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The Cisco 2600 offers a unique combination of versatility, integration and power at an attractive price for branch office
LAN-to-LAN routing applications. Many of today’s multiple device solutions gateways can be integrated into one Cisco
2600 configuration. Cisco 2600’s RISC-based processor provides the power needed for the dynamic requirements of the
remote branch office,achieving wire speed Ethernet to Ethernet routing with up to 37 thousand packets per second (Kpps)
throughput capacity.
• Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) services
The Cisco 2600 series of modular routers now offers an Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) WAN interface
card (WIC). This offering establishes the industry’s first multiservice router family capable of delivering business class
broadband service with analog/digital voice integration, scalable performance, flexibility, and security for branch and
regional offices. With the addition of the ADSL WIC, the Cisco 2600 is the perfect solution for a variety of organizations
that require high-speed business class DSL access on a secure, high performance modular platform.
• Low Density T1/E1 ATM services
The new High Performance ATM Advanced Integration Module (release 12.2(2)XA) optimizes the Cisco 2600 Modular
Multiservice series routers, by offering AAL5 and AAL2 support for low density T1/E1 data and voice connections over
ATM networks. The need for high QoS functionality and bandwidth efficency is essential, as more organization’s multi-
service traffic is carried over branch WAN connections. This requires platforms to be versital and offer multiservice
applications to not only support T1/E1 ATM Data over AAL5, but also support both VoIP/VoFR (AAL5) and VoATM
(AAL2) requirements. The AIM-ATM provides this versatility by offering both segmentation and reassembly (SAR)
functionality and support for up to 60 voice calls over a T1/E1 trunk using AAL5 and AAL2 in conjuction with a HDV
network module.
• Evolving Business Applications
The Cisco 2600’s combination of fixed LAN port(s) along with modular interfaces provide customers with the ability to
change or meet future networking requirements without a “forklift upgrade.”
Options for Cisco 2600 Series
Key Features and Benefits
As part of Cisco’s comprehensive end-to-end networking solution, the Cisco 2600 series supports the value of end-to-end
Cisco network solutions with the following benefits:
• Multiservice integration
Allows network managers to save long-distance inter-office toll charges and enable next-generation voice applications
such as integrated messaging and Web-based call centers.
• Investment protection
Because the Cisco 2600 series supports field-upgradable modular components, customers can easily change network
interfaces without a “forklift upgrade” of the entire branch office solution. The AIM slot of the Cisco 2600 platform
further protects investments by enabling newservices such as hardware-assisted data compression andhardware-assisted
data encryption without using an external interface slot.
• Reliability
To maximize network uptime, the Cisco 2600 series offers a redundant power supply (RPS), which can be shared with
other Cisco products. The Cisco 2600 series also supports Cisco IOS reliability features such as dial-on- demand routing
(DDR) to restore both data and voice services automatically in the event of a primary link failure.
• Lower cost of ownership
Integrating the functions of CSU/DSUs, ISDN Network Termination (NTI) devices, modems, firewall, compression and
encryption devices and other equipment found in branch office wiring closets in a single, compact unit provides a space-
saving solution that can be managed remotely using network management applications such as CiscoWorks and
CiscoView.
• Part of a Cisco end-to-end solution
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