Cisco ASR 1000 - A true WAN router
September 09, 2023

Cisco ASR 1000 - A true WAN router

David Castro | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)

We use it in our Business partner network zone, we connect multiple customer own circuits here, it is great for port density and private cloud environment where multi tenancy is required, the device is VRF aware and supports a variety of routing protocols (Open standard), which allow us to peer with the providers or customers. This device is ideal for WAN, it has multiple models, but it surely performs properly.

Pros

  • Open standard routing protocols (OSPF, BGP)
  • VRF Aware > allow us to segment each circuit per VRF instance.
  • Port density depending on the model and customer needs.
  • Easy to troubleshoot and configure.
  • Support for sub-interfaces using VLAN tagging which allows to separate traffic at the logical level.
  • High throughput.
  • Support for open standard LACP protocol and Cisco own PAGP protocol.
  • Route leak supported between VRFs.
  • Redundant PDUs.
  • Support for open standard AAA.

Cons

  • Security features
  • Take captures similarly to an ASA, it may get a little complicated to get the info needed.
  • A packet tracer feature that simulates how traffic will route across the router,
  • Better logging when traffic is getting dropped.
  • VRF Aware capability
  • Open standard routing protocols.
  • Support for Dot1Q tagging
  • LACP support is definitely important.
  • Port density.
  • We dont have invest in multiple routers(more than 30) to have 1 circuit per customer, this allowed us to build multiple environments and save money more than 30-50K in savings alone in this portion.
  • Licensing is done per set of features, this impacts in great way, given that we only need a couple of routers and a couple of licenses.
  • Device throughput support is really high, this allow us to honor customer circuit speed.
Cisco ASR 1000 is a competent device, it is built for multi purposes, you can use it in private cloud solutions, WAN router in your company and branches. The capability to support multiple OPEN standard routing protocols allow it to establish neighborship with customer, partner , provider devices and your own devices. Its VRF aware capability allows for flexibility.

Do you think Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000) again?

Yes

- It is well suited for companies that have a big WAN environment, this devices can fit in there easily and have multiple provider circuits.
- Well suited for private cloud environments where multi tenancy is required,
- Device can be used as IPN/ISN device as it supports jumbo frames for an ACI multi-site/remote leaf deployment.
- Device is well suited for branches that have their own DIA and MPLS circuits.

Using Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)

30 - Operations team, network architecture, network deployments team, also Data center team (hands and eyes),
10 - Network support with years of experience using cisco routers, and experience related to routing protocols, design, troubleshooting.
  • WAN router used for multi tenant environments,
  • VRF aware device
  • Open standard routing protocols supported
  • We have used it as a border gateway.
  • We have used it as IPN/ISN device
  • We have used it as the GW for certain segments of the network.
  • DIA connectivity.
  • We could use it as circuit handoff for an SDWAN cloud.
  • We can use it as SDWAN underlay device.
  • We could use it in our LABs to test multiple features.
The device without a doubts performs at the level required and expected, we can renew it and use it as we have been using it for years. The device can be used as DCI, IPN/ISN, or even private cloud for customer circuit handoff, it also supports IPSec properly. The device is well suited in multiple segments of the network.

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