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  • Cisco 2911 with 3 onboard GE, 4 EHWIC slots, 2 DSP slots, 1 ISM slot, 256MB CF default, 512MB DRAM default, IP Base. Cisco 2921 with 3 onboard GE, 4 EHWIC slots, 3 DSP slots, 1 ISM slot, 256MB CF default, 512MB DRAM default, IP Base.

Overview:

The Cisco 2911 Integrated Services Router (ISR) delivers highly secure data, voice, video, and application service. Key features include:

  • 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

Features & Benefits:

The Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISR G2) provide superior services integration and agility. Designed for scalability, the modular architecture of these platforms enables you to grow and adapt with your business needs.

Similar To The Other Routers In The Isr Portfolio, The Isr-ax Routers Consist Of Three Product Families: The Cisco 3900-ax, 2900-ax, And 1900-ax Series Routers. From The Cisco 1921-ax Through The Cisco 3945e-ax, The Portfolio Provides Increasing Performance And Module Slot Density, And Each Router Comes Equipped And Ready To Deploy.

Key Business Benefits of the Cisco 2900 Series Integrated Services Routers
BenefitsDescription
Service Integration
  • The Cisco 2900 Series ISRs offer 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 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 2900 Series enables deployment in high speed WAN environments with concurrent services enabled up to 75 Mbps.
  • A multigigabit fabric (MGF) enables high-bandwidth module-to-module communication without compromising routing performance.
Network Agility
  • Designed to address customer business requirements, the Cisco 2900 Series 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 EfficiencyThe Cisco 2900 Series 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 ProtectionThe Cisco 2900 Series 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 2900 Series 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).

Architectural Features and Benefits
Architectural FeatureBenefits
Modular Platform
  • The Cisco 2900 Series ISRs are highly modular platforms with several types of module slots to add connectivity and services for varied branch-office network requirements.
  • The ISRs offer an industry-leading breadth of LAN and WAN connectivity options through modules to accommodate field upgrades for future technologies without requiring a platform replacement.
Processors
  • The Cisco 2900 Series are powered by high-performance multi-core processors that can support the growing demands of high-speed WAN connections to the branch-office while also running multiple concurrent services.
Embedded IP Security with Security Sockets Layer (IPSec/SSL) VPN hardware acceleration
  • Embedded hardware encryption acceleration is enhanced to provide higher scalability, which combined with an optional Cisco IOS Security license, enables WAN link security and VPN services (both IPSec and SSL acceleration).
  • The onboard encryption hardware replaces and outperforms the advanced integration modules (AIMs) of previous generations.
MultiGigabit Fabric
  • The Cisco 2900 Series introduces an innovative multigigabit fabric (MGF) that allows for efficient module-to-module communication, enabling tighter services interactions across modules while reducing the overhead on the route processor.
TDM interconnectivity fabric
  • Unified communications services in the branch office are significantly enhanced with the use of a TDM interconnectivity fabric in the system architecture, allowing for scaling of DS-0 channel capacity.
Integrated Gigabit Ethernet ports
  • All onboard WAN ports are 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet WAN routed ports.
  • One of the three 10/100/1000 Ethernet WAN ports on the Cisco 2921 and 2951 supports Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP)-based connectivity in lieu of a RJ-45 port and enabling fiber connectivity.
Innovative universal-serial-bus (USB)-based console access
  • A new, innovative USB console port offers management connectivity for devices without a serial port such as modern laptop computers.
  • Traditional console and auxiliary ports are also available.
Optional integrated power supply for distribution of PoE and universal DC power supply
  • An optional upgrade to the internal power supply provides inline power (802.3af-compliant PoE and Cisco Inline Power) to integrated switch modules.
  • On the Cisco 2911, 2921, and 2951, an optional DC power supply will be available in the future that extends deployment into central offices and industrial environments.
Optional External Redundant Power Supply (RPS)
  • The Cisco 2911, 2921, and 2951 allow for power redundancy through the use of an external RPS device, thereby decreasing network downtime and protecting the network from power-supply failures.
  • Redundant power on the Cisco 2900 Series is supported through the Cisco RPS 2300 Redundant Power System. You can use the Cisco RPS 2300 to provide redundant power for Cisco 2900 Series ISRs as well as Cisco Catalyst® switches.
  • In order to use the Cisco RPS 2300, an external RPS adapter is required (configurable option) to connect the platform to the external RPS.
PoE Boost
  • When connected to an external RPS device, the Cisco 2911, 2921, and 2951 can operate in a PoE boost configuration in lieu of redundant power mode-whereby the power capacity of the platform is increased to twice the normal level to power additional PoE ports.
Designed for Flexible Deployments
  • The Cisco 2911 and 2951 are designed for NEBS environments
  • The 2911 is 12' deep and has an optional fan filter for deployments in a variety of environments. An assembly that provides front-to-back airflow is also available for 23' racks.

Modularity Features and Benefits

The Cisco 2900 Series provides significantly enhanced modular capabilities (refer to Table 3) offering investment protection for customers. Most of the modules available on previous generations of Cisco routers, such as the Cisco 2800 Series, are supported on the Cisco 2900 Series. Additionally, modules can be used on other supported Cisco platforms to provide maximum investment protection. Taking advantage of common interface cards across a network greatly reduces the complexity of managing inventory requirements, implementing large network rollouts, and maintaining configurations across a variety of branch-office sizes.

Modularity-Features and Benefits
ISR ModulesBenefits
Cisco Service ModuleEach service module slot offers high-data-throughput capability:
  • Up to 4 Gbps aggregate toward the route processor
  • Up to 2 Gbps aggregate to other module slots over MGF
  • Service module (SM) slots are highly flexible with support for double-wide service modules (SM-D's), which are Service Modules that require two SM slots. SM-Ds in the Cisco 2921 and 2951 provide flexibility for higher-density modules.
  • A service module slot replaces the network module and the extension module for voice/fax (EVM) slots and is offered on Cisco 2911, 2921, and 2951 ISRs.
  • An adapter module enables backward compatibility with existing network modules, enhanced network modules (NMEs), and EVMs.
  • Service module slots provide twice the power capabilities relative to the network-module slots, allowing for flexibility for higher-scale and better-performance modules.
  • Power to service module slots can be managed by extensions similar to the Cisco EnergyWise framework, so your organization can reduce energy consumption in your network infrastructure. Full EnergyWise support will be available in future software releases.
Cisco Enhanced High-Speed WAN Interface Card (EHWIC
  • The EHWIC slot provides enhancements to the prior generation's high-speed WAN interface card (HWIC) slots while provide maximum investment protection by natively supporting HWICs, WAN interface cards (WICs), voice interface cards (VICs), and voice/WAN interface cards (VWICs).
  • Four integrated EHWIC slots on the Cisco 2901, 2911, 2921, and 2951 allow for more flexible configurations.
  • Each HWIC slot offers high-data-throughput capability:
  • Up to 1.6 Gbps aggregate toward the route processor
  • Up to 2 Gbps aggregate to other module slots over the MGF
  • Flexibility to support double-wide modules is enabled by combining two EHWIC slots. Up to 2 double-wide HWIC (HWIC-D) modules are supported.
Cisco Internal Services Module (ISM)A single ISM slot provides flexibility to integrate intelligent service modules on an internal slot within the chassis
  • Each ISM slot offers high-data-throughput capability:
  • Up to 4 Gbps aggregate toward the route processor
  • Up to 2 Gbps aggregate to other module slots over the MGF
  • The ISM replaces the AIM slot; existing AIM modules are not supported in the ISM slot.
  • Power to ISM slots can be managed by extensions similar to the Cisco EnergyWise framework, so your organization can reduce energy consumption in your network infrastructure. Full EnergyWise support will be available in future software releases.
Cisco High-Density Packet Voice Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Module (PVDM3) slots on motherboard
  • PVDM3 slots natively support PVDM3 modules, providing support for richer density for rich-media voice and video.
  • Each PVDM3 slot connects back to the system architecture through a 2 Gbps aggregate link through the MGF.
  • Investment protection for PVDM2 modules is supported through an adapter module.
  • Power to the PVDM slots can be managed by extensions similar to the Cisco EnergyWise framework, so your organization can reduce energy consumption in your network infrastructure. Full EnergyWise support will be available in future software releases.
Compact Flash slots
  • Two external Compact Flash slots are available on the Cisco 2900 Series Integrated Services Routers. Each slot can support high-speed storage densities upgradeable to 4 GB in density.
USB 2.0 ports
  • Two high-speed USB 2.0 ports are supported. The USB ports enable secure token capabilities and storage.

Cisco OS Software

Cisco 2900 Series Integrated Services Routers 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.

Cisco IOS Software Licensing and Packaging

A single Cisco IOS Universal image encompassing all IOS technology feature sets is delivered with the platforms. You can enable advanced features by activating a software license on the Universal image. In previous generations of access routers, these feature sets required you to download a new software image. Technology packages and feature licenses, enabled through the Cisco software licensing infrastructure, simplify software delivery and decrease the operational costs of deploying new features.

Four major technology licenses are available on the Cisco 2900 Series Integrated Services Routers; you can activate the licenses through the Cisco software activation process. The four licenses are as follows:

Cisco
  • IP Base: This technology package is available as default.
  • Data
  • Unified Communications
  • Security (SEC) or Security with No Payload Encryption (SEC-NPE)

Key Branch Office Services

The Cisco Integrated Services Routers are industry-leading platforms that offer unprecedented levels of services integration. Designed to meet the requirements of the branch office, these platforms provide a complete solution with voice, video, security, mobility and application services. Businesses enjoy the benefit of deploying a single device that meets all their needs, reducing capital and operational expenses.

Unified Communications, Collaboration, and Voice-Gateway Services

The Cisco 2900 Integrated Services Router is the foundation for collaboration in the small and midsize branch office, serving as a critical component of a Cisco's video architecture (Medianet) and enterprise Unified Communications solution. With embedded voice services and a wide range of supported telephony interfaces, the Cisco 2900 Series delivers maximum deployment flexibility for the distributed enterprise. Unified communications is enabled through a rich signaling and media-processing infrastructure, including a variety of protocols, media interworking, signal and media security, transcoding, conferencing, and QoS. Cisco Integrated Services Routers also feature a wide range of voice-gateway interfaces, supporting a broad array of signaling and physical network interfaces.

The Cisco 2900 Series enables a full range of existing and emerging video services, with scaling improvements to support Cisco TelePresence conferencing, security, and session control. The Cisco Unified Border Element extends these capabilities for business-to-business TelePresence communications. The Cisco 2900 Series adds support for the new Cisco High-Density Packet Voice Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Module (PVDM3), which has been optimized for voice and video support. The new PVDM3 modules support all voice-gateway functions of earlier generations of PVDMs and add higher density and more processing power to support emerging rich-media applications. The Cisco 2900 Series provides 2 or 3 onboard PVDM3 slots, depending on the platform.

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express and Survivable Remote Site Telephony

The Cisco Integrated Services Routers natively provide optional unified communications services within the Cisco IOS Software, minimizing the IT hardware footprint and total cost of ownership at the branch office. Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express (CME) provides a broad range of IP private-branch-exchange (PBX) and key-system features integrated into the router for the small and midsize branch office. Cisco Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST), also inherently available in Cisco IOS Software, and an option on the Cisco 2900 Series, helps ensure that branch-office employees have uninterrupted telephony services and features, even if the connection to a centralized Cisco Unified Communications Manager is disrupted. Coupled with Cisco Unity® Express, the integrated solution for voicemail, Automated Attendant, and interactive voice response (IVR), the Cisco 2900 Series offers the branch office a complete range of unified communications services while delivering industry-leading security within a single platform.

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VoiceXML Application Services

The Cisco 2900 Series also supports standards-certified VoiceXML browser services. VoiceXML is an open-standard markup language used to create voice-enabled web browsers and IVR applications. Just as HTML enables you to retrieve data with a PC, VoiceXML enables you to retrieve data using voice or dual-tone-multifrequency (DTMF) telephony input. The Cisco 2900 Series can deliver a much higher range of concurrent voice-gateway services combined with VoiceXML browser services, for up to 200 sessions on the Cisco 2951.

Cisco Unified Border Element

The Cisco Unified Border Element capabilities supported on the Cisco 2900 Series address the emerging requirements in an IP-centric interconnect for branch-office unified communications between enterprises and service provider networks. Cisco Unified Border Element provides intelligent border-element functions such as physical and logical ingress and egress demarcation points, signaling and media control, and consolidated security and management features. The Cisco 2900 Series supports higher scale than previously provided on the Cisco 2800 Series, up to 3 times the number of sessions.

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 2900 Series Integrated Services Routers facilitate secure business transactions and collaboration.

The Cisco IOS Software Security technology package for the Cisco 2900 Series offers a wide array of common security features such as advanced application inspection and control, threat protection, and encryption architectures for enabling more scalable and manageable VPN networks. The Cisco 2900 Series offers onboard hardware-based encryption acceleration to provide greater IPSec throughput with less overhead for the route processor when compared with software-based encryption solutions. Cisco Integrated Services Routers offer a comprehensive and adaptable security solution for branch offices that includes features such as:

  • 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 and Mobility Services

Wireless LAN/WAN

The Cisco Integrated Services Routers supporting the Cisco Unified Wireless Architecture enable deployment of secure, managb-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.

Wireless WAN

Cisco third-generation (3G) wireless WAN (WWAN) modules combine traditional enterprise router functions, such as remote management, advanced IP services such as voice over IP (VoIP), and security, with mobility capabilities of 3G WAN access. Using high-speed 3G wireless networks, routers can replace or complement existing landline infrastructure, such as dialup, Frame Relay, and ISDN. Cisco 3G solutions support 3G standards High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and Evolution Data Only/Evolution Data Optimized (EVDO) providing you with a true multipath WAN backup and the ability to rapidly deploy primary WAN connectivity.

Integrated LAN Switching

The Cisco 2900 Integrated Services Routers (Cisco 2911 through Cisco 2951) support the new Cisco Enhanced EtherSwitch Service Modules, which greatly expand router capabilities by integrating industry-leading Layer 2 or Layer 3 switching with feature sets identical to those found in the Cisco Catalyst 2960 and Catalyst 3650-E Series Switches performing local line-rate switching and routing.

The new Cisco Enhanced EtherSwitch Service Modules take advantage of the increased power capabilities on the Cisco 2900 ISRs. Additionally, the Cisco Enhanced EtherSwitch modules enable the newest Cisco power initiatives, Cisco EnergyWise, Cisco Enhanced Power over Ethernet (ePoE), per-port PoE power monitoring, and RPS-enabled PoE boost. These technologies allow you to meet increased endpoint power requirements without increasing the total power consumption of the branch.

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 2900 Series 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.

Application Acceleration

The Cisco 2900 Series seamlessly combines industry leading security, IOS based traffic control and visibility, with Cisco application acceleration solutions. Cisco IOS Software features such as NBAR, IP SLA, and Netflow provide visibility and monitoring of traffic patterns and application performance while IOS features such as QoS, ACLs, and PfR intelligently control the traffic to maximize the quality of the user experience and employee productivity. The user experience can be further enhanced through the addition of a Cisco WAAS Network Module which can be used to securely provide more advanced WAN optimization techniques such as TCP optimization, caching, compression, and application acceleration. Cisco Integrated Services Routers combined with Cisco WAAS Network Modules, provide optimal performance for applications delivered from a central data center to branch-office users. The solution allows you to consolidate costly server, storage, and backup infrastructure into data centers while maintaining LAN-like service levels for remote users.

Cisco Services Ready Engine

The Cisco Services Ready Engine solution is available in a Service Module (SM) and Internal Service Module (ISM) form factor. The Service Module hardware offers up to a seven times performance improvement over the previous generation Network Modules and provides a multi-core x86-64 processor. The SRE modules also support up to 1 terabyte of storage, RAID configurations, hardware-assisted virtualization and cryptography options. The Cisco SRE module enables on-demand provisioning of branch-office applications on the Cisco 2900 Series platforms so that you can deploy the right application, at the right time, in the right place. The hardware and software decoupling provided by the service-ready deployment model enables applications to be provisioned on the module at the time of its installation or remotely anytime thereafter. Supported solutions include Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS), Cisco Unity Express, Cisco Application Extension Platform (AXP), Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC), Cisco Video Surveillance, and other applications under development. The Service Ready Engine enables organizations of various sizes to future-proof their network by allowing them to quickly deploy new branch-office applications without deploying new hardware, reducing the cost of rolling out branch-office services.

Managing Your Integrated Services Routers

Network management applications are instrumental in lowering operating expenses (OpEx) while improving network availability by simplifying and automating many of the day-to-day tasks associated with managing an end-to-end network. Day-one device support provides immediate manageability support for the Integrated Services Router, enabling quick and easy deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting from Cisco and third-party applications.

Organizations rely on Cisco, third-party, and in-house developed network management applications to achieve their OpEx and productivity goals. Underpinning those applications are the embedded management features available in every Integrated Services Router. The new Integrated Services Routers continue a tradition of broad and deep manageability features such as IP service-level agreement (IP SLA), Cisco IOS Embedded Event Manager (EEM), and NetFlow which allow you to know the status of your network at all times. These features, along with Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and syslog, enable your organization's management applications.

Cisco 2900 ISR G2 Series IOS Software Features and Protocols Support
ProtocolsIPv4, IPv6, static routes, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Enhanced IGRP (EIGRP), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), BGP Router Reflector, Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS), Multicast Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMPv3) Protocol Independent Multicast sparse mode (PIM SM), PIM Source Specific Multicast (SSM), Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP), IPSec, Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE), Bi-Directional Forwarding Detection (BVD), IPv4-to-IPv6 Multicast, MPLS, L2TPv3, 802.1ag, 802.3ah, L2 and L3 VPN
EncapsulationsEthernet, 802.1q VLAN, Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol (MLPPP), Frame Relay, Multilink Frame Relay (MLFR) (FR.15 and FR.16), High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC), Serial (RS-232, RS-449, X.21, V.35, and EIA-530), Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE), and ATM
Traffic managementQoS, Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing (CBWFQ), Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED), Hierarchical QoS, Policy-Based Routing (PBR), Performance Routing (PfR), and Network-Based Advanced Routing (NBAR)

Embedded Management Features Available with Cisco IOS Software
FeatureDescription of Feature Supported by Cisco Integrated Services Routers
WSMAThe Web Services Management Agent (WSMA) defines a mechanism through which you can manage a network device, retrieve configuration data information, and upload and manipulate new configuration data. WSMA uses XML-based data encoding that is transported by the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) for the configuration data and protocol messages.
EEMCisco IOS Embedded Event Manager (EEM) is a distributed and customized approach to event detection and recovery offered directly in a Cisco IOS Software device. It offers the ability to monitor events and take informational, corrective, or any desired EEM action when the monitored events occur or when a threshold is reached.
IPSLACisco IOS IP Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) enable you to assure new business-critical IP applications, as well as IP services that use data, voice, and video in an IP network
SNMP, RMON, Syslog, NetFlow, and TR-069Cisco 2900 Series Integrated Services Routers also support SNMP, Remote Monitoring (RMON), syslog, NetFlow, and TR-069 in addition to the embedded management features previously mentioned.

Network Management Applications
Operational PhaseApplicationDescription
Device staging and configurationCisco Configuration ProfessionalCisco Configuration Professional is a GUI device-management tool for Cisco IOS Software-based access routers. This tool simplifies router, security, unified communications, wireless, WAN, and basic LAN configuration through easy-to-use wizards.
Network wide deployment, configuration, monitoring, and troubleshootingCiscoWorks LMSCiscoWorks LAN Management Solution (LMS) is a suite of integrated applications for simplifying day-to-day management of a Cisco end-to-end network, lowering OpEx while increasing network availability. CiscoWorks LMS offers network managers an easy-to-use web-based interface for configuring, administering, and troubleshooting the Cisco Integrated Services Routers, using new instrumentation such as Cisco IOS EEM Generic Online Diagnostics (GOLD).

In addition to supporting basic platform services of the Integrated Services Router, CiscoWorks also provides added-value support for the Cisco Services Ready Engine, enabling the management and distribution of software images to the SRE, thereby reducing the time and complexities associated with image management.

Network wide staging, configuration, and complianceCiscoWorks NCMCiscoWorks Network Compliance Manager (NCM) tracks and regulates configuration and software changes throughout a multivendor network infrastructure. It provides superior visibility into network changes and can track compliance with a broad variety of regulatory, IT, corporate governance, and technology requirements.
Security staging, configuration, and monitoringCisco Security ManagerCisco Security Manager is a leading enterprise-class application for managing security. It delivers provisioning of firewall, VPN, and intrusion-prevention-system (IPS) services across Cisco routers, security appliances, and switch service modules. The suite also includes the Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and Response System (Cisco Security MARS) for monitoring and mitigation.
Voice configuration and provisioningCisco Unified Provisioning ManagerCisco Unified Provisioning Manager provides a reliable and scalable web-based solution for managing a company's crucial next-generation communications services. It manages unified communications services in an integrated IP telephony, voicemail, and messaging environment.
Staging, deployment, and changes of licensesCisco License ManagerEasily manage Cisco IOS Software activation and licenses for a wide range of Cisco platforms running Cisco IOS Software as well as other operating systems with the secure client-server application Cisco License Manager.
Staging, deployment, and changes to configuration and image filesCisco Configuration EngineCisco Configuration Engine is a secure network management product that provides zero-touch image and configuration distribution through centralized, template-based management.

As your business strives to lower the total cost of ownership in running your network and increase your overall employee productivity with more centralized and collaborative network applications, you will need more intelligent branch-office solutions. The Cisco 2900 Series offers these solutions by providing enhanced performance and increased modular density to support multiple services. The Cisco 2900 Series is designed to consolidate the functions of many separate devices into a single, compact system.

Technical Specifications:

Cisco
Cisco 2901Cisco 2911Cisco 2921Cisco 2951
Services and Slot Density
Embedded hardware-based cryptography acceleration (IPSec + SSL)YesYesYesYes
Cisco Unified SRST Sessions3550100250
Cisco Unified CCME Sessions3550100150
Total onboard WAN 10/100/1000 Ports2333
RJ-45-based ports2333
SFP-based ports (use of SFP port disables the corresponding RJ-45 port)0011
Service Module slots0112
Double-wide Service Module slots (use of a double-wide slot will occupy all single-wide service module slots in a 2900)0011
EHWIC slots4444
Double-wide EHWIC slots (use of a double-wide EHWIC slot will consume two EHWIC slots)2222
ISM slots1111
Onboard DSP (PVDM) slots2233
Memory DDR2 ECC DRAM - Default512 MB512 MB512 MB512 MB
Memory (DDR2 ECC DRAM) - Maximum2 GB2 GB2 GB2 GB
Compact Flash (external) - Defaultslot 0: 256 MB
slot 1: none
slot 0: 256 MB
slot 1: none
slot 0: 256 MB
slot 1: none
slot 0: 256 MB
slot 1: none
Compact Flash (external) - Maximumslot 0: 4 GB
slot 1: 4 GB
slot 0: 4 GB
slot 1: 4 GB
slot 0: 4 GB
slot 1: 4 GB
slot 0: 4 GB
slot 1: 4 GB
External USB 2.0 flash memory slots (Type A)2222
USB Console port (Type B) (up to 115.2 kbps)1111
Serial console port1111
Serial auxiliary port1111
Power-supply optionsAC and PoEAC, PoE, and DC*AC, PoE, and DC*AC, PoE, and DC*
RPS support (External)NoCisco RPS 2300Cisco RPS 2300Cisco RPS 2300
Power Specifications
AC Input Voltage100 to 240 VAC auto ranging100 to 240 VAC auto ranging100 to 240 VAC auto ranging100 to 240 VAC auto ranging
AC Input Frequency47 to 63 Hz47 to 63 Hz47 to 63 Hz47-63 Hz
AC input current range AC power supply (maximum)1.5 to 0.6A2.2 to 1.0A3.4 to 1.4A3.4 to 1.4A
AC Input Surge Current<50A<50A<50A<50A
Typical Power (No Modules) (Watts)40506070
Maximum Power with AC power supply (Watts)150210320340
Maximum Power with PoE power supply (platform only) (Watts)175250370405
Maximum end-point PoE power available from PoE power supply (Watts)130200280370
Maximum end-point PoE power capacity with PoE Boost (Watts)N/A750750750
Physical Specifications
Dimensions (H x W x D)1.75 x 17.25 x 17.3 in. (44.5 x 438.2 x 439.4 mm)3.5 x 17.25 x 12 in. (88.9 x 438.2 x 304.8 mm)3.5 x 17.25 x 18.5 in. (88.9 x 438.2 x 469.9 mm)3.5 x 17.25 x 18.5 in. (88.9 x 438.2 x 469.9 mm)
Rack Height1RU (rack unit)2RU2RU2RU
Rack-mount 19in. (48.3 cm) EIAIncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
Rack Mount 23in. (58.4 cm) EIAoptionaloptionaloptionaloptional
Wall-mount (refer to installation guide for approved orientation)YesYesNoNo
Weight with AC power supply (no modules)13.4 lb (6.1 kg)18 lb (8.2 kg)29 lb (13.2 kg.)29 lb (13.2 kg)
Weight with AC PoE power supply (no modules)14.3 lb (6.5 kg)19 lb (8.6 kg)30 lb (13.6 kg)30 lb (13.6 kg)
Typical weight fully configured16 lb (7.3 kg)21 lb (9.5 kg)34 lb (15.5 kg)34 lb (15.5 kg)
AirflowFront to sideSide to sideFront to backFront to back
Optional Airflow KitN/AFront to backN/AN/A
Operating Condition
Temperature-5906 feet (1800 m) max. altitude32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)
Temperature-9843 feet (3000 m) max. altitude32 to 77°F (0 to 25°C)32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)
Temperature: 13,123 feet (4,000m) maximum altitudeN/A32 to 86°F (0 to 30°C)32 to 86°F (0 to 30°C)32 to 86°F (0 to 30°C)
Temperature: Short-term (per NEBS) 5906 feet (1,800m) maximum altitudeN/A23°F to 122°F (-5 to 50°C)N/A23°F to 122°F (-5 to 50°C)
Altitude10,000 ft (3,000m)13,000 ft (4,000m)10,000 ft (3,000m)13,000 ft (4,000m)
Relative humidity10 to 85%5 to 85%10 to 85%5 to 85%
Short-term (per NEBS) humidityN/A5% to 90%, but not to exceed 0.024 kg water/kg of dry airN/AN/A
Acoustic: Sound pressure (typical/maximum)41/53 dBA51.8/62.9 dBA54.4/67.4 dBA54.4/67.4 dBA
Acoustic: Sound power (typical/maximum)49/61 dBA58.5/70.3 dBA62.6/74.5 dBA62.6/74.5 dBA
Non-operating Conditions
Temperature-40 to 158°F (-40 to 70°C)-40 to 176°F (-40 to 80°C)-40 to 158°F (-40 to 70°C)-40 to 158°F (-40 to 70°C)
Relative humidity5 to 95%5 to 95%5 to 95%5 to 95%
Altitude15,000 ft (4,570m)15,000 ft (4,570m)15,000 ft (4,570m)15,000 ft (4,570m)
Regulatory Compliance
SafetyUL 60950-1
CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 60950-1
EN 60950-1
AS/NZS 60950-1
IEC 60950-1
UL 60950-1
CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 60950-1
EN 60950-1
AS/NZS 60950-1
IEC 60950-1
UL 60950-1
CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 60950-1
EN 60950-1
AS/NZS 60950-1
IEC 60950-1
UL 60950-1
CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 60950-1
EN 60950-1
AS/NZS 60950-1
IEC 60950-1
EMC47 CFR, Part 15 ICES-003 Class A
EN55022 Class A
CISPR22 Class A
AS/NZS 3548 Class A
VCCI V-3
CNS 13438
EN 300-386
EN 61000 (Immunity)
EN 55024, CISPR 24
EN50082-1
47 CFR, Part 15
ICES-003 Class A
EN55022 Class A
CISPR22 Class A
AS/NZS 3548 Class A
VCCI V-3
CNS 13438
EN 300-386
EN 61000 (Immunity)
EN 55024, CISPR 24
EN50082-1
47 CFR, Part 15
ICES-003 Class A
EN55022 Class A
CISPR22 Class A
AS/NZS 3548 Class A
VCCI V-3
CNS 13438
EN 300-386
EN 61000 (Immunity)
EN 55024, CISPR 24
EN50082-1
47 CFR, Part 15
ICES-003 Class A
EN55022 Class A
CISPR22 Class A
AS/NZS 3548 Class A
VCCI V-3
CNS 13438
EN 300-386
EN 61000 (Immunity)
EN 55024, CISPR 24
EN50082-1
TelecomTIA/EIA/IS-968
CS-03
ANSI T1.101
ITU-T G.823, G.824
IEEE 802.3
RTTE Directive
TIA/EIA/IS-968
CS-03
ANSI T1.101
ITU-T G.823, G.824
IEEE 802.3
RTTE Directive
TIA/EIA/IS-968
CS-03
ANSI T1.101
ITU-T G.823, G.824
IEEE 802.3
RTTE Directive
TIA/EIA/IS-968
CS-03
ANSI T1.101
ITU-T G.823, G.824
IEEE 802.3
RTTE Directive

Documentation:

Download the Cisco 2900 Series Integrated Services Routers Datasheet (PDF).

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Related article: Silencing a Cisco 2951 router.

I recently purchased a Cisco 2911 to replace my 1921 for use at home, as I needed an extra WIC slot. Now that they’ve been obsoleted by the ISR 4000 series, they’re starting to appear on eBay for relatively palatable sums. For me, the 2911 was a good choice because it has four WIC slots and fits in a 450mm deep rack, whereas the 2901 requires at least a 600mm deep rack, which is far too large for my home office. The 1941 was another possibility, but it’s not enough of an upgrade, and quite frankly, too damn ugly.

Without even having to bother plugging it in and switching it on, I know this thing is going to be too noisy for a home environment. The good news is that the standard array of leaf-blower strength fans are only needed when this product is used in extreme situations, i.e. loaded up with a four WIC cards, a 24-port Gigabit switch service module, with PoE, all ports at full power, and roasting in a street cabinet on a searing hot day in Egypt.

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As this does not remotely resemble my use case, I can do away with most of the cooling. First stop – the fan module:

Top is the original, which I am going deaf just looking at, and below is my modified module.

I’ve removed all four of the original fans and fitted a single 70mm 4-wire fan (Delta AFB0712HHB). In order to prevent the system log from filling up with warnings about failed / missing fans, I’ve connected the tach signal from that one fan to the input for the 3 fans.

A quick run of ‘show env’ reveals that this has done the trick. The router being none the wiser to three of the fans being absent.

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Just in case it isn’t obvious – the pinout for that connector (Molex 44133-1208) is as follows:

  • 1 TACH – 40mm
  • 2 TACH – 70mm (rear-most fan)
  • 3 GND + Orange presence strap
  • 4 TACH – 70mm (middle fan)
  • 5 TACH – 70mm (front-most fan)
  • 6 GND (middle and front-most fan)
  • 7 PWM – 40mm
  • 8 PWM – 70mm (rear-most fan)
  • 9 +12V
  • 10 PWM – 70mm (middle fan)
  • 11 PWM – 70mm (front-most fan)
  • 12 Orange presence strap

Fortunately I have the Molex Micro-Fit 3.0 contact extraction tool, and crimp tool handy making this easy, but failing that a new connector and contacts could easily be purchased from Mouser.

In my setup, everything runs from a single battery backed regulated DC +12V source. This is no coincidence, as most I.T. equipment internally runs from +12V, meaning that in almost all cases my gear doesn’t require an internal power supply. This router is no exception, needing only a single +12V source (with 5V standby voltage), so I effectively don’t need the power supply here either.

Good news for this conversion, because that’s another source of heat done away with, in fact it means that I don’t need any cooling in the lower half of the router, so that inlet vent can be blanked up – focusing the cooling Mojo of my single 70mm fan solely on the top (mainboard) half of the router.

But it’s not quite that simple. On my previous router (a 1921) the +12V could be feed straight through to the mainboard with no extra components. On the 2911, we need a bit of extra stuff to satisfy it.

I whipped up a small emulator PCB which fits in place of the power supply’s original PCB, and has all the extra bits needed to satisfy the routers’ software / hardware – i.e. present its’ self as a PWR-2911-AC, leaving the router none-the-wiser to the fact that it is now powered by an impostor power supply. The downside is that there is nothing but empty wasted space in the lower half of the router.

I’m not going to go into the details of this, but you can download its schematic here. While I was at it, I moved the power switch and inlet to the rear and blanked up the front. A little more convenient, because it means I don’t have to grope around in the back of my rack. For anyone else with the desire and patience to construct an emulator board like mine, a 60W power brick can easily replace the internal power supply.

A quick check shows that IOS is happy with my phony power supply, with the temperature sensor working, serial number and model number still reading as per the original AC supply this replaces.

The power consumption of an idle unloaded 2911 at the 12V stage is 1.8 Amps (about 23W) – show environment reports a lot higher (38W), I am assuming this takes into account inefficiency in the power supply.

If we are to assume that this is also the unit TDP – It’s practically bupkis given its large size. According to my scientific ‘finger on heatsink’ tests, all of my WIC cards run very cool. The mainboard ASIC also barely gets warm to the touch.

The only thing I need to keep an eye on is the CPU temperature. The CPU in my unit is a Cavium Octeon (MIPS64), which is fairly energy efficient, but still chucks out the loins share of the heat. It has an internal temperature sensor, which we can read out with the ‘show environment’ command.

At 61 degrees, it is 2 degrees hotter than it was with the stock hurricane grade array of fans, where it sat at 59 degrees. Suffice to say that for my light use case, those fans are indeed completely unnecessary.

For anyone thinking of attempting this…

Having a single fan is ideal, because there is no risk of irritating ‘beat patterns’ (which often occur when fans rotating at similar speeds are near each other) – but you can only get away with a single fan if also doing away with the power supply, there’s nothing in the service module bay, and the inlet for the lower half of the router is blanked up. As is the case with mine.

As the PWR-2911-AC does need a little bit of airflow at 30-40 watts, I would suggest replacing with three thinner 70mm fans (like the one I have used) and doing away with / blanking up the 40mm fan, because quiet 40mm fans have so little airflow they’re not really worth it, then strap the tach signal for the 40mm fan to one of the 70mm fans to eliminate software errors.