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Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS 5000)

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18 Reviews and Ratings

What is Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS 5000)?

The Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS 5000) is a router designed to support network function virtualization (NFV).

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Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS 5000) Reviews

What users are saying about Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS 5000).
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Benefits ENCS 5000

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Jose Manuel CastilloView profile
Post Sales and Network Engineer / Southern Cone in Engineering at Logicalis (201-500 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have used it as an ISR router or a virtual ASA firewall. Provides great flexibility and is very easy to administer. Cisco teams are flexible and easy to manage.No less data is that with this line it is possible to reduce the amount of equipment per headquarters since, as previously mentioned, different equipment can be virtualized, which allows us to save space and costs.

Pros

  • Virtualizing routers.
  • Less power required compared to physical hardware.
  • High performance.
  • Configuration options

Cons

  • An improvement point would be to correct the large number of bugs that were presented in the older versions, although in the new versions there is an improvement in this aspect.

Most Important Features

  • Footprint.
  • Its interface is very friendly.
  • It allows the VNF certification of other vendors, thus guaranteeing compatibility and interoperability.

Return on Investment

  • High availability.
  • Reduces rack unit space.
  • Made it easier for the logistics company to send hardware.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000), Cisco Nexus and Cisco 5520 Wireless Controller

Other Software Used

Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000), Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000), Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500), Cisco 5520 Wireless Controller

ENCS5412 - Cisco's Network Hypervisor

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Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

VIrtualizing routers and firewalls, just like VMWare for servers. A significantly smaller footprint in our network cabinets. We now have much less equipment to ship to our remote sites. This makes it extremely easy to spawn a new virtual network device, like a virtual ISR router or a virtual ASA firewall.

Pros

  • Smaller footprint
  • Less cooling required compared to physical hardware
  • Easy to allocate more compute resources to virtual guests if required.
  • Less power required compared to physical hardware

Cons

  • Earlier software versions (3.x) have had many bugs
  • Templates have not been working until 4.x
  • The largest model 5412 could use a hardware refresh like all the smaller versions just had.

Most Important Features

  • Footprint
  • Power consumption
  • Easy User Interface

Return on Investment

  • Saving on cabinet space due to smaller footprint
  • Easier to ship and handle than physical hardware
  • Princing is very similar to the combined price of what it replaces.

Other Software Used

Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000), Cisco 5520 Wireless Controller, Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches

A router for every occasion

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Engineering (1001-5000 employees)

Pros

  • Flexibility
  • Configuration options
  • High performance

Cons

  • Ease of configuration

Return on Investment

  • High uptime, dependable