Cisco 500 Series Cache Engine 570, 550, 505

Product Overview
Ciscos next-generation Cache Engine 500 series solutions enable service providers and enterprises to accelerate content delivery, optimize WAN bandwidth utilization, and control access to content. The Cisco network caching solution is architected and optimized to work as a single caching system, pairing:

Content-aware internetworking equipment, running Cisco IOS softwares industry-leading WCCPv2 protocol Network-integrated Cache Engine 500 series products that are managed and designed like networking products and can be transparently inserted into the network

Utilizing the intelligence of the network, the Cisco Cache Engine 500 series solutions localize trafc patterns by transparently caching frequently accessed content and then locally fullling successive requests for the same content. Because they are integrated into the network infrastructure, they have a low cost of ownership, enabling service providers and enterprises to cost-effectively deploy the Cisco network caching solution on a wide-scale basis and gain the benets of caching throughout their network.

Product Line
The Cisco Cache Engine 500 series products are designed for different network environments:

Cisco Cache Engine 570 Midrange cache engine for small service provider POPs and medium-sized enterprises with WAN uplink bandwidth up to 22 Mbps Cisco Cache Engine 550 Midrange cache engine for regional ofces with WAN uplink bandwidth up to 11 Mbps Cisco Cache Engine 505 Entry-level cache engine for small enterprise branch ofces with T1/E1 uplinks

Table 9-4: Recommended Cisco IOS routers/switches and Cisco Cache Engines pairings Cisco IOS Router/Switch Cisco 3600 to 4x00, 5300 Cisco 1600 to 2600
1. Requires a Cisco Storage Array for optimal performance

Cisco Cache Engine Model Cache Engine 5701 or 550 Cache Engine 505

Key Features and Benets

Network-Integration
Cisco Cache Engine 500 series products are network-integrated caching solutions because they are managed and designed like high-density networking products and are transparently inserted into the network. As a result, they have a low cost of ownership, enabling you to cost-effectively deploy your Cisco caching solution on a wide scale and gain the benets of caching throughout your entire network.

Designed like high-density networking products Cisco Cache Engine 500 series products are high-density solutions with leading Performance per Rack Unit (RU), minimizing rack space costs. They are inherently designed and implemented as high-density networking products, rather than being standalone server platforms adapted as caches. Managed like networking products Cisco Cache Engine 500 series products provide network management capabilities available on traditional Cisco networking gear such as Cisco IOS CLI and RADIUS support. This familiar management environment reduces operational costs because network administrators can leverage existing knowledge and tools. Transparently inserted into the network Cisco Cache Engine 500 Series products are designed as network extensions, and therefore can be transparently inserted into the network. Cisco cache engines dynamically determine when to allow trafc to bypass them, proactively preventing overload and source IP authentication problems.

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Content Access Control

The Cisco network caching solution, in conjunction with Websense Enterprise software, enables administrators to monitor, manage, and report on employee access to non-business and objectionable content. This high-performance content access control results in increased employee productivity, lower bandwidth usage and reduced legal liability.

Transparent Caching
Using WCCP, Cisco Cache Engine 500 series products can be deployed without requiring any changes to your existing network architecture, client browsers, or end servers. WCCP-enabled routers transparently redirect specied trafc to network caches. These cache engines can transparently receive trafc from one router or many routers, resulting in low deployment costs. Cisco cache engines can also operate in proxy mode so they are compatible with networks using proxy servers.

Fault Tolerance and Fault Prevention

The Cisco caching solution provides both cache fault tolerance and networking fault tolerance, eliminating any single point of failure. If a cache engine fails, trafc is automatically redistributed among other cache engine cluster members. If all cache engines in a cluster fail, trafc will no longer be redirected to them and the trafc is forwarded upstream. The Cisco network caching solution enables a WCCP-enabled, Multigroup Hot-Standby Router Protocol (MHSRP) router pair to share a cache engine cluster, creating a fully redundant caching system. This is referred to as WCCP multihoming. If the router fails, existing Cisco IOS fault tolerance and failsafe mechanisms are applied. For example, a hot-standby router could dynamically take over operations, redirecting Web requests to the cache cluster. Cisco Cache Engine 500 series products can also dynamically adapt to prevent network or application-level problems associated with traditional caches. These cache engines dynamically determine when to allow trafc to bypass them, proactively preventing overload and source IP authentication problems.

Scalable Clustering
Network administrators can easily scale their cache engines to handle heavy trafc loads through the clustering capabilities in the Cisco WCCP protocol. Cisco clustering technology enables each cache member to work in parallel, resulting in linear scalability. Clustering cache engines greatly improves the scalability, redundancy, and availability of your caching solution. You can cluster up to 32 cache engines to scale to your desired capacity.

Ease of Use
The Cisco Cache Engine 500 series products are easy to use. They can be managed using traditional Cisco IOS management capabilities, allowing administrators to leverage Cisco IOS device management familiarity and accelerate learning curves. In addition, the devices can be managed via the cache engines intuitive Web GUI. Installing a cache engine is a simple process that requires very few commands.

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Specications
Hardware
Table 9-5: Specications for Cache Engine 500 Series Description Performance SDRAM Network Interfaces Flash Memory Storage Capacity Rack Units Dimensions (H x W x D) Weight Cache Engine 570 22 Mbps1 Cache Engine 550 11 Mbps 256 MB 2 autosensing 10BASE-T/100BASETX ports 8 MB GB1 18 GB 1 1.72 x 17.5 x 14.13 in. (43.7 x 444.5 x 358.9 mm) 12.5 lbs. (5.7 kg) Cache Engine 505 T1/E1 128 MB 2 autosensing 10BASE-T/100BASETX ports 8 MB 9-18 GB 1 1.72 x 17.5 x 14.13 in. (43.7 x 444.5 x 358.9 mm) 11.2 lbs. (5.08 kg)

384 MB 2 autosensing 10BASE-T/100BASETX ports 8 MB 36-144 1 1.72 x 17.5 x 14.13 in. (43.7 x 444.5 x 358.9 mm) 12.5 lbs. (5.7 kg)

1. Requires a Cisco Storage Array for optimal performance/capacity. Cisco Storage Array provides 6x18GB = 108 GB of storage.

Software
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Product and Part Numbers

Part Numbers for the Cache Engine 500 Series Part Description
Web Scaling Cisco Cache Engine 505

Part Number

Cache Engine 505

Cisco Cache Engine 550

CE-505

Cache Engine 550 Cache Engine 570 (AC Power Supply) Cache Engine 550-DS3
Cisco Cache Engine 7320

CE-550 CE-570 CE-550-DS3

Content Engine 7320, AC Power, CDN Software SP Edition

Cisco Cache Engine Accessories

CE-7320-CDN

(1) 9GB Ultra2 SCSI LVD Disk Drive, Spare

Cisco Cache Engine Documentation

CE-DISK-9GB-SCSI=

Cache Engine 500 Series Complete Documentation Set, Spare

Cisco Cache Engine Software

CE-DOC=

2.2 Software Release for Cache Engine 505 2.2 Software Release for Cache Engine 550 2.2 Software Release for Cache Engine 570
Cisco LocalDirector

SF-CE505-2.2 SF-CE550-2.2 SF-CE570-2.2

Local Director Fail Over Cable FDDI Card for LocalDirector LocalDirector Gigabit Ethernet Card Four Port 10/100 Ethernet Card LocalDirector 416/30 Rackmount Kit LocalDirector Software 3.2.X LocalDirector 416 LocalDirector 430 Local Director Two 10/100 Ethernet Interfaces
Cisco DistributedDirector

LD-FO= LD-FDDI= LD-GE= LD-QUADFE= LD-RACK LD-SW-3.2.X LDIR-416 LDIR-430 NI-2FE=

2501 with 8MB Flash/8MB DRAM DistributedDirector 2502

DDIR-2501 DDIR-2502

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Part Description 4700M 1TR with 16MB Flash/32MB DRAM 4700 1FE with 16MB Flash/32MB Dram 4700 Multi-Mode Dual-Attached FDDI with 16MB Flash/32MB DRAM 2501 with 8MB Flash/8MB DRAM 4700 1 TR with 16MB Flash/32MB DRAM 4700 2E with 16MB Flash/32MB DRAM 4700 1FE with 16MB Flash/32MB DRAM 4700 Multi-Mode Dual-Attached FDDI with 16MB Flash/32MB DRAM

Part Number DDIR-47M-TR DDIR-47M-FE DDIR-47M-FDM DDIR-2501DC DDIR-47MDC-TR DDIR-47MDC-E DDIR-47MDC-FE DDIR-47MDC-FDM

Documentation
For part numbers for product specic documentation, visit http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/pcat/swdo__d1.htm

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