Advantages of upgrading to the Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Router |
Network requirements for digital organizations | Features | First generation(Cisco 1800, 2800 and 3800 series [discontinued October 2016]) | Second generation (ISR G2)(Cisco 1900, 2900 and 3900 series [discontinued December 2017]) | Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Router | Advantage |
Insight and experience | Maximum throughput | Up to 50 Mbps | Up to 350 Mbps | Up to 2 Gbps | 4 to 10 times higher performance than ISR |
Cisco ® Application Visibility and Controllability (AVC) | no | Yes | Yes | Monitor more than 1,000 applications for capacity planning and prioritization |
Smart path selection(Cisco High Performance Routing [PfR] Third Edition) | no | Yes | Yes | Real-time analysis to help ensure application experience and reduce path selection costs |
WAN optimization(Cisco Wide Area Network Application Optimization [WAAS] and Akamai) | no | Yes | Yes | Improved application performance and WAN load distribution, layer 4 to layer 7 optimization and intelligent caching |
Automation and assurance | Pay-as-you-go performance and services | no | no | Yes | Can be purchased according to current needs, and can be upgraded at any time without upgrading the entire equipment |
Cisco ONE™ Software Suite | no | Yes | Yes | Predictable operating expenses, license portability and investment protection |
Cisco Intelligent WAN Application and Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module (APIC-EM) | no | Yes | Yes | Automatic provisioning to speed up SD-WAN deployment |
Security and compliance | Cisco Firepower® Threat ISR Defense | no | Yes | Yes | Industry-leading advanced threat defense |
Cisco Umbrella Branch (OpenDNS) | no | no | Yes | Use real-time threat intelligence to prevent malware, botnets, phishing, and targeted online attacks |
Cisco Stealthwatch Learning Network License Multi-core Hardware VPN Acceleration | no | Yes | Yes | Branch network visibility and device-level incident response, including packet capture and machine learning(2900 and 3900 series ISRs require UCS E series blades) |
Multi-core hardware VPN acceleration | no | no | Yes | High-performance encryption can ensure the security of the WAN |
Virtualization | Enterprise Network Function Virtualization | no | no | Yes | Simplify the operation and deployment of virtual network services on any platform |
Local application hosting | no | no | Yes | No other network equipment in the branch is required |
Use Cisco UCS E-Series servers to provide integrated computing | no | Yes | Yes | Provide local computing resources required for applications, data backup and analysis |
Cisco IOS® XE operating system | no | no | Yes | Multi-core processing improves the performance and availability of network services |
Comparison of ISR4000 series integrated multi-service routers |
Technical specifications | ISR4221 | ISR4321 | ISR4331 | ISR4351 | ISR4431 | ISR4451 |
Appearance specifications | 1 RU desktop | 1 RU desktop | 1 RU | 2 RU | 1 RU | 2 RU |
Integrated WAN port | GE/SFP port | GE/SFP port | GE/SFP port | 2 PoE/GE ports | 2 PoE/GE ports | 2 PoE/GE ports |
performance | 35 Mbps | 50 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 200 Mbps | 500 Mbps | 1 Gbps |
Performance when using a performance license | 75 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 300 Mbps | 400 Mbps | 1 Gbps | 2 Gbps |
Performance when using Boost license | 1.2 Gbps | 2 Gbps or more | 2 Gbps or more | 2 Gbps or more | 4 Gbps or more | 4 Gbps or more |
Encryption throughput (AES 256) | 75 Mbps | 100 Mbps | 500 Mbps | 500 Mbps | 900 Mbps | 1.6 Gbps |
Management port | 1 GE RJ-45 port(Integrated out-of-band management) | 1 GE RJ-45 port(Integrated out-of-band management) | 1 GE RJ-45 port(Integrated out-of-band management) | 1 GE RJ-45 port(Integrated out-of-band management) | 1 GE RJ-45 port(Integrated out-of-band management) | 1 GE RJ-45 port(Integrated out-of-band management) |
Network Interface Module (NIM) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Enhanced Service Module (SM-X) | - | - | 1 half width | 2 half-width or 1 full-width | - | 2 half-width or 1 full-width |
Integrated Service Card (ISC) slot | - | 1 PVDM 4 | 1 PVDM 4 | 1 PVDM 4 | 1 PVDM 4 | 1 PVDM 4 |
Type A USB port | 1 USB 2.0 port | 1 USB 2.0 port | 1 USB 2.0 port | 2USB 2.0 ports | 2 USB 2.0 ports | 2USB 2.0 ports |
Default/maximum flash memory | 8 GB | 4 GB/8 GB | 4 GB/16 GB | 4 GB/16 GB | 8 GB/32 GB | 8 GB/32 GB |
Default/Maximum DRAM | 4 GB fixed DRAM | 4 GB/8 GB | 4 GB/16 GB | 4 GB/16 GB | 4 GB/16 GB | 4 GB/16 GB |