Product Overview
The WAAS software defines two new interface types: A group interface that represents an inline pair grouping and a port interface that represents the individual port. These interfaces are referred to as inlineGroup and inlinePort.
InlineGroup interfaces are numbered using the format slot/group. The slot number is the slot in which the adapter is inserted. (In the WAE 500 series and 600 series appliances, you must install the adapter in slot 1 only.) The group number is either 0 or 1 (each adapter has 2 group pairs). The group number is displayed on the adapter label.
InlinePort interfaces are numbered slot/group/lan or slot/group/wan. The last attribute is the LAN or WAN designator.
The inline network adapter also includes an onboard programmable watch dog timer (WDT) controller that allows you to set the time to wait after a failure event, such as a power outage or a kernel crash, before the unit begins to operate in mechanical bypass mode. In mechanical bypass mode, traffic is bridged between the LAN and WAN ports of each group. Mechanical bypass mode prevents the WAE from becoming a single point of failure and allows traffic to continue to flow between the router and the client while it passes through an unresponsive WAE without being processed.
For more information about configuring the inline network adapter, see the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide.
Ports and LED Indicators
Figure 2 shows the inline network adapter port numbers, interface designations, and LEDs.
Figure 2 | Inline Network Adapter Port Numbering and LEDs |
W1 L1 W0 L0
LINK/ACT
100
BYPASS
1000
W1 | L1 | W0 | L0 |
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W1 | Port WAN1; Group 1 WAN interface | L1 | Port LAN1; Group 1 LAN interface |
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W0 | Port WAN0; Group 0 WAN interface | L0 | Port LAN0: Group 0 LAN interface |
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The inline network adapter has three LEDs that correspond to each port (the W1 LEDs correspond to Port W1, and so forth). Table 1 describes the LEDs.
Table 1 Inline Network Adapter LEDs
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