The CE1400V appliance requires virtualization software and a license (which must be customer-provided) and is a virtualized hardware replacement for the CE1300 appliance. For software downloads, go to Software Download and navigate to the Cisco Expressway.

The minimum required Expressway software version depends on which revision of the appliance you are using. You can identify this from the serial number, as follows:

Caution

Although the system does not prevent downgrades to an earlier software version. You can contact the Technical Assistance Center or BEMS to downgrade to earlier versions of the Cisco Expressway.

The CE1400V can support either a Large or a Medium Expressway system.

For appliances which are deployed as Cisco Expressway-Es (but not for Cisco Expressway-Cs) you can optionally change the default system size setting in the Expressway software from a Large system to a Medium system, or the other way round.

Note	You can optionally change the default system size settings in the Expressway software for up to either, 3 Large virtual machines 6 Medium virtual machines

Key differences between the Cisco Expressway CE1400V and the previous appliances CE1300 and CE1200

• The CE1400V is virtualized/non-virtualized, requiring a hypervisor and license, while CE1300 and CE1200 are bare-metal appliances.

• CE1400V offers more flexible deployment with multiple VMs, whereas CE1300 and CE1200 are single workload servers.

• CE1400V requires customer-provided virtualization infrastructure, marking a shift from physical to virtual appliance deployment.

This reflects the evolution from physical appliances (CE1200, CE1300) to a virtualized appliance (CE1400V) with enhanced scalability and deployment flexibility.

Training

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Glossary

A glossary of terms is at link.

Related Documentation

• Detailed information about installing this appliance is provided in the Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server Installation and Service Guide.

• Managing and operating Cisco Expressway software is described in the Cisco Expressway Administrator Guide on the Expressway Maintain and Operate Guides page.

• Creating and maintaining a cluster of Cisco Expressways is described in the Cisco Expressway Cluster Creation and Maintenance Deployment Guide on the Expressway Configuration Guides page.