Cisco Connected Branch-Office-in-a-Box

Product Description

Cisco Connected Branch-Office-in-a-Box is a unified routing, switching, & server solution for the lean branch office that combines a multiservice WAN access router, a Gigabit & Fast Ethernet LAN switch, & an x 86 blade server in a single Cisco Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISR G2) router. A lean branch office is an architectural design option in which most business applications are delivered over the WAN & only the essential minimum infrastructure remains locally. The Cisco Connected Branch-Office-in-a-Box is an ideal solution for providing access to the WAN & the Internet, enabling LAN connectivity between local devices, & hosting the following types of infrastructure services & applications at the lean branch office: • Core Windows services: Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Windows File & Print Services, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server, & Domain Name System (DNS) Server • Mission-critical business applications: Point-of-sale (POS) systems, bank teller in-office control points (IOCP), electronic-medical-record (EMR) systems, & inventory management systems • Client management services: Configuration & operations management, monitoring services, update & patching services, backup & recovery services, & terminal server gateways Features • Compact, all-in-one computing, switching, & routing system • High-performance, multiservice branch-office router • Line-rate, hardware-based Layer 2 or Layer 3 switch • Energy-efficient, easy-to-provision x 86 64-bit blade server • Enterprise- & production-class bare-metal hypervisor • Remote management with network & server separation