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As computer technology progresses, the distinction between a router and a switch has grown blurred. At heart, routers are Layer 3 (L3) devices designed to connect different networks. A common scenario is connecting an office Ethernet network to the Internet. Switches are L2 devices that interface various devices that share the same network. Generally, routers rely on CPUs to forward data based on complex software, offering versatility at the expense of throughput. Switches, by comparison, depend on largely fixed hardware designs to send data at the fastest possible speed. Today's routers ordinarily include L2 switches, and many of today’s switches include some Layer 3 routing capability. Routers developed by Cisco, the supplier of 90% of the world's routers, have advanced dramatically in capability and performance and Cisco offers an extensive product line that includes routers designed to meet the requirements of users ranging from individual telecommuters to the world's largest ISPs.
The most recent ISR routers from Cisco offer the speed and integrated features to support data voice and video plus virtual environments while also offering fault tolerance, remote administration, seamless scalability, and enhanced protection. Cisco's ISR routers allow your company to establish a solid foundation for an IT network that can evolve smoothly as you add new workers, open new offices, configure new services, extend your network to customers and vendors, and support an expanding mobile user base. Progent’s Cisco certified CCIE network consultants offer fast and affordable online support to help you to select, configure, administer, upgrade, and troubleshoot Cisco's latest routers and can assist you to maintain your legacy routers or move efficiently to Cisco’s current networking solutions.
Cisco Routers Designed for Small Companies and Branch Offices
Cisco’s routers for smaller companies and remote offices provide low-cost and dependable no-frills solutions that allow limited groups of users to have secure connectivity to the Internet. These single-configuration desktop routers include at minimum four Ethernet switches with Wi-Fi options plus built-in firewall for enhanced protection. Designed for simple installation, administration, and support, Cisco’s entry-level routers reduce total cost of ownership by cutting acquisition and operational expenses. Progent’s remote support experts have in-depth backgrounds providing fast and economical IT assistance for small businesses to configure and maintain these routers, and Progent’s Cisco-certified CCIE network engineers can assist your company to understand whether and how these routers can add to the business value of your information system.
Cisco 1000 Series ISR Enterprise Branch Routers
Cisco 1000 family Integrated Services Routers running Cisco IOS XE software are a line of fanless appliances intended to deliver high-performance network connectivity, wireless access, and multilayer cybersecurity for SMBs, branch offices, retail stores, customer premises equipment (CPE), and M2M environments. Parallel processing CPU cores and compatibly with Cisco IOS XE enable these routers to deliver features consistent with Cisco's entire family of Enterprise routers. 1000 family ISR models are offered with 4 or 8 LAN switch ports and provide Gigabit Ethernet packet forwarding. Available features include PoE and PoE+, auto provisioning, plus a selection of built-in or pluggable connections for LAN, WAN, WLAN, G.fast DSL, LTE wireless, 802.11 wireless, and SFP. Cisco 1000 and 1100 Series ISR models work with Cisco's SD-WAN subscription services for transparent multi-cloud access, advanced security, and unified management across hybrid network models of any complexity.
Cisco's rackmount or desktop ISR 1100-4G router comes with four integrated GE WAN/LAN ports, built-in 3G/4G LTE wireless with two LTE SMA sockets, and one micro-SIM slot. Encryption packet processing performance is 200 Mbps. The Cisco ISR 1100-6G router also includes two 1G SFP connections and features encryption throughput of 520 Mbps. Cisco's desktop ISR 1101-4P router has four built-in GE connections, supports 802.11ac as well as 3G/4G LTE, and delivers encryption throughput of 280 Mbps. Cisco's ISR 1109-2P/4p desktop routers have two or four built-in switched GE interfaces and dual pluggable 3G/4G LTE ports. Encryption packet processing throughput is 200 Mbps.
The 1RU or desktop ISR 111x-4P/8P routers have four or eight integrated GE interfaces (two or four provide PoE) and feature VDSL2/ADSL2+, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, 3G/4G LTE, and SFP Fiber. Encryption rate is 280 Mbps. Cisco's 1RU or desktop ISR 1111X-8P router comes with eight integrated switched GE interfaces (four with Power over Ethernet) and supports SFP. Encryption packet processing speed is 340 Mbps. The ISR 112x-8P router features eight built-in GE interfaces with PoE and supports SHDSL, VDSL2/ADSL2+, 802.11ac, 3G/4G LTE wireless, and SFP Fiber. Encryption performance is 340 Mbps. The Cisco ISR 1161X-8P router has eight integrated GE interfaces with Power over Ethernet and supports 3G/4G LTE and SFP Fiber. Encryption speed is 450 Mbps.
Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers
Cisco's economical RV Series VPN Routers are designed to offer small organizations with VPN technology that permits remote users to access a network without compromising security. Devices in the Cisco RV Series Routers can support from five to 100 VPN tunnels, include 4 to 16-port Ethernet switches, have integrated firewalls that provide sophisticated data encryption, and allow browser-based setup for easy deployment and management. All RV Series devices accommodate 10/100 Ethernet and some support Gigabit Ethernet. Both wired and wireless models are available. These VPN routers do not support Cisco’s IOS control software.
Cisco’s RV042 Dual WAN VPN Router includes a 4-port 10/100 switch and can safely handle as many as 50 remote offices or online workers through IPsec or Point-to-Point VPN. The G version supports Gigabit Ethernet. The Cisco RV082 model VPN Router includes an 8-port 10/100 Ethernet switch and can support 100 branch offices or online workers with full IPsec VPN. The Cisco RV016 Multi WAN VPN Router comes with 16 10/100 Ethernet ports, supports 100 remote connections, and allows as many as 7 ports to be configured for traffic load balancing or for ISP backup to provide zero downtime Internet access.
Cisco's newer products in the expanding family of Small Business RV Series Wired/Wireless Routers include the RV120W wired/Wireless-N VPN Firewall with a 4-port 10/100 Ethernet switch and support for 10 IPsec VPN tunnels and 1000 concurrent sessions, the Cisco RV180W Wireless-N VPN Router with a 4-port Gigabit switch and support for 800 Mbps throughput and 10 IPsec VPN connections, Cisco's ultra-affordable RV215W wired/Wireless-N Router with a 4-port Ethernet switch and a USB port for WAN connectivity, and Cisco's 325 RV325 WAN VPN Router that includes a built-in a 14-port Gigabit Ethernet switch and redundant Gbit Ethernet WAN ports for business continuity as well as USB connections using 3G/4G modems for WAN failover.
Cisco 800 Series ISR Routers
Cisco's extensive portfolio of 800 Series ISR routers consists of desktop appliances intended for small businesses, branch offices, retail shops, teleworkers, and customers of broadband service providers. Many devices in the 800 product line have been released with many options over many years. The 881 Series of ISR routers suggests the vast selection of options offered within Cisco's 800 Series line of routers. Models in Cisco's 881 Series router catalog can support unified media environments by delivering voice and video, wireless and data in one integrated router and switch. Built-in security can include encryption, VPN tunneling, firewall, and URL filtering. For business continuity, available options for Cisco 881 ISR routers include redundant WAN connections or support for landline high-speed WAN connections like DSL as well as multiple different cellular 3G and 4G wireless connections all built into a single appliance.
The basic Cisco 881 includes a 4-port fast Ethernet managed switch that delivers 15 Mbps throughput, support for up to 20 users, 2-port integrated Power over Ethernet, and IPv6 compatibility. The Cisco 881W router supports 802.11g/n Wi-Fi. The 881 SRST router features four FXS ports and 1 FXO port for PSTN failover with Cisco Survivable Remote Site Telephony. With a Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) feature license, Cisco's 881 ISR router supports SIP trunk connectivity to replace legacy PRI lines or FXO voice connectivity to a PSTN service provider. SIP trunks also connect remote agents in Cisco Call Center environments.
Cisco Integrated Services G2 Routers
Cisco's Integrated Services Generation 2 routers are designed to offer branch offices of enterprises with advanced video and voice applications, virtual networking, protection, and reliable connectivity. ISR G2 routers feature an architecture that protects prior investments in modules for older Integrated Services Routers and reduces down-the-line expenses by permitting easy installation of new modules as they become available. In comparison to previous ISR routers, Cisco's ISR G2 routers feature 2-7 times higher throughput, substantially greater expandability, and more affordable maintenance. All Cisco Integrated Services Generation 2 routers support GE switching and incorporate multi-core processors and ultra-fast fabric for faster performance. ISR Generation 2 routers also support smart power control for improved energy efficiency.
A notable innovation with Integrated Services G2 routers is the Cisco IOS Software Universal image which includes all of the Cisco IOS technology sets so that you can quickly license and activate extra features when desired without needing to acquire and copy a different IOS image to yourrouter. Progent's group of CCIE-certified network consultants can provide world-class expertise to assist you to design, configure, and support multi-location deployments of Cisco ISR Generation 2 routers that improve satellite office productivity and cut the costs of expansion and maintenance.
1900 Series Integrated Services G2 Routers
1900 Series Integrated Services G2 routers include hardware encryption, optional Cisco IOS firewall, intrusion prevention, and a maximum of 11 modular Ethernet switches. The Cisco 1941W router includes an 802.11n Wi-Fi access point that allows cordless access to high-speed data, voice, and video through Multi-Input, Multiple-output support that expands the range of current 802.11 clients. Connectivity options for the Cisco 1941 and 1941W Integrated Services G2 routers include T1/E1, xDSL, 3G, and 1 GigE.
In comparison to the previous 1841 Integrated Services router which they are able to substitute for, the 1900 ISR G2 routers have 256 MB vs. 32 of CompactFlash storage as a default, and this can be expanded to 4 gigabytes vs. 128 megabytes. Default DRAM size is 256 megabytes compared to 128 and top DRAM size is 2.25 GB instead of 384 megabytes. Unlike the 1841 router, the 1900 Series Integrated Services G2 routers include a USB console instead of the older DB-9 connector and includes an add-in slot for the recently introduced Internal Services Module instead of a slot for the previous and slower Advanced Integration Module. Unlike top-of-the-line ISR Generation 2 routers, the Cisco 1941 and 1941W ISR G2 routers do not allow redundant power supplies or slots for Packet Voice and fax DSP Modules.
Cisco 2900 Integrated Services G2 Routers
2900 Series Integrated Services G2 Routers are released in four models which are intended as upgrades to the routers in Cisco’s popular 2800 router series. Cisco’s 2901, 2911, 2921, and 2951 ISR G2 routers include integrated hardware encryption acceleration, voice and video capable Digital Signal Processor slots, optional firewall, IOS intrusion prevention, voice mail, and from 16 up to 50 Ethernet switches. The on-board encryption hardware supports IPsec and Secure Sockets Layer VPN tunneling for protected remote access and is significantly faster than the AIM modules supported by 2800 series routers. The high-end Cisco 2951 Series ISR G2 router can handle 600 Session Initiation Protocol sessions. Wired and wireless connectivity alternatives include T1/E1, T3/E3, xDSL, as well as GbE.
Cisco 2900 Series ISR G2 routers accommodate Cisco’s Enhanced EtherSwitch Service Modules, providing high-performance capability that match Cisco’s Catalyst 2960 and Catalyst 3650-E Series Switches. In comparison to the older Cisco 2821 Integrated Services router that the Cisco 2921 ISR G2 router is intended to replace, the Cisco 2921 router is shipped by default with 256 MB vs. 64 MB of flash storage and can be loaded with up to 4 gigabytes instead of 256 megabytes. Standard DRAM size is 512 megabytes vs. 256 MB and maximum dynamic RAM capacity is 2.5 GB instead of only 1.
Cisco 3900 Series Integrated Services G2 Routers
Cisco has released four platforms for the top-of-the-line 3900 Series ISR Generation 2 router, the 3925, 3945, 3925E, and 3945E. These models offer the top performance and add-in slot densities in Cisco’s Integrated Services G2 family and support fast DSPs for the most demanding multimedia applications, fast on-board encryption, a broad range of interface alternatives, up to 98 modular LAN switches, and as many as 2,500 Session Initiation Protocol sessions. To safeguard your IT investment, the 3900 Series ISR G2 routers support the Cisco Services Performance Engine (SPE), a versatile motherboard that can be replaced easily to enhance throughput without requiring your business to purchase a new device. As with other Cisco Integrated Services G2 routers, the 3900 family also protects previous investments by accepting most of the add-in modules from older Cisco Integrated Services Routers. For improved fault tolerance, 3900 Integrated Services G2 support two integrated power supplies.
In comparison to the previous 3825 Integrated Services router which the Cisco 2921 Integrated Services G2 router is designed to replace, the 3925 router is offered standard with 256 MB as opposed to 64 megabytes of flash memory and can be expanded to 4 gigabytes instead of 256 megabytes. Default DRAM capacity is 1 GB vs. 256 megabytes and maximum dynamic RAM capacity is 4 gigabytes instead of 1 gigabytes.
Cisco 4000 Series ISR Routers
The Cisco 4000 Line of ISR Routers are modular and scalable platforms designed for businesses with a large number of branch offices and remote users who need direct access to in-house data centers as well as public clouds via VPN tunnels and the Internet. The 4000 series provides the throughput required for hybrid WAN environments to support mobile users, cloud services, and HD video applications by utilizing network optimization, deep packet inspection, and traffic-management technology. Models in Cisco's ISR 4000 family run Cisco's powerful IOS XE operating system, come in a 1RU or 2RU package, can support Up to 2 Gbps of throughput, and can have up to 3 interface slots, 2 service module slots, 4 built-in Gigabit Ethernet switches, and 8 CPU core server modules. Cisco ISR 4000 models can support integrated Gigabit Ethernet, T1/E1, T3/E3, PR1, xDSL and other interfaces. To handle unified communications, the 400o ISR provides extensive edge support for SBC, branch telephony fault tolerance, and TDM gateways.
The primary difference between the Cisco 4400 and 4300 Series is redundant power supply support in the 4400 Series, offering a greater degree of availability. The 4321 ISR Router has a 1 RU desktop package with two network interface modules, provides up to 100 Mbps throughput, and can handle 240 Digital Voice and Video Channels. The 4331 ISR Router comes in a 1 RU form factor with two NIMs, offers up to 300 Mbps throughput, and can handle 360 Digital Voice/Video Channels. The 4351 Integrated Services Router comes in a 2 RU package and includes three NIMs, delivers up to 400 Mbps performance, and can handle 720 Digital Voice/Video Channels. The power-redundant 4431 ISR Router has a 2 RU form factor with three NIMs, delivers up to 1 Gbps performance, and allows up to 720 Digital Voice/Video Channels. The fault-tolerant 4431 model has a 2 RU form factor with three NIMs, provides up to 2 Gbps performance, and allows up to 1200 Digital Voice and Video Channels.
Cisco's 1st Generation ISR Routers
Cisco's first-generation ISR routers, with in excess of six million devices deployed, have become the world's leading solution for small companies and enterprises with satellite offices to achieve fast, safe, and dependable connectivity to vital applications. Progent's CCIE network engineers are seasoned experts at providing online consulting, management, and problem solving services for Cisco 1800, 2800, and 3800 family ISR routers. Progent can help your company to move up to the current release of Cisco IOS control software with minimal disruption to your network, evaluate the security profile of your router setup, and help business to move economically to the new releases of Cisco Integrated Services Generation 2 routers when it is appropriate for your business.
Cisco 1800 Series ISR Routers
The Cisco 1800 family of routers combine data and protection within one resilient solution for fast, expandable connectivity with mission-critical business applications. The 1800 Series architecture has been especially developed to meet the needs of small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs), small enterprise branch offices, and service provider-managed services environments for access to concurrent services at high performance. The integrated systems design of the Cisco 1800 Series delivers optimum flexibility and investment protection.
The Cisco 1841 integrated services router offers important benefits in comparison to prior generations of Cisco 1700 Series routers by bringing more than a fivefold throughput improvement plus integrated hardware-based encryption enabled by an optional IOS Software security image. The Cisco 1841 integrated services router dramatically improves plug-in card slot throughput and density in comparison to Cisco's 1700 Series while still providing support for dozens of available WAN interface cards and multiflex trunk cards (voice/WICs-for data only on the 1841 router). The Cisco 1841 integrated services router offers further improvement of VPN performance via an available VPN acceleration add-in; IPS and firewall functions; support for a wide array of connectivity needs, including support for integrated switch ports; and enough speed and expansion slot density for ongoing network expansion and next-generation applications.
Cisco 2800 Series Routers
Intended for small to midsize businesses and enterprise branch offices, the Cisco 2800 Series comprises four basic versions: the 2801 router, the 2811, the Cisco 2821, and the Cisco 2851. Cisco's 2800 routers provide significant added value vs. older generations of Cisco devices at similar prices by offering as much as a fivefold performance increase, as much as a 10x increase in security and voice performance, built-in service features, and radically enhanced plug-in slot speed and capacity while preserving support for the vast majority of the almost 100 existing expansion modules in use currently for Cisco's 1700 Series, the Cisco 2600 Series, and Cisco's 3700 Series routers.
Cisco's 2800 provides an array of common protection features such as a Cisco IOS Software Firewall, an Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), IP security Virtual Private Network, SSL VPN, advanced application inspection and control, SSH Protocol Version 2.0, and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3) in one secure solution set. Additionally, by integrating security features within the router, Cisco can provide unique smart security solutions other security devices can't, such as NAC for virus defense; Voice and Video Enabled VPN for quality-of-service support when combining voice, video, and Virtual Private Networks; Dynamic Multipoint VPN; Group Encrypted Transport (GET); and Easy VPN for supporting more expandable and manageable VPN environments.
Businesses can utilize the Cisco 2800 router to deploy an integrated IP telephony environment for as many as 96 IP telephones, and can securely combine data, voice, and IP telephony on one router for their small to midsize satellite offices.
The Cisco 2800 Series router supports an integrated access point for wireless network access, wireless Hotspot capability for shared public wireless LANs, and infrastructure services for cordless WLAN telephony and for high-density locations.
Cisco 3800 Integrated Services Routers
3800 integrated services routers are engineered for small and midsize businesses and corporate branch offices to offer companies the top levels of network versatility, speed, and intelligence. The Cisco 3800 Series routers smoothly incorporate the latest network engineering, smart services, and secure corporate communications into a single robust platform. The Cisco 3800 Series routers ease deployment and management, lower network cost and complexity, and provide investment protection. 3800 integrated services routers feature embedded security processing, fast throughput and large memory capacity, and high-density interfaces that deliver the speed, availability, and dependability required for building mission-critical security, IP telephony, business video, system monitoring, and web-based applications in the most demanding enterprise environments. Built for performance, the 3800 integrated services routers deliver multiple simultaneous services up to wire-speed T3/E3 rates.
The proprietary routing technology of the Cisco 3800 Series router is designed to integrate protection and voice processing with the latest wired and wireless services for fast installation of new applications, including application layer operations, intelligent network services, and unified communications. The Cisco 3800 Series integrated services router meets the throughput requirements for several 100Mbps interfaces for each expansion slot, time-division multiplexing (TDM) interconnections, and fully integrated power distribution to expansion modules supporting 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE), while still supporting the existing selection of interface modules. This enables continuing ROI by supporting network expansion or accommodating innovations in technology as the latest services are deployed. By combining the functions of multiple separate appliances into one small device, the Cisco 3800 router dramatically lowers the cost and hassle of administering wide area networks.
Cisco's Midrange Routers and Service Provider Routers
Cisco’s WAN edge and service provider routers offer larger businesses with fast, protected headends to aggregate branch office and off-site data packets and to provide service providers cost-effective WAN edge solutions. Cisco’s midrange and carrier router portfolio features the Cisco 7600 Series Routers, the ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers, the ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers, and the Cisco Carrier Routing System.
Progent's national group of Cisco CCIE certified network experts have extensive experience working with enterprises and Internet service providers to plan efficient deployments and seamless upgrades of Cisco's midrange and carrier-class routers. Progent's GIAC-certified information assurance experts offer unbiased, independent network security inventory assessments, penetration testing and comprehensive SIEM solutions to help companies with Cisco's Aggregation Services Routers to comply with industry guidelines and statutory regulations for network information protection and reporting.
7600 Series Routers
The 7600 Integrated Services router benefits from the Cisco Catalyst 6500 infrastructure by using an NEBS-3 compliant chassis, 256-Gbps crossbar switch fabric, and 30-Mpps switching speed. Fault tolerance is implemented via redundancy as well as Cisco IOS Software functions. Also, the Cisco 7600 Series offers a broad array of high-touch IP network services at optical speed through various Optical Services Modules enabled by Cisco proprietary PXF technology.
The Cisco 7609 router offers the choice to use a 256-Gbps SFM or the standard 32-Gbps data bus, providing centralized switching performance of 30 Mpps or 15 Mpps respectively. If the Switch Fabric Module is deployed, the 7609 can in addition support distributed switching with throughput up to 168 Mpps by running the Cisco Catalyst 6500 16-port Gigabit Ethernet network card, which is powered by the Distributed Forwarding Card (DFC) and the Switch Fabric Module.
The Cisco 7603 Series router has only the standard 32-Gbps bus option and provides 15 Mpps centralized switching performance. The Cisco 7603 does not support distributed switching.
Cisco ASR 1000 Series WAN Edge Routers
Cisco’s ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services line of routers is positioned in the middle of Cisco’s midrange devices that concentrate on acting as headends at the wide area network edge. Cisco’s ASR 1000 Series routers provide a small form factor, multi-function solution for enterprises requiring satellite office aggregation at multigigabit Ethernet performance. Cisco’s ASR 1000 WAN Edge routers introduce a revolutionary architecture that mixes hardware acceleration with programmable versatility in order to deliver a rich set of simultaneous services without sacrificing dependable responsiveness.
ASR 1000 Series routers feature Cisco’s new QuantumFlow Processor made up of 40 purpose-built Packet Processing Engines that together can handle as many as 160 concurrent threads. This massive parallelism, in conjunction with on-board acceleration for every service, allows the high-end ASR 1006 Aggregation Services router to expand up to 128K queues, 32K subscribers, 4,000 IP security VPN tunnels at 10K sessions/second, and 2M Netflow log records. This processing capability allows Cisco’s ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services routers to deliver a wide variety of advanced services concurrently in high volume while avoiding throughput decay that could compromise compliance with service level agreements. Examples of these services include Cisco IOS Firewall, intrusion-detection services, NAT, FPM, and deep packet inspection. The Cisco ASR 1000 also permits tiered traffic management for applying numerous levels of Quality of Service to a packet in one operation, improving the user experience for resource-intensive IP voice and video applications.
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Routers
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Routers are designed as WAN-edge routers for carriers who are required to support world-class data, voice and video services to residential, commercial, and mobile users by providing non-stop availability, high performance, and application-aware intelligence. All platforms in the Cisco ASR 9000 portfolio of Routers are powered by Cisco's IOS XR operating system, a distributed operating system built for continuous availability. Throughput of the Cisco ASR 9000 portfolio of Routers can be expanded to as high as 96 Tbps per chassis. the Cisco ASR 9000 family of Routers can handle Gigabit Ethernet, 10 GE, and 100 GE and have fully redundant fabric and power modules, power entry modules, plus backup control planes.
The Cisco ASR 9001 platform is a carrier-edge router in a 6 RU package with 120 Gbps of nonblocking fabric capacity. The Cisco ASR 9001 has two modular bays which can accept port adapters for 1 Gigabit, 10 Gigabit, and 40 Gigabit Ethernet. The base chassis incorporates four 10 Gbit Ethernet SFP+ ports and ports for Stratum 1 clocking, BITS, and management. The ASR 9904 Router comes in a 6 RU chassis and provides dense 10 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet connections in space-limited environments. The 4-slot router can support up to 4 Tbps of capacity in one chassis. The ASR 9912 Router has a 30 RU form factor with 12 slots slots that can support 550 Gbps of switching capacity. The Cisco ASR 9912 Router includes 2 route processors and 6+1 Fabric Cards to provide N+1 redundancy.
The CRS Carrier Routing System for Core Networks
Cisco's Carrier Routing System product line, running Cisco's IOS XR distributed software, gives carriers high-level capacity and uptime. The Cisco CRS portfolio was first released in 2004, has been steadily improved, and currently includes the world's most popular multichassis core router. To protect past investments in network infrastructure, new CRS models are backward compatible with previous CRS versions.
Current product families in the Carrier Routing System portfolio are the CRS-1, CRS-3, and CRS-X Series Routers. Every CRS series includes single-chassis 4-slot, 8-slot, and 16-slot units plus multiple-shelf versions. The CRS-1 product line is built on Cisco's Silicon Packet Processor and delivers as much as 92 Tbps throughput. Products in the CRS-3 Series are based on Cisco's QuantumFlow Array technology and are capable of as much as 322 Tbps. Cisco's CRS-X Routers use CMOS photonics CPAK technology and can be expanded to deliver up to 922 Tbps performance.
The Cisco CRS Multichassis models can expand from 2 to 72 line-card shelves that have the capability to deliver 400-Gigabit per second of uninterrupted operations for each slot. CRS Multichassis platforms can support 1 to 8 fabric shelves. Modular services cards and physical layer interface modules can be used throughout the complete Cisco CRS family.
Legacy Cisco Routers Supported by Progent's Network Professionals
Progent's CCIE consultants are experienced with older routers that are no longer offered by Cisco. Progent can help you to support these older routers and can also assist you to prepare for and implement migrations to newer models. Popular Cisco routers maintained by Progent include:
- Cisco 500 SR Line of Unified Communications Routers
The Cisco 520 model Secure Router, built to support up to 50 users, features a 4-port 10/100 Ethernet switch and a single Cisco IOS Software image. By supporting a simple but effective array of Cisco IOS Software services, Cisco’s 520 model Secure Router streamlines configuration, administration, and troubleshooting, but nevertheless delivers powerful protection and acceleration options to match the particular needs of your organization. - Cisco 850 and 870 Model Unified Communications Routers
Cisco's legacy 850 Series routers are designed for small networks, ideal for up to 10 users or for teleworker environments where secure and economical access is needed. 850 Series access routers deliver safe access with firewall and IP security Virtual Private Network support, a four-connection 10/100 Ethernet switch, a protected WLAN 802.11b/g option with a fixed antenna, plus simple configuration and deployment and remote administration features through Web-enabled tools and IOS Software.Cisco's legacy 870 Series routers are targeted for small networks with as many as 20 workers or for telecommuter sites where advanced voice/video over IP and reliable connectivity utilizing backup Internet links are required. 870 Series routers deliver excellent speed for small offices plus tight security via services that include Firewall, IPsec tunneling, Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES) or Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) plus DMVPN and Tunnel-less Group Encrypted Transport (GETVPN), an intrusion prevention system, virus defense using Network Admission Control (NAC), and policing of safe access policies.
- 1700 Series
Cisco 1700 Series modular access routers are built to provide an affordable, standalone e-business platform for small and medium-sized businesses. Cisco 1700 routers provide flexibility and manageability to meet challenging e-business requirements such as data/voice/video/fax consolidation, fast wire-rate Internet access, and powerful security options. Cisco 1700 routers have been superseded by Cisco's 1800 family of integrated services routers and the Cisco 1900 Series Integrated Services Generation 2 routers. - Cisco 2600 Series Routers
The 2600 Series of routers is a family of modular routers for branch sites, providing versatile LAN and WAN configurations, multiple protection features, and a selection of high performance processors. Cisco 2600 routers have been replaced by Cisco's 2800 Series of integrated services routers and the 2900 ISR Generation 2 routers. - 3700 Series Routers
The Cisco 3700 Series is a line of multiservice access appliances for medium and large-sized office networks. Supported by over 70 interface options, the 3700 Series provides a robust solution for data, voice and video, Virtual Private Networks, and mixed-protocol routing. 3700 Series routers have been superseded by Cisco's 3800 Series of ISR routers and the 3900 Series Integrated Services Generation 2 routers. - 7200 VXR Integrated Services Routers
The 7200 VXR Integrated Services router delivers performance, flexibility, and expandability in a small footprint with a wide selection of deployment profiles. With processing speeds as high as 2 mega-packets / second, adapters spanning from NxDS0 to 1 GigE, plus OC-3 as well as a variety of high-touch IP services, the Cisco 7200 VXR Series router is a solid broadband aggregation WAN and MAN edge solution for large corporations and ISPs. The Cisco 7200 VXR Series router features broadband aggregation by handling up to 16K Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) sessions per device, voice/video/data support via time-division multiplexer-enabled VXR chassis and voice port adapters, direct IP-interconnections, and IPsec VPN scalable to 5,000 tunnels per chassis.
The Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) is a session border controller that allows Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) access to an IP PSTN service provider and enables outside-the-firewall collaboration functions such as SIP-based conferencing with voice and video recording, SIP-based call center and interactive-voice-response (IVR) systems, policy-based security evaluation of voice calls, and B2B immersive telepresence over SIP. CUBE is a built-in feature of Cisco IOS software that can be licensed to run on Cisco's ASR 1000 routers and on many models in Cisco's ISR G2 router families including the 4000 Series, 3900 Series, 3800 Series, 2900 Series, 2800 Series, and 1800 Series. For details about Progent's consulting and troubleshooting support for Cisco CUBE and SIP trunks, see Cisco SIP Integration Consulting and CUBE Integration Services. Ways Progent Can Help Your Company with Cisco Routers
Progent's Cisco Premier consultants can assist your company to plan, configure, and support an integrated network infrastructure that can streamline operations, lower costs, and speed time to profitability. By combining Cisco routers with Cisco Catalyst switches expertise and Aironet wireless expertise, Progent can dramatically enhance the business value of your connectivity environment. Progent can provide in-person and off-site troubleshooting and offers data center support throughout and major locations nationally.
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Progent's Windows Server 2019 disaster recovery/business continuity planning consultants can assist you to plan and deploy a disaster recovery solution built around Microsoft's cloud-tested Failover Clustering tools including Cluster Sets, Storage Replica, Storage Spaces Direct, Virtual Machine Load Balancing, and Cloud Witness.
Duo Multi-factor Authentication Online Troubleshooting
Largest Multi-factor Authentication Consultant
Progent's Duo managed services incorporate Cisco's Duo cloud technology to protect against compromised passwords by using two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo supports single-tap identity verification with iOS, Android, and other out-of-band devices.
Microsoft Certified Dynamics GP Migration Engineer
Microsoft Dynamics GP Migration Planning Engineers
Progent has supported Dynamics GP and Great Plains software for almost 20 years and Progent has delivered integration, customization, training, and debugging since the platform's original release. Progent can provide top-tier expertise for upgrading legacy Dynamics GP/Great Plains ERP systems. Progent can assist your business to plan, validate, and carry out a cost-effective migration from a a legacy release of GP to the newest release of Microsoft Dynamics GP.
24-7 Cisco VPN IT Services
Remote Access Support
Progent’s Cisco Security/VPN consultants and CCIE and CCNP certified support staff can help your small or mid-size company deploy and maintain Cisco’s security and Virtual Private Network technology including routers, switches, firewalls, intrusion detection systems and VPN access concentrators. Cisco Virtual Private Network solutions include both remote connectivity and site-to-site VPNs with Cisco IOS Software and Advanced Integrated Module hardware encryption cards, and hardware devices, such as a VPN concentrator, router, Cisco PIX Firewall, or dedicated VPN server for dial-up services. Cisco VPN products are easy to manage and offer the flexibility to expand with your growing business requirements. Progent’s Cisco-Premier network experts support Cisco’s comprehensive line of products aimed at eliminating data theft, virus and worm outbreaks, DDoS attacks, and other threats to your network. Progent can show you how to integrate Cisco products to get secure connectivity, intrusion protection, and comprehensive Identity services based on Cisco ACS using RADIUS security and TACACS to establish a central user access control foundation for user authentication, permissions, and tracking from a graphical Web interface.
Dynamics GP Accounting Remote Support
Dynamics GP Software Online Technical Support
Dynamics GP can help you expand and manage your company more efficiently by delivering easy availability of decision-driving information and a fast ROI. Microsoft Dynamics GP/Great Plains confers major productivity benefits such as its ability to expand the presence of your company, manage your financials, automate financial operations, unify processes throughout your company, refine inventory control, enhance order accuracy, grow revenue and shorten lead-time, and maximize cash flow. Progent can help you set up and manage a robust, safe server and network infrastructure to support Great Plains, and can provide expert Dynamics GP/Great Plains support professionals to help you reap all the advantages of your Microsoft Dynamics GP software.
SCSM 2016 Professionals
Expert Microsoft Certified System Center 2016 and NetApp Integration Technology Consulting
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants have more than a decade of experience designing, implementing, optimizing and fixing SCOM solutions and can provide companies of any size advanced online or on-premises consulting support for Microsoft SCOM 2012. Progent can help your company to design an architecture for SCOM 2012 servers that provides the responsiveness and resilience required to monitor your IT resources efficiently, whether your infrastructure are on-premises, cloud-based, or a hybrid solution. Progent can also assist you to import and set up SCOM 2012 management packs based on best practices for tracking network fabric as well as Microsoft and third-party apps and services. In addition, Progent can deliver responsive online or on-premises technical support to assist you to fix serious issues detected by System Center 2012 Operations Manager.
Microsoft Certified Partner Dynamics GP/Great Plains Computer Consultant
Expert Microsoft Certified Consulting Dynamics GP Great Plains Software
Dynamics GP 2010 software is a full-featured business management platform that integrates information and processes throughout your company, interfaces seamlessly with other solutions, and connects workers, clients and vendors regardless of time or location. Designed for small to mid-size businesses, Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 and Microsoft Dynamics GP Release 10.0 deliver functionality for accounting, management reporting, project management, inventory and order control, e-commerce, human resource management, CRM, field service, manufacturing, retail management, and online business services. Progent can show you how to install and maintain a reliable, secure computer and network infrastructure to support Microsoft Great Plains, and can give you access to experienced Great Plains professionals to help your business benefit from the full power of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010.
CCNP Certified UNIX Online Information Technology Consulting
UNIX Online Computer Consulting Company
Progent provides nationwide remote phone support and troubleshooting services for businesses that run Solaris environments or whose IT systems include a combination of Solaris and Microsoft Windows products. Remote IT help provides optimum return for your IT budget by extending client productivity and limiting the hours billed for computer repair services. Advanced remote support tools and experienced technicians and consultants combine to enable Progent to handle most network issues without wasting time and expense by going to your site. In most of situations your IT problems can be dealt with by telephone or via a combination of phone help and remote network analysis. Progent can put you in touch with Cisco certified CCIE network experts and CISM and CISSP premier security professionals to assist with the most difficult system issues.
On-site Support Support and Help
Phone Support Computer Engineer
For mid-size companies who need network support, Progent can deliver a variety of options such as on-site service, on-line assistance, phone-based Help Desk, round-the-clock support with automatic network monitoring, temporary staff augmentation, site relocation services, software programming, and expert consultation. For midsize businesses in California or other areas covered by Progent's onsite consultants, Progent provides professional on-premises support for solving network issues quickly and economically.
Computer Consulting Meraki Cloud Management
Meraki 802.11ax Access Point Technology Consulting
Progent's Cisco-certified wireless networking consultants offer remote and onsite consulting and troubleshooting services to assist you to design, install, administer, optimize, and repair wireless networks that utilize Cisco's Meraki access points. Progent can also help you to plan and deploy hybrid networks that combine local and cloud-based services and that deliver easy access, enhanced protection, streamlined management, and dependable operation for all your wired and wireless devices.
Windows 8.1 DirectAccess Computer Firms
Expert Microsoft Certified Windows 8.1 Storage Spaces Computer Consultancy Group
Progent's engineers can provide a range of technical services to help companies of any size to deploy, manage, and support environments that incorporate workstations, notebooks, tablets, or smartphones based on Windows 8.1. For enterprise customers, Progent's experienced project managers can help design and configure test environments to evaluate Microsoft Windows 8.1 and develop and manage Windows 8.1 migration plans following industry best practices.
24x7 SQL Server 2017 Always On Availability Groups Computer Consulting
SQL Server 2017 Analysis Services Integration Services
Progent's Microsoft-certified SQL Server 2017 experts can assist you to design and implement a cost-effective migration from your existing SQL Server environment to SQL Server 2017.
MOM 2007 IT Consultant
Remote Network Monitoring Remote Troubleshooting
Remote continuous monitoring, automated alerts, and periodic analytical reporting are vital to maintaining the proper operation of your IT system and eliminating preventable and expensive downtime. Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) solutions have progressed to the point that companies of any size can get a level of network stability that was previously reserved for large enterprises. Progent can provide several Remote Monitoring and Management options available as low-cost services created to help your company to detect and resolve a an array of network issues before they can hurt productivity.
Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V Consultant
Professionals Citrix Workflow Studio
Progent's Citrix-certified experts can assist your organization to evaluate the potential business value of the available versions of Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V, help you to integrate Citrix administration utilities in your Microsoft Hyper-V network, and demonstrate to you how to deploy Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V to enhance the performance, uptime, consistency, and recoverability of your virtualized network while reducing the cost of resources and support and simplifying administrative tasks.
IT Consultants Virtual Helpdesk
Extended Help Desk Online Consulting
Progent’s Shared Help Desk service allows your business to share responsibilities for Help Desk support transparently between your in-house IT staff and Progent's roster of veteran technical support engineers and subject matter experts (SMEs). Progent’s Co-managed Help Desk service is an advanced service desk solution built around the leading shared professional services automation (PSA) tool for managing service requests, ticket lifecycle, responsibility, status tracking, and reporting.
VMware Site Recovery Manager and NSX Integration Consultant
VMware Site Recovery Manager Professionals
VMware's market leading Site Recovery Manager (SRM) is a component of VMware vCenter that lets you orchestrate, automate and verify a repeatable runbook for restoring services rapidly after an outage. SRM supports centrally managed and automated disaster recovery, application mobility, plus non-intrusive site relocation, failback and re-protect. Site Recovery Manager also supports transparent testing for disaster recovery, upgrades and fixes and can produce audit reports to confirm full service restoration, validate Service Level Agreements and demonstrate DR compliance. Progent offers the support of a VCDX certified VMware SRM consultant to help your organization to design, configure, test and manage a DR system powered by VMware SRM.
Cisco VoIP Phones and Jabber Remote Support Services
IT Consultants Cisco VoIP phones Single Number Reach
Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified network infrastructure experts can provide high-level support services for Cisco Unified Communications Manager (formerly CallManager). Progent can assist your organization to integrate VoIP phones, design dial plans, configure SIP trunking and PSTN support, deploy ISR G2 routers with CUBE support, and deploy UCS server high availability systems.
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