WAAS NM Enterprise vs. Transport License

[vicente.madrigal]

Hi all,

I am evaluating the WAAS Network Modules for the 2811 routers and it is not very clear to me the difference between the Transport License and the Enterprise License.

Can I do CIFS optimization and file caching with the transport license or do I need the Enterprise license?

Does anyone has some documentation that explains more clearly the difference between the two licenses?

Regards.

[Syed Iftekhar Ahmed]

Transport license includes the layer 4 transport optimizations (TFO, DRE, Compression ...). The Enterprise license includes all the Layer 4 optimizations plus the layer 7 "application adapters" such as the file/print protocol optimizations.

If you want to run a CIFS environment and

wants prepositioning and print services, then the Enterprise license (which includes WAFS) is required on all "Edge/Core" WAEs.

Syed Iftekhar Ahmed

[Zach Seils]

Also note that the NME-WAE-302 only supports the transport license.

Thanks,

Zach

[siddiqui75]

DO WAE-512-K9 AND WAE-612-K9 comes with transport and enterprise license or is it required to get the enterprise license seperately.

[Zach Seils]

Mohammed,

The software licenses are purchased separately for WAAS, regardless of the hardware platform used.

Thanks,

Zach