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Cisco 1900 Series Benefits and Advantages Services on Demand The Cisco 1900 Series Integrated Services Routers extend this leadership in total cost of ownership by reducing initial capital outlays by decoupling the delivery of software from hardware on optional service modules. In addition, customers receive a Universal IOS image, capable of enabling all of Cisco's rich IOS features allowing you to quickly deploy new services without having to download a new IOS image. Investment Protection The Cisco 1900 Series extends its leadership in total cost of ownership by reducing deployment costs and increasing flexibility. The platform also offers investment protection with support for many of the existing ISR modules. Energy Efficiency The Cisco 1900 architecture has been designed with higher efficiency power supplies that provide energy-savings features that include intelligent power management, allowing customers to control power to a specific module based on time of day, with full Cisco EnergyWise feature support in the future. Cisco® 1941 builds on the best-in-class offering of the existing Cisco 1841 Integrated Services Routers by offering two models-Cisco 1941 and Cisco 1941W. In addition to the support of a wide range of wireless and wired connectivity options supported on Cisco 1941 Series, Cisco 1941W offers integration of IEEE 802.11n access point which is backwards compatible with IEEE 802.11a/b/g access points. All Cisco 1900 Series Integrated Services Routers offer embedded hardware encryption acceleration, optional firewall, intrusion prevention, and application services. In addition, the platforms support the industries widest range of wired and wireless connectivity options such as T1/E1, xDSL, 3G, and GE. Key Benefits The Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISR G2) provide superior services integration and agility. Designed for scalability, the modular architecture of these platforms enables you to grow and adapt with your business needs. Table 1 lists the business benefits of the Cisco 1900. 68 Benefits and Advantages continued Cisco 1900 Series Benefit Description Service Integration • The Cisco 1941 Series offer increased levels of services integration with data, security, wireless and mobility services enabling greater efficiencies cost savings. Services on Demand • A single Cisco IOS® Software Universal image is installed on each ISR G2. The Universal image contains all of the Cisco IOS technology sets which can be activated with a software license. This allows your business to quickly deploy advanced features without downloading a new IOS image. Additionally, larger default memory is included to support the new capabilities. • The Cisco Services Ready Engine (SRE) enables a new operational model which allows you to reduce capital expenditures (CapEx) and deploy a variety of application services as needed on a single integrated compute services module. High Performance with • The Cisco 1900 Series enables deployment in high speed WAN Integrated Services environments with concurrent services enabled up to 25 Mbps. • Multi-Gigabit Fabric enables high bandwidth module to module communication without compromising routing performance Network Agility • Designed to address customer business requirements, Cisco 1941 Series with the modular architecture, offers performance range of modular interfaces and services as your network needs grow. • Modular interfaces offer increased bandwidth, a diversity of connection options, and network resiliency. Energy Efficiency • The Cisco 1941 Series architecture provides energy savings features that include the following: • The Cisco 1900 Series offers intelligent power management and allows the customer to control power to the modules based on the time of day. Cisco EnergyWise technology will be supported in the future. • Services integration and modularity on a single platform performing multiple functions, optimizes raw materials consumption and energy usage. • Platform flexibility and ongoing development of both hardware and software capabilities lead to a longer product lifecycle, lowering all aspects of the total cost of ownership, including materials and energy use. • High efficiency power supplies are provided with each platform. Investment Protection • The Cisco 1941 Series maximizes investment protection by supporting: • Reuse of a broad array of existing modules supported on the original Integrated Services Routers provides a lower cost of ownership • Rich set of Cisco IOS Software features carried forward from the original Integrated Services Routers and delivered in the universal image. • Flexibility to grow as your business needs evolve 69