Cisco(VoIP)Cisco Router Guide
For Medium-sized Businesses, Enterprise Branches,
Head Offices, and the Service Provider Edge
Cisco Phone System UC and IP Phones
Cisco® Services Aggregation Routers
and Cisco Integrated Services Routers, the broadest and most
versatile portfolio of products for enabling the deployment
of multiple advanced services.
Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking systems
for organizations of all sizes, offering solutions that
fully support enterprise-wide deployment of networked
business applications. A foundation of the Intelligent
Information Network, Cisco routers provide high availability,
comprehensive security, integrated wireless, ease of
management, and advanced quality of service (QoS) for
today’s most demanding network services, including IP
communications, video, customer relationship management,
financial transactions, and other real-time applications.
This guide shows how Cisco Services Aggregation Routers
and Cisco Integrated Services Routers enable you to
meet your current and future needs with modular designs,
allowing incremental migration as your business and network
requirements change.
In this guide, you can see for yourself how Cisco delivers
benefits beyond basic data access, providing services
such as voice, security, and wireless as part of an
integrated routing system that maximizes productivity
and investment protection.
Cisco 850 Series
Small Offices
• Manageability and reliability of Cisco
IOS® Software
Secure Connectivity
• Stateful inspection firewall
• VPN 3DES encryption (hardwareaccelerated)
Fixed Configuration
• Asymmetric DSL (ADSL) over analog
telephone lines (Cisco 857)
• 100 MB Ethernet (Cisco 851)
• Secure WLAN 802.11b/g option with
a single fixed antenna
• 4-port 10/100Base-T switch with
autosensing MDI/MDX (Media Device
In/Media Device Crossover) for
auto-crossover
Cisco 870 Series
Small Offices and Teleworker
Deployments
• Secure, concurrent services for
broadband access
• Manageability and reliability of Cisco
IOS Software
Business-class Security
• Stateful inspection firewall
• VPN 3DES encryption and Advanced
Encryption Standard (AES)
encryption
• Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
• URL Filtering
Fixed Configuration
• 4-port 10/100 managed switch with
VLAN support
• Secure WLAN 802.11b/g option with a
single fixed antenna with replaceable
diversity antennas
• 100 MB Ethernet (Cisco 871)
• ADSL over ISDN (Cisco 876)
• ADSL over analog telephone lines
(Cisco 877)
• G.SHDSL (Cisco 878)
Cisco 1800 Series
(Fixed-configuration)
Small Offices and Small Enterprise
Branch Offices
• Secure, concurrent services for
broadband access with WAN high
availability
• Manageability and reliability of Cisco
IOS Software
Business-class Security
• Stateful firewall with URL filtering
• VPN 3DES encryption and Advanced
Encryption Standard (AES)
encryption
• Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN)
• Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
Fixed Configuration
• Secure broadband access at
broadband performance
• Integrated ISDN Basic Rate S/T
Interface (BRI), analog modem, or
Ethernet backup port for redundant
WAN links and load balancing
• Secure wireless LAN option for
simultaneous 802.11a and 802.11b/g
with use of multiple antennas
• 8-port 10/100 managed switch with
802.1q VLAN support and optional
Power over Ethernet (PoE)
Cisco 1800 Series (Modular)
Small- to Medium-sized Businesses
and Small Enterprise Branch Offices
• Wire-speed performance with
secure data services enabled at up
to T1/E1/xDSL rates
• Increased services density for
secure data services
• Support for next-generation
High-speed WAN Interface Cards
• Increased flexibility through support
of internal AIM slot for high-speed
VPN and future applications
• Built-in dual Fast Ethernet ports
• Support for over 30 existing and
new modules
Secure Networking
• Hardware-based VPN acceleration
on motherboard
• Antivirus defense
• Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
• SDM Support
Integrated Switching
• Support for the 4-port 10/100
managed EtherSwitch module
Cisco 2800 Series
Small- to Medium-sized Businesses
and Enterprise Branch Offices
• Wire-speed performance up to
multiple T1/E1/xDSL rates
• Increased services density for
security, voice, caching, video,
network analysis, and L2 switching
• Support for enhanced interfaces
(NME, HWIC, EVM, and PVDM2)
• Built-in dual Fast Ethernet or Gigabit
Ethernet ports
• Support for over 90 existing and
new modules
• Optional support for integrated
Power over Ethernet (PoE)
Secure Networking
• Hardware-based VPN acceleration
on motherboard
• Antivirus Defense
• Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
IP Communications and IP
Telephony Support
• IP Communications Express (CCME/
SRST/CUE)
• Enhanced Modularity (EVM and
PVDM2 support)
Integrated Switching
• Up to 64 powered 10/100 switch
ports
• 802.3af Power over Ethernet
compliance
Cisco 3800 Series
Medium-sized to Large Businesses
and Enterprise Branch Offices
• Wire-speed performance with
services enabled at up to T3/E3
rates
• Increased services density for
security, voice, caching, video,
network analysis, and L2 switching
• Support for enhanced interfaces
(NME, HWIC, EVM, and PVDM2)
• Built-in dual Gigabit Ethernet ports
• Support for over 90 existing and
new modules
• Single small form pluggable Gigabit
Ethernet port
• High availability and resiliency
through online insertion and removal
support, as well as redundant
systems and optional inline power
Secure Networking
• Hardware-based VPN acceleration
on motherboard
• Antivirus defense through Network
Admission Control
• Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
IP Communications and IP
Telephony Support
• IP Communications Express (CCME/
SRST/CUE)
• Enhanced Modularity (EVM and
PVDM2 support)
Integrated Switching
• Up to 112 powered 10/100 switch
ports
• 802.3af Power over Ethernet
compliance
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Cisco 7200 Series
Enterprise Head Offices and Service Provider Edge
Application Versatility
• Managed Network Services,
WAN Aggregation, MPLS, VPN,
broadband aggregation, QoS,
IP-to-IP Gateway, and multiservice
Business-class security VPN
• Stateful inspection firewall
• VPNs: software and hardware
encryption, Cisco Easy VPN
• Group Encrypted Transport VPN
(GETVPN)
• Service-level validation features
• Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
Multiservice Data/Voice
• Analog and digital voice
• Survivable Remote Site Telephony
(SRST)
• Multiservice interchange
(MIX)-enabled backplane for service
integration
Modularity
• Supports over 70 interfaces,
providing a comprehensive range of
connectivity options from FE to GbE,
and DS0 through OC-3/STM-1
• Shared Interfaces with Cisco 7201,
7301, 7304, 7500, and 7600 routers
provides ease of management and
investment protection
• Built-in FE/GbE ports on the NPE-G2
processor for high-performance
LAN connectivity
• Upgradable processors, including
NPE-G2 with up to 2 Mpps routing
performance
• High-performing, hardware-based
encryption support of up to 600
Mbps with the C7200-VSA security
module
• Comprehensive management
services through Cisco Element
Manager Framework (CEMF)
Modularity (continued)
• Increased slot capacity utilizing I/O
slot for modules with port adapter
jacket card
• Cisco 7201 offers a very compact
form factor (1-RU) with up to 2 Mpps
routing performance and 4 built-in
Gigabit Ethernet ports
Cisco 7301 Series
Enterprise Head Office and Service
Provider Environments.
Application Versatility
• Managed Network Services, MPLS
VPN, broadband aggregation, IP-to-IP
Gateway, Mesh Wireless and Public
Wireless LAN Solutions, BGP Route
Reflector, Large-branch-office router,
Enterprise High Speed Internet
Gateway, and Secure Internet gateway
Business-class Security VPN
• Stateful inspection firewall
• VPNs: software and hardware
encryption, Cisco Easy VPN
• Group Encrypted Transport VPN
(GETVPN)
• Service-level validation features
• Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
Multiservice data/voice
• Analog and digital voice
• Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST)
Modularity
• Compact, power-efficient 1-RU form
factor with single port adapter slot
• Supports over 70 interfaces,
providing a comprehensive range of
connectivity options from FE to GbE,
and DS0 through OC-3/STM-1
• Shared Interfaces with Cisco 7304,
7500, and 7600 series routers
providing ease of management and
investment protection
• Three onboard Gigabit Ethernet
(copper or optical) or Fast Ethernet
ports with Pluggable Gigabit
Ethernet optics (Small Form-Factor
Pluggable [SFP] optics) support
• Front-to-back airflow and singlesided
management
• High-performing, hardware based
encryption support with new
SA-VAM2+ security module• Comprehensive management
services through Cisco Element
Manager Framework (CEMF)
Cisco 7304 Series
Enterprise Head Office Environments
• High-performance connectivity up
to OC-48 speeds
• Built-in GbE for high-performance
LAN connectivity
• Hardware-accelerated services with
Parallel Express Forwarding
• Optional redundant processor and
power supplies for high availability
in a single box solution
• Multiprotocol support
Business-class Security VPN
• Hardware-accelerated Access
Control Lists
• Stateful inspection firewall
Modularity
• More than 20 network line cards
• Chassis supports up to 4 line cards
or port adapters
• Built in GbE ports on processor
• Support for Cisco port adapters
• Manageability and reliability of
Cisco IOS Software
Cisco 7600 Series
Enterprise Head Offices High-end
CPE Small Service Provider POP
Environments
• Ideal for Enterprise WAN
aggregation or service provider
environments
Business-class Security VPN
• Supports Services modules such as
IPSec, firewall, SSL VPN
• Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
Modularity
• Chassis supports up to
4-, 6-, 9-, and 13-slot chassis for
redundant supervisors and line
cards
• Supervisor engines supporting
up to 15 Mpps with broad range of
edge services
• Support for Shared Port Adapter
(SPA) and SPA Interface Processors
(SIP), which offers intelligent
services. Supports up to
12 SPA bays
• Support for the Enhanced FlexWAN
module, which offers Port Adapter
investment protection
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