Chapter 1 Introducing the Cisco Wide Area Application Engine
Introduction
When WAAS software is installed, the WAE appliance can function as either a Central Manager or as an Application Acceleration Engine. When ACNS software is installed, the WAE appliance functions as a Content Engine or one of the other ACNS device modes (Content Router or Content Distribution Manager). When WAFS software is installed, the WAE appliance functions as a File Engine. (See Figure 1-1.)
Figure 1-1 WAE-511 and WAE-611—Front View
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The WAE-511 and WAE-611 are configured for AC-input power and have a single AC-input power supply.
The WAE appliance has an integrated dual-port Ethernet controller. This controller provides an interface for connecting to 10-Mbps, 100-Mbps, or 1000-Mbps networks.
Wide Area Application Engines have two 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX/1000BASE-TX Ethernet ports with RJ-45 receptacles. Both Ethernet ports support autodetect speed mode and full-duplex operation, which enable simultaneous transmission and reception of data on the Ethernet LAN.
In addition, the WAE-611 is configured with one Ultra320 low-voltage differential (LVD) small computer system interface (SCSI) port connector for attaching the Cisco Storage Array. This connector is located in Peripheral Component Interconnect-Extended (PCI-X) slot 2 on the back panel. (See Figure 1-2.)
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