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Cisco 1900 Series
Cisco IOS Software
The Cisco 1941 Series Integrated Services Routers deliver innovative technologies running on industry-
leading Cisco IOS Software. Developed for wide deployment in the world's most demanding enterprise,
access, and service provider networks, Cisco IOS Software Release 15 M&T provides support for a
comprehensive portfolio of Cisco technologies, including new functionality and features delivered in
Releases 12.4 and 12.4T, and new innovations that span multiple technology areas, including security,
voice, high availability, IP Routing and Multicast, quality of service (QoS), IP Mobility, Multiprotocol Label
Switching (MPLS), VPNs, and embedded management.
Cisco IOS Software Licensing and Packaging
A single Cisco IOS Universal image encompassing all functions is delivered with the platforms. You can
enable advanced features by activating a software license on the Universal image. In previous generations
of access routers, these feature sets required you to download a new software image. Technology
packages and feature licenses, enabled through the Cisco software licensing infrastructure, simplify
software delivery and decrease the operational costs of deploying new features.
Four major technology licenses are available on the Cisco 1941 Series Integrated Services Routers;
you can activate the licenses through the Cisco software activation process identified at
http://www.cisco.com/go/sa.
• IP Base: This technology package is available as default
• Data
• Security (SEC) or Security with No Payload Encryption (SEC-NPE)
For additional information and details about Cisco IOS Software licensing and packaging on Cisco 1941
Series Integrated Services Routers, please visit
Key Branch Office Services
The Cisco Integrated Services Routers are industry-leading routers that offer unprecedented levels of
services integration. Designed to meet the requirements of the branch office, these platforms provide
a complete solution with voice, security, mobility, and data services. Businesses enjoy the benefit by
deploying a single device that meets all their needs and save on capital and operational expenses.
Integrated Network Security for Data and Mobility
Security is essential to protect a business' intellectual property while also ensuring business continuity
and providing the ability to extend the corporate workplace to employees who need anytime, anywhere
access to company resources. As part of the Cisco SAFE architectural framework that allows organizations
to identify, prevent, and adapt to network security threats—the Cisco 1900 Series Integrated Services
Routers facilitate secure business transactions and collaboration.
The Cisco IOS Software Security technology package license for the Cisco 1900 Series offers a wide
array of common security features such as advanced application inspection and control, threat protection,
and encryption architectures for enabling more scalable and manageable VPN networks in one solution
set. The Cisco 1941 Series offers native hardware-based encryption acceleration to provide greater IPsec
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throughput with less overhead for the router processor when compared with software-based encryption
solutions. Cisco Integrated Services Routers offer a comprehensive and adaptable security solution for
branch-office routers that include features such as:
• Secure connectivity: Secure collaborative communications with Group Encrypted Transport VPN
(GETVPN), Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN), or Enhanced Easy VPN.
• Integrated threat control: Respond to sophisticated network attacks and threats using Cisco IOS Firewall,
Cisco IOS Zone-Based Firewall, IOS IPS, IOS Content Filtering, and Flexible Packet Matching (FPM).
• Identity Management: Intelligently protecting endpoints using technologies such as authentication,
authorization, and accounting (AAA) and public key infrastructure
Detailed information on the security features and solutions supported on the Cisco 1900 Series routers
can be found at http://www.cisco.com/go/routersecurity.
Wireless and Mobility Services
Wireless LAN
The Cisco Integrated Services Routers supporting the Cisco Unified Wireless Network enable deployment
of secure, manageable WLANs optimized for remote sites and branch offices, including fast secure
mobility, survivable authentication, and simplified management. The Cisco Unified Wireless Network
addresses critical points of potential failure and helps enable resiliency and survivability for WLANs at
remote locations and branch offices. This solution protects the WLAN by providing fast recovery from a
variety of faults that may occur. With Cisco's high availability for remote WLANs, hardware and software
work together to enable rapid recovery from disruptions and help ensure fault transparency to users and
network applications.
The new Cisco 1941W with IEEE 802. 1 1n integrated access point support both unified and autonomous
deployments. This integrated WiFi access point offers IEEE 802. 1 1n draft 2.0 standard support for mobile
access to high-bandwidth data, voice, and video applications through the use of multiple-input, multiple-
output (MIMO) technology that provides increased throughput, reliability, and predictability. IEEE 802. 1 1n
wireless networks create a cohesive working environment by combining the mobility of wireless with the
performance of wired networks. Cisco has innovative, next-generation wireless solutions that offer greater
performance and extended reach for pervasive wireless connectivity. IEEE 802. 1 1n technology delivers
outstanding reliability and up to nine times the throughput of current IEEE 802. 1 1 a/b/g networks. It makes
wireless networks an integral part of every type of organization by offering the following benefits:
• Data rates of up to 600 Mbps support more users, devices, and mission-critical, bandwidth-intensive
applications.
• New MIMO technology provides predictable WLAN coverage and reliable connectivity.
• Next-generation wireless technology provides superior investment protection to support emerging
mobile applications.
These routers help extend corporate networks to secure remote sites while giving users access to the
same applications found in corporate offices for both data and voice applications. When users require
WLAN access, visibility, and control of network security are even more critical at the remote site. The new
fixed Cisco Integrated Services Routers meet this need with a single device that combines integrated
IEEE 802. 1 1a/b/g/n capabilities with security features such as WiFi Protected Access (WPA), including
authentication with IEEE 802. 1 X with the Cisco Light Extensible Authentication Protocol (LEAP) and
Protected EAP (PEAP) and encryption with the WPA Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP).
Cisco 1900 Series
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