The Cisco® Wide Area Application Virtualization Engine (WAVE) product line consists of cost-effective, cloud-ready, video-enabled solutions for the branch office and the data center. With the industry's broadest product portfolio and flexible deployment models, Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) cost-effectively addresses the WAN optimization needs of small, medium-sized, and large customers. - Excellent for edge deployments at small branch and remote offices. - Supports up to 200 TCP connections (upgradable to 400). - Has 2 onboard Gigabit Ethernet ports. - Provides 4-port inline I/O module (IOM) bundled by default, with optional upgrade to 8-port inline IOM. - Hosts up to 2 virtual blades.