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Cisco 900 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR)

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What is Cisco 900 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR)?

The Cisco 900 Series Industrial ISR (IR 900) series of routers are designed with an open platform to build a highly secure, reliable, and scalable field network infrastructure.

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Cisco 900 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR) Reviews

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ISR 900 routers are great as a CPE's

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rinu philipose
Senior Lead Engineer in Engineering at Lightpath (1001-5000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it as edge routers. Havent had any problems.

Pros

  • easy to deploy
  • lower price point than other solutions.
  • Takes little space and power

Cons

  • more port options

Most Important Features

  • price point
  • form factor

Return on Investment

  • limited warehouse space required
  • simple to deploy

ASR 9000 Review

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Verified User
Contributor in Engineering (10,001+ employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We currently use the Cisco ASR9000 Series router as an aggregate router within our network. The Router works as expected, however the upgrade process is extremely difficult and cumbersome compared to other products and vendors. In my opinion, the need to upgrade fan trays and firmware on power supplies appears to be the result of a lack of prior planning.

Pros

  • IOS-XR is a great.
  • The details provided when troubleshooting are great.
  • Robustness and uptime.

Cons

  • The need to upgrade firmware on power supplies and other HW Modules
  • The need to upgrade fan trays, etc to support further functionality.

Most Important Features

  • Modularity & Growth Capabilities
  • Robusness

Return on Investment

  • Positive because it has a low failure rate =D

[Cisco] 900 Series [Integrated Services Routers] (ISR) - Cost Effective 10G

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Verified User
Engineer in Engineering (11-50 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We primarily use Cisco [900 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR)] as [a] complex demarcation points of networks. These devices also act as a cost-effective solution for providing 10Gbps ports at an access layer operating on the customers' premises. The Cisco [900 Series Integrated Services] Routers provide this with an array of features that can facilitate both basic and more complex deployments.

Pros

  • Routing
  • Switching
  • 10Gbps access

Cons

  • [It has a] pay as you grow model of licensing, but, [in my opinion, is] a pain to implement.
  • [The] service impacting license application [could be improved].
  • Configuration complexity [could be improved].

Return on Investment

  • Excellent option for 10Gbps ports at the access layer
  • Option of either SFP/copper ports at purchase
  • Scalable cost based on number of ports required

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Catalyst Switches

Other Software Used

monday.com, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM), Cisco Meraki MX

Small, but powerful routers for small businesses or remote sites

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Verified User
Manager in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cisco 900 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR), in general, are a solid choice when replacing your existing small business routers if you need the expanded functionality. We have found that need when our network complexity and size warranted it. This solves those issues, which is why we plan to use these throughout the company in the future.

Pros

  • [It] works great full-featured, but [I recommend a] small router for remote sites.
  • [It] can handle more traffic than it even advertises!
  • [It has a] well-priced option for smaller or less critical sites.

Cons

  • [It] could use options to add some extra ports.
  • [The] software could be a bit more solid like its larger counterparts.
  • Better mounting systems would be great.

Return on Investment

  • Lots of money saved in downgrading from less useful and older full-sized routers at small sites
  • Time saved having to learn new commands (web GUI works great)
  • Saves time training staff to manage them

Other Software Used

Arcserve Appliances, Arcserve UDP, Arcserve Backup

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