Full English Description for Cisco IR8140H-K9

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Fixed Native Hardware Interfaces

WAN Ethernet Ports (No Built-in PoE for IR8140H-K9)

• 1× 10/100/1000BASE-T auto-sensing RJ45 copper port: LAN/WAN composite port, no 15W PoE PSE output (PoE only available on IR8140H-P-K9)
• 1× 1000BASE-X SFP fiber slot for fiber MPLS/DIA backhaul uplink, compatible with single/multi-mode fiber and copper SFPs
  All Ethernet ports support IEEE 802.1Q VLAN trunking, hardware QoS classification, MACsec link encryption and NAT offload.

Built-in Location & Auxiliary Interfaces

• Integrated multi-constellation GPS/GNSS receiver (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou) for real-time asset geotracking, location logging and geo-fence security control
• 1× 12VDC external power output terminal to supply low-power external field sensors and peripherals
• 2× isolated digital alarm I/O terminals for external equipment fault trigger, relay control and environmental monitoring signals
• RJ45 serial console port for local out-of-band configuration, sealed with waterproof cable gland plug
• Hardware reset button covered by waterproof M42 gland plug for factory recovery

Four Hot-Swap IRMH Modular Expansion Slots (Core Modular Architecture)

1. Cellular radio modules: 4G LTE CAT4/CAT6/CAT18, 5G NSA/SA Sub-6GHz pluggable modems with dual SIM/eSIM, FirstNet certified
2. WPAN 900MHz wireless modules: Wi-SUN, OFDM/FSK sub-GHz mesh radio for AMI smart meter communication
3. mSATA industrial SSD storage module for local edge data caching, telemetry log retention and IOx edge application runtime
4. Additional serial/IO expansion modules for legacy industrial SCADA equipment connection

Battery Backup Support

Processor, Memory & Storage

• CPU: 1.2GHz multi-core ARM industrial processor, optimized for edge computing, SD-WAN tunnel processing and heavy DPI inspection
• Memory: Fixed 8GB DDR industrial RAM, supporting large-scale SD-WAN tunnels, multi-concurrent IOx edge applications and full NGFW security feature sets
• Boot Flash: 8GB rugged industrial-grade onboard flash for IOS XE industrial image, crash dumps and base system logging
• Expandable Storage: mSATA SSD via IRMH storage module for extended offline telemetry retention and edge analytics workloads

Power, Mechanical & Environmental Specifications

• Standard Power Supply: Integrated 60W wide-range AC PSU (100–240VAC input), field-replaceable
• Power Consumption: Typical 18.2W idle; maximum 39.5W with three BBUs fully charged
• Mounting Form Factor: Pole-mount bracket as standard, optional wall-mount accessories; fully sealed IP67 / NEMA Type 4 waterproof/dustproof enclosure resistant to rain, fog, salt spray and fine dust
• Thermal Passive Cooling (fanless design):
  • -40°C ~ +60°C in sealed zero-airflow enclosure
  • -40°C ~ +70°C in vented cabinet with 40 LFM airflow
  • -40°C ~ +75°C with forced 200 LFM air cooling
• Shock & Vibration: Heavy-duty industrial certification for mining, rail transit and roadside pole deployments
• Humidity: 10%–95% RH non-condensing operating humidity; storage -40°C ~ +70°C, 5%–95% RH non-condensing

Industry & Hazardous Compliance Certifications

• Safety: UL 62368-1, IEC/EN 60950-1 CB certified
• Smart Grid Standard: IEC 61850-3 substation automation compliance
• Public Safety Cellular: FirstNet Ready, Verizon Frontline certified LTE/5G radio compatibility
• EMC: FCC Class A, CE industrial electromagnetic compatibility
• Hazardous Zones: ATEX, IECEx Class I Zone 2; ANSI/ISA 12.12.01 Class 1 Div 2 for oil, gas and chemical remote sites
• Industrial Cybersecurity: IEC 62443 ICS security compliance

Official Performance Benchmarks

• Aggregate IPv4 CEF forwarding throughput: Up to 800 Mbps
• Hardware-accelerated IPsec VPN throughput: Up to 250 Mbps
• Maximum concurrent SD-WAN SVTI overlay tunnels: 1000 tunnels
• Hardware offload support for NBAR2 deep packet inspection, MQC QoS, stateful NAT and AES-256 encryption

Software & Core Supported Capabilities (IOS XE Heavy-Duty Industrial Image)

1. Catalyst SD-WAN Hybrid Multi-WAN Resilience

   Zero-touch provisioning via vManage orchestrator, automatic wired/cellular/WPAN multi-path failover, multi-carrier wireless redundancy, centralized policy management, native integration with Cisco IoT Field Network Director (FND) and Catalyst Center for mass remote field device lifecycle management.
2. Smart Grid & Industrial OT Protocol Stack

   Native support for DNP3, IEC 60870-5, Modbus TCP/RTU, AMI advanced metering communication over sub-GHz WPAN mesh; built-in GPS geotagging for remote asset location tracking.
3. Heavy-Duty Integrated Industrial Security Suite

   Wire-speed hardware IPsec/SSL VPN acceleration, next-generation stateful zone firewall, IPS/IDS threat inspection, URL filtering, policy NAT, AAA RADIUS/TACACS+, TLS encrypted remote access, IT/OT traffic segmentation and Cisco Cyber Vision industrial asset visibility.
4. Full Dual-Stack Enterprise Routing Protocols

   IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, static routing, PBR, MPLS L3VPN and multicast routing for utility private FAN WAN and hybrid cloud interconnection.
5. Edge Compute & Programmability

   IOx containerized edge application hosting on mSATA SSD, NetFlow/IPFIX telemetry export, streaming telemetry, REST API, NETCONF/YANG data models for automated industrial data collection and cloud ingestion.

Typical Deployment Scenarios

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Naming Rule Explanation

• IR = Industrial Rugged heavy-duty outdoor series
• 8140 = Flagship fully modular outdoor industrial router hardware platform
• H = Heavy-Duty IP67 sealed weatherproof chassis
• K9 = Base non-PoE hardware chassis bundled with full IOS XE industrial feature license package