The 4- and 8-port cisco gigabit ethernet lan switch network interface modules nims can reduce your company's total cost of ownership tco by integrating gigabit ethernet switch ports within cisco 4000 series integrated services routers isrs . These low-density gigabit ethernet switches offer small to medium-sized businesses and enterprise branch offices a combination of switching and routing integrated into a single device figure 1 .Integration of these switches with cisco ios-xe software allows network administrators to manage a single device using cisco management tools or the router command-line interface cli for lan and wan management needs. This approach reduces network complexity, lowers maintenance contract costs, and lessens staff training needs. It also simplifies software qualification efforts and delivers a consistent user experience at branch offices. Additionally, these low-density gigabit ethernet switching modules enable cisco's industry-leading power initiatives, including per-port power over ethernet poe and power over ethernet plus poe power monitoring, which enhances the ability of the branch office to scale to higher performance requirements and still meet environmental initiatives for it teams to operate a power-efficient network.The 4- and 8-port gigabit ethernet lan switch nims provide line-rate layer 2 switching across onboard gigabit ethernet ports. The 4-port nim has four 10 100 1000 switched gigabit ethernet ports. The 8-port nim has eight 10 100...