Configuring WAN Acceleration
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SonicOS 5.8.1 Administrator Guide
Note For WFS, you must assess the share name that is mapped to the WXA appliance and not
the actual file share. For example, //WXA-Test rather than //FileServer1.
Note For adding/configuring shares for FileServer1, see “Joining the Domain” on page 1328.
When adding subsequent shares that are hosted on different file servers, you must create
SPNs on Active Directory (AD). These SPNs are used as Common Internet File System (CIFS)
service names to map and access file server shares. CIFS is the file server protocol for Windows
which was designed to operate over a LAN.
To add or configure shares that are hosted on FileServer2, perform the following steps:
Note For this example, WXA-4000-GMS is used as the hostname for the data center WXA and
WXA-2000-GMS is used as the hostname for the remote WXA.
PC
PC
Remote Site (B)
Data Center
WXA series
appliance
WXA series
appliance
NSA/TZ series
appliance
WXA series
appliance
Domain
Controller
Switch Switch
Switch
File
Server
File
Server
Remote Site (A)