Description

Cisco ISR2901 Integrated Services Router Kenya

The Cisco ISR2901 Kenya Integrated Services Router features a new platform 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 Router is future-enabled with multi-core CPUs, support for high capacity DSPs (Digital Signal Processors) for future enhanced video capabilities, high powered service modules with improved availability, 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 flexible technology foundation which can quickly adapt to evolving network requirements.

The Cisco ISR2901 Kenya offers unparalleled total cost of ownership savings and network agility through the intelligent integration of market leading security, unified communications, wireless, and application services. Cisco ISR2901 Kenya Integrated Services Router offers 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.

Features

Services Integration

The Cisco ISR2901 Kenya offers increased levels of services integration with voice, video, security, wireless, mobility, and data services, enabling greater efficiencies and cost savings.

Services On Demand

A single Cisco IOS® Software Universal image is installed on Cisco ISR2901 Kenya. 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.

• 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 computer services module.

High Performance with Integrated Services

The Cisco ISR2901 Kenya enables deployment in high speed WAN environments with concurrent services enabled up to 75 Mbps.

• A Multi-giGabit Fabric (MGF) enables high-bandwidth module-to-module communication without compromising routing performance.

Network Agility

Designed to address customer business requirements, the Cisco ISR2901 Kenya modular architecture offers increased capacity and performance as your network needs grow.

• Modular interfaces offer increased bandwidth, a diversity of connection options, and network resiliency.

Energy Efficiency

The Cisco ISR2901 Kenya 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

The Cisco ISR2901 Kenya 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 ISR2901 Kenya 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).

Cisco IOS Software

Cisco ISR2901 Kenya Integrated Services Router deliver innovative technologies running on industry-leading Cisco IOS Software. Developed for wide deployment in the world’s most demanding enterprise, access, and service provider networks, the Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 platforms are supported on Cisco IOS Software releases 15M&T. Release 15.0(1)M is available immediately and provides support for a comprehensive portfolio of Cisco technologies, including the functionality and features delivered in releases 12.4 and 12.4T. New innovations in 15.0(1)M span multiple technology areas, including security, voice, high availability, IP Routing and Multicast, Quality of Service (QoS), IP Mobility, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), VPNs, and embedded management.

Integrated Network Security for Data, Voice, Video, and Mobility

Security is essential to protect a business’ intellectual property while also ensuring business continuity and providing the ability to extend the corporate workplace to employees who need anytime, anywhere access to company resources. As part of the Cisco’ SAFE architectural framework that allows organizations to identify, prevent, and adapt to network security threats, the Cisco ISR2901 Kenya Integrated Services Router facilitate secure business transactions and collaboration.

• Secure connectivity : Secure collaborative communications with Group Encrypted Transport VPN, Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN), or Enhanced Easy VPN
• Integrated threat control : Responding to sophisticated network attacks and threats using Cisco IOS Firewall, Cisco IOS Zone-Based Firewall, Cisco IOS IPS, Cisco IOS Content Filtering, and Flexible Packet Matching (FPM)
• Identity management : Intelligently protecting endpoints using technologies such as Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

Wireless LAN/WAN

This Cisco Integrated Services Router supporting the Cisco Unified Wireless Architecture enable deployment of secure, manageable Wireless LANs (WLANs) optimized for remote sites and branch offices, including fast secure mobility, survivable authentication, and simplified management. The Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Module on the Cisco ISR2901 Kenya allows Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs) and enterprise branch offices to cost-effectively deploy and manage secure WLANs. Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers work in conjunction with Cisco lightweight access points and the Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) to provide system-wide WLAN functions, managing up to 6, 12, and 25 access points.

Application Services

As organizations continue to centralize and consolidate their branch-office IT infrastructure in an effort to reduce cost and complexity, they are challenged to provide an excellent user experience, ensure continuous service availability, and deliver business-relevant applications when and where they are needed. To address these challenges, the Cisco ISR2901 Kenya provides the capability to host Cisco, third-party, and custom applications on a portfolio of high-performance Cisco Services Ready Engine (SRE) modules that transparently integrate into the router. The modules have their own processors, storage, network interfaces, and memory that operate independently of the host router resources, helping to ensure maximum concurrent routing and application performance while reducing physical space requirements, lowering power consumption, and consolidating management.

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