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Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers-Series Comparison

February 9 2015 , Written by Cisco & Cisco Router, Network Switch Published on #Cisco Routers

Cisco users may have a general impression on the Cisco 4000 family. We also talked about the main features of Cisco 4000 ISR routers and the ordering guide. So in this article we will discuss the main model comparison of Cisco 4000 series that contains five platforms: the Cisco 4451, 4431, 4351, 4331, and 4321 ISRs, which differ primarily in performance capabilities and in the number of Network Interface Module (NIM) and Enhanced Service Module (SM-X) slots supported. What’s the main difference between these models? You can check the main table of Cisco 4000 model comparison.

Feature

4321

4331

4351

4431

4451

Form factor

1 rack unit (RU)
Desktop

1 RU

2 RU

1 RU

2 RU

Integrated WAN ports

1 GE / SFP
1 GE

1 GE / SFP
1 GE
1 SFP

2 PoE GE / SFP
1 GE/ SFP

2 PoE GE / SFP
2 GE / SFP

2 PoE GE / SFP
2 GE / SFP

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 2 Gbps

Management port

1 GE (Integrated Out of Band)

Network Interface Modules (NIM)

2

2

3

3

3

Enhanced Services Module (SM-X)

N/A

1 single-wide

2 single- or
1 double-wide

N/A

2 single- or
1 double-wide

Integrated Services Card (ISC) slots

1
(PVDM 4)

1
(PVDM 4)

1
(PVDM 4)

1
(PVDM 4)

1
(PVDM 4)

USB ports (type A)

1

1

2

2

2

Default/max Flash

4 GB / 8 GB

4 GB / 16 GB

4 GB / 16 GB

8 GB / 32 GB

8 GB / 32 GB

Default/max DRAM

4 GB / 8 GB

4 GB / 16 GB

4 GB / 16 GB

4 GB / 16 GB

4 GB / 16 GB

Power supply type

External: AC, PoE

Internal: AC, PoE

Internal: AC, PoE or DC

Internal: AC, PoE or DC

Internal: AC, PoE or DC

Redundant power supply

No

No

No

Yes
Internal RPS

Yes
Internal RPS

Module online insertion and removal (OIR)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Server virtualization platform (UCS E-Series)

N/A

2-core single-wide,
4-core single-wide

2 core single-wide,
4 core single-wide,
4 core double-wide,
6 core double-wide,
8 core double-wide

N/A

2-core single-wide,
4-core single-wide,
4-core double-wide,
6-core double-wide,
8-core double-wide

Advanced Security

4321

4331

4351

4431

4451

Zone-based firewall and NAT services

VRF-Aware Firewall and Network Address Translation (NAT)

Hardware VPN acceleration 
(DES, 3DES, AES)

No

IPSEC VPN services

FlexVPN, Easy VPN remote server, Enhanced Easy VPN, Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN), 
Group Encrypted Transport VPN (GET VPN), V3PN, MPLS VPN

SSL VPN

No

Intrusion prevention

Yes

Network foundation protection

ACL, FPM, control plan protection, control plane policing (CoPP), QoS, role-based CLI access, source-based RTBH, uRPF, SSHv2

Cisco Cloud Web Security

Yes*

Identity-based networking

No

No

No

No

No

Cisco TrustSec

  • Security Group Tag Exchange Protocol (SXP), SGT over GETVPN
  • SGT over IPSEC
  • SGT over DMVPN
  • SGT-based ZBFW
  • Port/Layer 3 interface/IP/subnet-to-SGT mapping
  • SGT export in Flexible NetFlow

Unified Communications

4321

4331

4351

4431

4451

Local conferencing

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Digital signal processor support

PVDM4

PVDM4

PVDM4

PVDM4

PVDM4

Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site 
Telephony support

Up to 50

Up to 100

Up to 750

Up to 1200

Up to 2000

Cisco Unified Communications 
Manager Express support

Up to 50

Up to 100

Up to 250

Up to 350

Up to 450

Cisco Unity Express 
(NM, SM, or ISM)

Use Cisco Unity Connection on UCSE

Use Cisco Unity Connection on UCSE

Use Cisco Unity Connection on UCSE

Use Cisco Unity Connection on UCSE

Use Cisco Unity Connection on UCSE

Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE)
(SIP/H.323 sessions)

100

400

1000

3000

6000

nano Cisco Unified Border Element (nanoCUBE)
(sessions)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Digital voice and video (T1/E1 channels)

Up to 240

Up to 360

Up to 720

Up to 720

Up to 1200

Analog/BRI voice

Up to 8 ports (FXS, FXO, E/M, BRi)

Up to 12 ports (FXS, FXO, E/M, BRi)

Up to 20 ports (FXS, FXO, E/M, BRi)

Up to 12 ports (FXS, FXO, E/M, BRi)

Up to 20 ports (FXS, FXO, E/M, BRi)

Routing and Multicast

4321

4331

4351

4431

4451

IPv4 routing protocols

RIP v1/v2, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, PBR, PfR

RIP v1/v2, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, PBR, PfR

RIP v1/v2, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, PBR, PfR

RIP v1/v2, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, PBR, PfR

RIP v1/v2, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, PBR, PfR

Multicast routing protocols

PIM-SM, mroute (static route), and MLD

PIM-SM, mroute (static route), and MLD

PIM-SM, mroute (static route), and MLD

PIM-SM, mroute (static route), and MLD

PIM-SM, mroute (static route), and MLD

IPv6 routing protocols

EIGRP, RIP, OSPFv3, IS-IS, 
BGP and PBR

EIGRP, RIP, OSPFv3, IS-IS, 
BGP and PBR

EIGRP, RIP, OSPFv3, IS-IS, 
BGP and PBR

EIGRP, RIP, OSPFv3, IS-IS, 
BGP and PBR

EIGRP, RIP, OSPFv3, IS-IS, 
BGP and PBR

Wireless LAN

4321

4331

4351

4431

4451

Integrated 802.11 b/g/n access point

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Integrated 802.11 a/b/g/n access point

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Unified and autonomous mode

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

RP-TNC connectors for field-replaceable 
optional high-gain antennas

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Diversity (dual antennas)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Wireless LAN controller module

Available on UCS E-Series

Available on UCS E-Series

Available on UCS E-Series

Available on UCS E-Series

Available on UCS E-Series

Wireless WAN

4321

4331

4351

4431

4451

3G /4G LTE cellular

Yes*

Outdoor antennas

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Integrated Switching

4321

4331

4351

4431

4451

Maximum switched Ethernet ports

N/A

24

48

N/A

48

Maximum switched Ethernet LAN ports with PoE

N/A

24

48

N/A

48

PoE support (wattage) 
without PoE boost

120 W

250 W

500 W

250 W 
(with optional power supply redundancy)

500 W 
(with optional power supply redundancy)

PoE support (wattage)
with PoE boost

260 W

530 W

990 W

500 W 
(no power supply redundancy)

950 W 
(no power supply redundancy)

EtherSwitch Service Module type (width)

N/A

1 single

2 single or 1 double

N/A

2 single or 1 double

Application Services

4321

4331

4351

4431

4451

Intelligent Path Control

PfR

PfR

PfR

PfR

PfR

Network Contention Control

QoS, HQoS

QoS, HQoS

QoS, HQoS

QoS, HQoS

QoS, HQoS

Application Visibility

NBAR v2

NBAR v2

NBAR v2

NBAR v2

NBAR v2

WAN Optimization

ISR-WAAS

ISR-WAAS, 
vWAAS on UCS E-Series

ISR-WAAS, 
vWAAS on UCS E-Series

ISR-WAAS

ISR-WAAS, 
vWAAS on UCS E-Series

Akamai Connect

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure

Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) with Enterprise Module

* Planned for 1H CY2015

 

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