Cisco Intelligent WAN powered by ISR 4000 Series
Improved User Reduce Costs and Advanced Scale with High
Experience Complexity Security Performance
• Load balance traffic and • Pay-as-you-grow: buy what • Industry leading advanced • 4-10 times performance
lower costs with intelligent you need today and upgrade threat defense increase for the same price as
path selection using real- anytime without truck rolls the ISR G2
• Scale secure direct Internet
time analytics
• Predictable OpEx spend, access across branch sites with • Minimal performance impact
• Visibility into 1000+ license portability, investment consistent policy enforcement as network services and
applications for capacity protection throughput increases
• High performance next-
planning and prioritization
• Automated provisioning for generation encryption for • Local compute resources for
• Improve application faster deployment secure WAN applications, data back up
performance and offload WAN and analytics
• Consistent IOS-XE operating
with L4-7 optimization and
system across branch, data
intelligent caching
center and cloud
ISR 4000 Software Purchasing Options
ISR 4000 Platform Comparison
Cisco 4321 Cisco 4331 Cisco 4351 Cisco 4431 Cisco 4451
1 2
Form Factor 1 RU Desktop 1 RU 2 RU 1 RU 2 RU
Integrated WAN Ports 1 GE/SFP; 1GE 1 GE/SFP; 1GE, 1SFP 2 GE/SFP; 1 GE/SFP (PoE optional) 2 GE/SFP; 2 GE/SFP (PoE optional) 2 GE/SFP; 2 GE/SFP (PoE optional)
Performance 50 Mbps upgradable to 100 Mbps 100 Mbps upgradable to 300 Mbps 200 Mbps upgradable to 400 Mbps 500 Mbps upgradeable to 1 Gbps 1 Gbps upgradable to 2Gbps Threat Defense for WAN Advanced Threat Defense
1 GE (Integrated Out of Band) 1 GE (Integrated Out of Band) 1 GE (Integrated Out of Band) 1 GE (Integrated Out of Band) 1 GE (Integrated Out of Band) Web filtering, Malware Protection with Cloud Web Security, Advanced Malware Protection
Management Port
Visibility and Control
Network Interface Modules (NIM) 2 2 3 3 3
Enhanced Service Modules 2 Single or 2 Single or Voice (V)
N/A 1 Single Wide N/A WAN Collaboration
(SM-X) 1 Double Wide 1 Double Wide Unified Communications Services
Voice Gateways and Voice Services
Integrated Services Card (ISC) 1 (PVDM 4) 1 (PVDM 4) 1 (PVDM 4) 1 (PVDM 4) 1 (PVDM 4) including TDM Gateway, CUBE, CME, SRST
USB Ports (Type A) 1 1 2 2 2
Flash Memory (Default/Max) 4 GB /16 GB 4 GB /16 GB 4 GB /16 GB 8 GB /32 GB 8 GB /32 GB Application Experience (AX)
Advanced Networking, Application Services and
Data Plane Memory Foundation for WAN Hybrid Cloud Connectivity
N/A N/A N/A 1 GB/2 GB 2 GB/2 GB Secure Connectivity and Firewall
(Default/Max)
Application Visibility, Control and Optimization Security (SEC) IP Base
Control/Services Plane Memory
N/A N/A N/A 4 GB/16 GB 4 GB/16 GB Network-wide Management Advanced Security including Basic Security, Networking
(Default/Max) Firewall, VPN and IPS and Management
Combined Control/Services/Data
4 GB/8 GB 4 GB/16 GB 5 GB/16 GB N/A N/A
Plane Memory (Default/Max)
Internal: AC or DC Internal: AC or DC Internal: AC or DC
Power Supply Type External: AC, PoE Internal: AC, PoE
(PoE optional) (PoE optional) (PoE optional)
Redundant Power Supply No No No Yes (Internal) Yes (Internal)
Module Online Insertion and
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Removal (OIR)
Server Virtualization Platform N/A 2 or 4 core single-wide 2 or 4 core single-wide N/A 2 or 4 core single-wide
(UCS E-Series) 4, 6 or 8 core double-wide 4, 6 or 8 core double-wide
Migration Path
Migrate from ISR G1 ISR 1841, ISR 1861, ISR 2801 ISR 2801, ISR 2811, ISR 2821, ISR 2851 N/A ISR 3825, ISR 3845 N/A
Migrate from ISR G2 ISR 1921,ISR 1941,ISR 2901 ISR 2911, ISR 2921 ISR 2951 ISR 3925, ISR 3945 ISR 3925E, ISR 3945E
Cisco ISR 4000 Series
Learn more at www.cisco.com/go/isr4000
