Benefits of Migrating to Cisco 4000

Series Integrated Services Routers

Previous Cisco Integrated Services Routers
Cisco 4000 Series
Branch Network First-Generation Generation 2 (ISR G2)
Features Integrated Services Benefits
Needs (Cisco 1800, 2800, and (Cisco 1900, 2900, and Routers
3800 Series (EOL)) 3900 Series)

4 to 10 times performance increase for the same

Maximum throughput Up to 50 Mbps Up to 350 Mbps Up to 2 Gbps
price as the ISR G2

Separate data, control, Minimal performance impact as network services

and services planes
  ü are added and throughput increases

No need for additional branch appliances; add

Integrated service container   ü network services using pluggable virtual machines
Scale with high
performance Integrated compute with Cisco Local compute resources for applications,
UCS®1 E-Series servers
 ü ü data backup, and analytics

Higher availability for network services

Cisco IOS® XE Operating System   ü with multicore processing

Cisco® Application Visibility Visibility into 1000+ applications for capacity

and Control (AVC)
 ü ü planning and prioritization

Intelligent path Improve application experience and lower costs

selection (PfR2 v3)
 ü ü with path selection using real-time analytics
Uncompromised
user experience WAN optimization Improve application performance and offload WAN
(WAAS3 and Akamai)
 ü ü with Layer 4–7 optimization and intelligent caching

Sourcefire® Intrusion
Detection System (IDS)
 ü ü Industry-leading advanced threat defense

Cloud Web Security with Advanced 4 Scale secure direct Internet access with consistent
Malware Protection (AMP)
 ü ü policy enforcement
Security Multicore hardware
VPN acceleration
  ü High-performance encryption for secure WAN

Pay-as-you-grow performance Ability to buy what you need today and upgrade
and services
  ü anytime without complete equipment upgrades

Predictable OpEx spend, license portability,

Cisco ONE Software Suites  ü ü and investment protection
Reduced costs
and business Intelligent WAN app with Cisco
agility APIC Enterprise Module
 ü ü Automated provisioning for faster deployment

Cisco UCS – Cisco Unified Computing System™ PfR – Performance Routing WAAS – Wide Area Application Services Available 1H 2015
Learn more at www.cisco.com/go/isr4000
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