Cisco 2921 Series Router, More Benefits, High Performance

Cisco 2900 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR), designed to power the next phase of branch-office evolution, deliverhighly secure connectivity with multiservice integration that can transform the workplace with a broad set of integrated services, rich-media support, and operational excellence.

As a type of router for small to medium enterprise with high performance, refurbished Cisco 2900 series ISRs 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, XDSL, copper and fiber GE.

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High availability and increased business uptime through Cisco IOS Software, hardware redundancy, and failover capabilities.

Modular support for the broadest set of cisco2921 network and security services, as well as customizable "on demand" virtual services.

Video-ready architecture supports rich media unified communications capabilities.

Defends against malicious attacks and threats to data, voice, video and mobility.

High speed wireless access enables employees to be more productive when they are away from their desks.

Give remote staff and teleworkers secure access to company assets over a highly secure connection.

Cisco 2900 Series Integrated Services Routers offer a range of features, including:

High-performance, nonstop connectivity with integrated services enables deployment in high-speed WAN environments

Modular design delivers optimal service flexibility

Available enhanced Ether Switch modules enable integrated switching capabilities

Innovative Services-Ready Engine (SRE) enables deployment of services on demand

3G backup WAN access to support business continuity

Support for Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express enables secure collaboration for up to 150 users

Optional integrated high-speed 802.11n wireless access point supports secure mobility

Integrated network security defends against malicious attacks and threats to data, voice, video, and mobility

VPN support enables secure collaborative communications with Group Encrypted Transport VPN (GETVPN), Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN), or Enhanced Easy VPN

Enhanced redundancy, including diagnostics and backup power supplies increase fault tolerance and business uptime

Operational simplicity, energy efficient design, and Green credentials deliver low total cost of ownership

Cisco 2900 Series Models:

There are four models of Cisco 2900 router: Cisco 2901, Cisco 2911, Cisco 2921, and Cisco 2951. And the reflection from market we are clear that models of Cisco 2900 series are hot required by Cisco customers, such as Cisco 2951/K9, Cisco 2911/K9, Cisco 2921/K9, Cisco 2901/K9…

Take Cisco 2911 as an example,check its features in detail:

3 integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports (RJ-45 only)

1 service module slot

4 enhanced high-speed WAN interface card slots

2 onboard digital signal processor (DSP) slots

1 Internal Service Module slot for application services

Fully integrated power distribution to modules supporting 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE) and Cisco Enhanced PoE

Security

Embedded hardware-accelerated VPN encryption for secure connectivity and collaborative communications Integrated threat control using Cisco IOS Firewall, Cisco IOS Zone-Based Firewall, Cisco IOS IPS, and Cisco IOS Content Filtering

Identity management using authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) and public key infrastructure

Voice

High-density-packet voice DSP module, optimized for voice and video support

Standards-certified VoiceXML browser services

Cisco Unified Border Element capabilities

Cisco Unity Express voicemail support

Support for Cisco Communications Manager Express and Survivable Remote Site Telephony

Overall, the cisco2951 Series offers unparalleled total cost of ownership savings and network agility through the intelligent integration of security, wireless, unified communications, and application services.

Notes: Some Cisco 2900 series’ price offered as follows:

CISCO2901/K9: List Price: US$1,995.00 / Wholesale Price: US$958.00

CISCO2911/K9: List Price: US$2,695.00 / Wholesale Price: US$1,290.00

CISCO2921/K9: List Price: US$3,695.00 / Wholesale Price: US$1,773.00

CISCO2951/K9: List Price: US$7,500.00 / Wholesale Price: US$3,600.00

CISCO2901-SEC/K9: List Price: US$2,895.00 / Wholesale Price: US$1,419.00

CISCO2911-SEC/K9: List Price: US$3,595.00 / Wholesale Price: US$1,762.00

CISCO2921-SEC/K9: List Price: US$4,595.00 / Wholesale Price: US$2,252.00

CISCO2951-SEC/K9: List Price: US$8,395.00 / Wholesale Price: US$4,114.00

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Cisco 1941, Cisco 1921, Maintaining Top in Cisco 1900 Series

Cisco1900 Series Integrated Services Routers build on 25 years of wholesale cisco innovation and product leadership. The new Cisco 1900 series 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.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.

All Cisco 1900 Series Integrated Services Routers offer embedded hardware encryption acceleration, optional firewall, intrusion prevention, and application services. In addition, the platforms support the industries widest range of wired and wireless connectivity options such as T1/E1, xDSL, 3G, and GE.

About Cisco 1941

Cisco1941 builds on the best-in-class offering of the existing Cisco 1841 Integrated Services Routers by offering 2 models-Cisco 1941 and Cisco 1941W. In addition to the support of a wide range of wireless and wired connectivity options supported on Cisco 1941 Series, Cisco 1941W offers integration of IEEE 802.11n access point which is backwards compatible with IEEE 802.11a/b/g access points.

Benefits & Key Features

Service Integration

The Cisco1941 Series offer increased levels of services integration with data, security, wireless and mobility services enabling greater efficiencies cost savings.

Services on Demand

A single Cisco IOS 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.

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

The Cisco 1900 Series enables deployment in high speed WAN environments with concurrent services enabled up to 25 Mbps.

Multi-Gigabit Fabric enables high bandwidth module to module communication without compromising routing performance

Network Agility

Designed to address customer business requirements, Cisco 1941 Series with the modular architecture, offers performance range of modular interfaces and services as your network needs grow.

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

Energy Efficiency

The Cisco 1941 Series architecture provides energy savings features that include the following:

The Cisco 1900 Series offers intelligent power management and allows the customer to control power to the modules based on the time of day. Cisco Energy Wise 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 1941 Series maximizes investment protection by supporting:

Reuse of a broad array of existing modules supported on the original Integrated Services Routers provides a lower cost of ownership.

Rich set of Cisco IOS Software features carried forward from the original Integrated Services Routers and delivered in the universal image.

Flexibility to grow as your business needs evolve.

As businesses strive to lower the total cost of ownership in running their network and increase their overall employee productivity with more centralize and collaborative network applications, more intelligent branch office solutions are required. 

The Cisco 1941 Series is designed to consolidate the functions of separate devices into a single, compact system that can be remotely managed.

Cisco 1941 routers offer these solutions by providing enhanced performance and increased modular density to support multiple services. 

Hot Cisco 1900 Series Items:

Cisco1941/k9:w/2 GE, 2 EHWIC slots,256MB CF,512MB DRAM,IP Base

CISCO1941-SEC/K9:Cisco 1941 Security Bundle w/SEC license PAK

Cisco1921/K9:2GE, 2 EHWIC slots, 512DRAM, IP Base

CISCO1921-SEC/K9: 2GE, SEC License PAK, 512 MB DRAMS, 256MB Fl

In one word, for a business like yours that depends on technology, Cisco 1900 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISRs) deliver high-performance, highly secure connectivity with multiservice integration that can transform the workplace with a broad set of services, rich-media support, and operational excellence.

Cisco shoots down talk of phone flaws

Cisco is coming out in support of an upcoming presentation on hacking techniques for voice over IP (VoIP) systems.

Security testing firm HackLabs is planning to hold a one day tutorial on security testing for VoIP systems, which will include sections discussing Cisco router communications platforms. The tutorial will take place on Thursday at the AusCERT security conference.

Though news of the session initially lead to speculation that researchers would be disclosing 'zero day' security flaws in Cisco's VoIP systems, a company spokesperson told V3.co.uk that it does not believe any new flaws will be reported.

"We have spoken with both the conference organizers and presenters ahead of the upcoming AusCERT 2011 tutorial on VoIP Security Testing," the Cisco routers spokesperson said.

"They have confirmed that no new security vulnerabilities will be revealed."

The spokesperson noted Cisco's history of working with researchers and said that in this case, it even supports the aim of the HackLabs tutorial.

"We understand their presentation will reference the importance of securing IP phones in line with the manufacturer's installation and configuration recommendations," the spokesperson said.

"We support this message and recommend it as a best practice for our customers."

Though Cisco is best known for its network infrastructure and enterprise hardware platforms, the company has long been involved in cyber security initiatives and research operations.

At this year's RSA conference, the company introduced a software architecture designed to support reputation-based security measures, while the 2010 RSA show saw Cisco researchers give an overview of the notorious Zeus malware.

Cisco Announces Cloud-Based Products For Branch Offices

Cisco announced Tuesday two new cloud-based products aimed at branch offices and remote locations.

The first is the Cisco router Flex 7500 Series Cloud Controller, a LAN controller that enables the central management of up to 500 branch locations and 2,000 access points from one data center. It allows IT managers to remotely configure wireless policies, management, and security settings without having to physically be in the branch location.

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The benefit for small branch offices to have a controller, rather than standalone access points at multiple sites, is that a controller brings consistency, allows you to more easily manage access points and upgrade firmware, and provides more simple troubleshooting, Sylvia Hooks, senior manager of mobility marketing for Cisco, said in an InformationWeek interview.

"Taken all together and when you put that into a data center, we're minimizing the need to put IT experts in the store, so we're minimizing that support burden that is difficult to fulfill in many branch offices," Hooks said.

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This is the case at Bass Pro Shops, a model client Cisco cites. Bass Pro Shops implemented the 7500 controller two months ago to centralize the management of wireless connections for its 54 retail stores, corporate headquarters, and distribution facility.

"By deploying a Cisco Flex 7500 Series Cloud Controller, we will be able to reduce costs by eliminating the need for a controller at each store to manage the wireless networks, while also reducing the amount of interaction needed by store personnel," Steve Marshall, director of IT services at Bass Pro Shops, said in a statement.

Cisco routers also introduced the Integrated Services Router Web Security software for the ISR G2 branch router. The software extends Cisco's ScanSafe Cloud Web Security and allows organizations to deploy cloud-based Web security and Web usage policies, enabling secure local Internet access for branch offices and users.

The security software addresses a trend Cisco has seen in branch offices: LAN bottlenecks caused by increasing bandwidth usage have driven some organizations to use a tunnel traffic over the Internet, which increases the security vulnerabilities of an organization.

"What we've done with Cisco ISR Web Security is to provide an intelligent software solution in all branch-office routers to intelligently redirect all the Internet access directly to cloud-based, ScanSafe security towers, rather than backhauling all traffic through data center," Prashanth Shenoy, senior manager of borderless networks marketing at Cisco, said in an InformationWeek interview.

The benefits include a reduction in hardware for security, including routers, and cloud-based security monitoring, Shenoy said. The new software will be available in July for $2,495, plus an annual Cisco ScanSafe service subscription.

The Cisco Flex 7500 Series Cloud Controller is available now; pricing starts at $47,995.