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Series Overview
For Small- to Medium-sized Businesses, Enterprise Branches, Head Offices,
and the Service Provider Edge
Cisco offers the industry’s broadest and most versatile portfolio of secure, high-performance
Integrated Services Routers, enabling the deployment of a wide array of services to the farthest
reaches of an organization, from the home office to the small office to the large enterprise branch
and head office.
Cisco 860 Series
Small Offices
• Concurrent broadband services for
small offices, and remote sites
• Secure connectivity with Stateful
Inspection Firewall and IP Security
(IPsec) VPN support for small offices
• Security features including:
- Stateful Inspection Firewall
- IP Security (IPsec) VPNs (Triple
Data Encryption Standard [3DES]
or Advanced Encryption Standard
[AES])
• 4-port 10/100 Fast Ethernet managed
switch with VLAN support
• CON/AUX Port for console or external
modem
• Secure 802.11g/n access point
option based on IEEE802.11n draft 2.0
standard
• Easy setup, deployment, and remote
management capabilities through
Web-based tools and Cisco IOS
®
Software
• High performance for broadband
access in small offices and small
branch-office and teleworker sites
• Collaborative services with secure
analog, digital voice, and data
communication
• Business continuity and WAN
diversity with redundant WAN links:
Fast Ethernet, G.SHDSL, ADSL2/2+,
VDSL2, 3G, and ISDN
• Survivable Remote Site Telephony
(SRST) voice continuity for enterprise
small branch-office and teleworker
sites
• Enhanced security, including:
- Firewall with advance application
and control for email, Instant
Messaging (IM), and HTTP traffic
- Site-to-site remote-access
and dynamic VPN services: IP
Security (IPsec) VPNs (Triple Data
Encryption Standard [3DES] or
Advanced Encryption Standard
[AES]), Dynamic Multipoint VPN
(DMVPN), Group Encrypted
Transport VPN with onboard
acceleration, and Secure Sockets
Layer (SSL) VPN
- Intrusion prevention system (IPS):
An inline, deep-packet inspection
feature that effectively mitigates a
wide range of network attacks
- Content filtering: A subscription-
based integrated security
solution that offers category-
based reputation rating; keyword
blocking; and protection against
adware, malware, spyware, and
URL blocking
• Four-port 10/100 Fast Ethernet
managed switch with VLAN
support; two ports support Power
over Ethernet (PoE) for powering IP
phones or external access points
• Secure 802.11g/n access-point
option based on draft 802.11n
standard with support for
autonomous or Cisco Unified
WLAN architectures
• CON/AUX port for console or
external modem
• One USB 1.1 port for security
eToken credentials, booting from
USB, and loading configuration
• Easy setup, deployment, and
remote-management capabilities
through web-based tools and Cisco
IOS
®
Software
Cisco 880 Series
Small Offices and Teleworker Deployments
• High performance for secure
broadband and Metro Ethernet
access with concurrent services for
enterprise small branch offices
• Business continuity and WAN
diversity with redundant WAN links:
Fast Ethernet, V.92, and ISDN Basic
Rate Interface (BRI)
• Integrated secure 802.11a/g/n access
point (optional) based on the draft
802.11n standard; dual-band radios for
mobility and support for autonomous
or Cisco Unified WLAN architectures
• Enhanced security including:
- Firewall with advance application
and control for email, instant
messaging (IM), and HTTP traffic
- Site-to-site remote-access
and dynamic VPN services: IP
Security (IPsec) VPNs (Triple Data
Encryption Standard [3DES] or
Advanced Encryption Standard
[AES]), Dynamic Multipoint VPN
[DMVPN], Group Encrypted
Transport VPN [GET VPN] with
onboard acceleration, and Secure
Sockets Layer [SSL] VPN
- Intrusion prevention system (IPS):
An inline, deep-packet-inspection
feature that mitigates a wide range
of network attacks
- Content filtering: A subscription-
based integrated security
solution that offers category-
based reputation rating, keyword
blocking, and protection against
adware, malware, spyware, and
URL blocking
• An 8-port 10/100 Fast Ethernet
managed switch with VLAN support
and 4-port support for Power over
Ethernet (PoE) (optional) to power IP
phones or external access points
• Metro Ethernet features include:
- One 1000 BASE-T Gigabit
Ethernet WAN port
- One 10/100 BASE-T Fast
Ethernet WAN port
- Intelligent hierarchical quality
of service (HQoS): Supports
hierarchical queuing and
shaping
- Connectivity Fault Management
(CFM), based on 802.1ag
- 802.3ah standard based Link
operational administration and
maintenance (OAM)
- Ethernet Local Management
Interface (E-LMI) for the
Customer Edge
- CFM Interworking and
backwards compatibility
- Performance Management
based on IP service-level
agreement (SLA) for Ethernet
• Dedicated console and auxiliary
ports for configuration and
management
• Two USB 2.0 ports for security
eToken credentials, booting, and
loading configuration from USB
• Easy setup, deployment,
and centralized and remote-
management capabilities through
web-based tools and Cisco IOS
®
Software
Cisco 890 Series
Enterprise Small Branch