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Replacement Product Information
Customers are encouraged to migrate from the Cisco CSS 11800 to either the Cisco CSS 11500 or the CSM.
The CSM offers high performance and transport and application (Layer 4–7) features as rich as those in WebNS.
Fully integrated with the Cisco IOS® Software, the Cisco Catalyst® 6500 Series, and the Cisco 7600 Internet Router,
the CSM also supports high port densities and rich internetworking features.
The Cisco CSS 11500 is a standalone, compact modular platform, delivering rich transport and application
(Layer 4–7) services for Internet and intranet data centers.
Table 2 summarizes select differentiating features for the Cisco CSS 11800, CSS 11506, and CSM.
Additional Information
Product information:
http://www.cisco.com/go/contentswitch/
Technical documentation:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/webscale/css/index.htm
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/webscale/css/getstart/install.htm
Table 2
Features Comparison
CSS 11800
CSS 11506
CSM on Catalyst 6500 and
Cisco 7600 Internet Router
Form factor
Modular
Standalone
Modular
Standalone
Integrated
Rack units
15
5
Depends on chassis
Full-featured (Layer 4-7)
content switching
Yes
Yes
Yes
Local load balancing
Servers, caches,
firewalls
Servers, caches,
firewalls
Servers, caches, firewalls, VPNs
Global load balancing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Site activity
Medium
High
Highest
Hardware redundancy
Yes
Yes
Yes
Layer 2/3 networking
Good
Good
Excellent (Cisco IOS Software)
Size of data center
Medium to Large
Medium to Large
Large
Maximum ports: Gigabit
Ethernet
32
12
112 (Catalyst 6509)
Fast Ethernet
64
80
336 (Catalyst 6509)