Cisco 2500 Series User Manual

Cisco 2500 series overview

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Cisco 2500 Series Overview 1-1

Cisco 2500 Series Overview

1

The Cisco 2500 series is a multiprotocol router platform that is the basis for the following four
product types:

A compact single LAN multiprotocol router

A compact router/hub with 8, 14, or 16 Ethernet ports

A compact router/access server with 8 or 16 asynchronous serial ports

A dual LAN/multiprotocol router

This chapter provides an overview of the systems and their physical configuration, and contains the
following information:

System Specifications

Memory Configurations

The 2500 series is available in four fixed-configuration network-interface options, which are listed
in Table 1-1 and shown in Figure 1-2 through Figure 1-8.

Table 1-1

Network Interface Options

Model

Ethernet

Token
Ring

Serial

BRI

Async Hub

Product

Type

2501

1

0

2

0

0

0

Multiprotocol router

2502

0

1

2

0

0

0

2503

1

0

2

1

0

0

2504

0

1

2

1

0

0

2505

0

0

2

0

0

8

Router/hub

2507

0

0

2

0

0

16

2516

0

0

2

1

0

14

2509

1

0

2

0

8

0

Router/access server

2510

0

1

2

0

8

0

2511

1

0

2

0

16

0

2512

0

1

2

0

16

0

2513

1

1

2

0

0

0

Dual LAN/
multiprotocol router

2514

2

0

2

0

0

0

2515

0

2

2

0

0

0

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