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Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Content Switching Module

The Cisco

Content Switching Module (CSM) is a line card for the Cisco Catalyst

6500

Series Switch that enhances the experience and response for client traffic to end points,

such as groups of servers, caches, firewalls, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) devices, and

VPN termination devices. The Cisco CSM provides a high-performance, cost-effective

load-balancing solution for enterprise and Internet service provider networks, allowing

these organizations to provide customers, employees, and business partners with the

best possible online experience. The Cisco CSM meets the demands of high-speed

content delivery networks, tracking network sessions and server load conditions in real

time and directing client requests to the appropriate device. Fault-tolerant Cisco CSM

configurations maintain full state information and provide true transparent failover

required for mission-critical applications.

The Cisco CSM provides the following benefits:

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Market-leading performance—The Cisco CSM establishes up to 165,000 connections per

second and provides high-speed content switching while maintaining 1 million concurrent

connections.

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Outstanding price-performance value—The Cisco CSM features a low connection cost and

occupies a small footprint, sliding into a slot in a new or existing Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series

chassis.

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Optimized data center performance—The Cisco CSM allows organizations to increase the

scalability and performance of server farms, cache clusters, and groups of VPN, SSL, and

firewall devices. In addition, the Cisco CSM provides organizations with the highest level of

device redundancy for business-critical applications and services.

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High scalability—Multiple Cisco CSMs can be installed in the same Cisco Catalyst 6500

Series chassis to provide scalable performance as well as redundancy.

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Easy configuration—The Cisco CSM uses the same Cisco IOS

Software command-line

interface (CLI) that is used to configure the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch.

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Enhancement of existing infrastructure—By adding a Cisco CSM to a new or existing

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch, customers can set every port in the Cisco Catalyst

Switch to perform Layer 2 to Layer 7 services, providing the capability to intelligently switch

traffic.

Figure 1 shows a Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series CSM configuration.

Figure 1. Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series CSM Configuration