Description

Cisco ISR4221 Integrated Services Router Kenya

Cisco ISR4221 Kenya is Integrated Services router designed to deliver advanced services to the small enterprise branch environment. The router delivers 35Mbps throughput by default. With pay-as-you-grow performance, you can increase forwarding capacity to 75Mbps by buying licenses. The Cisco ISR4221 Kenya Integrated Services Router provide routing, hosting, security, and switching–all in a single, trustworthy platform allowing users to build digital branch to be secure, fast, and scalable.  Also, adopt the latest technologies, from SD-WAN to edge computing, while meeting the explosive network-performance needs driven by cloud applications and digital transformation. The Cisco ISR4221 Kenya Integrated Services Router revolutionizes WAN communications in the enterprise branch. With new levels of built-in intelligent network capabilities and convergence, it specifically addresses the growing need for application-aware networking in distributed enterprise sites. These locations tend to have lean IT resources. But they often also have a growing need for direct communication with both private data centers and public clouds across diverse links, including Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPNs and the Internet.

Features

Predictable performance

Get a high-availability architecture designed for mission-critical branches. The Cisco ISR4221 Kenya delivers high-speed, predictable performance and modularity to connect from most remote locations.

Network services

Deploy key integrated network services for your branch in minutes, virtually or on-premises, without sacrificing performance.

Simplified management

Configure and monitor your network and enforce business policies through Cisco DNA Center and Cisco SD-WAN. Cisco ISR4221 Kenya simplifies network automation and turn hours of work into minutes.

Threat protection

Protect your branch site across the LAN and WAN and in the cloud with security integrated into the router. You no longer need a separate security appliance.

Cisco Software Defined WAN

Cisco SDWAN is a set of intelligent software services that allow you to reliably and securely connect users, devices, and branch office locations across a diverse set of WAN transport links. Cisco ISR4221 Kenya is SDWAN-enabled router dynamically route traffic across the “best” link based on up-to-the-minute application and network conditions for great application experiences. You get tight control over application performance, bandwidth usage, data privacy, and availability of your WAN links – control that you need as your branches conduct greater volumes of mission-critical business.

Cisco Converged Branch Infrastructure

The Cisco ISR4221 Kenya consolidate many must-have IT functions, including network, compute, and storage resources. The high-performance, integrated routers run multiple concurrent services, including encryption, traffic management, and WAN optimization, without slowing your data throughput. And you can activate new services on demand through a simple licensing change.

Cisco Intent Based Networking and Digital Network Architecture (Cisco DNA)

The Cisco Digital Network Architecture (Cisco DNA) is an open, extensible, software-driven architecture that provides for faster innovation, helping to generate deeper insights, and deliver exceptional experiences across many different applications. Cisco DNA relies on intent-based networking, a revolutionary approach in networking that helps organizations automate, simplify, and secure the network.

Throughput & Service reliability

• Concurrent software services at speeds up to 2 Gbps. Backplane architecture supports high-bandwidth module-to-module communication at speeds up to 10 Gbps.
• A distributed multicore architecture with the industry’s first internal services plane.
• Remote installation of application-aware services, which run identically to their counterparts in dedicated appliances.

Lower WAN expenditures

Cisco ISR4221 Kenya boasts of embedded SDWAN solution creating lower-cost, business-class Internet connections.

Pay-as-you-grow Performance upgrade model, Investment protection as CapEx budget management

• Cisco ISR4221 Kenya capacity can be increased with a remote performance-on-demand license upgrade (no hardware upgrade) for exceptional savings.

Superior and secure user application experiences

• ISR-AX “Application Experience” software bundle with advanced routing and network monitoring services.
• Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN), zone-based firewalls, Intrusion Prevention (Snort & Umbrella Branch) and Content Management using Cisco Cloud Web security & OpenDNS protecting data, providing authentication credentials, and transmissions not backhauled through the data center.
• Secure boot feature performs hardware-based authentication of the bootloader software to prevent malicious or unintended software from booting on the system.
• Code signing verifies digital signatures of executables prior to loading to prevent execution of altered or corrupted code.
• Hardware authentication protects against hardware counterfeiting by using an on-board tamper-proof silicon, including field replaceable modules. If authentication fails, the module is not allowed to boot

IT consolidation, space savings, and improved Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Single converged branch platform integrates routing, switching, virtual server, storage, security, unified communications, WAN optimization, and performance management tools.

Business continuity and increased resiliency

• The Cisco ISR4221 Kenya supports optional power supply capable of delivering additional PoE power to endpoints.
• Modular network interfaces with diverse connection options for load-balancing and network resiliency.
• Modular interfaces with online removal and insertion (OIR) for module upgrades without network disruption.
• Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST), which serves as a resiliency complement to Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS), a Cisco cloud-based UC service.
• Support for multiple, diverse access links: T1/E1, T3/E3, Serial, xDSL, Gigabit and Ten-Gigabit Ethernet.

Lower telephony costs with VoIP and rich media experiences

• High-performance analog/digital gateway, allowing VoIP over less expensive Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunks.
• Integrated IP PBX (Cisco Unified Communications Express) and Session Border Controller (Cisco Unified Border Element, or CUBE).

Easier manageability and support

• Single, universal software image for all features and performance-on-demand licensing flexibility.
• No additional services and support needed for compute and storage.
• Supported by Cisco and third-party management tools, with programmability and automation.

Specifications