WCCP between catalyst 6500 and bluecoat SG-800

[abouassab]

Dear all,

I'm trying to get wccp working between ca6500 and bluecoat sg-800 but without success till now.

Hereby the debug logs I get from ca6500:

an 8 12:49:20: WCCP-PKT:S00: Sending I_See_You packet to "proxyIP" w/ rcv_id 000000A8

Jan 8 12:49:20: WCCP-EVNT:S00: Here_I_Am packet from "proxyIP" w/bad rcv_id 000000A7

Jan 8 12:49:20: WCCP-PKT:S00: Sending I_See_You packet to "proxyIP" w/ rcv_id 000000A9

Jan 8 12:49:30: WCCP-EVNT:wccp_update_assignment_status: enter

Jan 8 12:49:30: WCCP-EVNT:wccp_update_assignment_status: exit

Jan 8 12:49:30: WCCP-EVNT:wccp_validate_wc_assignments: enter

Jan 8 12:49:30: WCCP-EVNT:wccp_validate_wc_assignments: not mask assignment, exit

Jan 8 12:49:30: WCCP-PKT:S00: Sending I_See_You packet to "proxyIP" w/ rcv_id 000000AA

Jan 8 12:49:30: WCCP-EVNT:S00: Here_I_Am packet from "proxyIP" w/bad rcv_id 000000A9

Jan 8 12:49:30: WCCP-PKT:S00: Sending I_See_You packet to "proxyIP" w/ rcv_id 000000AB

Jan 8 12:49:40: WCCP-EVNT:wccp_update_assignment_status: enter

Jan 8 12:49:40: WCCP-EVNT:wccp_update_assignment_status: exit

Jan 8 12:49:40: WCCP-EVNT:wccp_validate_wc_assignments: enter

Jan 8 12:49:40: WCCP-EVNT:wccp_validate_wc_assignments: not mask assignment, exit

this is the config on bluecoat:

wccp enable

wccp version 2

service-group web-cache

forwarding-type GRE

assignment-type hash

interface 0:0

home-router "router ip"

end

ca6500 config:

ip wccp web-cache

outgoing interface:

ip wccp web-cache redirect out

Thanks for you help.

[wochanda]

From the debugs, it looks like the switch is angry the WAE doesn't want to do mask assignment, so it is erroring out.

The 6500 only supports mask assignment in hardware, so it is in your best interest to configure your bluecoat for this for the best performance.

I'd imagine the command would be 'assignment-type mask' on the bluecoat, but i'm not sure.

Here is a doc talking about WCCP on the 6k:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12.2SXF/native/configuration/guide/wccp.html

[abouassab]

Thanks a lot,

The solution is indeed 'assignment-type mask'

command on the bluecoat.

Thanks again,