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Router Hardware Description and Specifications
This section describes the major hardware features of the Cisco Catalyst Industrial Router 8140 Heavy Duty
Series Router (also identified as Cisco Catalyst IR8140H), including the chassis, internal and external connectors
and ports, and hardware specifications.
These topics are discussed:
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Router Overview
Router Applications Overview
The Cisco Catalyst IR8140H is a ruggedized communication platform, designed for use in Field Area Network
(FAN) power distribution grids that require outdoor, pole-mounted routers. The FAN is a distribution system
in which power generation and transmission are linked to the power consumers.
The router provides an end-to-end communication network that enables increased power grid efficiency and
reliability, reduced energy consumption, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The router can be leveraged
across applications including:
• Smart transportation and roadways
• Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
• Distribution Automation (DA)
• Integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DER)
• Remote Workforce Automation
• Smart Lighting
The router provides reliable and secure real-time communication between the FAN systems and the numerous
devices that exist on the FAN, including meters, sensors, protection relays, Intelligent Electronic Devices
(IEDs), plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) charging stations, and distributed solar farms. Network data is forwarded
and processed over secure communication links between devices within the distribution grid for local decision
processing.
Router Overview, on page 1
Specifications, on page 12
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