CWAAS - Cisco Wide Area Application Service

Summary

This five day course covers the WAAS "Davis" product as well as WAAS Mobile.  Students will learn to design and deploy a solution using Cisco WAAS that optimizes and accelerates application performance over the WAN while enabling infrastructure and consolidation from branches to data center.  This is a fundamentals course that will leave students with a solid understanding of WAAS hardware / software technology, design considerations, network integration, and system troubleshooting aspects.  It is strongly recommended that candidates have CCNA as a prerequisite; CCNP would also be beneficial.  The knowledge and skill set offered in this course provide an excellent foundation to more advanced design and troubleshooting courses.

Prerequisites

It is strongly recommended that candidates have CCNA; CCNP also suggested.  Background in TCP as well as familiarity with Layer 7 protocols would also be beneficial to students.

Audience

* Channel Partners / Resellers
* Customers
* Employees

Skills Taught

* Design and deploy a solution using Cisco WAAS
* Understand Cisco WAAS hardware /software
* Understand design considerations
* Understand network integration
* Understand system troubleshooting
* Design and deploy WAAS Mobile clients

Course Outline

Module 1:  Cisco Wide Area Application Services
Module 2:  Waas Quick Start
Module 3:  Implementation, Integration, Management
Module 4:  Cisco WAAS Application Optimizers
Module 5:  Cisco WAAS Design and Troubleshooting
Module 6:  Cisco WAAS Mobile Client Solution