The Cisco AON 8340 Series Appliance is a standalone device that provides routing capabilities for application messages traveling on the network. The network's ability to identify and intelligently route application messages, such as customer orders, can help your company improve efficiency of business processes. Benefits of the appliance offer an additional deployment option to existing Cisco AON interface modules, which are available for Catalyst 6500 Series switches and Cisco 2600/2800/3700/3800 series routers.