Specifications

Chapter 6 Content Networking
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Cisco CSS 11500 Series Content Services Switches
Cisco CSS 11500 Series Content Services Switches
The Cisco CSS 11500 Series Content Services Switch is suitable for
both enterprises and service providers seeking to reduce data center
costs, boost e-business application performance, offer enhanced
services, ensure online transaction integrity, and provide the best
possible online experience for customers, business partners, and internal workers.
The Cisco CSS 11500 is available in three models—the standalone Cisco CSS 11501, the
three-slot Cisco CSS 11503 and the six-slot Cisco CSS 11506. Both the CSS 11503 and CSS
11506 systems take advantage of the same high-performance, modular architecture and use
the same set of I/O, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and session accelerator modules. Also, all
three systems operate with the same WebNS software, enabling the Cisco CSS 11501, 11503
and 11506 to offer industry-leading content switching functionality within three compact,
hardware platforms.
When to Sell
Key Features
• Introduces an intelligent, distributed architecture
• Improves site availability and transaction integrity by introducing Adaptive Session
Redundancy (ASR)—a new industry standard in stateful failover
• Delivers customized combinations of ports, performance, and services
• Scales secured transaction performance through support of an integrated, high-capacity
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) module (WebNS 5.20)
• Protects investment by enabling upgrades of performance, ports, and services through
modularity
Competitive Products
Specifications
Sell This Product When a Customer Needs These Features
CSS 11501
• Standalone, fixed-configuration switching platform with up to 8 Fast Ethernet ports and 1 optional Gigabit
Ethernet port
• Cost-effective server, cache, and firewall load balancing
• Complex Web applications requiring high-level URL and cookie switching
CSS 11503
• Compact, high-performance, modular content switching platform with up to 32 Fast Ethernet ports or up to
six Gigabit Ethernet ports
• Cost-effective server, cache, and firewall load balancing
• Integrated SSL capabilities for secure transactions
• Complex Web applications requiring high-level URL and cookie switching
CSS 11506
• Compact, high-performance, modular content switching platform with up to 32 Fast Ethernet ports or up to
six Gigabit Ethernet ports
• Cost-effective server, cache, and firewall load balancing
• Integrated SSL capabilities for secure transactions
• Complex Web applications requiring high-level URL and cookie switching
• Alteon/Nortel: ACEdirector and 700 Series
• F5 Networks: Big/IP and LAN switch Partners
• Foundry Networks: ServerIron
• Radware: Web Server Director (WSD)
• Resonate: Central Dispatch and Global Dispatch
Feature Cisco CSS 11501 Cisco CSS 11503 Cisco CSS 11506
Modular Slots
N/A 3 6
Base Configuration
Switch Control with 8 10/100
Ethernet; 1 GBIC port
Switch Control Module
2 Gigabit Ethernet (GBIC) ports
Switch Control Module
2 Gigabit Ethernet (GBIC) ports
Max GB Ethernet Ports
1612
Max 10/100 Ethernet ports
83280
2-port GB Ethernet I/O Module
Max: 2 Max: 5
16-port GB Ethernet I/O Module
Max: 2 Max: 5
8-port GB Ethernet I/O Module
Max: 2 Max: 5