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Using the WAE Device Manager GUI

This chapter describes how to use the WAE Device Manager GUI, which is a separate interface from the

WAAS Central Manager GUI. The WAE Device Manager is a web-based management interface that

allows you to control and monitor an individual WAE device in your network.The WAAS Central

Manager device does not have a WAE Device Manager interface. In many cases, the same device settings

are found in both the WAE Device Manager and the WAAS Central Manager GUI. For this reason, we

recommend that you always configure device settings from the WAAS Central Manager GUI if possible.

When you change device settings in the WAE Device Manager, the changes are propagated to the WAAS

Central Manager and override the group settings for that device. If you later decide that you want the

group settings to override the settings that you configured from the WAE Device Manager, you can use

the group override features in the WAAS Central Manager GUI. For more information, see the

“Overriding Group Configuration Settings” section on page 1-7.

Note Throughout this chapter, the term WAAS device is used to refer collectively to the WAAS Central

Managers and WAEs in your network. The term WAE refers to WAE appliances, WAE Network Modules

(the NME-WAE family of devices), and SM-SRE modules running WAAS.

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Launching the WAE Device Manager, page 1-1

• A Quick Tour of the WAE Device Manager, page 1-2

• WAE Management Workflow, page 1-3

• Managing a Cisco WAE, page 1-3

• Managing a CIFS Accelerator Device, page 1-19

• Monitoring the WAE, page 1-22

• Viewing WAE Logs, page 1-27

Launching the WAE Device Manager

Each WAAS device is managed separately using the WAE Device Manager web-based interface. You can

launch the WAE Device Manager remotely from any location on the WAAS network using Internet

Explorer (required).

To launch the WAE Device Manager, go to https://Device_IP_Address:8443/mgr