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Features
Benefits
Quality of Service (QoS)
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
QoS (for Cisco SOHO 96 and SOHO 97
routers), Including ATM Traffic
Universal Broadband Router (UBR),
nonreal-time Variable Bit Rate (VBRnrt),
and Constant Bit Rate (CBR) with per-VC
Queuing and Traffic Shaping
Helps ensures QoS with ability to send traffic over the appropriate virtual circuit to provide ATM-
level shaping and help ensure that no head-of-line blocking can happen between circuits of different
or equal traffic classes
Easy Setup and Deployment
Plug and Play with Default Settings and
Web-Based Setup Tool
Allows nontechnical users to easily set up the router and customize advanced features
CRWS
Allows nontechnical users to complete installation by simply by pointing a browser at the router and
providing user information
Cisco Configuration Express
Lowers cost of deployment by shipping preconfigured units directly to end users without staging or
storing
Advanced Management Features for Low Cost of Ownership
Router Status Page in CRWS Tool
Provides a Web-based visual representation of router configuration and feature status (firewall
activated, VPN tunnel up, for example)
Cisco IOS Software Interactive Debug
And Remote Management Features
Enables remote management and monitoring via SNMP, Telnet, or HTTP and local management via
console port to diagnose network problems in detail
Cisco IOS Software Command Line
Interface (CLI)
Allows customers to use existing knowledge of the Cisco IOS Software CLI for easier installation
and manageability without additional training
Cisco IOS Software Technology
Offers technology that is used throughout the backbone of the Internet and in most enterprise
networks
Cisco CNS 2100 Series Intelligence
Engine
Provides for centralized Cisco IOS Software configuration update; remote sites are configured to
contact this centrally located device for configuration updates
Supported by Cisco VPN Solution Center,
CiscoWorks VMS, and Cisco Secure
Policy Manager
Allows for scalable deployments of security policies management
Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol
Provides a secure, encrypted connection to a router, similar to an inbound Telnet session
Out-of-Band Management Through the
Integrated Services Digital Network
(ISDN) Basic Rate Interface (BRI) S/T
Port (Cisco SOHO 96 router only)
Allows service providers to remotely manage and troubleshoot the router should the DSL line fail
