WAAS reboot question

[svolansky]

Hi Team,

I would like to ask you one question regarding WAAS boot procedure.

Let’s say I have physical inpath implementation on the branch WAE and need to reload it (IOS upgrade). I know that in case of HW failure the WAE will “fail to cross” acting as a cable so there is no (or little) WAN outage. But is this statement true also during reload ? Is the WAE acting as a cable when it is rebooting or the location is completely cut off and the connection is established after the reload process ?

Many thanks!

Stan

[mhollowa]

Stan,

Correct, when reloading the WAE with in-line support, the in-line card would go into pass-though mode.  Once the WAE is up, existing connections would continue in pass-though and any new connection would be optimized.

Michael