Chapter 16

Question 1

Cisco Catalyst Edge Platform

Answer 1

Cisco Catalyst Edge Platform
The brand name created by Cisco for a product family. The products primarily act as routers, but they also create a platform to run many other networking services, including SD-WAN, SASE, and cloud features.

Question 2

enterprise router

Answer 2

A term to describe the general role of a router as a router at a permanent site owned or leased by the enterprise, like an office building, manufacturing facility, branch office, or retail location. These sites typically have enough users to justify separate routers, switches, and wireless access points, and are more likely to justify private WAN services, in comparison to SOHO routers.

Question 3

Integrated Services Router (ISR)

Answer 3

Integrated Services Router (ISR)
Cisco’s long-running term for several different model series of Enterprise-class routers, intended mostly for use as enterprise routers and some use as SOHO routers. ISR routers first serve as routers but, depending on the family or specific model, support all current types of WAN connections (private and Internet), LAN switching ports, Wireless APs, VPNs, and other integrated functions supported in a single device.

Question 4

SOHO router

Answer 4

SOHO router
A term to describe the general role of a router that exists as part of the enterprise network but resides at an employee’s home or at a smaller business site, possibly with a short-term lease compared to larger enterprise sites. These sites typically have few devices, so it makes sense to use one device that integrates routing, switches, wireless, and other features into a single device (the SOHO router) and are more likely to justify Internet access as the primary WAN access method.