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Integrated Services
Figure 2 also highlights the fact that with the unique integrated services architecture of the Cisco 3800 Series, you
can securely deploy IP communications with traditional IP routing and still leave the network-module slots available
for additional advanced services. With the optional integration of a wide array of services modules, the Cisco 3800
offers the ability to easily integrate the functions of standalone network appliances and components into the Cisco
3800 Series chassis itself. Many of these network modules, such as the Cisco Network Analysis Module (NAM), the
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), and Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Network Modules,
have embedded processors and hard drives that allow them to run largely independently of the router, while allowing
their management from a single management interface. This flexibility greatly expands the potential applications of
the Cisco 3800 Series beyond traditional routing while still maintaining the benefits of integration: ease of
management, lower solution costs, and increased speed of deployment.
Application Integration
The Cisco Application eXtension Platform (AXP) enhances the capabilities of the Cisco ISR 3800 by enabling a
tighter integration between the branch network, IT and application infrastructure. The Cisco AXP further lowers TCO
by providing an open Linux based platform to develop and host custom and third party applications directly on the
Cisco ISR. The Cisco AXP provides a standards-based Linux hosting environment within the integrated services
router, allowing third parties to integrate applications with the router. Tightly integrated, the AXP environment is
configured and managed through the router. Harnessing this integration, an AXP application can appear to the end
user as an extension of the router.
Primary Features and Benefits
The global economy is increasingly reliant on networked enterprise applications and the Internet as indispensable
tools for addressing urgent business challenges. Successful companies require secure, high-performance networks
that can quickly adapt to support volatile business conditions while helping boost competitive advantage and
increasing network efficiencies. They must invest in network infrastructure that uses essential technologies and
easily enables improved models of communication without disruption to core business functions. The Cisco 3800
Series can help your company operate securely in a networked economy and easily implement network services that
will improve your business without affecting existing operations or degrading network performance.
Table 1 gives the features and benefits of the Cisco 3800 Series.
Table 1. Features and Benefits of Cisco 3800 Series
Feature Benefit
Architecture optimized
for services growth
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This high-performance architecture is optimized for concurrent service deployment.
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This architecture offers increased default and maximum memory for future services growth.
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PVDM slots accommodate digital-signal-processor (DSP) modules for packet voice processing.
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Enhanced chassis interfaces help enable exceptional performance and service densities.
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Advanced service interfaces integrate applications directly into the router, without the need for separate appliances:
NAM: Integrated traffic monitoring enables application-level visibility into network traffic for remote troubleshooting
and traffic analysis.
Cisco IPS Module: The Cisco IPS Module provides the ability to inspect all traffic traversing router interfaces (both
inline and promiscuous mode); to identify unauthorized or malicious activity such as hacker attacks, worms, or
denial-of-service attacks; and to terminate illegitimate traffic to suppress or contain threats.
The Cisco WAAS Network Module delivers an application acceleration and WAN optimization solution that
accelerates the performance of any TCP-based application delivered across a WAN.
Embedded security
processing and
best-in-class security
feature support*
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Integrated hardware for offload of encryption services processing supports IPSec, 3DES, and AES 128, AES 192,
and AES 256 encryption modes without the need for separate modules.
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Cisco IOS Software features offer support for identifying, preventing, and adapting to security threats and maintaining
a self-defending network. Features include Cisco IOS Firewall, Content Filtering, Flexible Packet Matching (FPM),
Dynamic Multipoint VPN, Group Encrypted Transport VPN, and SSL VPN.
