● Cisco 1000BASE-SX SFP
● Cisco 1000BASE-LX/LH SFP
● Cisco 1000BASE-ZX SFP
● Cisco Coarse Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (CWDM) SFP (future)
● Cisco 10/100/1000BASE-T Copper SFP (future)
● Cisco Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (DWDM) SFP (future)
● Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Routing Information Protocol (RIP), etc.
● IP Multicast
● Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM (PPPoA), PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE), PPP over VLAN (PPPoVLAN), and Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)
● Multichassis Multilink PPP
● Hardware IP Security (IPsec) acceleration
● Hardware compression acceleration
● Fast Cisco EtherChannel® technology
● Standard 802.1Q
● Gateway and gatekeeper
● Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)
● Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
● MPLS VPN
● Multiprotocol routing
● Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing (CBWFQ), Low-Latency Queuing (LLQ), Committed Access Rate (CAR), and Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED)
● Network Address Translation (NAT) and Port Address Translation (PAT)
● Cisco IOS Firewall and server load balancing (SLB)
● Double the performance compared to the Cisco 7301 1RU router—up to 2 million pps in Cisco Express Forwarding switching
● Four native Gigabit Ethernet interfaces:
◦ Four optical fiber Gigabit Ethernet (1000 Mbps) ports that use SFP modules with LC connectors; Gigabit Ethernet ports 0–2 support 10/100/1000 Mbps, and port 3 supports only 1000 Mbps
◦ Two of the 4 Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) ports are equipped with RJ-45 connectors (the use of an RJ-45 port or SFP port on a common Gigabit Ethernet interface is mutually exclusive at any one time)
● One dedicated 10/100-Mbps copper Ethernet port for management
● Dual field-replaceable AC or DC power supplies
● One USB port for general storage and security token storage
● By default, 1 GB of DRAM, with optional upgrade to 2-GB synchronous dynamic (SDRAM)
● Backward compatibility with existing port adapters (with a few exceptions)
● Greatly improved price/performance ratio
In terms of comparison with other platforms such as the Cisco 7200 or the Cisco 7304, the Cisco 7201 is positioned as an extremely low-cost 1RU solution without sacrificing performance. It is particularly well suited in service provider customer premises equipment (CPE) and enterprise networks where port count requirements are relatively low, but where wide-ranging feature support is a definite requirement.
● The Cisco 7201 can serve as a broadband aggregation router capable of handling up to 16,000 sessions, allowing for an easily expandable "rack and stack" architecture.
● The Cisco 7201 can act as an IPv6 gateway between IPv4 and IPv6, handling IPv6 VPN architectures as well.
● The Cisco 7201 can offer a high-end CPE solution in which an ISP needs to provide a very powerful customer premises router with numerous available uplink options.
● The Cisco 7201 can function as an MPLS VPN customer edge router as well as provide Metro Ethernet services by using Layer 2 tunneling.
● With the capability of holding very large numbers of routes with the maximum of 2GB of RAM installed, the Cisco 7201 is particularly well suited to being a low-cost route reflector within an ISP's network capable of IPv4 and VPNv4 address spaces.
The Cisco 7201 can work as a high-speed Internet gateway with wide-area networking connectivity through the port adapter slot and LAN connectivity through the four onboard Ethernet ports.
The Cisco 7201 can also be used as an optimized edge router, with the Cisco 7201 as the primary controller. In this application, WAN availability, WAN performance, load distribution, and cost management are critical factors.
The Cisco 7201 is an ideal platform to provide tunnle-less VPN services. Benefits include greater value through service integration, increased security, operational simplicity, and optimized network usage.
● PA-SRP-OC12MM
● PA-SRP-OC12SMI
● PA-SRP-OC12SML
● PA-SRP-OC12SMX
● PA-A3-OC12MM
● PA-A3-OC12SMI
● PA-FE-TX
● PA-FC-1G
● PA-MC-8T1
● PA-MCX-2TE1
● PA-MCX-4TE1
● PA-MCX-8TE1
● PA-VXA-1TE1-24+
● PA-VXA-1TE1-30+
● PA-VXB-2TE1+
● PA-VXC-2TE1+
● PA-5EFL
● PA-4R-DTR
● PA-4E
● The Cisco 7201 supports up to 2-GB main memory, doubling the size of the memory that the Cisco 7301 can support.
● The Cisco 7201 has a larger boot ROM (up to 4 MB).
● The Cisco 7201 supports most port adapters available for Cisco 7000 series routers (refer to previous list of port adapters not supported).
To download software, visit the Cisco Software Center at http://www.cisco.com/kobayashi/sw-center/.
Table 1. Ordering Information
Product Name |
Part Number |
Cisco 7201 Router base system—Chassis, 1GB Memory, Dual power supplies by default (you have choice between Dual AC or Dual DC) and 256MB Flash |
CISCO7201 |
Cisco 7201 Router Spare—Chassis, 1GB Memory, Dual power supplies by default (you have a choice between Dual AC or Dual DC) and 256MB Flash |
CISCO7201= |
Cisco 7201 Single AC Power Supply option |
PWR-7201-AC |
Cisco 7201 Single AC Power Supply—Spare |
PWR-7201-AC= |
Cisco 7201 Single DC Power Supply option |
PWR-7201-DC |
Cisco 7201 Single DC Power Supply—Spare |
PWR-7201-DC= |
Cisco 7201 1GB Memory option |
MEM-7201-1GB |
Cisco 7201 1GB Memory—Spare |
MEM-7201-1GB= |
Cisco 7201 2GB Memory option |
MEM-7201-2GB |
Cisco 7201 2GB Memory—Spare |
MEM-7201-2GB= |
Cisco 7201 Compact Flash Disk, 256 MB |
MEM-7201-FLD256 |
Cisco 7201 Compact Flash Disk, 256 MB—Spare |
MEM-7201-FLD256= |
64-MB USB flash token for Cisco 1800, 2800, 3800, and 7200 series |
MEMUSB-64FT |
64-MB USB flash token for Cisco 1800, 2800, 3800, and 7200 series—Spare |
MEMUSB-64FT= |
128-MB USB flash token for Cisco 1800, 2800, 3800, and 7200 series |
MEMUSB-128FT |
128-MB USB flash token for Cisco 1800, 2800, 3800, and 7200 series—Spare |
MEMUSB-128FT= |
256-MB USB flash token for Cisco 1800, 2800, 3800, and 7200 series |
MEMUSB-256FT |
256-MB USB flash token for Cisco 1800, 2800, 3800, and 7200 series—Spare |
MEMUSB-256FT= |
Cisco 1000BASE-SX SFP (DOM) |
SFP-GE-S |
Cisco 1000BASE-SX SFP (DOM)—Spare |
SFP-GE-S= |
Cisco 1000BASE-LX/LH SFP (DOM) |
SFP-GE-L |
Cisco 1000BASE-LX/LH SFP (DOM)—Spare |
SFP-GE-L= |
Cisco 1000BASE-ZX Gigabit Ethernet SFP (DOM) |
SFP-GE-Z |
Cisco 1000BASE-ZX Gigabit Ethernet SFP (DOM)—Spare |
SFP-GE-Z= |
Cisco 1000BASE-T SFP (NEBS 3 ESD) |
SFP-GE-T= |
Rack Mount for Cisco 7201 |
CISCO7201-RCKMNT= |