest way to migrate. All you need to do is update all devices to version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2 and enable SMB acceleration on all devices. After you are done, the file share traffic is optimized by the SMB application accelerator.

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Note When you use this option, CIFS connections are not accelerated during the migration; the connections continue to be optimized with TFO and DRE during the migration but acceleration does not restart until you complete the migration to SMB.

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Procedure

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Step 1 Upgrade the data center and remote devices to Version 5.0, 5.1, or 5.2, as described in the "Upgrading Your WAAS Software" section.

Step 2 Log in to the primary CM GUI.

https://cm_ip_address:8443

Step 3 Verify that all the WAE devices are online (green).

Step 4 Address any existing alarm conditions before proceeding.

Step 5 Choose Device Groups > AllWAASGroup > Configure > Acceleration > Enabled Features and check the SMB Accelerator check box.

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Note The SMB accelerator is enabled by default on ISR-WAAS devices and the CIFS accelerator is not supported.

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Step 6 Open a Telnet session to the data center WAE CLI.

Step 7 Verify proper WAE functionality as follows:

a. Verify that only the SMB accelerator is enabled.

show accelerators

b. Confirm that other flows are optimized.

show statistics connection

You know that a connection is being optimized when you see the letter C in the Accel column for that connection in the output of the show statistics connection command.

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Checkpoint

All filing sharing requests received from remote accelerators running SMB receive full TFO, DRE and SMB optimization; however, if any remote accelerators continue to run the CIFS accelerator, their traffic receives only TFO optimization.

Performing a Phased-In Migration to SMB Acceleration

With the phased-in (mixed deployment) migration, you separate your devices into two groups. One group is migrated to the SMB application accelerator, while the other group continues to use the CIFS accelerator.

You can isolate SMB and CIFS traffic to the data center devices by separating those devices into groups in two ways:

•Using AppNav—This method uses a phased-in or mixed deployment in which AppNav automatically distributes traffic to a device that runs either the SMB accelerator or the CIFS accelerator, depending on application policy configurations. For more information, see the "Using AppNav with Mixed SMB and CIFS Application Accelerators" section.

•Using WCCP—This method uses a phased-in or mixed deployment in which branch traffic is distributed to a device that runs the SMB accelerator or to a device that runs the CIFS accelerator, depending on its WCCP Service Group ID. For more information, see the "Using WCCP Service Groups With Mixed SMB and CIFS Application Accelerators" section.

When you perform a phased migration, the traffic flows for CIFS and SMB are separated and sent to one or more dedicated WAAS accelerators. You can either add additional data center devices or separate the devices in the data center; we strongly recommend that you perform a sizing estimate before you migrate any branch nodes. You can use WAAS Central Manager reports to help determine sizing metrics such as traffic volume, connections, and pass-through traffic.

Initially, when the WAE servers are assigned for each accelerator, the traffic load is increased on the device that handles the existing CIFS traffic. As soon as branches are updated to use the SMB accelerator, that traffic load drops, and the load on the designated SMB accelerator(s) begins to increase. At some point, the designated SMB accelerator(s) optimizes all traffic until the CIFS accelerator in the data center is updated for SMB with traffic distributed to it by AppNav or WCCP.

If you are adding additional WAE devices in your data center to add capacity or enhance the migration, see the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Quick Configuration Guide.

Using AppNav with Mixed SMB and CIFS Application Accelerators

This section describes how to use AppNav for a mixed SMB and CIFS application accelerator deployment.

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Note See the "Configuring AppNav" chapter in the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Quick Configuration Guide for information about AppNav.

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Figure 1 shows an overview of using AppNav to control a mixed deployment of the SMB and CIFS application accelerators.

Figure 1 Using an AppNav Cluster for Mixed SMB and CIFS Accelerator Deployment

This section describes the steps required to migrate some of your branches to SMB acceleration with AppNav. This approach creates a WNG for the branch nodes you want to migrate to SMB acceleration, and uses branch affinity to distribute traffic from those branches to SMB accelerator nodes in the data center. Unmigrated nodes are left unchanged.

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Note You can use this migration method with either in-path (inline) or off-path (WCCP) devices.

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Mixed SMB and CIFS Migration Sequence Using AppNav

Follow the procedure below to use AppNav to migrate some of your WAAS system to the SMB application accelerator.

Procedure for Using AppNav for a Mixed Deployment Migration

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Step 1 Identify the number of connections you want to migrate and how to fit those connections into your WAAS network, as described in the "Planning Your Migration" section.

Step 2 Determine which branches you want to migrate to SMB and create a WAAS node group (WNG) for those branch nodes, as described in the "Configuring a WAAS Node Group for SMB Acceleration" section.

Step 3 Configure AppNav to distribute SMB traffic to the new WNG, as described in the "Configuring AppNav Traffic for SMB Acceleration" section.

Step 4 Enable the SMB accelerator, as described in the "Enabling SMB for Nodes in the New WNG" section.

Step 5 Verify that traffic is being optimized, as described in the "Verifying That Both Accelerators are Working" section.

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Planning Your Migration

Before migrating some of your branch nodes to the SMB accelerator, plan your migration by performing a sizing estimate and deciding if you have enough capacity to support a phased migration.

Procedure

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Step 1 Identify the number of branch devices that you want to migrate to the SMB accelerator.

Step 2 Determine how many file sharing connections those branches are handling.

Step 3 Decide whether your data center capacity supports accelerating those connections with SMB on existing devices, or if you need additional capacity.

If you determine that you need additional capacity, contact your Cisco representative.

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Configuring a WAAS Node Group for SMB Acceleration

After you determine how many branch devices you are migrating, configure a WAAS Node Group (WNG) for those devices.

Procedure

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Step 1 Select the group of target branches that you want to migrate to SMB acceleration.

Step 2 Create and configure a new SMB acceleration WNG for the devices you want to migrate, as described in the "Configuring AppNav" chapter of the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide.

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Configuring AppNav Traffic for SMB Acceleration

Next, configure AppNav to distribute traffic from those branch devices to the new SMB acceleration WNG. See the "Configuring AppNav" chapter of the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide.

Enabling SMB for Nodes in the New WNG

After you configure the WNG and AppNav, enable SMB on each branch device in the new WNG.

Procedure

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Step 1 Log in to the primary CM GUI.

https://cm_ip_address:8443

Step 2 Choose Device > WAEDevice > Configure > Acceleration > Enabled Features.

Step 3 Check the SMB Accelerator check box.

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Verifying That Both Accelerators are Working

Finally, verify that the SMB application accelerator is working for your new WNG, and that the CIFS application accelerator is still working for the nodes you did not migrate.

Procedure

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Step 1 Log in to the primary CM GUI.

https://cm_ip_address:8443

Step 2 Verify that the correct accelerator is enabled for each group of nodes in your network.

show accelerators

Step 3 Verify that the connections are being optimized.

show statistics connection

You know that a connection is being optimized when you see the letter C in the Accel column for that connection in the output of the show statistics connection command.

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Using WCCP Service Groups With Mixed SMB and CIFS Application Accelerators

This section describes using WCCP Service Groups for a mixed SMB and CIFS application accelerator deployment.

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Note See the "Configuring Traffic Interception" chapter in the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Quick Configuration Guide for information about WCCP service groups.

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Figure 2 shows an overview of using WCCP Service Groups to control a mixed deployment of SMB and CIFS application accelerators.

Figure 2 Using WCCP Service Groups for a Mixed SMB and CIFS Accelerator Deployment

Mixed SMB and CIFS Migration Sequence Using WCCP Service Groups

Follow the procedure below to use WCCP service groups to migrate some of your WAAS system to the SMB application accelerator.

Procedure for Using WCCP Service Groups for a Mixed Deployment Migration

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Step 1 Identify the number of connections you want to migrate and how to fit those connections into your WAAS network, as described in the "Planning Your Migration" section.

Step 2 Configure the redirection devices in the data center for an additional set of WCCP Service IDs, as described in the "Configuring Your Switches and Routers for the Migration".

Step 3 Configure the new Service IDs to handle the subnets of the branches you are migrating to SMB acceleration, as described in the "Setting the Access Control Lists on the Redirect Devices in the Data Center" section.

Step 4 Enable the SMB accelerator on the data center devices, as described in the "Enabling SMB and Reconfiguring WCCP on the WAAS Devices in the Data Center" section.

Step 5 Enable the SMB accelerator on the branch devices, as described in the "Enabling SMB on the Remote Accelerators in the Branch Subnets" section.

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Planning Your Migration

Before migrating some of your branch nodes to the SMB accelerator, plan your migration by performing a sizing estimate and deciding if you have enough capacity to support a phased migration.

Procedure

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Step 1 Identify the number of branch devices that you want to migrate to the SMB accelerator.

Step 2 Determine how many file sharing connections those branches are handling.

Step 3 Decide whether your data center capacity supports accelerating those connections with SMB on existing devices or if you need additional capacity.

If you determine that you need additional capacity, contact your Cisco representative.

Step 4 Plan to perform the migration during a maintenance window; existing traffic will be processed with less acceleration during the migration process.

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Configuring Your Switches and Routers for the Migration

To start migrating your selected branch nodes to the SMB accelerator, you must add new service IDs 51 and 52 to each switch and router in the data center that performs redirection using WCCP Service IDs 61 and 62.

Use this procedure to set up the recommended services 51 and 52 on a router by configuring the data center router to separate the traffic flow for the CIFS and SMB accelerators.

Procedure

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Step 1 Create an access list to identify the branch subnets that you want to redirect to the SMB accelerator:

ip access-list extended bypass_branch_local

deny ip any any

Step 2 Create the WCCP service groups and use the access list that you just created for the redirect list.

ip wccp 51 redirect-list bypass_branch_local

ip wccp 52 redirect-list bypass_branch_local

When you then add branch subnets to the access list, those subnets are redirected to the SMB accelerator.

Step 3 Add the corresponding WCCP redirect commands to the router interfaces.

ip wccp 51 redirect in

ip wccp 52 redirect in

The new service groups do not yet intercept traffic, because none of the branch subnets are listed in the access list. Follow the remaining topics in this section to complete the migration.

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See the "Configuring Traffic Interception" chapter of the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide for information about configuring WCCP services.

Setting the Access Control Lists on the Redirect Devices in the Data Center

After you create the new service IDs, set the access control lists (ACLs) on each of the redirect devices for those IDs to handle the subnets of the target branches you are migrating to SMB acceleration.

This example ACL template shows how to configure a router for WCCP Service Groups 51 and 52:

permit ip <Branch1> any

permit ip any <Branch1>

permit ip <Branch2> any

permit ip any <Branch2>

permit ip <Branch3> any

permit ip any <Branch3>

deny ip any any

See the "Configuring Traffic Interception" chapter of the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide for information about setting up ACLs on your routers and switches.

Enabling SMB and Reconfiguring WCCP on the WAAS Devices in the Data Center

Enable the SMB accelerator and reconfigure WCCP on the Data Center devices that you are migrating.

Procedure

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Step 1 Log in to the primary CM GUI.

https://cm_ip_address:8443

Step 2 Choose Devices > EdgeDevice > Configure > Acceleration > Enabled Features.

Step 3 Check the SMB Accelerator check box.

Step 4 Reconfigure WCCP on the WAAS device to use the new 51 and 52 service IDs:

a. Choose Devices > EdgeDevice > Configure > Interception > Interception Configuration.

b. Change the Service ID1 field value to 51.

c. Click Submit.

Step 5 Verify that the accelerator has registered for the new IDs on the redirect devices:

a. Verify that the correct accelerator is enabled for the redirect devices.

show accelerators

b. Verify that the connections are being optimized.

show statistics connection

You know that a connection is being optimized when you see the letter C in the Accel column for that connection in the output of the show statistics connection command.

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Note For more information about configuring WCCP, see the "Configuring Traffic Interception" chapter of the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide.

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Enabling SMB on the Remote Accelerators in the Branch Subnets

Use this procedure to enable the SMB accelerator on the branch subnets for which you set up ACLs.

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Step 1 Log in to the primary CM GUI.

https://cm_ip_address:8443

a. Choose Device > RemoteDevice > Configure > Acceleration > Enabled Features.

Step 2 Check the SMB Accelerator check box.

Step 3 Verify that the accelerator has registered for the new IDs on the redirect devices:

a. Verify that the correct accelerator is enabled for the remote devices.

show accelerators

b. Verify that the connections are being optimized.

show statistics connection

You know that a connection is being optimized when you see the letter C in the Accel column for that connection in the output of the show statistics connection command.

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Migrating Dynamic Shares

If you migrate a device with dynamic shares on it from the CIFS application accelerator to the SMB application accelerator, you must recreate those dynamic shares after the migration.

Follow the instructions in the "Configuring File Services" chapter of the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide.

Validity Testing and Rollbacks

This section describes specific actions that are related to backing up your software, restoring your software from a backup, registering upgrades, and testing different aspects of your network affected by the upgrade.

•Backing Up the Central Manager Database

•Restoring the Central Manager Databases

•Registering an Upgraded WAE with the Central Manager

•Performing a WAE Software Downgrade

•Performing WCCP Validity Testing

•Performing SMB Validity Testing and Performing a Rollback

Backing Up the Central Manager Database

Use this procedure to back up the databases of the primary and standby CMs.

Procedure

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Step 1 From the primary CM, create a backup of the database.

cms database backup

Step 2 Copy the primary CM backup file to a remote location.

cd /local1

copy disk ftp ftp_ip_address remote_directory remote_file_name local_file_name

Step 3 From the standby CM, create a backup of the database.

cms database backup

Step 4 Copy the standby CM backup file to a remote location.

cd /local1

copy disk ftp ftp_ip_address remote_directory remote_file-name local_file_name

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Restoring the Central Manager Databases

This section describes how to restore the databases on the primary and standby CMs using their database backup files (see the "Backing Up the Central Manager Database" section).

Guidelines and Restrictions

Use the following guidelines when restoring the CM databases:

•Ensure that the CM is using the same software version as when the database backup file was created.

•Restore the standby CM first and then restore the primary CM.

•If you are restoring a backup from a CM where the secure store was in user-provided passphrase mode when the backup was made, you may be asked to provide the secure store password during the restore process. For more information on the secure store, see the "Configuring Other System Settings" chapter of the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide.

This section contains the following topics:

•Restoring the Standby Central Manager Database

•Restoring the Primary Central Manager Database

Restoring the Standby Central Manager Database

Use this procedure to restore the standby CM database.

Procedure

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Step 1 From the standby CM, disable the Centralized Management System (CMS) service.

config

no cms enable

exit

Step 2 Delete the existing CMS database.

cms database delete

Step 3 Initialize the CMS database.

cms database create

Step 4 Restore the CMS database contents from the backup file.

cms database restore bkup_file_name

Step 5 Enable the CMS service.

config

cms enable

exit

Step 6 Verify that the CMS services are running and that the database has synchronized.

show cms info

Wait at least 5 minutes and then confirm that the database last synchronization time is current. If the time is not current, wait another 5 minutes.

Step 7 Check the current date and time on the standby CM.

show clock

Step 8 Verify the CMS status in the running configuration.

show running-config | include cms

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Restoring the Primary Central Manager Database

Use this procedure to restore the primary CM database.

Prerequisites

Restore the standby CM database before you restore the primary CM database (see the "Restoring the Standby Central Manager Database" section).

Procedure

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Step 1 From the primary CM, disable the CMS service.

config

no cms enable

exit

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Note Stopping the CMS service disables the CM GUI. All users logged in to this GUI are logged out when the CMS service is disabled.

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Step 2 Delete the existing CMS database.

cms database delete

Step 3 Initialize the CMS database.

cms database create

Step 4 Restore the CMS database contents from the backup file.

cms database restore bkup_file_name

Step 5 Enable the CMS service.

config

cms enable

exit

Step 6 Verify that the CMS services are running.

show cms info

Step 7 Check the current date and time on the standby CM.

show clock

Step 8 Confirm that you see "Ready to accept incoming RPC requests" in the log file (errorlog/cms_log.current), which indicates that the WAE is ready to establish connections with the Central Manager.

Look for the timestamp from the output and compare it with the current time.

Step 9 Verify the CMS status in the running configuration.

show running-config | include cms

Step 10 Access the CM GUI from a browser.

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Registering an Upgraded WAE with the Central Manager

If you cannot set a WAE in the Central Manager after upgrading the device, you must register the upgraded WAE, as shown in the following procedure.

Procedure

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Step 1 From the CM, delete the branch WAE.

Step 2 From the branch WAE, enter the following commands:

cms deregister force

cms enable

Step 3 From the CM, choose Devices > branchWAE > Activation to activate the branch WAE.

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Performing a WAE Software Downgrade

Use this procedure to install a previous version of software on a branch WAE if you encounter a problem during the upgrade.

Procedure

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Step 1 Determine the previously installed version.

show version last

Step 2 Install the previous WAAS software version as follows:

a. Telnet to the branch WAE.

b. Install the previous version software image.

copy ftp install ftpserver / waas-image.bin

Step 3 Reload the branch WAE.

reload

Step 4 Verify that the software image installed correctly.

show version

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If you want to downgrade your entire WAAS network software to a previous version, see the Release Note for Cisco Wide Area Application Services.

Performing WCCP Validity Testing

This section lists the commands that you can use for WCCP validity testing.

Enter the commands three to four times in succession to determine if counters are incrementing.

The commands are as follows:

•WAE commands:

–show clock detail

–show wccp statistics

–show wccp routers

–show wccp clients

–show wccp flows tcp-promiscuous detail

•Router and switch commands (for each service group where applicable):

–show ip wccp

–show ip wccp service service

–show ip wccp service detail

–show ip wccp service internal (available in most recent releases only)

–show ip wccp interface detail (available in most recent releases only)

•Router and switch commands (when hashing is used):

–show tcam counts

–show mls stat

–show mls netflow table detail

–show mls netflow ip count

–show mls netflow ip sw-installed count

–show mls netflow ip sw-installed detail

–show fm interface interface_name

•Router and switch commands (when masking is used):

–show ip wccp service mask

–show ip wccp service merge

–show tcam interface interface name acl {in | out} ip

–show tcam interface interface name acl {in | out} ip detail

For possible Cisco IOS issues, capture the following debug output to either the console or a Telnet session:

•debug ip wccp events

•debug ip wccp packets

Performing SMB Validity Testing and Performing a Rollback

This section describes the methods that you can use for SMB validity testing, which includes manual procedures and automation tools.

Guidelines and Restrictions

Use the following guidelines when performing SMB validity testing and performing a rollback:

•Choose a single file or a variety of files for the test. You must use the same file or files for all the tests (base, cold, hot).

•Use an existing share or create a directory structure on the file server. Verify that the share has permissions set for domain users. We recommend that you test or create a share that has multiple nested directories (at least 2 to 3 levels deep) that contain files of various types (such as PowerPoint, Excel or Word) and sizes.

This section contains the following topics:

•Preparing the Shared Server and Client for SMB Validity Testing

•Performing a Manual SMB Performance Test with WAAS

•Evaluating the Manual Test Results

•Rolling Back from the SMB Application Accelerator to the CIFS Application Accelerator

Preparing the Shared Server and Client for SMB Validity Testing

Use this procedure to prepare the shared server and client for SMB validity testing.

Procedure

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Step 1 On the server, create a share directory that contains several subfolders and files.

Step 2 Verify the following items on the shared server:

•Adequate permissions for domain users used in the testing.

•Domain users can access the share before testing WAAS.

•SMB signing (digital signature) is disabled on the server.

Step 3 Verify the following items on the client:

•PC clients are part of the tested domain environment.

•A domain user exists for each PC client.

•Tested shares do not rely on local user and groups but rather have permissions for domain users and groups.

•Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is installed.

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Performing a Manual SMB Performance Test with WAAS

Use this procedure to manually perform a SMB performance test.

Procedure

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Step 1 Verify operation by opening some Microsoft Office documents from the shared server.

Record the filename, size, and open time.

Filename	File Size	Time to Open

Step 2 Modify the files by adding some text and saving.

Record the time it takes to save.

Filename	File Size	Time to Save

Step 3 Open the files again to inspect response time and data integrity.

Record the time it took to open them and get to the place where your changes were made.

Filename	File Size	Time to Open

Step 4 Evaluate the results of the testing (see the "Evaluating the Manual Test Results" section).

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Evaluating the Manual Test Results

This section describes the expected results of the manual SMB performance test (see the "Performing a Manual SMB Performance Test with WAAS" section).

The test should show significant improvement in the time to open and time to save operations. The same behavior should also be observed with the modified file.

The Central Manager provides real-time statistics and a summary report for SMB connections (Devices > branchWAE > Monitor > Acceleration > SMB Acceleration Report).

shows some of the SMB charts.

Figure 3 SMB Acceleration Report

From the CLI, the following information appears:

WAE674# show statistics connection optimized

Current Active Optimized Flows:                      1

   Current Active Optimized TCP Plus Flows:          1

   Current Active Optimized TCP Only Flows:          0

   Current Active Optimized TCP Preposition Flows:   0

Current Active Auto-Discovery Flows:                 0

Current Active Pass-Through Flows:                   0

Historical Flows:                                    100

D:DRE,L:LZ,T:TCP Optimization,

A:AcceleratorIM,C:CIFS,E:EPM,G:GENERIC,H:HTTP,M:MAPI,N:NFS,S:SSL,V:VIDEO

ConnID  Source IP:Port        Dest IP:Port          PeerID             Accel     

214682  2.8.35.100:2122       2.8.1.200:445         00:23:7d:06:6e:08  TCDL   

To display detailed information about any SMB connection, enter the show statistics connection optimized smb detail command.

To display overall SMB accelerator statistics, enter the show statistics accelerator smb detail command as follows:

WAE674# show statistics accelerator smb detail

CIFS:

   Global Statistics

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   Time Accelerator was started:                                      Sun May 17

 06:11:00 2009

   Time Statistics were Last Reset/Cleared:                           Sun May 17

 06:11:00 2009

   Total Handled Connections:                                         10565    

   Total Optimized Connections:                                       0        

   Total Connections Handed-off with Compression Policies Unchanged:  0        

   Total Dropped Connections:                                         0        

   Current Active Connections:                                        0        

   Current Pending Connections:                                       0        

   Maximum Active Connections:                                        5        

   Number of local reply generating requests:                         13266    

   Number of remote reply generating requests:                        13266    

   The Average time to generate a local reply (msec):                 0        

   Average time to receive remote reply (ms):                         1      

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Rolling Back from the SMB Application Accelerator to the CIFS Application Accelerator

Use this procedure to roll back from the SMB application accelerator to the CIFS application accelerator if a failure occurs when upgrading to the SMB application accelerator or if SMB is not optimized. The SMB application accelerator can be rolled back to the CIFS application accelerator by reenabling the CIFS Accelerator feature on the WAE devices.

Procedure

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Step 1 Perform the following tasks on the branch WAE devices:

Choose Devices > BranchWAE > Configure > Acceleration > Enabled Features and check the CIFS Accelerator check box. This automatically unchecks the SMB Accelerator check box.

Step 2 Perform the following tasks on the data center WAE devices:

Choose Devices > DataCenterWAE > Configure > Acceleration > Enabled Features and check the CIFS Accelerator check box. This automatically unchecks the SMB Accelerator check box.

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Additional Resources

For additional information on the Cisco WAAS software, see the following documentation:

•Release Note for Cisco Wide Area Application Services

•Cisco Wide Area Application Services Quick Configuration Guide

•Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide

•Cisco Wide Area Application Services Command Reference

•Cisco Wide Area Application Services API Reference

•Cisco Wide Area Application Services Monitoring Guide

•Cisco Wide Area Application Services vWAAS Installation and Configuration Guide

•Cisco Wide Area Application Services Upgrade Guide (this manual)

•Cisco WAAS Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows on a Virtual Blade

•Cisco WAAS Troubleshooting Guide for Release 4.1.3 and Later

•Cisco WAAS on Service Modules for Cisco Access Routers

•Cisco SRE Service Module Configuration and Installation Guide

•Configuring Cisco WAAS Network Modules for Cisco Access Routers

•WAAS Enhanced Network Modules

•Cisco Wide Area Application Services Online Help

•Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco Wide Area Virtualization Engines

•Cisco Wide Area Virtualization Engine 294 Hardware Installation Guide

•Cisco Wide Area Virtualization Engine 594 and 694 Hardware Installation Guide

•Cisco Wide Area Virtualization Engine 7541, 7571, and 8541 Hardware Installation Guide

•Cisco Wide Area Virtualization Engine 274 and 474 Hardware Installation Guide

•Cisco Wide Area Virtualization Engine 574 Hardware Installation Guide

•Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco Content Networking Product Series

•Cisco Wide Area Application Engine 7341, 7371, and 674 Hardware Installation Guide

•Installing the Cisco WAE Inline Network Adapter

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see What's New in Cisco Product Documentation at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html.

Subscribe to What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, as an RSS feed and deliver content directly to your desktop using a reader application. The RSS feeds are a free service.

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