WCAE - Wireless Config Analyzer Express Tool for Configuration auditing, Best Practices score, in-depth RF analysis and checking typical support issues. Support for AireOS and 9800 IOS-XE Controllers, availble in Mac OS, Windows 10 and Cloud versions. The tool will help on preventing TAC cases, and ensure you can detect the most common problem scenarios.
Wireless Config Analyzer Express
- Support, Questions, Feature requests: wcae@cisco.com
- Webex Teams Room
Cloud Version
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What is WCAE?
- Main Objective: Save time processing WLC configurations, provides information on common configuration errors and best practices
- Secondary Objectives: RF Analysis and Audit config against a rule set
- Supports both 9800 and AireOS controller types
- New implementation for the WLC Config Analyzer (WLCCA). it is a new re-write of the application, with clean up and improved checks
- Two versions available: as Cloud, just upload your file and get a summary report, or as mini-Desktop application, with more detailed information
- It is fully offline to the controller, it does not store any data, or sends any data back
- It is not a TAC supported products, basically provided "as is"
- Support, Questions, Feature requests: wcae@cisco.com
What is needed?
- if using AireOS controller: the output of the "show run-config" command
- if using IOS-XE controller: the output of "show tech wireless"
- It does not work with TFTP config backup, or sh tech
- For AireOS, the best way to collect is is using TFTP with “transfer upload data run-conf”
- Alternatively: use SSH with config paging disabled
What is supported?
- Single WLC scenario. No support for multiple WLCs/files
- AireOS version 8.0 and higher, any model
- IOS-XE version 16.11 and higher, any model
- All controller/Mobility Express (ME) and Embedded Wireless Controller hardware types
WCAE mini-Desktop
- Same engine as the cloud version, same checks
- A lot more details, specially on the RF analysis side
- Per AP detailed information
- Several new reports included
- Supports Mac OS or Windows 10
- BETA version, several features under development
- Results can be exported as text or XLS file
Reports included
- Excel or text results file on same location as source
- WLC and AP check results
- Syslog summarization
- For 9800, Tag and Profile usage summarization
- RF Stats per band, Flex group, AP group/Tag
- RF Health per band
- Channel stats
- AP configuration summary
- Per AP RF health and stats
- Neighbor reports
- Flexconnect AP config verification
WCAE Cloud
- Focus on Summaries not Details
- Provides around 190 automatic checks
- RF Stats, RF Health summarised per AP Group/Tag, Flex Group and controller
- No installation required