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Features and Benefits
The Cisco 2600 Series brings a cost-effective combination of versatility, integration, and power to service providers
with the features listed in Table 1.
Table 1
Features and Benefits of the Cisco 2600 Series
Features
Benefits
Versatility and Investment Protection
Modular Architecture
• Network interfaces are field-upgradable to accommodate future
technologies while providing a solution to meet today’s needs
• Additional interfaces can be added on a “pay-as-you-grow” basis to
accommodate network growth
• Wide variety of interfaces and port densities for IP, ATM, Frame and TDM
networks to support any Central Office environment
Broad array of WAN Interface Cards
and Network Modules Shared with
Cisco 1700, 3600, and 3700 Series
Modular Access Platforms
• Reduces cost of maintaining inventory of Cisco 1700, 2600, 3600, and 3700
Series modular components
• Lower training costs for support personnel
Advanced Integration Module Slot
• Expandability for integration of advanced services such as
hardware-assisted data compression, encryption, Voice and ATM
• Maximizes performance by off-loading processor intensive applications to a
coprocessor
• Provides expanded services, freeing the NM slot for other applications
Choice of LAN Configurations
• Meets specific Telco DCN and CO Local Area Network requirements
including single and dual LAN connections for auto-sensing 10/100Mbps
Ethernet, mixed Ethernet and Token Ring environments
• Optional etherswitch module provides for low-density Layer 2 connectivity
and optional inline power to IP Phones and Aironet Access Points.
DC and AC Power Supply Options
• Allows deployment in DC power environments such as telecommunications
carrier central offices or as a managed Customer Premise Equipment (CPE)
platform with an AC power supply
Service Provider/Carrier DCN-Class Performance
High-Performance Architecture
• High-speed routing performance of up to 70,000 packets per second for
maximum scalability to support more concurrent functions (Cisco 2691-DC)
• Support for advanced QoS features such as the Resource Reservation
Protocol (RSVP), Weighted Fair Queuing (WFQ), and IP Precedence to
reduce recurring WAN costs
• Support for up to 10 T1/E1 network connections
• Up to 39 asynchronous or 22 synchronous connections are supported in a
single Cisco 2600 enabling telemetry applications
• Support for TDM traffic with drop and insert capabili.ty
• AIM slot support to off-load processor intensive applications including
hardware-based compression, encryption, ATM access, and Voice.
• Enables security features such as data encryption, tunneling, and user
authentication and authorization for virtual private network (VPN) access
• Full Cisco IOS
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Software Support
