Cisco Systems 7326 Introducing the Cisco Wide Area

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Csico Wide Area Application Engine 7326 Hardware Installation Guide
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CHAPTER
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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 7326 (WAE-7326), and describes the hardware, major
components, and front and back panel indicators and controls.
This chapter contains the following sections:
•Introduction, page1-1
•Software Functional Description, page1-4
•Hardware Features, page1-6
Introduction
The Wide Area Application Engine (WAE-7326) supports 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-7326 appliance:
•WAAS 4.0.1 and later
•WAFS 3.0 and later
•ACNS 5.3.3 and later