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Cisco Wide Area Application Engine 511 and 611 Hardware Installation Guide
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CHAPTER
1
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