At-A-Glance

Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V with Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.13 Delivering Enterprise-Class Networking to the Cloud with Rapid Deployment and Flexibility Use Cases The Cisco CSR 1000V is a software router that an enterprise or cloud provider can deploy as a in a provider-hosted cloud (Figure 1) for the following uses: The Cisco® Cloud Services • Highly secure VPN gateway: Route-based IP Security (IPsec) Router 1000V (CSR 1000V) VPNs, Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN), Easy VPN, Secure Sockets is a router and network Layer (SSL) VPN, and FlexVPN, along with the Cisco IOS Zone- services platform in virtual Based Firewall and access control, enable an enterprise to connect distributed sites directly to its cloud deployment. form factor that is intended • Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) extension: This MPLS for deployment in cloud customer-edge or provider-edge router enables a service provider and virtual data centers. It to offer a customer end-to-end managed connectivity. Also, by is optimized to serve as a extending the MPLS WAN deeper into the cloud, the provider can increase tenant scale. single-tenant or multitenant • IP mobility and virtual-machine migration: Locator/ID Separation WAN gateway. Using proven, Protocol (LISP) enables an enterprise to maintain addressing industry-leading Cisco consistency when moving applications into the cloud. Overlay Transport (OTV) enables an enterprise to extend Layer-2 IOS® XE networking and VLANs from data center to cloud. security features, the CSR • Traffic control and redirection: The Cisco CSR 1000V can redirect 1000V enables enterprises traffic to Cisco Virtual Wide Area Application Services (vWAAS) to transparently extend appliances. Also included are networking services such as Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) and Cisco Application Visibility and their WANs into external Control (AVC), enabling a cloud tenant to receive a comprehensive provider-hosted clouds and networking experience. cloud providers to offer their • Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) gateway: You can expand network tenants enterprise-class scalability by using VXLAN isolation instead of 802.1q VLANS. • Network function virtualization (NFV): You can deploy route reflectors networking services. and gateways virtually for wireline and fixed wireless networks using the CSR 1000V.

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Benefits Figure 1. Cisco CSR 1000V Positioned as a WAN Gateway in a Multitenant Cloud Enterprise A At-A-Glance • Rapid deployment and service Data Center automation: Virtual form factor App App CSR accelerates deployment and OS OS 1000V App Cisco ASR eliminates hardware costs OS such as complete equipment Branch Tenant A upgrades and Return Material MPLS WAN Switches Authorizations (RMAs). Router App App Cisco ISR Servers OS OS CSR App App Enterprise B Internet • Single-tenant use: This feature 1000V OS OS Branch allows a cloud service provider Tenant B to provision a routing instance Physical Virtual Infrastructure Infrastructure per tenant, simplifying service Cisco ISR delivery and tenant management. It also helps the provider overcome VLAN scale limits, Features increasing tenant scale. • Routing: Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), • Enterprise network extension to Policy-Based Routing, IPv6, Virtual Route Forwarding Lite (VRF-Lite), the cloud: This feature provides , LISP, and Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) enterprises highly secure direct connections from their • Addressing: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Domain distributed sites to their cloud- Name System (DNS), Network Address Translation (NAT), 802.1Q hosted applications, improving VLAN, Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC), and VXLAN application response time and • VPN: IPsec VPN, DMVPN, Easy VPN, SSL VPN, and FlexVPN user experience. • MPLS: MPLS VPN, VRF, and Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) • Network consistency: This • Security: Cisco IOS Zone-Based Firewall; Access Control List (ACL); feature uses familiar enterprise- Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA); RADIUS; and class Cisco IOS Software TACACS+ features for consistent network operation across premises and • High availability: HSRP, Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP), cloud, allowing the enterprise to and Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP) view the cloud as just another • Traffic redirection: AppNav (to Cisco WAAS) and Web Cache node in its network. Communication Protocol (WCCP) application visibility, performance monitoring, and control: Quality of service (QoS), AVC, and IP SLA • Network scalability: Scale beyond the limitations of 802.1q • Hybrid cloud connectivity: OTV, Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS), VLAN tagging by building a and Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS) VXLAN network, or extending • Management: Command-line interface (CLI), Secure Shell (SSH) Layer-3 routing deeper into the Protocol, NetFlow, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), cloud environment. Embedded Event Manager, and RESTful application programming • Consolidation of network interfaces (APIs) functions: Eliminate the facility • NFV: Virtual route reflector (vRR), Virtual broadband network gateway requirements and complexity (vBNG), and virtual intelligent services gateway (vISG) of physical network devices The CSR 1000V can run on Cisco Unified Computing System™ by consolidating multiple route (Cisco UCS®) servers or servers from leading vendors that support reflectors and network gateways VMware ESXi, Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V, or KVM or onto a single piece of server on the cloud. hardware.

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