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Cisco 2900 SeriesCisco 2900 Series
Benefits and Advantages continued
Overall, the Cisco 2900 Series offers unparalleled
operational savings and network agility through the
continued intelligent integration of market leading
security, unified communications, wireless, and
application optimization services.
Key Business 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. The table
below lists the business benefits of the Cisco 2900
Series.
Benfits Description
Energy Efficiency
The 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 Protection
The 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.
Benfits Description
Services 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.