Cisco Systems 78-16356-01 manual Introduction, C H A P T E R

C H A P T E R 1

Introduction

This chapter provides a basic functional overview of the Cisco Global Site Selector 4491 (GSS) and describes the hardware, major components, and front and rear panel indicators and controls.

This chapter contains the following major sections:

•Introduction

•System Hardware Features

•Ports and Connectors

Introduction

The GSS is a networking product that provides site selection services that are critical for disaster recovery deployments involving Internet and intranet data centers. The GSS globally load balances traffic between geographically distributed data centers managed by other server load balancers (SLBs), such as:

•Cisco CSS 11500, CSS 11000, or CSS 11150

•Cisco Content Switching Module (CSM) for the Catalyst 6500 series switches

•Cisco LocalDirector

•Cisco IOS SLB

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