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CSR works just like an ISR.
May 13, 2021

CSR works just like an ISR.

Ryan Lee | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series (CSR 1000V)

We used the Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series to connect our on-prem network to our cloud environment in Microsoft Azure. We had some complicated routing and certain protocols we needed to pass that were not possible with the native VPN setup in Azure. The template was rather easy to find and "purchase" through the marketplace. Setup was the same via ios as on any isr.
  • Functions like any physical ISR router.
  • Can be sized according to need.
  • Easy to purchase and documentation was up to date.
  • Features on demand for more money is kind of annoying.
  • Seemed like there was an excessive amount of IP addresses I needed to assign to get it to work even though I didn't use them.
  • Cost is high for a piece of software.
  • Support for all protocols that a ISR supports so you can maintain feature parity.
  • Same configuration as any other piece of cisco equipment so no need to learn new code.
  • Can be upgraded in size with the click of a button.
  • We were able to quickly and efficiently setup connections to Azure.
  • We outsource our network team so having a single platform makes our support costs less.
  • We had no need to redesign our existing on-prem network to allow mesh connection to Azure.
Neither product supported all the protocols we needed to allow all of our locations to route. It does add some complications to the gateway and vnet setup though. Once we retired our ISRs we were able to go to Meraki vMX and the auto-vpn setup works rather well and is much simpler than IOS configs.

Do you think Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series (CSR 1000V) delivers good value for the price?

No

Are you happy with Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series (CSR 1000V)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series (CSR 1000V) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series (CSR 1000V) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series (CSR 1000V) again?

Yes

If you just need to do simple communication to Azure such as smb and rdp sessions then the Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series is overkill. If you need to setup multiple mesh vpn connections to existing ISRs and have complicated routing with multiple protocols then Cisco Cloud Services Router makes that setup much easier and less work to maintain and troubleshoot.