Based on 20 years of innovation, the Cisco 3845 Router extend Cisco Systems' leadership in multiservice routing by providing customers with unparalleled network agility, performance, and intelligence. By transparently integrating advanced technologies, adaptive services, and secure enterprise communications into a single, resilient system Cisco 3800 routers offer simplified deployment and management, help lower the costs and complexities of your network, and provide enhanced investment protection.

The integrated services routing architecture of the Cisco 3845 Router builds on the powerful Cisco 3700 Series Multiservice Access Routers and adds embedded security processing, significant performance and memory enhancements, and new high-density interfaces that deliver the performance, availability, and reliability required for scaling mission-critical business applications in the most demanding enterprise environments.

Cisco 3845 Router support the bandwidth requirements for multiple Fast Ethernet interfaces per slot, time-division multiplexing (TDM) interconnections, and fully integrated power distribution to modules supporting 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE), while still supporting the existing portfolio of modular interfaces. This helps to ensure the delivery of continued investment protection to account for network expansion or changes in technology as new services and applications are deployed.

Cisco 3845 Router  PRODUCT FEATURES:

Wire-speed performance for concurrent services such as security and voice, and advanced services at full T3/E3 rates;

Enhanced investment protection through increased performance and modularity;

Enhanced investment protection through increased modularity;

Increased density through High-Speed WAN Interface Card Slots (four);

Enhanced Network Module Slot;

Support for over 90 existing and new modules;

Support for majority of existing AIMs, NMs, WICs, VWICs, and VICs;

Integrated GE ports with copper and fiber support;

Optional Layer 2 switching support with Power over Ethernet (PoE) (as an option), supports the 36-port Cisco EtherSwitch module (NMD-36ESW);

Cisco 3845 Router On-board encryption;

Support of up to 2500 VPN tunnels with the AIM-HPII-PLUS Module;

Antivirus defense support through Network Admission Control (NAC);

Intrusion Prevention as well as stateful Cisco IOS Firewall support and many more essential security features;

Analog and digital voice call support;

Optional voice mail support;

Optional support for Cisco CallManager Express for local call processing in stand alone business for up to 240 IP Phones;

Optional support for Survivable Remote Site Telephony support for local call processing in small enterprise branch offices for up to 720 IP phones.