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Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers brief review
January 12, 2024

Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers brief review

Ye Yang | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 2000)

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
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.

Do you think Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 2000) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 2000)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 2000) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 2000) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 2000) again?

No

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.