Cisco sales teams and channel partners are encouraged to transition their Cisco Content Switching Module (CSM) sales through migration of their current CSM installed base to the Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) module. The Cisco ACE is the industry's most advanced application switching device. It offers a much larger set of functionality and architectural benefits than the Content Switching Module. In addition to Layer 4 load balancing and Layer 7 content switching functionality, the Cisco ACE offers advanced features like SSL offloading, virtual devices, role-based administration, and management, monitoring, and reporting through the Cisco Application Networking Manager and the command-line interface. The Cisco ACE offers SSL offloading capability (up to 15,000 SSL transactions per second), virtualization (up to 250 virtual devices), role-based administration, unmatched throughput (up to 16 Gbps) and software-license-based scalability, all in a single service module. Similar to the Cisco CSM, the Cisco ACE module is available as a fully integrated solution with the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series or the Cisco 7600 Series. The ACE product is also available as a standalone device.