Course Overview
This two-day, instructor-led course focuses on installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and operational analysis of the WAN Acceleration (WX) and WAN Acceleration Cache (WXC) platforms. The course covers an overview of WX platform concepts and then moves on to initial installation using Quick Setup. Students will use the WebView graphical user interface (GUI) to configure and manage the main features of the WX platform: Compression, Packet Flow Acceleration (TCP application acceleration), Application Flow Acceleration, and implementation of quality-of-service (QoS) policies. During lab, students configure and test all these features. The course ends with an introduction to the WX Central Management System (WX CMS) software.
Course Topics
- Describe the elements of the WX Framework and the various WX and WXC platforms.
- Explain WX concepts such as communities, topologies, registration servers, and service tunnels.
- Perform initial configuration of the WX platform.
- Identify the various ways a WX platform can obtain routing information.
- Configure and troubleshoot compression and caching.
- Describe and configure the components of outbound QoS.
- Describe, configure, and troubleshoot Packet Flow Acceleration.
- Describe, configure, and troubleshoot Application Flow Acceleration.
- Describe and demonstrate the WX platform’s monitoring capabilities.
- Upgrade WXOS software and maintain configuration files.
- View and save the system and access control logs.
- Export data and generate support files
- Explain the capabilities of the WX CMS software
Target Audience
Network engineers, technical support personnel, reseller support engineers, and others responsible for implementing and/or maintaining the Juniper Networks products covered in this course.
Course Outline
Day 1
Chapter 1: Course Introduction
Chapter 2: WX Platform Overview
- The WX Framework
- Product Overview
- WX Platform Deployment
Chapter 3: WX Platform Installation Considerations and Tasks
- Location Options for WX Deployment
- Cabling Considerations
- Port Speed and Duplex Mode
- Opening Network Ports
- License Keys
- LED Indicators
- Configuring an Initial IP Address
- Quick Setup WebUI Process
Chapter 4: WX Platform Concepts
- Communities
- WX Topologies
- Registration Server
- Meta-Packets
- WX Service Tunnels
- WX Platforms and Routing
- WX Platforms and High Availability
Chapter 5: Compression
- Compression Concepts
- Molecular Sequence Reduction Compression
- Network Sequence Caching
- Configuring Compression and Caching
- Filters
- Troubleshooting
Day 2
Chapter 6: Quality of Service
- QoS Overview
- QoS Components
- Endpoints
- Traffic Classes
- Handling Excess Bandwidth
- QoS Setup Wizard
- Direct Setup
- QoS Bandwidth Reports
Chapter 7: Packet Flow Acceleration Technology
- Overview of Packet Flow Acceleration
- Contributing Factors of High Latency
- TCP Acceleration
- Forward Error Correction
- Fast Connection Setup
- Configuring Packet Flow Acceleration
- Troubleshooting Packet Flow Acceleration
Chapter 8: Application Flow Acceleration Technology
- Overview of AppFlow
- CIFS
- Exchange and MAPI
- HTTP
- Configuring AppFlow
- Troubleshooting
Chapter 9: Operation and Maintenance
- Security Features
- Changing the Registration Server
- SNMP and DNS Support
- WXOS Software Upgrades
- Access and System Logs
- Network Tools
- Exporting Data and Generating Support Files
Chapter 10: Monitoring and Reporting
- WAN Reports
- Data Compression Reports
- QoS Reports
- Acceleration Reports
- Traffic Reports
- Summary Reports
Chapter 11: WX Central Management System Overview
- WX CMS Capabilities
- Configuration Management
- Automated Deployment
- Groups
- Monitoring and Reporting
- Minimum Requirements for Installation
Appendix A: WXC Integrated Services Module 200 for J Series Services Routers
Appendix B: Packet Interception Mode
This course is available as open-enrollment Classroom event, instructor-led Live Virtual Class, REAL-ILT™ or as part of a custom Onsite Training for up to 16 students.
Prerequisites
Attendees of this Juniper Networks technical education course are expected to have a basic understanding of TCP/IP, as well as routing and switching concepts.