Full English Description for Cisco IR1101-A-K9

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Identical Fixed Hardware Interfaces (Same as IR1101-K9)

WAN & Local IoT Ports

• 1× Combo Gigabit Ethernet uplink: 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ45 copper + 1000BASE-X SFP fiber slot for primary wired MPLS/DIA connectivity
• 4× 10/100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet RJ45 ports for PLC, industrial cameras, sensors and field IoT endpoints
• 1 isolated RJ45 RS232 DTE serial port for legacy Modbus/DNP3 industrial serial device communication

Management & Auxiliary Interfaces

• Mini-USB Type B local console port for offline out-of-band configuration
• USB 2.0 Type-A host port for license import, config backup and peripheral mounting
• Digital alarm input terminal for external equipment fault alert triggers
• Hardware reset button for factory default recovery

Modular Expansion Architecture

1. Internal Cellular Pluggable Slot
   Native slot compatible with Cisco 4G LTE / 5G pluggable modems, dual SIM card holders for wireless WAN failover; supports FirstNet, Verizon Frontline public safety cellular bands and low-frequency 450MHz LTE modules exclusive to NA licensed platformsCisco.
2. Two hot-swappable IRM-1100 series expansion module slots for customizable industrial interface expansion:
   • IRM-1100-SP: Secondary cellular slot + extra GE SFP uplink for dual wireless redundancy
   • IRM-1100-SPMI: GE SFP, cellular slot, 4 GPIO digital I/O, mSATA SSD bay for local edge logging
   • IRM-1100-4A2T: 4×RS232/RS485 serial ports + 2 additional FE LAN ports for heavy serial industrial equipment integration

Processor, Memory & Storage

• CPU: Low-power dual-core ARM industrial processor optimized for fanless passive cooling and minimal power draw
• Memory: Fixed 1GB DDR industrial RAM (non-upgradable)
• Boot Storage: 4GB industrial-grade flash for IOS XE industrial image, crash dumps and basic system logging
• Expandable Storage: mSATA SSD storage via IRM-1100-SPMI module for long-term IoT telemetry retention and edge analytics

Power, Mechanical & Environmental Specifications

• DC Input Voltage: 9.6 VDC to 60 VDC wide-range industrial terminal block power (12V/24V/48V nominal substation voltage support)
• Power Consumption: Typical 9.8W, max 12W base chassis only
• Chassis Dimensions: 23 mm H × 132 mm W × 124 mm D, weight 1.02 kg
• Mounting Options: DIN rail (horizontal/vertical), wall mount, panel mount brackets
• Enclosure Rating: IP30 dust protection when vertically installed with ports downward
• Thermal Performance: Fanless passive cooling; standard operating -40°C ~ +60°C; forced air enclosure extends to -40°C ~ +75°C; component test rated up to 85°C
• Shock & Vibration: Industrial transit-grade compliance for railway, vehicle and factory floor deployments

Hazardous & Industry Compliance Certifications

• Safety: UL 60950-1, IEC/EN 60950-1 CB certified
• Hazardous Zones: ATEX, IECEx Class I Zone 2; ANSI/ISA 12.12.01 Class 1 Div 2 for oil, gas and chemical remote sites
• Smart Grid: IEC 61850-3 substation industrial standard
• Public Safety: FirstNet, Verizon Frontline cellular network certified
• EMC: FCC Class A, CE industrial electromagnetic compliance

Performance Benchmarks

• Aggregate IPv4 CEF forwarding throughput: Up to 300 Mbps
• Hardware-accelerated IPsec VPN throughput: Up to 100 Mbps
• Maximum concurrent SD-WAN SVTI overlay tunnels: 500 tunnels
• Hardware offload support for QoS traffic shaping, NAT and AES encryption

Software Feature Differentiator: SL-IR1101-NA Network Advantage License

1. Carrier-grade MPLS L3VPN, VPLS and segment routing for industrial private WAN aggregation
2. Mobile IP seamless inter-cellular-network roaming for moving asset deployments (rail, fleets)
3. Advanced multi-layer application-aware QoS policy orchestration for prioritized IoT telemetry
4. Low-frequency 450MHz LTE cellular module compatibility for rural wide-area industrial coverage
5. Full BGP routing scale, enhanced multicast replication and advanced PBR policy routing
6. Complete SD-WAN feature stack including full vManage orchestration, application-aware routing and multi-path optimization

Core Unified Industrial Feature Suite

1. Catalyst SD-WAN & Multi-WAN Resilience
   Zero-touch provisioning via vManage, hybrid wired/cellular automatic failover, dual-SIM wireless redundancy, native integration with Cisco IoT Field Network Director (FND) and Catalyst Center for unified industrial edge lifecycle management.
2. IIoT Legacy Protocol Support
   Native RS232/RS485 serial passthrough, Modbus TCP/RTU, DNP3, IEC 60870-5 substation communication, GPIO relay/sensor remote control.
3. Industrial-Grade Integrated Security
   Hardware IPsec/SSL VPN acceleration, zone-based stateful firewall, policy NAT, ACL filtering, AAA RADIUS/TACACS+, TLS encrypted remote access, IoT traffic segmentation threat visibility.
4. Full Dual-Stack Routing Protocols
   IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, static routing, PBR, MPLS, multicast routing for private industrial WAN and hybrid cloud interconnection.
5. Edge Data & Programmability
   Local offline data buffering on mSATA SSD, NetFlow/IPFIX telemetry export, streaming telemetry, REST API, NETCONF/YANG automation for IoT cloud data ingestion.

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Naming Rule Explanation

• IR = Industrial Rugged series
• 1101 = Compact entry industrial IoT router hardware model
• A = Pre-installed Network Advantage (NA) premium software license (vs standard Essentials NE on IR1101-K9)
• K9 = Base hardware chassis with universal IOS XE industrial image bundle