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Which ISR appliance do you use if your customer is a small business that requires integrated switching and routing and WAN redundancy?
The correct answer is B. Cisco 4000 Series ISR. Cisco 4000 Series ISR is correct because it is purpose-built for small-to-medium branch offices requiring integrated switching and routing in a single platform, along with support for dual WAN interfaces that enable WAN redundancy - all key requirements in the scenario. The 800 S
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Which ISR appliance do you use if your customer is a small business that requires integrated switching and routing and WAN redundancy?
Options
- AFirePower 8000 secirs
- BCisco 4000 Series ISR
- CCisco 800 Series ISR
- DFirePower 7000 Series
- EFirePower 2100 Series
How the community answered
(17 responses)- B94% (16)
- E6% (1)
Explanation
Cisco 4000 Series ISR is correct because it is purpose-built for small-to-medium branch offices requiring integrated switching and routing in a single platform, along with support for dual WAN interfaces that enable WAN redundancy - all key requirements in the scenario.
The 800 Series ISR (C) targets SOHO/very small offices and has limited switching capacity and fewer WAN redundancy options, making it underpowered for a proper small business deployment. The FirePower 8000 (A), 7000 (D), and 2100 (E) series are all security appliances (Next-Generation Firewall/IPS platforms), not Integrated Services Routers - they do not provide the integrated switching and routing the question requires.
Memory tip: Think of the number progression - 800 = tiny home/SOHO, 4000 = full-featured branch/small business. Any FirePower option is automatically wrong when the question asks for routing + switching + WAN redundancy, since FirePower = firewall/IPS, not ISR.
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