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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 Table 5.
Table 5. 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
(Note: Cisco 2801 will support the Cisco IOS Software Warm Reboot at a later point in time)
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, 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.
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
Table 6. Chassis Specifications
Cisco 2800 Series Cisco 2801 Cisco 2811 Cisco 2821 Cisco 2851
Product Architecture
DRAM Default: 128 MB
Maximum: 384 MB
Default: 256 MB
Maximum: 760 MB
Default: 256 MB
Maximum: 1 GB
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