Introducing The Cisco Wide Area Application Engine; Introduction - Cisco Wide Area Application Engine 612 Hardware Installation Manual

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 512 and 612 (WAE-512 and WAE-612), 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
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Hardware Features, page 1-6
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The Wide Area Application Engines (WAE-512 and WAE-612) 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-512 and WAE-612 appliances:
WAAS 4.0.1 and later
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WAFS 3.0.7 and later
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ACNS 5.4.3 and later
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ACNS 5.5.1 and later
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