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Cisco 890 Series Integrated Services Routers offer:
● High performance for secure broadband and Metro Ethernet access with concurrent services for enterprise
small branch offices
● Business continuity and WAN diversity with redundant W AN links: Fast Ethernet (FE), V.92, ISDN Basic
Rate Interface (BRI), Gigabit Ethernet (GE), ADSL2+/VDSL (Annex A/B/M), Multimode G.SHDSL, and
Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP)
● Integrated secure 802.11a/g/n access point (optional) based on the draft 802.11n standard; dual-band
radios for mobility and support for autonomous or Cisco Unified W LAN architectures
● Enhanced security including:
Firewall with advance application and control for email, instant messagi ng (IM), and HTTP traffic
Site-to-site remote-access and dynamic VPN services: IP Security (IPsec) VPNs (Triple Da ta Encryption
Standard [3DES] or Advanced Encryption Standard [AES], Dynamic Multipoint VPN [DMVPN], Group
Encrypted Transport VPN with onboard acceleration, and Secure Sockets Layer [SSL] VPN)
Intrusion prevention system (IPS): An inline, deep-packet-inspection fea ture that mitigates a wide range
of network attacks
● Web Security with Cisco ScanSafe deployment: An 8-port 10/100 Fast Ethernet managed switch with
VLAN support and 4-port support for Power over Ethernet (PoE) (optional for certain models ) to power IP
phones or external access points; the Cisco 892FSP, 896VA, 897VA, and 898EA ha ve an 8-port
10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet managed switch with VLAN support; no PoE support is avail able for the
Cisco 892FSP
● Metro Ethernet features including:
One 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet WAN port
One 10/100BASE-T Fast Ethernet WAN port on the Cisco 891 and 892 or 1-p ort Gigabit Ethernet WAN
porton the Cisco 892FSP, 896VA, 897VA, and 898EA
One 1-port Gigabit Ethernet SFP socket for WAN connectivity on the Cis co 892F, 892FSP, 896VA,
897VA, and 898EA
(Note: Only the 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet WAN or the SFP is operational at a given tim e.)
Intelligent hierarchical quality of service (HQoS): Support for hierarchical q ueuing and shaping
Connectivity Fault Management (CFM), based on 802.1ag
802.3ah standards-based link operations, administration, and maintenance (OA&M)
Ethernet Local Management Interface (E-LMI) for the customer edge
CFM Interworking and backward compatibility
Performance management based on IP service-level agreement (SLA) for Etherne t
● Dedicated console and auxiliary ports for configuration and management
● Two USB 2.0 ports for security eToken credentials, booting, and loading configuratio n from USB available
on the Cisco 891, 892, and 892F
● Easy setup and deployment, and centralized and remote-management capa bilities through web-based
tools and Cisco IOS® Software