Chapter 2. Introduction to the Cisco Content Services Switch

This chapter introduces you to the architecture, features, and design details of Cisco’s appliance-based load balancer, the Content Services Switch (CSS). We will discuss the CSS 11500 series platform. The Cisco CSS 11500 Series is made up of high-performance, high-availability modular architecture load balancers for web infrastructures. There are three models of the CSS 11500 series platform: CSS 11501, CSS 11503, and CSS 11506. The differences between the three models of the CSS 11500 architecture will be covered along with their software features and functionality.

Successfully designing and deploying the CSS 11500 switches in the network infrastructure requires an understanding of ...

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