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Viewing actual system image file name?

adil.nasser3 — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 20:52:13 GMT

All,

When trying to view the system image file on a WAAS unit by entering the command "show flash" or "dir" I see a listing of files but none of them appear to be the system image. My goal is to see the actual system image file name in full to determine if it has "accelerator" or "universal" as part of the file name, ie. similar to a router or a switch. Is this possible with a WAAS unit?

albwaas01#sh flash

WAAS software version (disk-based code): WAAS-4.4.5-b5

System image on flash:

Version: 4.4.5.b5

System flash directory:

System image: 200 sectors

Bootloader, rescue image, and other reserved areas: 31 sectors

256 sectors total, 25 sectors free.

albwaas01#dir

size time of last change name

-------------- ------------------------- -----------

125052 Thu Jan 30 11:08:00 2014 UcliEvt.bak

120752 Mon Feb 3 15:43:00 2014 UcliEvt.log

4096 Wed Oct 31 14:19:18 2012 <DIR> actona

4096 Wed Mar 6 12:27:26 2013 <DIR> cliTemp

4096 Wed Oct 31 14:14:24 2012 <DIR> core_dir

4096 Wed Oct 31 14:15:42 2012 <DIR> crash

4096 Fri Jan 17 16:49:25 2014 <DIR> downgrade

4096 Mon Feb 3 15:31:49 2014 <DIR> errorlog

4096 Fri Dec 13 16:24:13 2013 <DIR> logs

16384 Wed Oct 31 14:14:11 2012 <DIR> lost+found

4096 Wed Oct 31 14:14:21 2012 <DIR> pki

4096 Mon Feb 3 00:02:00 2014 <DIR> sa

8192 Mon Feb 3 15:45:53 2014 <DIR> service_logs

4096 Wed Oct 31 14:19:18 2012 <DIR> spool

93855 Wed Oct 31 14:35:06 2012 syslog.txt

64 Mon Mar 4 12:06:13 2013 sysreport.sh.log

4096 Wed Oct 31 14:14:19 2012 <DIR> var

508 Wed Oct 31 14:14:21 2012

Viewing actual system image file name?

Kanwaljeet Singh — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 20:58:04 GMT

Hi Adil,

You can see the type in show version and show running configuration.

Cisco Wide Area Application Services Software (WAAS)

Cisco Wide Area Application Services (universal-k9) Software Release 5.1.1c (build b3 May 9 2013)

Version: oe694-5.1.1c.3

And

------------------ running configuration -------------------

! waas-universal-k9 version 5.1.1c (build b3 May 9 2013)
!
device mode application-accelerator

Cisco Wide Area Application Services Software (WAAS)

By the way universal image works on all while if you are running accelerator you cannot make that WAE CM while WAE universal can be made CM as well as accelerator.

Regards,

Kanwal

Viewing actual system image file name?

adil.nasser3 — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 16:46:26 GMT

Fnu,

If the universal can run both Central Manager and Accelerator functions, why would anyone install the "accelerator" image? Are there any benefits for opting to install the "accelerator image" if one does not need to run CM functions on a WAE device?

Adil

Viewing actual system image file name?

Kanwaljeet Singh — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 17:44:16 GMT

Hi Adil,

No benefits as such for installing accelerator only. With universal you can always make a WAE as CM when needed. Below is from guide:

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.

Regards,

Kanwal