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Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring Application Acceleration
Creating a New Traffic Optimization Policy
Step 17 Click Submit when you have finished configuring the SSL accelerated service.
Creating a New Traffic Optimization Policy
Table 1-4 provides an overview of the steps that you must complete to create a new traffic optimization
policy.
Preparing to Create an Optimization Policy
Before you create a new optimization policy, complete the following preparation tasks:
• Review the list of optimization policies on your WAAS system and make sure that none of these
policies already cover the type of traffic you want to define. To view a list of the predefined policies
that come bundled with the WAAS system, see Appendix 1, “Predefined Optimization Policy.”
• Identify a match condition for the new application traffic. For example, if the application uses a
specific destination or source port, you can use that port number to create a match condition. You
can also use a source or destination IP address for a match condition.
• Identify the device or device group that requires the new optimization policy. We recommend you
create optimization policies on device groups so the policy is consistent across multiple WAAS
devices.
Table 1-4 Checklist for Creating a New Optimization Policy
Task Additional Information and Instructions
1. Prepare for creating an optimization
policy.
Provides the tasks you need to complete before creating a new optimization
policy on your WAAS devices. For more information, see the “Preparing to
Create an Optimization Policy” section on page 1-49.
2. Create an application definition. Identifies general information about the application you want to optimize,
such as the application name and whether the WAAS Central Manager
collects statistics about this application. For more information, see the
“Creating an Application Definition” section on page 1-50.
3. Create an optimization policy. Determines the type of action your WAAS device or device group performs
on specific application traffic. This step requires you to do the following:
• Create application class maps that allow a WAAS device to identify
specific types of traffic. For example, you can create a condition that
matches all traffic going to a specific IP address.
• Specify the type of action your WAAS device or device group performs
on the defined traffic. For example, you can specify that WAAS should
apply TFO and LZ compression to all traffic for a specific application.
For more information, see the “Creating an Optimization Policy” section on
page 1-51.