Routers & Gateways

Cisco® ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers aggregate multiple WAN connections and network services including encryption and traffic management, and forward them across WAN connections at line speeds from 2.5 to 200 Gbps. The routers contain both hardware and software redundancy in an industry-leading high-availability design.

The latest additions to the Cisco ASR 1000 Series are the Cisco ASR 1002-HX Router and the Cisco ASR 1001-HX Router. Both new routers support up to 100 Gbps in a 2-rack-unit (2RU) and 60 Gbps in a 1-rack-unit (1RU) form factor, respectively. The ASR 1002-HX has 8 built-in 10-Gigabit Ethernet (GE) ports and 8 1-GE ports, with the Ethernet port adapter (EPA) slot for expansion. The ASR 1001-HX has 4 built-in 10-GE ports, 8 1-GE ports, and 4 configurable 10-GE or 1-GE ports

The Cisco ASR 1000 Series supports Cisco IOS® XE Software, a modular operating system with modular packaging, feature velocity, and powerful resiliency. The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Embedded Services Processors (ESPs), which are based on Cisco Flow Processor™ technology, accelerate many advanced features such as crypto-based access security; Network Address Translation (NAT), thread defense with Cisco Zone-Based Firewall (ZBFW), deep packet inspection (DPI), Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE), and a diverse set of
data-center-interconnect (DCI) features. These services are implemented in Cisco IOS XE Software without the need for additional hardware support.

Cisco ASR 1000 Routers sit at the edge of your enterprise data center or large office connecting to the WAN, as well as in service provider points of presence (POPs). The Cisco ASR 1000 Series will benefit the following types of customers:

• Enterprises experiencing explosive network traffic as mobility, cloud networking, and video and collaboration usage increase: Cisco ASRs consolidate these various traffic streams and apply traffic management and redundancy properties to them to maintain consistent performance among enterprise sites and cloud locations.
• Network service providers needing to deliver high-performance services, such as DCI and branch-office server aggregation, to business customers: Service providers can also use the multiservice routers to deploy hosted and managed services to business and multimedia services to residential customers.
• Existing Cisco 7200 Series Router (end-of-sale) customers looking for simple migration to a new multiservice platform that delivers greater performance with the same design.

Powerful Compact Services Router for Your Enterprise Edge

The new ASR1001-HX is the most powerful compact services router in the market today. It comes in a 1-rack-unit (1RU) form factor that delivers up to 60 Gbps total system bandwidth. With four 10-GE ports, eight 1-GE ports, and four configurable 10-GE and 1-GE ports, this router offers instant-on service capabilities and on-demand crypto capability up to 29 Gbps.

Features and Capabilities

The ASR 1001-HX Router supports software redundancy without redundant hardware, just like Cisco ASR 1001-X, 1002-X, 1002-HX, and 1004 Routers. It is ideal for WAN aggregation or Internet edge devices, or managed services.

ASR 1001-HX features include:

• Up to 60 Gbps of total system bandwidth
• Field replaceable, optional, Crypto module capable of up to 29-Gb bandwidth
• Support for built-in front panel 4x10GE, 8x1GE, and 4 configurable 10-Gibabit-Ethernet (GE) and 1-GE ports
• Two AC or DC power supplies
• One field-replaceable fan tray for front-to-back airflow

The ASR 1001-HX is ideal for high-end enterprise branch offices and as a high-performance edge solution for a private WAN, including:

• WAN aggregation and secure WAN
• Internet edge
• Data center interconnect
• Cisco Intelligent WAN (IWAN)

Cisco® 1900 Series Integrated Services Routers build on 25 years of Cisco innovation and product leadership. The new platforms are architected to enable the next phase of branch-office evolution, providing rich media collaboration and virtualization to the branch while maximizing operational cost savings The Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 platforms are future-enabled with multi-core CPUs, Gigabit Ethernet switching with enhanced POE, and new energy monitoring and control capabilities while enhancing overall system performance. Additionally, a new Cisco IOS® Software Universal image and Services Ready Engine module enable you to decouple the deployment of hardware and software, providing a stable technology foundation which can quickly adapt to evolving network requirements. Overall, the Cisco 1900 Series offer unparalleled total cost of ownership savings and network agility through the intelligent integration of market leading security, unified communications, wireless, and application services.

The Cisco^® 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000 Series) portfolio has been steadily expanding over the years to provide our customers with the flexibility they need. The ISR 1000 Series combines routing, switching, Wi-Fi, integrated security, and DSL and LTE uplink connectivity options in a single, lightweight, high-performance device. Choose between the traditional Cisco IOS^® XE or controller-managed Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN software to deploy your network quickly and reliably on all Cisco ISR 1000 Series routers. With a simple and flexible pay-as-you-grow model, you purchase network capacity only when you need it.

Key features

• Industry-leading hardware coupled with feature-rich software combine to make high-performance small-office routers. Up to 800 Mbps IMIX encrypted throughput.
• Latest-generation LTE uplink technologies, including dual-carrier support and carrier aggregation, with 5G support coming soon.
• Flexible network management solutions, ranging from local WebUI support to cloud-hosted and on-premises SD-WAN controllers.
• Wi-Fi 6-capable wireless connectivity embedded into a small-form-factor, fanless, all-in-one device.
• Advanced security features available on-box, including Enterprise Firewall with Application Awareness, IPS/IDS, Advanced Malware Protection, URL filtering, and Cisco Umbrella^® Secure Internet Gateway (SIG) (Secure Access Service Edge [SASE]).

All Cisco 2900 Series Integrated Services Routers offer embedded hardware encryption acceleration, voice- and video-capable digital signal processor (DSP) slots, optional firewall, intrusion prevention, call processing, voicemail, and application services. In addition, the platforms support the industries widest range of wired and wireless connectivity options such as T1/E1, T3/E3, xDSL, copper and fiber GE.