Cisco 3600 series routers are being discontinued.
23 June 2003
Race
Communications informs that
sales of Cisco routers have been discontinued since December 31, 2003
3620, Cisco 3640A, Cisco 3660. Support for previously purchased
Cisco 3600 series routers will
be provided until the end of 2008,
the software will be updated until December 31
2005 (or before the end of release 12.3),
spare parts will be available for order until
the end of 2004.
In this regard, Race specialists
Communications recommends selecting replacements for
the 3600 series routers, following
the following tables.
Replacement for Cisco 3620 chassis
|
CharacteristicCisco 3620
|
Cisco 2691
|
Cisco 3725
|
Performance (thousands of packages
|
|
per second)
|
20-40
|
70
|
100
|
|
Height
|
1 RU
|
2 RU
|
2 RU
|
|
10/100 Ethernet ports on the chassis
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
|
Slots for network modules
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
|
Slots for interface cards
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
|
Slots for AIM modules
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
|
The amount of dynamic memory by
default/maximum
|
32/64
|
64/256
|
128/256
|
|
Default flash memory capacity/maximum
|
16/32
|
32/128
|
32/128
|
|
Type of power supply
|
AC, DC, external backup AC source
|
AC, external backup AC source
|
AC, DC, external backup AC source
|
|
Replacement for chassis 3640A
|
CharacteristicCisco 3640/3640A
|
Cisco 3725
|
Cisco 3745
|
Performance (thousands of packages
|
|
per second)
|
50-70
|
100
|
225
|
|
Height
|
2 RU
|
2 RU
|
3 RU
|
|
10/100 Ethernet ports on the chassis
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
|
Slots for network modules
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
|
Slots for interface cards
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
|
Slots for AIM modules
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
|
The amount of dynamic memory by
default/maximum
|
32/128
|
128/256
|
128/256
|
|
Default flash memory capacity/maximum
|
16/32
|
32/128
|
32/128
|
|
Type of power supply
|
AC, DC, external backup AC source
|
AC, DC, external backup AC source
|
AC, DC, internal backup source
AC or DC
|
|
Replacement for Cisco 3660 chassis
|
CharacteristicCisco 3660
|
Cisco 3745
|
Performance (thousands of packages
|
|
per second)
|
120
|
225
|
|
Height
|
5 RU
|
3 RU
|
|
10/100 Ethernet ports on the chassis
|
1 (2)
|
2
|
|
Slots for network modules
|
6
|
4
|
|
Slots for interface cards
|
0
|
3
|
|
Slots for AIM modules
|
2
|
2
|
|
The amount of dynamic memory by
default/maximum
|
32/256
|
128/256
|
|
Default flash memory capacity/maximum
|
8/64
|
32/128
|
|
Type of power supply
|
AC, DC, internal backup source
AC or DC
|
AC, DC, internal backup source
AC or DC
|
|
Description
of the Cisco 2691 routerDescriptions
of Cisco 3725, 3745 routers
