Provides an introduction to the Cisco 8500 Series Secure Routers, summarizing their capabilities and the essential elements covered throughout the documentation to orient users to the platform.
The Cisco 8500 Series Secure Routers are designed as enterprise aggregation routers for data center or colocation deployments. These routers are powered by the 3rd generation Quantum Flow Processor (QFP) ASIC to accelerate routing and encryption in a compact 1RU form factor.
This document covers only hardware installation specific details for the following models of Cisco 8500 Series Secure Routers:
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C8550-G2
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C8570-G2
For more information on the features and specifications of Cisco 8500 Series Secure Routers, refer the C8500 Series Secure Routers datasheet.