The Cisco® Wide Area Application Virtualization Engine (WAVE) product line comprises cost-effective, cloud-ready, video-enabled solution offerings for both the branch office and data center. With the industry's broadest product portfolio and flexible deployment models, Cisco WAAS cost-effectively addresses the WAN Optimization needs of small, medium and large customers.
Figure 1. Cisco Wide Area Virtualization Engines
Cisco WAVE Appliances for the Branch Office
Cisco WAVE appliances deployed in the branch office enable customers to meet the following business objectives:
• Improve employee productivity by enhancing the user experience for important business applications delivered over the WAN
• Reduce the cost of branch-office operations by centralizing IT resources in the data center and lowering the cost of WAN bandwidth as well as hosting Windows-based applications on the WAVE branch-office appliance
• Deliver enterprise-class video while minimizing WAN bandwidth consumption with the Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Video Application Optimizer or hosted Cisco Application and Content Networking System (ACNS) Virtual Blade
• Increase IT agility by reducing the time and resources required to deliver new IT services to the branch office
• Simplify branch-office data protection for regulatory compliance purposes
Cisco WAVE Appliances for the Data Center
Cisco WAVE data center appliances provide the high performance, scalable WAN optimization solutions require. Benefits include:
• User-selectable I/O modules with support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet fiber, 1 Gigabit Ethernet copper and 1 Gigabit Ethernet fiber
• Flexible deployment models including inline and Web Cache Communication Protocol (WCCP) for highest performance, scalability, and network availability
• Highest performance for video, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), cloud, as well as traditional enterprise applications; in conjunction with Context-Aware Data Redundancy Elimination (DRE), the WAVE appliances can adapt caching behavior based upon the characteristics of individual applications, resulting in higher throughput and lower application latencies
Table 1. Cisco WAAS Appliances
Platform
Deployment Scenarios and Features
Cisco WAVE 294 Wide Area Virtualization Engine (WAVE-294-K9)
• Ideal for edge deployments at small branch and remote offices
• Supports up to 200 TCP connections (upgradable to 400)
• 250-GB hard-disk-drive (HDD) data storage
• Has 2 onboard Gigabit Ethernet ports
• 4-port inline I/O module (IOM) bundled by default, with optional upgrade to 8-port inline IOM
• Hosts up to two virtual blades
Cisco WAVE 594 Wide Area Virtualization Engine (WAVE-594-K9)
• Ideal for edge deployments at small and medium-sized branch offices
• Supports up to 750 TCP connections (upgradable to 1,300)
• 500-GB HDD data storage (optional second HDD for Redundant Array of Independent Disks 1 [RAID-1] redundancy)
• Support for Cisco SFP+ short reach (SR) transceivers
• WCCP interception only
Hardware Specifications
Table 3 lists the hardware specifications for the Cisco WAVE appliances. For more information about the Cisco WAAS network module for the Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR) branch-office routers, please visit Cisco WAAS Modules for ISR.
Table 3. Hardware Specifications for Cisco WAVE Appliances
Cisco WAVE 294
Cisco WAVE 594/
Cisco WAVE 694
Cisco WAVE 7541/
Cisco WAVE 7571
Cisco 8541
Hardware Features
DRAM
4-8 GB
594: 8-12 GB
694: 16-24 GB
7541: 24 GB
7571: 48 GB
96 GB
Usable storage
250 GB
594: 500 GB
694: 600 GB
2.2 TB/3.1 TB
4.2 TB
Maximum HDD
1 * 250 GB HDD
Two 500 GB/two 600 GB
6 * 450 GB/8 * 450 GB
8 * 600 GB
RAID support
-
RAID-1 (optional on 594)
RAID-5
RAID-5
Virtual blades
Up to 2
Up to 6
Not supported
Not supported
Network interfaces
Two 10/100/1,000BASE-T
Two 10/100/1,000BASE-T
Two 10/100/1,000BASE-T
Two 10/100/1,000BASE-T
Power
• One 400W AC power supply
• One 450W AC power supply
• Redundant power available as an option
• Two 650W AC power supplies
• 1 + 1 redundancy; hot-swappable
• Two 650W AC power supplies
• 1 + 1 redundancy; hot-swappable
Fan
Five fans
Redundant 40-mm fans; hot-swappable
Redundant 40- and 60-mm fans; hot-swappable
Redundant 40- and 60-mm fans; hot-swappable
Rack units
1 (can be used as a desktop unit as well)
1
2
2
I/O module
4-port GE inline bundled (8-port optional)
4-port/8-port GE inline (optional)
2-port 10GE SFP+, 8-port GE inline, or 4-port GE inline fiber (optional)
2-port 10GE SFP+, 8-port GE inline, or 4-port GE inline fiber (optional)
Console
USB, mini-USB, and RJ-45 serial console; auto-detect
USB, mini-USB, and RJ-45 serial console; auto-detect
USB, mini-USB, and RJ-45 serial console; auto-detect
USB, mini-USB, and RJ-45 serial console; auto-detect
Dimensions
Height
42 mm (1.69 in.)
42 mm (1.69 in.)
87 mm (3.42 in.)
87 mm (3.42 in)
Width
429 mm (16.89 in.)
429 mm (16.89 in.)
429 mm (16.89 in.)
429 mm (16.89 in.)
Depth
370 mm (14.55 in.)
516 mm (20.33 in.) (includes power-supply handles)
632 mm (24.88 in.); (includes power supply handles)
632 mm (24.88 in.); (includes power supply handles)
Maximum weight
7.44 kg (16.40 lb)
10.21 kg (22.51 lb)
21.62 kg (47.66 lb)
21.62 kg (47.66 lb)
Shipping dimensions (with packaging)
55 x 50.5 x 19.7 cm (21.69 x 19.88 x 7.75 in.)
67.3 x 55 x 19.7 cm (26.50 x 21.69 x 7.75 in.)
78 x 55 x 25.9 cm (30.75 x 21.69 x 10.19 in.)
78 x 55 x 25.9 cm (30.75 x 21.69 x 10.19 in.)
Shipping weight
10.0 kg (22.0 lb)
12.93 kg (28.50 lb)
24.0 kg (53.0 lb)
24.0 kg (53.0 lb)
Operating Specifications
Universal input
Range line voltage: 90 to 132 VAC
180 to 264 VAC
Range line voltage: 90 to 132 VAC
180 to 264 VAC
Range line voltage: 90 to 132 VAC
180 to 264 VAC
Range line voltage: 90 to 132 VAC
180 to 264 VAC
Operating temperature
0 to 40°C (32 to 104°F)
0 to 40°C (32 to 104°F)
0 to 40°C (32 to 104°F)
0 to 40°C (32 to 104°F)
Nonoperating temperature
-30 to 60°C (-22 to 140°F)
-30 to 60°C (-22 to 140°F)*
-30 to 60°C (-22 to 140°F)*
-30 to 60°C (-22 to 140°F)*
Humidity
Operating: 10 to 90% RH (noncondensing)
Nonoperating: 5 to 95% RH (noncondensing)
Operating: 10 to 90% RH (noncondensing)
Nonoperating: 5 to 95% RH (noncondensing)
Operating: 10 to 90% RH (noncondensing)
Nonoperating: 5 to 95% RH (noncondensing)
Operating: 10 to 90% RH (noncondensing)
Nonoperating: 5 to 95% RH (noncondensing)
Altitude
Operating: 3,050m (10,000 ft)
Nonoperating: 4572m (15,000 ft)
Operating: 3,050m (10,000 ft)
Nonoperating: 4572m (15,000 ft)
Operating: 3,050m (10,000 ft)
Nonoperating: 4572m (15,000 ft)
Operating: 3,050m (10,000 ft)
Nonoperating: 4572m (15,000 ft)
Regulatory Compliance
Compliance
CE marking
EMC
47 CFR Part 15 Class A, AS/NZS CISPR22 Class A, CISPR22 Class A, EN 55022 Class A, ICES 003 Class A, VCCI Class A, EN 55024, EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3, CISPR24, GB9254-2008, KN22 Class A, and KN24 (All platforms)
* Note: All temperature ratings shown are for sea level to 1,000 meters (3,281 ft). If operating location is above 1,000 meters (3,281 feet), deduct 3ºC (5.4ºF) from the maximum operating temperature for each additional 1,000 meters (3,281 ft).
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For More Information
For more information about Cisco WAAS, visit http://www.cisco.com/go/waas or contact your local Cisco account representative.
