Benefits of Migrating to Cisco 4000
Series Integrated Services Routers
Previous Cisco Integrated Services Routers
Branch Network
Needs
Scale with high
performance
Uncompromised
user experience
Security
Reduced costs
and business
agility
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Cisco 4000 Series
Integrated Services
Routers
Benefits
Up to 350 Mbps
Up to 2 Gbps
4 to 10 times performance increase for the same
price as the ISR G2
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Minimal performance impact as network services
are added and throughput increases
Integrated service container
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No need for additional branch appliances; add
network services using pluggable virtual machines
Integrated compute with Cisco
UCS®1 E-Series servers
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Local compute resources for applications,
data backup, and analytics
Cisco IOS® XE Operating System
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Higher availability for network services
with multicore processing
Cisco® Application Visibility
and Control (AVC)
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Visibility into 1000+ applications for capacity
planning and prioritization
Intelligent path
selection (PfR2 v3)
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Improve application experience and lower costs
with path selection using real-time analytics
WAN optimization
(WAAS3 and Akamai)
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Improve application performance and offload WAN
with Layer 4–7 optimization and intelligent caching
Sourcefire® Intrusion
Detection System (IDS)
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Industry-leading advanced threat defense
Cloud Web Security with Advanced
Malware Protection (AMP)
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Scale secure direct Internet access with consistent
policy enforcement
Multicore hardware
VPN acceleration
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High-performance encryption for secure WAN
Pay-as-you-grow performance
and services
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Ability to buy what you need today and upgrade
anytime without complete equipment upgrades
Cisco ONE Software Suites
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Predictable OpEx spend, license portability,
and investment protection
Intelligent WAN app with Cisco
APIC Enterprise Module
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Automated provisioning for faster deployment
Features
First-Generation
(Cisco 1800, 2800, and
3800 Series (EOL))
Generation 2 (ISR G2)
(Cisco 1900, 2900, and
3900 Series)
Maximum throughput
Up to 50 Mbps
Separate data, control,
and services planes
Cisco UCS – Cisco Unified Computing System™
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PfR – Performance Routing
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WAAS – Wide Area Application Services
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Available 1H 2015
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Learn more at www.cisco.com/go/isr4000
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