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Key Features & Benefits of Cisco 7204VXR and Cisco 7206VXR routers


Cisco 7200 series router delivers exceptional performance and price, modularity, and scalability in a compact form factor with a wide range of deployment options. To support a wide range of density, performance, and service requirements, the Cisco 7200 Series offers exceptional price/performance (the new NPE-G2 Network Processing Engine aggregates services at up to 2 Mpps); a wide range of connectivity options and numerous features including serviceability and manageability; increased VPN performance with the new VPN Services Adapter; increased scalability and flexibility with the new Port Adapter Jacket Card.

cisco 7200 series vxr

Pay attention to Cisco 7200VXR series routers’ main features and benefits

  • Up to 2 Mpps Processing Capability: Provides high-performance routing and processing performance
  • Maximum Connectivity Options: Meets a variety of topology requirements with the widest range of port densities and interface options
  • Breadth of Services: Supports QoS, security, MPLS, broadband, multiservice, voice, IP-to-IP Gateway and management features for next-generation networks
  • Investment Protection: Low initial investment with upgrade and redeployment capability

The Cisco 7200 series offers a variety of processors, I/O controllers, and memory options in order to offer customers a “customized” configuration to meet their network needs. And each configured Cisco 7200 system includes a chassis, processor, Input/output (I/O) controller, memory, power supply(s), and IOS software.

Port Adapter Jacket Card

The Cisco 7200 VXR shares the same port adapters with the Cisco 7400, 7500, and 7600 FlexWAN module, protecting customer investment in interfaces, providing a clear migration path, and simplifying sparing.

Cisco 7204 VXR and 7206 VXR chassis has a dedicated slot for an I/O controller slot that can be used to install a Port Adapter Jacket Card. The Port Adapter Jacket Card can hold single (selected) Port or Service Adapter for easy port and slot expansion.

The Cisco 7200 VXR Series Port Adapter Jacket Card supports the following port adapters:

  • Cisco VPN Acceleration Module 2 (SA-VAM2)-Supported only in combination with NPE-G1
  • AES wide key crypto card (SA-VAM2+)
  • 2-Port Packet/SONET OC3c/STM1 Port Adapter (PA-POS-2OC3)
  • 2 Port T3 Serial Port Adapter Enhanced (PA-MC-2T3+)
  • 1 port multichannel STM-1multi- and single mode port adapter (PA-MC-STM-1MM, PA-MC-STM-1SMI)
  • 1-port Enhanced Port Adapter Series (PA-A3-T3, PA-A3-E3, PA-A3-OC3MM, PA-A3-OC3SMI, PA-A3-OC3SML, PA-A6-T3, PA-A6-E3, PA-A6-OC3MM, PA-A6-OC3SMI, PA-A6-OC3SML)

Note: The Cisco Mix-Enabled T1/E1 Port Adapters for the Cisco 7200 VXR Series router are not compatible with the Port Adapter Jacket Card.


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