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Cost of Ownership and Ease of Use—Features and Benefits

The Cisco 2800 Series continues the heritage of offering versatility, integration, and power to branch offices. The Cisco 2800 Series offers many

enhancements to help enable the support of multiple services in the branch office as shown in the table below..

Table 6. Cost of Ownership and Ease of Use—Feature and Benefits

Feature Benefit

Integrated Channel Service

Unit/Data Service Unit (CSU/DSU),

Add/Drop Multiplexers, Firewall,

Modem, Compression, and

Encryption

• Consolidates typical communications equipment found in branch-office wiring closets into a single,

compact unit; this space-saving solution provides better manageability

Optional Network Analysis Module

• Provides application-level visibility into network traffic for troubleshooting, performance monitoring,

capacity planning, and managing network-based services (Note: Cisco 2811, 2821, and 2851 only)

Cisco IOS Software Warm Reboot

• Reduces system boot time, and decreases downtime caused by Cisco IOS Software reboots

(Cisco 2811, 2821 and 2851)

Enhanced Setup Feature

• Optional setup wizard with context-sensitive questions guides the user through the router

configuration process, allowing faster deployment

CiscoWorks Support

• Offers advanced management and configuration capabilities through a Web-based GUI

Cisco AutoInstall

• Configures remote routers automatically across a WAN connection to save cost of sending

technical staff to the remote site

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

As companies strive to lower the cost of running their network and increase the productivity of their end users with network applications, more

intelligent branch-office solutions are required. The Cisco 2800 Series offers these solutions by providing enhanced performance and increased

modular density to support multiple services at wire speed. The Cisco 2800 Series is designed to consolidate the functions of many separate devices

into a single, compact package that can be managed remotely. Because the Cisco 2800 Series routers are modular devices, interface configurations

are easily customized to accommodate a wide variety of network applications, such as branch-office data access, integrated switching, voice and

data integration, wireless LAN services, dial access services, VPN access and firewall protection, business-class DSL, content networking, intrusion

prevention, inter-VLAN routing, and serial device concentration. The Cisco 2800 Series provides customers with the industry’s most flexible,

adaptable infrastructure to meet both today’s and tomorrow’s business requirements for maximum investment protection.