Cisco 4200 ISR - Throughput bandwidth

[zaheernew]

Is anyone using Cisco 4200 ISR Series routers in your production environment?
I would appreciate it if you could share the following details:

• What is the current throughput bandwidth?
• What is the maximum supported throughput bandwidth?
• What is the current throughput bandwidth under evaluation licensing?

Please provide your answers in Mbps.

Thanks!

[marce1000]

  - @zaheernew                Ref : https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/4000-series-integrated-services-routers-isr/data_sheet-c78-732542.html
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                                        Table 1.

Performance ●  Throughput ●  Service reliability

●  Concurrent software services at speeds up to 10 Gbps (ISR4461). Backplane architecture supports high-bandwidth module-to-module communication at speeds up to 10 Gbps. ●  A distributed multicore architecture with the industry’s first internal services plane. ●  Remote installation of application-aware services, which run identically to their counterparts in dedicated appliances.

  M.

[zaheernew]

Thanks. Do you have any idea about 4200 ISR?

[marce1000]

   - @zaheernew                 FYI : https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/4000-series-integrated-services-routers-isr/data_sheet-c78-732542.html#ProductPerformanceandScalability

  M.

[M02@rt37]

Hello @zaheernew 

This platform is EoL with End of Software Maintenance Releases: August 31, 2025 ....

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/4000-series-integrated-services-routers-isr/select-isr4k-series-platform-eol.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com

[zaheernew]

Yes. that's why I'm looking for a support from community engineers. 

[M02@rt37]

Ok @zaheernew 

support for what ? Thanks for clarification _ You only need platform spec as you mentioned ? other things ?

[Joseph W. Doherty]

This would be for the 4221?

For it, or other ISR 4K models, see Table 5.

Understand, the base license usually guarantees that level of throughput.

The performance license, may, or may not, provide that level of performance.  It depends on router configuration and traffic mix.  You may want to review the Miercom Performance Analysis report, which, unfortunately, doesn't include the 4221.

The boost license, removes performance limited by license, so maximum is very, vary variable, again depending on router configuration and traffic mix.  If the performance level limit cannot be achieve by a particular combination, the boost license won't help.  I.e. the 1.2 Gbps for a 4221 is very unlikely to be achieved, but what based on CPU usage under the performance license, you likely can scale it up.  For example, if 10% of CPU is being used, for a particular configuration/traffic, boost may obtain about a 10x throughput increase.  Or, for example, if 50% of CPU is being used, boost may obtain about a 2x increase.