Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance S690 User Guide

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When you connect the appliance to a WCCP router, you must perform the following tasks: 

1. You must create at least one WCCP service on the appliance. For more information, see 

2. After you create a WCCP service, you must configure the router to work with the Web 

Security appliance. For more information, see “Configuring the WCCP Router” on 
page 35.

You can also connect an appliance to multiple WCCP routers. For more information, see 
“Working with Multiple Appliances and Routers” on page 39.

A WCCP service is an appliance configuration that defines a service group to a WCCP v2 
router. It includes information such as the service ID and ports used. Service groups allow a 
web proxy to establish connectivity with a WCCP router and to handle redirected traffic from 
the router.

Create WCCP services on the Network > Transparent Redirection page. The WCCP services 
you create determine how you configure the WCCP routers. For more information about 
creating WCCP services, see “Adding and Editing a WCCP Service” on page 478.

Note — You can enable the standard service (also known as the “web-cache” service) during 
system setup, and you can configure different or additional WCCP service groups after you 
run the System Setup Wizard.

After you create at least one WCCP service in the Web Security appliance, you can configure 
the WCCP router(s) in the network.

Use the following syntax for enabling WCCP on the router: 

Enter one of the following values for the service_group variable:

• web-cache. Enter “web-cache” when the appliance WCCP service uses the standard 

service.

• Service ID number. Enter a number from 0 to 255 when the appliance WCCP service uses 

a dynamic service ID. The number should match the service ID number used in the 
appliance.

ip wccp version 2
ip wccp service_group 
interface interface_type_number
ip wccp service_group redirect direction
ip wccp service_group password password