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Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 2000)

Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 2000)

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What is Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 2000)?

The Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 2000) are designed specifically for the harsh, rugged environments often found in the energy and utility industries.

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What is Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 2000)?

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Score 7 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
The Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers are deployed at sites that do not have good air ventilations and thus harsh environmental conditions on a hot day. Normal routers would not survive in those extremely hot environments. It provides us the connection from those sites to our data center where critical services sit. In terms of the scope, there were roughly a hundred of them in our network.
  • Works in an environment where no air con in place
  • Provide the mpls functionality
  • Modularized design that allow us to put in cards as we need
  • Provide more SFP ports.
  • On the ethernet switch card module, it is difficult to pull out the SFP once put in, as there is some sort of bracket around it, you really need some little fingers to do the job.
  • The switch card has the interface lights on the side of the panel, rather than next to the port, would be great to bring the lights closer to the ports.
The Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 2000) is well suited in an enclosed environment where there is no air con in place, and it may get quite hot. It provides copper and fiber connections to the next site so if you have a fiber in place, it suits as well. As it's not designed for speed, so if you are after high speed links, such as 10G and above, it is not the choice.
  • It is quite an expensive unit that does not provide huge throughput
  • But at least it provides some kind of connection from the site back to the DC that allow the business to perform but not at the greatest potential
While the Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms provide better throughput and thin chassis (1 RU) compared to the Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers, the Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers survive in a hot, non-ventilated/aircon enclosed environment and, at the same time, provide connectivity from the sites back to the data center.
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
Our organization is using the Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers [CGR 2000] across our various outside facilities around our City. We have many outdoor locations that needed a good rugged option for connecting environments of this type. They are built to withstand the heat and various elements that they are exposed to. It addresses the problem of having to have a sealed closet for our networking equipment.
  • Resistant to many elements that its exposed to
  • Work well in higher temperatures
  • Compact enough to be installed in an inground box
  • Cisco has some troubles with licensing hardware still unless you're on smart licensing
  • Price with Cisco equipment is usually high
  • Bugs found in the interface
These may not be the fastest or latest [technology] when it comes to routers, but for their class, they are great. If you were you put a similarly priced router out in the places these things can run it would be dead within a year. Also, you don't need to have an elaborate networking closet to get these into. They work well in small, hot, or potentially dusty places with ease.
  • Ruggedness
  • Ease of installation
  • Well built hardware
  • Saved money on replacing standard routers that die in those environments
  • Saved time with the easy linking and connection options
  • Given us peace of mind that the device will continue to run without intervention
Cisco Secure Firewall (formerly Firepower NGFW), Cisco Aironet 4800 Access Points, KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
We use the Cisco 2000 Series [Connected Grid Routers (CGR 2000)] as a hardened switch that controls our solar field array and is needed in an outdoor type environment. With our harsh climate, we needed a rugged device that would not need special heating or cooling out in the environment. The router has worked flawlessly since we have installed and is managed by the network engineer like any other router. The router keeps our solar field producing power and monitoring for issues.
  • Rugged construction
  • No special heating or cooling requirements
  • Part of the Cisco ecosystem, so no special maintenance
  • Harder to find and acquire than other routers
The best scenarios for the Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 2000) is for outdoor exposures with little supporting infrastructure. I also recommend multiple fiber or copper connections, since the network may have issues in the environment.
  • Easy to show ROI based on the value of the solar array.
  • Cisco 1000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 1000)
We didn't look outside of the Cisco branded routers since we wanted to manage it as part of the enterprise and not have a "one-off" router.
Have not had to use support yet but would follow our current Cisco process.
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