Full English Description for Cisco IR8340-K9

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Fixed Native Ethernet Port Layout

Dual Combo WAN Uplinks

• 2× 10/100/1000BASE-T combo RJ45/SFP composite WAN ports, supporting copper, single/multi-mode fiber SFP transceivers for primary redundant MPLS/DIA backhaul

12-Port Multi-Type LAN Switch Bank (Integrated PoE)

1. 4× 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ45 PoE LAN ports: Support 802.3af PoE, 802.3at PoE+, Cisco UPOE, total combined 120W PoE power budget for IP cameras, industrial sensors, wireless APs
2. 4× 10/100/1000BASE-T combo RJ45/SFP LAN ports for flexible copper/fiber field device access
3. 4× 1000BASE-X SFP-only LAN ports for long-distance fiber industrial ring topology interconnection
   All Ethernet ports support IEEE 802.1Q VLAN trunking, MACsec hardware encryption, MQC QoS, PTP IEEE 1588 timing offload and industrial ERPS ring protection switchingCisco.

Modular Expansion Slots (Core Differentiators)

1. 2 × Cellular PIM Pluggable Slots: Dual independent wireless slots compatible with Cisco 4G LTE CAT18 and 5G NSA/SA Sub-6GHz modems, each with dual SIM card holders for multi-carrier redundant backhaul, FirstNet public safety certified
2. 2 × IRM-NIM Network Interface Module Slots: Backward compatible with industrial NIM portfolio: T1/E1 PRI trunk modules, 8-port RS232 async/sync serial modules for Modbus/DNP3 SCADA multi-drop equipment
3. Dedicated Timing Synchronization Module Bay: Supports IRIG-B analog/digital timing receivers, multi-constellation GNSS timing module, SyncE and IEEE 1588 PTP grandmaster clock for power substation precision time synchronization
4. Hot-swappable mSATA SSD Storage Slot: For offline edge telemetry caching, IOx containerized industrial application runtime and long-term log retention

Management, Alarm & Auxiliary Interfaces

• RJ45 RS232 serial console port for local out-of-band configuration
• USB 3.0 Type-A host port for license import, offline config backup and peripheral mounting
• 3-channel RJ45 alarm I/O terminals: 2 isolated digital input channels, 1 digital relay output channel for external equipment fault alert and remote control
• Multi-color system LED array for chassis health, port link status, cellular signal strength, timing lock, VPN tunnel and PoE load monitoring
• Hardware reset button for factory default recovery

Processor, Memory & Storage

• CPU: High-performance 8-core Intel x86 industrial route processor with dedicated Quantum Flow Processor (QFP) data plane ASIC for wire-speed encryption and traffic inspection
• Memory: Factory default 8GB DDR4 RAM, supports massive SD-WAN tunnel tables, millions of NAT sessions and concurrent IOx edge applications
• Boot Storage: 16GB industrial-grade eMMC onboard flash for IOS XE industrial system images, crash dumps and base logging
• Expandable Storage: Hot-swappable mSATA SSD module bay for extended offline telemetry and edge analytics workloads.

Power, Mechanical & Environmental Specifications

• Form Factor: Standard 2RU 19-inch rack-mount chassis, dimensions 88.9mm H × 438.2mm W × 381mm D
• Power Supply Options: Single 150W wide-range AC/DC PSU as standard; optional dual redundant hot-swappable 250W PSU for carrier-grade high availability
• Power Consumption: Base chassis 67.5W idle; maximum power draw 210W with full PoE load and all modules populated
• Mounting: Standard 4-post data center/control room rack brackets
• Thermal Performance: Active fan-assisted passive hybrid cooling; continuous operating temperature -40°C ~ +60°C, storage temperature -40°C ~ +70°C
• Humidity: 5%–95% RH non-condensing operating humidity, max operating altitude 3048m (10,000 ft)
• Shock & Vibration: EN50155 railway transit certified, IEC 60068 industrial vibration compliance for substation and rail vehicle cabinet deploymentCisco.

Industry & Hazardous Compliance Certifications

• Safety: UL 62368-1, IEC/EN 60950-1 CB certified
• Smart Grid Standards: IEC 61850-3, IEEE 1613 substation automation compliance
• Public Safety Cellular: FirstNet Ready, Verizon Frontline 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 industrial sites
• Industrial Cybersecurity: IEC 62443 ICS control system security compliance

Official Performance Benchmarks

• Aggregate IPv4 CEF forwarding throughput (IMIX 1400B packets): Up to 12 Gbps
• Hardware-accelerated IMIX IPsec VPN throughput: Up to 2 Gbps
• Maximum concurrent SD-WAN SVTI overlay tunnels: Up to 6000 tunnels
• Total NAT session capacity: 2 million concurrent sessions
• Full hardware offload for NBAR2 deep packet inspection, industrial ring switching, MQC QoS, AES-256 encryption and PTP timing synchronization

Software & Core Supported Capabilities (Full IOS XE Industrial Image)

1. Enterprise-Grade Catalyst SD-WAN Hybrid Multi-WAN Resilience
   Zero-touch provisioning via vManage orchestrator, automatic failover across fiber wired and dual cellular wireless paths, multi-carrier link load balancing, centralized policy management, native integration with Cisco IoT Field Network Director (FND) and Catalyst Center for mass industrial edge lifecycle management.
2. Substation-Grade Timing & Industrial OT Protocol Stack
   Native IRIG-B / GNSS / IEEE 1588 PTP grandmaster timing, full support for DNP3, IEC 60870-5, Modbus TCP/RTU, IEC 61850 MMS substation communication protocols, multi-port serial passthrough for legacy SCADA field equipment.
3. Integrated NGFW Industrial Security Suite
   Wire-speed hardware IPsec/MACsec VPN acceleration, next-generation stateful zone firewall, IPS/IDS intrusion prevention, advanced malware protection, URL filtering, policy-based NAT, AAA RADIUS/TACACS+, TLS encrypted remote management, IT/OT traffic segmentation and Cisco Cyber Vision industrial asset visibility.
4. Full Dual-Stack Carrier & Enterprise Routing Protocols
   IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack forwarding, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS L3VPN, Segment Routing, PBR and multicast routing for private utility FAN WAN and hybrid cloud interconnection.
5. High-Capacity Edge Compute & Programmability
   IOx containerized edge application hosting on expandable mSATA SSD, NetFlow/IPFIX telemetry export, streaming telemetry, REST API, NETCONF/YANG data models for automated industrial data collection and cloud platform ingestion.

Typical Deployment Scenarios

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Naming Rule Explanation

• IR = Industrial Rugged industrial hardened router series
• 8340 = Flagship rack-mount all-in-one routing/switching convergence platform (differentiated from pole-mounted IR8140/IR8240 outdoor models)
• K9 = Base hardware chassis bundled with full Network Advantage IOS XE industrial feature license package