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    Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AThe Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000) is a SD-WAN ready router.N/A
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    Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
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    Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    As mentioned, the Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000) can support higher network bandwidth as compared to the ISar Routers. In addition, the ASR router can be easily scaled up by adding an SPA Network Interfaces module to support additional network …
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    Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    stacks as a satellite or as route refletor
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    Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    Cisco ASR 1000 is a competent device, it is built for multi purposes, you can use it in private cloud solutions, WAN router in your company and branches. The capability to support multiple OPEN standard routing protocols allow it to establish neighborship with customer, partner …
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    Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    This has been selected because it allows us to use OTV to stretch VLANs
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    Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    We needed tried and true device to support both internet edge and OTV functionality. While the ASR1K line is reaching end-of-life, the Catalyst 8500-series platform was brand new so we were not ready to invest in that platform; however, in hindsight, given Cisco has EoL'd the …
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    Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    serving as a WAN aggregation router for the termination of our external 10G links, we choose it for the following features BGP, PFR, Cisco Nonstop Forwarding, ISSU, Stateful SwitchoverEtherChannels
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    Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    We haven't used any other manufacturer other than Cisco. [H]owever, we have used different models that Cisco offers. The ASR has a little more horsepower than the ISR. Both are very good routers though.
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    Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    As a cloud hosted services, we are using Cisco CSR1000V instead, which provides quite versatile solution in the virtualized environment.
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    Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    Before standardizing on the Cisco ASR 1000 we had explored the idea of using Juniper routers. Ultimately we felt the Cisco ASR 1000 was a better fit at the time. We have been very happy with this decision, but it might not be the right decision for everyone. It fit our …
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    Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    The truth was we have not evaluated another option.
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    Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    The Cisco 1000 series devices in most cases perform vastly different roles in a large network than the ASR 9000s. They take up a lot less physical space, require less cooling and less power consumption at a lower cost. However, they cannot process information at the same …
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    Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    One look at the ASR and we were sold.
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    Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    Bandwidth and flexibility
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    Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    Cisco has a larger market share than Juniper in the router markets. Because of that, there are more certified Cisco service engineers and more online support resources compared with Juniper for troubleshooting hardware issues. The rest of our LAN infrastructure was already …
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    Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    With the available handy skills and affirmative experience with Cisco, it was picked though some features for the aforesaid products were equally good and worthwhile.
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    Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    Cisco Routers are a better fit for my org. Juniper seemed to be the best comparison, but mainly we chose to remain with Cisco because our in-house knowledge was already there. We didn’t see a big enough difference in other options to make it worth the change.
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    Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    They are the industry standard and have been using them forever predating my employment.
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    Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    For cloud network all these products complement each other to ensure HA reliability, optimized path, workload mobility, multi services, multi hypervisor support to service our workloads.
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    Chose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    I would choose Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers for enterprise WAN edge, branch aggregation, SD-WAN, and mid-sized service provider roles due to their high throughput, Integrated services(firewall, NAT, VPN), low power consumption and cooling, smaller size, and …
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (25 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    Based on my past and current experiences as a network engineer, they serve and run really well and also simplify our setup where we used them as edge or border or internet gateway routers. And also we used them as Data Center Interconnect, terminating dark fibers using LR or ZR SFP+. Even though they are well suited for enterprise network, there may still be some room for improvement with SRv6.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Open standard routing protocols (OSPF, BGP)
    • VRF Aware > allow us to segment each circuit per VRF instance.
    • Port density depending on the model and customer needs.
    • Easy to troubleshoot and configure.
    • Support for sub-interfaces using VLAN tagging which allows to separate traffic at the logical level.
    • High throughput.
    • Support for open standard LACP protocol and Cisco own PAGP protocol.
    • Route leak supported between VRFs.
    • Redundant PDUs.
    • Support for open standard AAA.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • The ASR 1000 series routers can, as with most devices, improve with additional memory capacity and upgraded chip sets for faster processing.
    • There seems to be limitations on the number of routing sessions the smaller ASR devices can handle, which can be overcome with proper planning and placement within the network.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    The device without a doubts performs at the level required and expected, we can renew it and use it as we have been using it for years. The device can be used as DCI, IPN/ISN, or even private cloud for customer circuit handoff, it also supports IPSec properly. The device is well suited in multiple segments of the network.
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    Usability
    Cisco
    All our modular contingency service exercises use this equipment, it allows us to perform this type of exercises very easily, in a controlled and effective way. It is used at least once a month for these types of events. It also allows configuration replication in computers that are under the same model.
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    We have received training on the equipment, which has made us add more networks on our own, we provide first level support, we validate the publication of the equipment and we can satisfy the needs of our internal clients in terms of the prompt recovery of the affected services
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    Implementation was as per design and all best practice configuration was followed.
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    Cisco
    We haven't used any other manufacturer other than Cisco. [H]owever, we have used different models that Cisco offers. The ASR has a little more horsepower than the ISR. Both are very good routers though.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • It is a healthy return on investment with planned packed size data. Average unicast latency is low and consistent with small and large packets (barring mid-sized).
    • Cisco devices last longer and also have a decent trade-in policy to recover some value when equipment is replaced.
    • Higher concurrent IPSec tunnels are offered, we tested for 1500+, fielding both encrypted and a mix of encrypted and cleartext traffic.
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