Data Sheet

Data Sheet
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Cisco WAE Appliances Deployed with Cisco ACNS
Cisco ACNS is a digital media delivery solution that optimizes delivery of video traffic over the
WAN, from the data center to branch offices. Cisco ACNS allows enterprises to deliver large-scale
corporate communications, on-demand training, and digital signage to remote offices with high
quality and minimal effect on the network. For detailed information about Cisco ACNS, please visit
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/conntsw/ps491/index.html.
Product Line
The Cisco WAE Appliances are designed to address varying customer needs, from very small
branch offices to massive data center deployments, and offer the highest single-device and
clustered-device scalability in the industry (Table 1).
Table 1. Cisco WAE Appliance Product Line Positioning
Platform Hardware Positioning Images
Cisco WAAS
Network Module
(NME-WAE)
●
Up to 2 GB RAM
●
Up to 160 GB storage
Router-integrated branch-office
deployment; for more details,
please visit the
WAAS NME-
WAE Website, or the ACNS
NME-WAE Website
Cisco WAE-512
●
1 or 2 GB RAM
●
250 GB storage
Edge deployments at small and
medium-sized branch offices
Cisco WAE-612
●
2 or 4 GB RAM
●
300 GB storage
●
Hot-swap hard disk drive
(HDD) replacement
supported with Cisco
WAAS
1
●
Edge deployments at
medium-sized and large
enterprise branch offices
●
Core deployments at small
and medium-sized data
centers
Cisco WAE-674
●
4 or 8 GB RAM
●
600 GB storage
●
Redundant, hot-
swappable power supplies
as an upgrade option
●
Hot-swappable HDD
replacement supported
with Cisco WAAS
1
●
Edge deployments at
medium-sized and large
enterprise branch offices
●
Core deployments at small
and medium-sized data
centers.
Cisco WAE-7341
●
12 GB RAM
●
900 GB Storage
●
Redundant, hot-
swappable power supplies
●
Hot-swappable HDD
replacement supported
with Cisco WAAS
1
Core deployments at large and
very large data centers
Cisco WAE-7371
●
24 GB RAM
●
1.5 terabytes (TB) storage
●
Redundant, hot-
swappable power supplies
●
Hot-swappable HDD
replacement supported
with Cisco WAAS*
Core deployments at very large
data centers
* Hot-swappable HDD support while using Cisco WAAS enables the replacement of a failed HDD without
disruption to normal system operation, increasing the availability of the Cisco WAE. Combined with support for
RAID configurations, this feature maximizes system uptime.
Cisco WAE Software and Product Function Matrix