- High performance for secure broadband and Metro Ethernet access with concurrent services for enterprise small branch offices
- Integrated secure 802.11 a/g/n access point based on the draft 802.11n standard; dual-band radios for mobility and support for autonomous or Cisco Unified WLAN architectures
- Firewall with advance application and control for email, instant messaging (IM), and HTTP traffic
- Intrusion prevention system (IPS): an inline, deep-packet-inspection feature that mitigates a wide range of network attacks
- One 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet WAN port
- Intelligent hierarchical quality of service (HQoS): support for hierarchical queuing and shaping
- Connectivity Fault Management (CFM), based on 802.1 ag
- 802.3 ah standards-based link operations, administration, and maintenance (OA&M)
- Ethernet Local Management Interface (E-LMI) for the customer edge
- CFM inter-working and backward compatibility
- Performance management based on IP service-level agreement (SLA) for Ethernet
- Dedicated console and auxiliary ports for configuration and management
- Two USB 2.0 ports for security eToken credentials, booting
- Easy setup and deployment, and centralized and remote-management capabilities through web-based tools
Cisco 890 series integrated services router is fixed-configuration routers that provide collaborative business solutions for secure voice and data communications to enterprise small branch offices. It is designed to deliver secure broadband, Metro Ethernet, wireless LAN (WLAN) connectivity, and business continuity. The routers also come with powerful management tools, such as the web-based Cisco configuration professional configuration management tool, which simplifies setup and deployment. Centralized management capabilities give network managers visibility and control of the network configurations at the remote site.