Cisco Systems 2600-DC Series Features and Benefits, Features and Benefits of the Cisco 2600 Series

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	• Reduces cost of maintaining inventory of Cisco 1700, 2600, 3600, and 3700
and Network Modules Shared with	Series modular components
Cisco 1700, 3600, and 3700 Series	• Lower training costs for support personnel
Modular Access Platforms
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® Software Support

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