Cisco Systems 611 manual Introducing the Cisco Wide Area Application Engine, Introduction

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Introducing the Cisco Wide Area

Application Engine

This chapter provides a basic functional overview of the Cisco Wide Area Application Engine 511 and 611 (WAE-511 and WAE-611), and describes the hardware, major components, and front and back panel indicators and controls.

This chapter contains the following sections:

•Introduction, page 1-1

•Software Functional Description, page 1-4

•Hardware Features, page 1-6

Introduction

The Wide Area Application Engines (WAE-511 and WAE-611) support three different software installations that provide a comprehensive set of services for the remote office: Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) software, Cisco Wide Area File System (WAFS) software and Cisco Application and Content Networking System (ACNS) software.

The following software releases support the WAE-511 and WAE-611 appliances:

•WAAS 4.0.1 and later

•WAFS 3.0 and later

•ACNS 5.3.3 and later

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