This list is intended to provide a general view of the skill set required to successfully complete the specified certification exam. Topics listed are subject to change.
- WX Framework Overview
- Basic Installation
- Basic Configuration and Compression
- Route Learning
- Quality of Service
- Packet Flow Acceleration
- Application Flow Acceleration
- Monitoring and Reporting
- WX Central Management System (WX CMS)
- Operation and Management
- Troubleshooting
WX Framework Overview
- Technology Overview
- Name and define the various patented technologies which allow state-of-the-art compression and acceleration of WAN traffic.
- Product Overview
- List the WAN Acceleration Platforms and describe their differences.
- Define how the WX Framework relates to Routing.
Basic Installation
- Pre-installation and Configuration Considerations
- List the pre-installation and configuration considerations.
- Installation Tasks
- Describe the procedure to connect to the Web Console or CLI.
- List the steps in Quick Setup.
- List common items configured to complete initial installation
- Configure application definitions
Basic Configuration and Compression
- Configuring Endpoints for Reduction Tunnels
- Describe the procedure to verify if the Endpoints are configured properly.
- Describe how to verify if the Reduction Tunnels are up and passing data.
- Molecular Sequence Reduction (MSR)
- Define the patented technology which allows state-of-the-art compression of WAN traffic.
- Network Sequence Caching (NSC)
- List the differences between MSR and NSC.
Route Learning
- Discovering Local Routes
- List the ways a WX device can learn routes for optimization.
- Configure RIP and OSPF support.
- Advertising Reduction Subnets
- Define Reduction Subnets.
- Configuring Reduction Filters
- Describe the use of a reduction filter.
Quality of Service
- Describe the components of outbound QoS.
- Describe the difference between dedicated and oversubscribed WANs.
- Describe the types of QoS settings that require Direct Setup.
- List the reasons why you would use Bandwidth Detection.
- Describe the difference between WFQ and WSP.
Packet Flow Acceleration
- Examine each method of Packet Flow Acceleration (PFA).
- Describe the WAN environments and applications that can benefit most from each PFA method.
- Configuring Packet Flow Acceleration.
Application Flow Acceleration
- Overview of Application Flow Acceleration
- Describe the difference between Packet Flow Acceleration and Application Flow Acceleration.
- Describe the applications supported by Application Flow Acceleration.
- Common Internet File System (CIFS)
- List the CIFs commands that the WX platform accelerates.
- List the requirements for CIFS acceleration configuration.
- Exchange and the Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI)
- Define the Exchange and Outlook versions the WX accelerates.
- HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
- Define the difference between header and content caching.
- Configuring AppFlow
- Describe how to configure Application Flow Acceleration.
Monitoring and Reporting
- Interpret reporting statistics.
- List the WAN reports available on the WX and WXC platforms.
- Identify the statistics of a data reduction report.
- Identify the statistics of a data acceleration report.
- Describe an Executive Summary report.
- Identify the statistics of a QoS report.
WX Central Management System (WX CMS)
- Describe the functionality of the WX CMS software.
Operation and Maintenance
- Describe the security features.
- Describe SNMP and DNS support.
- Describe how to upgrade WXOS software and maintain configuration files.
- Describe the logs and Syslog support.
- List the WX network tools.
Troubleshooting
- Basic Installation
- Describe the error messages which indicate the WX is not cabled properly.
- Basic Configuration and Compression
- Name the preferred community topologies.
- List the Switch-to-Wire functionality.
- Route Learning
- Verify proper default gateway connectivity.
- Application Flow Acceleration
- List the reasons why AppFlow may not be working.
- Operation and Management
- List the ways to export data and generate support files.
- Compression
- List reasons why Compression may not be working.
- Packet Flow Acceleration
- List reasons why Packet Flow Acceleration may not be working.
