Troubleshooting guide

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Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring Application Acceleration
Enabling and Disabling the Global Optimization Features
To configure the HTTP acceleration settings, follow these steps:
Step 1 From the WAAS Central Manager menu, choose Devices > device-name (or Device Groups >
device-group-name).
Step 2 Choose Configure > Acceleration > HTTP/HTTPS Settings.
The HTTP Acceleration Settings window appears. (See Figure 1-3.)
Note For WAAS Express, the HTTP acceleration settings are the same but the fields are laid out
differently in the HTTP/HTTPS Settings window.
Figure 1-3 HTTP Acceleration Settings Window
Step 3 Check the Enable HTTP metadatacache caching check box to enable the WAE to cache HTTP header
(metadata) information. The default setting is enabled.
This box must be checked to enable any of the other settings in the Metadata Cache Settings area. If this
box is not checked, no header caching is done.
For details on HTTP metadata caching, see the “About HTTP Metadata Caching” section on page 1-9.
Step 4 Check the Enable HTTPS metadatacache caching check box to enable the WAE to cache HTTPS
header (metadata) information (HTTP as payload in SSL traffic). The default setting is checked
(enabled).
For details on HTTP metadata caching, see the “About HTTP Metadata Caching” section on page 1-9.
Step 5 In the Maximum age of a cache entry field, enter the maximum number of seconds to retain HTTP header
information in the cache. The default is 86400 seconds (24 hours). Valid time periods range from
5–2592000 seconds (30 days).