Wide Area Application Services for Field Engineers

The Wide Area Application Services for Field Engineers exam (WAASFE 642-652) tests the field engineer candidate's knowledge and ability to implement a Cisco WAAS solution.

The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam.

Implement WAAS components of an ANS solution

• Determine appropriate IOS version and upgrade if necessary to meet requirements
• Configure & verify networking
• Configure & verify router and switch configurations
• Configure & verify WAE network configurations
• Configure the device modes
• Configure & verify central management
• Configure & verify reporting & monitoring
• Configure & verify AAA and RBAC
• Configure & verify device and baseline groups
• Configure & verify optimization policies
• Configure & verify file services acceleration
• Configure & verify print services
• Configure and verify load balancing of WAE services
• Validate that the deployment meets customer design objectives

Troubleshoot a WAAS solution

• Troubleshoot poor performance in a WAAS solution
• Troubleshoot connectivity in a WAAS solution
• Troubleshoot management in a WAAS solution
• Troubleshoot high availability in a WAAS solution
• Troubleshoot scalability in a WAAS solution

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