Transforming the Network Edge

Cisco ASR 1000 Series routers offer service providers and enterprises industry-leading performance, service capabilities, reliability, and efficiencies in a compact form factor. Using an innovative new Cisco QuantumFlow processor, current and future services can be instantly turned on to operate at line rate without compromising network performance or availability.

Important Features:

The Cisco ASR 1000 Series is the network platform to transform your business by delivering high-performance integration of network and applications.

• New collaborative and secure connectivity features include WebEx Node for ASR 1000 for on-premise web meeting acceleration, Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) SP Edition for enhanced business-to-business TelePresence, HD Voice and Video telephony and VoIP-PSTN interconnect and enhanced secure connectivity and application optimization.
• Delivers, secure, high-performance and integrated software-enabled services (no service blades required), including multi-gigabit encryption, broadband, 20 Gbps firewall, Network Based Application Recognition (NBAR) and Flexible Packet Matching.
• Establishes new price/performance class for edge routers that deliver service integration for personalized residential "any play" and complex business services.
• Provides powerful resiliency with convenient and cost-saving in-service software upgrade (ISSU) capability.
• Offers software redundancy on non-redundant hardware with ASR1002 and ASR1004.

Key Innovations

• Extends network as a platform for cloud computing to conserve resources and ensure optimal performance.
• Extends high availability to the edge by enabling in-service software upgrades, even for single-route processor configurations.
• Delivers instant-on service by only requiring a software license to activate key services.
• Enables enhanced operating efficiencies by using its compact form factor to reduce power consumption, space, and sparing requirements with integrated wire-rate services and compact design.

Key Services