Cisco Systems SM-ISM, SA-ISA manual Preface, Objectives

Preface

This preface describes the objectives and organization of this document and explains how to find additional information on related products and services. This preface contains the following sections:

•Objectives, page iii

•Audience, page iv

•Installation Warning, page iv

•Document Organization, page v

•Document Conventions, page v

•Obtaining Documentation, page x

•Obtaining Technical Assistance, page xii

•Obtaining Additional Publications and Information, page xiii

Objectives

This document contains instructions and procedures for installing and configuring the Integrated Services Adapter (ISA) in Cisco 7200 series routers and the Integrated Services Module (ISM) in Cisco 7100 series routers. Also contained in this document are basic configuration steps and examples of router commands and displays.

The ISA is a single-width service adapter and the ISM is a single-width service module. Each provides high-performance, hardware-assisted tunneling and encryption services suitable for virtual private network (VPN) remote access, site-to-site intranet, and extranet applications. The ISA and the ISM offload IP Security Protocol (IPSec) and Microsoft Point to Point Encryption (MPPE) processing from the main processor of the Cisco 7200 series or Cisco 7100 series router, thus freeing router resources for other tasks.

Although both the ISA and the ISM provide the same functionality, they are physically unique cards designed for different router platforms, with their own part numbers:

•SM-ISM(=)—Cisco 7100 series routers

•SA-ISA(=)—Cisco 7200 series routers

Note The information provided in this document applies to both the ISA and the ISM unless specifically stated otherwise.

Integrated Services Adapter and Integrated Services Module Installation and Configuration

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