Name: Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 2000)
Rating: 8.1 (19 reviews)
Author: Cisco

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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.

Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 2000)

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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.

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

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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

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

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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

Easy to show ROI based on the value of the solar array.

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