- Excellent forwarding performance
- Powerful security capacity
- Ideal multi-service platform
- Advanced hardware architecture
- Open application platform architecture
- Field-programmable gate array (FPGA)
- Multi-Gigabit Fabric (MGF)
- High-density port connectivity
- Multiple WAN interfaces
- Packet storm protection
- 3G/4G LTE access support
- USB interface
- Flexible port selection
- Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
- Port mirroring
- Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
- Open shortest path first (OSPF)
- Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
- Intermediate system to intermediate system (IS-IS)
- Dual IP stack
- IPv6 tunneling
- Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
- Routing policy
- Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- Weighted random early detection (WRED)/random early detection (RED)
- Hierarchical quality of service (HQoS)/nested QoS
- DVPN (Dynamic Virtual Private Network)
- Access control list (ACL)
- Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System (TACACS+)
- Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (URPF)
- Network address translation (NAT)
- Secure Shell (SSHv2)
- Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP
- Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
- Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
- Multicast Border Gateway Protocol (MBGP)
- Embedded NetStream
- Embedded VPN and firewall
- SIP trunking
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
- Embedded automation architecture (EAA)
- Bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD)
- Management security
- SNMPv1, v2, and v3
- Remote monitoring (RMON)
- FTP, TFTP, and SFTP support
- Network Time Protocol (NTP)
- Management interface control
- Network Quality Analyzer (NQA)
The HPE MSR4000 router series supports HPE FlexBranch solution as part HPE's overall comprehensive HPE FlexNetwork architecture. It features a modular design that delivers unmatched application services for extra large branch offices, headquarters and campus, while reducing complexity, simplifying configuration, deployment and management. The MSR4000 router series provides a full-featured, resilient routing platform, including IPv6 and MPLS, up to 20 Mpps forwarding capacity and 8 Gbps of IPsec VPN encrypted throughput. The MSR4000 router series leverages separated data and control planes, dual MPUs (Main Processing Units) and support for up to four power supplies ensuring the highest performance and reliability.