Introduction

The cisco 4451-x integrated services router revolutionizes the delivery of application-aware services in a branch-office environment. this new member of the cisco isr family provide extensive layer 7 services hosted internally to the branch office while maximizing operating expenses(opex) savings.the cisco 4451-x offers a multicore cpu architecture running modular cisco ios xe software that dynamically adapts to the changing needs of your branch-office environment. the separation of the control and data planes provides the ability to deliver application-aware network services while maintaining a stable platform and a high level of performance during periods of heavy network load. with the ability to integrate application-aware services and the ability to scale performance without a complete equipment upgrade, the cisco 4451-x offers exceptional total cost of ownership (tco) savings and network agility through the intelligent integration of market-leading security, unified communications, and application services.