Data Sheet
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Table 1. Key Business Benefits of the Cisco 2900 Series Integrated Services Routers.
Benefits Description
Services integration
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The Cisco 2900 Series ISRs offer increased levels of services integration with voice, video, security, wireless,
mobility, and data services, enabling greater efficiencies and cost savings.
Services On Demand
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A single Cisco IOS
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Software Universal image is installed on each ISR G2. The Universal image contains all of the
Cisco IOS technology sets which can be activated with a software license. This allows your business to quickly
deploy advanced features without downloading a new IOS image. Additionally, larger default memory is included to
support the new capabilities.
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The Cisco Services Ready Engine (SRE) enables a new operational model which allows you to reduce capital
expenditures (CapEx) and deploy a variety of application services as needed on a single integrated compute
services module.
High performance with
integrated services
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The Cisco 2900 Series enables deployment in high speed WAN environments with concurrent services enabled
up to 75 Mbps.
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A multigigabit fabric (MGF) enables high-bandwidth module-to-module communication without compromising
routing performance.
Network agility
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Designed to address customer business requirements, the Cisco 2900 Series modular architecture offers
increased capacity and performance as your network needs grow.
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Modular interfaces offer increased bandwidth, a diversity of connection options, and network resiliency.
Energy efficiency
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The Cisco 2900 Series architecture provides energy-saving features that include the following:
The Cisco 2900 Series offers intelligent power management and allows the customer to control power to the
modules based on the time of day. Cisco EnergyWise technology will be supported in the future.
Services integration and modularity on a single platform performing multiple functions, optimizes raw materials
consumption and energy usage.
Platform flexibility and ongoing development of both hardware and software capabilities lead to a longer product
lifecycle, lowering all aspects of the total cost of ownership, including materials and energy use.
High efficiency power supplies are provided with each platform.
Investment protection
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The Cisco 2900 Series maximizes investment protection:
Reuse of a broad array of existing modules supported on the original Integrated Services Routers provides a
lower cost of ownership
A rich set of Cisco IOS Software features carried forward from the original Integrated Services Routers and
delivered in a single universal image.
Flexibility to adapt as your business needs evolve.
Platform Architecture and Modularity
The Cisco 2900 Series is architected to meet the application demands of today’s branch offices with design flexibility
for future applications. The modular architecture is designed to support increasing bandwidth requirements, time-
division multiplexing (TDM) interconnections, and fully integrated power distribution to modules supporting 802.3af
Power over Ethernet (PoE) and Cisco Enhanced PoE (ePoE). Table 2 lists the architectural features and benefits of
the Cisco 2900 Series.
Table 2. Architectural Features and Benefits
Architectural Feature Benefits
Modular platform
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The Cisco 2900 Series ISRs are highly modular platforms with several types of module slots to add
connectivity and services for varied branch-office network requirements.
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The ISRs offer an industry-leading breadth of LAN and WAN connectivity options through modules to
accommodate field upgrades for future technologies without requiring a platform replacement.
Processors
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The Cisco 2900 Series are powered by high-performance multi-core processors that can support the growing
demands of high-speed WAN connections to the branch-office while also running multiple concurrent
services.
Embedded IP Security with
Security Sockets Layer
(IPSec/SSL) VPN hardware
acceleration
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Embedded hardware encryption acceleration is enhanced to provide higher scalability, which combined with
an optional Cisco IOS Security license, enables WAN link security and VPN services (both IPSec and SSL
acceleration).
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The onboard encryption hardware replaces and outperforms the advanced integration modules (AIMs) of
previous generations.
Multigigabit fabric (MGF)
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The Cisco 2900 Series introduces an innovative multigigabit fabric (MGF) that allows for efficient module-to-
module communication, enabling tighter services interactions across modules while reducing the overhead
on the route processor.
TDM interconnectivity fabric
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Unified communications services in the branch office are significantly enhanced with the use of a TDM
interconnectivity fabric in the system architecture, allowing for scaling of DS-0 channel capacity.
