/mcpBusiness Requirement(s)
Feature/Solution
Pay-as-you-grow
● Performance upgrade model
● Investment protection
● CapEx budget management
● Router capacity can be increased with a remote performance-on-demand
license upgrade (no hardware upgrade) for exceptional savings.
Superior and secure user application
experiences
● ISR-AX “Application Experience” software bundle with advanced routing and
network monitoring services.
● Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN), zone-based firewalls, Intrusion Prevention
(Snort and Umbrella Branch) and Content Management using Cisco Cloud
Web security and OpenDNS protecting data, providing authentication
credentials, and transmissions not backhauled through the data center.
● Secure boot feature performs hardware-based authentication of the
bootloader software to prevent malicious or unintended software from booting
on the system.
● Code signing verifies digital signatures of executables prior to loading to
prevent execution of altered or corrupted code.
● Hardware authentication protects against hardware counterfeiting by using an
on-board tamper-proof silicon, including field replaceable modules. If
authentication fails, the module is not allowed to boot.
IT consolidation, space savings, and
improved Total Cost of Ownership
(TCO)
● Single converged branch platform integrates routing, switching, virtual server,
storage, security, unified communications, WAN optimization, and
performance management tools.
Business continuity and increased
resiliency
● ISR 4400 Series models (4461, 4451, and 4431 ISRs) support dual integrated
power supplies for backup. The entire ISR 4000 Family supports optional
power supply capable of delivering additional PoE power to endpoints.
● Modular network interfaces with diverse connection options for load-
balancing and network resiliency.
● Modular interfaces with online removal and insertion (OIR) for module
upgrades without network disruption.
● Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST), which serves as a
resiliency complement to Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS), a Cisco
cloud-based UC service.
● Support for multiple, diverse access links: T1/E1, T3/E3, Serial, xDSL, Gigabit
and Ten-Gigabit Ethernet.
Lower telephony costs with VoIP and
rich media experiences
● High-performance analog/digital gateway, allowing VoIP over less expensive
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunks.
● Integrated IP PBX (Cisco Unified Communications Express) and Session
Border Controller (Cisco Unified Border Element, or CUBE).
Easier manageability and support
● Single, universal software image for all features and performance-on-demand
licensing flexibility.
● No additional services and support needed for compute and storage.
● Supported by Cisco and third-party management tools, with programmability
and automation.