The Catalyst family of modular and fixed switches provides performance and intelligence at the access, distribution, and backbone areas of converged IP voice, HD video, and high bandwidth data networks for organizations that range in size from small businesses and branches to global enterprises and SPs. Progent's Cisco-certified consultants can provide online and onsite support for Catalyst family switches to help your organization to plan a cost-effective network topology that addresses your specific business requirements, set up pilot testing systems, deploy Catalyst switches, establish and validate a sound security plan, automate network management and monitoring, provide troubleshooting and maintenance services, optimize switch performance, and configure Catalyst's fault-tolerant solutions to achieve non-stop operation.
Progent can help you to manage and repair your legacy Catalyst switches or upgrade with minimal disruption to up-to-date models of Catalyst switches following industry best practices to ensure that you receive the most return from your investment in your network.
The need for smart, high-performance switching is driven by a combination of relatively new networking patterns whose overall impact is a cyber tsunami of data traffic:
Cisco's current portfolio of Catalyst switches are ideal for the distribution/core levels of enterprise campus environments where mobile and stationary employees must be accommodated by providing predictable high throughput, secure user access management, careful segmentation, application intelligence, and wired and wireless convergence. Catalyst series switches are designed to meet the demand for performance and intelligence with features such as high-port-count 10G/40G/100G support, switching throughput over 25T for each switch, a powerful catalog of tools including Easy Virtual Network (EVN) to simplify the deployment of virtual networks, VSS technology for stateful interchassis failover with instant virtual switch restoration and 99.999% uptime, IPv6 support, Application Visibility and Control (AVC) to optimize system resource usage, and sophisticated Quality of Service tools for critical traffic prioritization.
Catalyst switches allow organizations of all sizes to benefit from incorporating intelligent switching and routing features into their network infrastructure, deploying an ecosystem that can handle real-time requirements, expand to support future growth, guard sensitive data, and differentiate and manage processes to optimize network productivity.
Catalyst 1000 Series Fixed Ethernet Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 1000 Series access switches are compact, fixed-configuration switches intended for small businesses and branch offices with up to 250 workers and with minimal internal IT expertise. Cisco's Catalyst 1000 family includes fanless versions for quiet operation outside a wiring closet in an office venue. Mounting kits include desktop, wall mount, rack mount, and DIN. Created as a simple upgrade for Cisco Catalyst 2960-L or 2960-Plus Series deployments, the Catalyst 1000 portfolio includes models with 8 to 48G Ethernet ports or 24 to 48 Fast Ethernet 10/100M Mbps ports.
Catalyst 1000 configuration and administration are easy using a web UI or command-line interface, security is enterprise-class, and Power over Ethernet capability with a dynamically allocated budget of 740W supports a broad variety of Internet of Things deployments. Up to eight Catalyst 1000 Gbit Ethernet model switches can be controlled together with single IP. All Catalyst 1000 units are nonblocking line-rate switches, and all are powered by Cisco's venerable IOS operating system software. Quality-of-Service capabilities include egress queues for every port as well as priority packet queuing to provide wire-speed throughput for time-critical data. Catalyst 1000 switches also feature Shaped Round Robin scheduling and WTD congestion management.
Catalyst 9000 Series Fixed and Modular Managed Switches
The Catalyst 9000 series of switches includes modular and fixed units and can support all deployment models including access, aggregation, and core switching. The Catalyst 9000 series offers devices with the right value proposition to connect workers and things in scenarios ranging from small businesses and branch offices to global enterprises. Catalyst 9000 products can be set up to implement any combination of onsite facilities, private/public clouds, and hybrid network models. Unified management platforms and cutting-edge cybersecurity features lower cost of ownership by cutting operational overhead and safeguarding critical IT assets. Cisco's 9000X line of switches provide converged switching/routing, delivering the first combination of 400G optical transceivers plus full mGig and PoE ports.
With double the stacking bandwidth for about half the price of the end-of-life Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches they are designed to replace, Catalyst 9200 Series switches are a compelling infrastructure improvement for small branch offices and midsize campuses. The 9200 family includes switches that support 24 or 48 ports with full Power over Ethernet; 80-160 Gbps backplane stacking bandwidth; streaming telemetry; and Layer 3 capabilities such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing, EIGP distance routing protocol, IS-IS, and RIP. Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series switches are powered by Cisco IOS XE.
The Catalyst 9200 delivers 160-Gbps stacking performance, features field-replaceable redundant power supplies and fans, and accepts add-in network modules with 4x1G, 4x1/10G, 2x25G, or 2x40G uplink. Cisco's Catalyst 9200 Enhanced VN switch allows up to 32 Virtual Networks and offers 160-Gbps stacking bandwidth. The Catalyst 9200L offers 80-Gbps stacking throughput. Both the Catalyst 9200L multigigabit and the Catalyst 9200 multigigabit offer wireless bandwidth tuning with 8 or 12 mGig ports as fast as 10G.
Catalyst 9300 Series switches are fixed, stackable appliances for high-density access switching. Key capabilities provided with models in the Catalyst 9300 portfolio include 1T stacking throughput, stackable high-speed fiber, up to 448 multigigabit ports including 288 ports of 90W UPOE+ with an 8-device configuration, end-to-end IPsec with AES-256 with MACsec 256-bit encryption and performance up to 100G, redundant fans and power supplies, plus data stack cables common across the complete Catalyst 9300 family.
Powered by the Cisco IOS XE operating system, devices in the Catalyst 9300 family support automated device provisioning, API-driven configuration, granular visibility for near realtime monitoring, and transparent software patching. Advanced security capabilities include Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) as well as AES-256 MACsec and IPSec encryption, plus Trust Anchor Technologies with Image signing. Cloud security is strengthened because Catalyst 9300 switches can host Cisco's Umbrella agent directly. This allows organizations to implement their DNS policies at a granular user or group level to prevent BYOD or IoT users from visiting dangerous websites.
The entry-level Cisco Catalyst 9300L switch delivers as much as 320G stacking performance and supports 12 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G ports and 36 10M/100M/1G ports. The 9300L uses fixed instead of modular uplink components for 4 1G, 4 10G, or 2 40G uplink ports. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 appliance features 480G of backplane stacking performance and supports 48 100M/1G/2.5G/5Gbps ports, 24 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10Gbps ports, or 48 1G SFP ports. Modular uplink speeds available are 1G, 10G, 25G, or 40G. The top-of-the-line Cisco Catalyst 9300X appliance delivers 1T backplane stacking throughput and supports 48 10G Ethernet ports. The 9300X accepts modular uplinks with dual-rate 100G/40G, multirate 25G/10G/1G, or multigigabit. Cisco 90W Universal Power Over Ethernet+ supports IoT-intensive environments such as smart buildings. Hardware is available to provide 100G IPsec.
Cisco's Catalyst 9400 Series appliances are modular switches based on Cisco IOS XE and targeted for medium-size and large campus access networks. Delivering twice the throughput and more than four times the chassis bandwidth as the Catalyst 6500 line it is designed to replace, the Catalyst 9400 portfolio ushers switch capability into the current age of networking driven by security, mobility, IoT, and cloud.
Catalyst 9400 switches are available with 4-slot, 7-slot, and 10-slot chassis. Two slots on each chassis are dedicated to high-availability supervisor cards, making 2, 5, or 8 slots available for line cards. Max bandwidth scalability for each line-card slot is 480 Gbps. Switching performance can achieve 1.44 Terabits per second and forwarding performance on Supervisor Module is as high as 9 Tbps for the 10-slot chassis. All Catalyst 9400 chassis offer 90W UPOE+ on every port, protected network segmentation with SD-Access and N+N/N+1 power redundancy for high resilience. The Catalyst 9400 4-slot switch supports 96 10/100/1000 ports, 5G/10G mGig ports, or 10G SFP+ ports. The Catalyst 9400 7-slot switch supports 240 ports, and the Catalyst 9400 10-slot supports 384 ports. All Catalyst 9400 switches can support 2 non-blocking 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP uplinks and 8 non-blocking 10G SFP+ uplinks.
The Catalyst 9500 family consists of fixed core and edge services appliances intended for the enterprise campus. Catalyst 9500 models are powered by Cisco IOS XE and the series includes the first network technology to deliver switching rates above 25 Terabits per second.
Cisco's Catalyst 9500 appliances provide up to 6.4 Terabits per second switching performance with forwarding speed up to 2 Billion Packet per Second. Catalyst 9500 switches can support up to 32 nonblocking 100 GB QSFP28 optical ports, 32 nonblocking 40 Gigabit QSFP+ ports, 48 nonblocking 25G SFP28 ports, or 48 nonblocking 10G ports. You can configure Multichassis EtherChannel across StackWise-Virtual members for high availability.
Catalyst 9500X appliances support as high as 25.6 Tbps switching performance with 2 Billion Packet per Second forwarding speed. Catalyst 9500X models support up to 28 nonblocking 40/100 GB QSFP28 optical ports or 8 nonblocking 40/100/200/400 Gigabit QSFP-DD ports. The 9500X product line also includes hardware support for line-rate 256-bit 802.1AE MACsec and WAN-MACsec1 encryption.
Catalyst 9600 Series switches are modular core and distribution switches intended for the enterprise campus. The 6-slot chassis with a Catalyst 9600X Series Supervisor delivers switching capacity as high as 25.6 Tbps and can contain up to 256 nonblocking 10/25/50 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 96 nonblocking 40/100G G ports, or 8 nonblocking 200/400 G QSFP-Double Density ports. The Catalyst 9600 switch also provides dual-rate 40G/100G and 10G/25G optics. Two chassis slots are dedicated for high-availability supervisors. You can combine a variety of line cards for core and aggregation environments. The Catalyst 9600 chassis is equipped with a passive backplane, making it possible to replace fan tray, power supplies, and line cards without disruption.
End-of-Life Catalyst Models Supported by Progent's Consultants
Progent's Cisco certified consultants have extensive backgrounds providing remote and onsite support expertise for early-generation Catalyst switches for which Cisco has announced End of Life or End of Support. These legacy Catalyst switches often cost more to operate and support than current products, deliver lower capacity and functionality, and for some situations can subject businesses to compliance and even liability risks. Progent's consultants can help you to support and repair these older Cisco products and can also help you to design and implement seamless upgrades to newer products from the Catalyst line or to solutions from the Cisco Nexus portfolio of switches which take advantage of Catalyst technology.
Catalyst Express 500 Switches
Cisco's Catalyst Express 500 family of fixed-configuration switches are designed for businesses with as many as 250 workers and provide the reliability, security, extensibility, and features small companies need at an affordable cost. Power over Ethernet capability makes it easy to install network appliances like VoIP phones and IP TV cameras.
Models of the Catalyst Express 500 managed switches support up to 24 10/100/1000BASE-T ports as well as optional backup power supplies with auto fail-over for additional reliability. Interoperation with Cisco wireless access points helps organizations to set up a local wireless environment rapidly and effectively. The Cisco Catalyst Express 500 and 520 family offers strong security against malicious attacks With Cisco's Self-Defending Network technology and Clean Access agents.
Catalyst 2940 Switch
Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series fixed-configuration, managed 10/100 Ethernet switches provide fundamental small-group networking for small to medium-size companies. These wire-rate desktop appliances offer Cisco IOS Software features for basic mixed-media traffic control at the edge of the network. The Cisco 2940 Series fixed-configuration switches are small, stackable devices featuring eight Ethernet ports plus one integrated Fast or Gigabit Ethernet uplink. The enclosures can be deployed away from the wiring closet in cramped office spaces such as on a user's desk or in a classroom.
Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series Switch
The Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series are fixed-configuration switches designed for small businesses and branches. Current models have 24 or 48 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, four 1GE or two 10-Gigabit uplinks, and provide switching capacity of 176 Gbps. Cisco's FlexStack technology allows four Catalyst 2960-S chassis to be combined in a FlexStack stack to perform as one switching unit that offers 40 Gbps of stacking bandwidth and that reduces management expense with single-switch configuration. IPv6 First Hop Security (FHS) technology guards against address interception and other attacks.
Catalyst 3560 Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 3560 Series is a line of fixed-configuration switches that features IEEE 802.3af and Power over Ethernet (PoE) capability in 10/100 and 10/100/1000 configurations. The Catalyst 3560 Series switch is a proven Layer 2 switch for small enterprise LAN connectivity or satellite-offices, offering both Gigabit Ethernet and Power over Ethernet (PoE) configurations for high efficiency while streamlining the installation of key applications including IP telephony, wireless connectivity, video surveillance, and building management systems. IT managers can activate comprehensive intelligent services including QoS, rate limiting, access control lists, multicast administration, and high-performance IP routing with the ease of traditional LAN switching.
The Catalyst 3560 switch offers a robust set of capabilities that permit network scalability and enhanced availability via IP routing plus a full suite of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) enhancements designed to maximize throughput in an access Layer LAN. Enhancements to the conventional STP Protocol, including Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus, and Port Fast, as well as enhancements like Flex Links interfaces, improve network efficiency. Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+) supports Data Link Layer traffic balancing on redundant links to efficiently use the extra bandwidth inherent in a redundant architecture.
Efficient technologies such as Open Shortest Path First, EIGRP, BGP, static routing, and Policy Based Routing improve system scale; PIM helps improve utilization of network resources; and Virtual Route Forwarding Lite protects network traffic.
Catalyst 3750 Series Switches
For midsized organizations and corporate branch offices, Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series switch facilitates deployment of converged applications and adapts to changing business needs by offering configuration versatility, support for converged network traffic, and management-free configuration of intelligent system services. In addition, Cisco's Catalyst 3750 switch is engineered for high-volume Gigabit deployments and incorporates a diverse selection of switches that address the connectivity, distribution, and backbone-interface requirements of small or mid-size systems.
Cisco's Catalyst 3750 switch includes either the IP Base or the IP Services image. The IP Base image capabilities include advanced quality of service, rate-management, ACLs, and simple static and RIP routing support. The IP Services image provides a richer set of enterprise network functions, such as sophisticated built-in IP unicast and multicast routing.
Cisco StackWise technology is an architecture optimized for Gigabit interfaces. Cisco StackWise is designed to react to additions, deletions, and redeployments while providing consistent performance. Cisco StackWise technology unites up to nine individual switches into a single functional unit, utilizing custom stack-interconnect cables and stacking utilities. Any of the switches can be any mix of the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switches and the Catalyst 3750-E Series. The stack operates as a single switching unit that is managed by a control switch, elected from among the member switches. The control switch automatically builds and keeps current all the switching and user-selected routing tables. A running stack can accept new switches or remove existing switches with no operational discontinuity.
Catalyst 2960 Series Switches and Catalyst 3560-CX Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 2960-CX is a fixed-port switch that is compact, fanless, low power, and allows a variety of mounting options. The device has eight 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and two 1-GE uplinks and has an option for Power over Ethernet (PoE). Cisco's Catalyst 3560-CX appliance is a fixed-configuration managed switch housed in a sleek, noiseless and low-power unit that can be placed almost anywhere convenient. Versions are offered with 8 or 12 1-GE ports or with 6 1-GE ports plus 2 multigigabit Ethernet ports. Two or four uplink ports are available, and Power over Ethernet (PoE) is also an option.
Cisco's Catalyst 2960-L line includes value-priced fixed-configuration switches targeted for branch offices, retail venues, and other places where space is at a premium. These low-profile switches have 8 to 48 GE ports and two or four Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) uplink ports. Power over Ethernet support saves space and fan-free operation for 16- and 24-port versions does away with noise. RJ-45 interfaces handle 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-T SFP-based ports.
Catalyst 2960-X and Catalyst 2960-XR switches enhance the 2690-S family of switches by offering switching capacity of 216 Gbps and supporting Cisco's FlexStack-Plus Stacking via a live-swappable plug-in that can combine 8 switches in a FlexStack Plus stack with 80 Gbps of stacking performance. Catalyst 2900 family switches also work with NetFlow-Lite for application visibility and control. The Catalyst 2960-XR switch is capable of L3 dynamic routing, offering the simplicity of using a single device for Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing.
Catalyst 3650 and 3850 Switches
Cisco Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 switches are fixed, stackable access devices powered by Cisco's IOS XE control software and incorporating full wireless controller capability that lets you converge wired and wireless networks on a one platform powered by one OS. Cisco has models with 24 or 48 1Gb Ethernet connections with PoE plus, four 1GE or four 10-Gigabit uplinks, and capacity for up to 9 Catalyst switches per FlexStack stack. All models provide expandable QoS, fast switchover for high availability, software support for IPv4 and IPv6 routing, multicast routing, and advanced security.
Since wireless traffic is present at the Catalyst 3000 family switch, administrators can spot and prioritize wireless traffic using Cisco's Flexible NetFlow technology and sophisticated QoS capabilities for a better user environment and quicker problem mediation. Fast Ethernet switching supports the high-throughput called for by the new 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi specification using existing cabling solutions. (For information about Progent's consulting services for Cisco's 802.11ac Aironet wireless technology, and Cisco's Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi APs, refer to Configuration and Troubleshooting Consulting Services for Cisco Wireless Access Points and Controllers.)
The Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series switch delivers stacking throughput of 160 Gbps and supports up to 25 wireless access points and 1000 wireless users per stack. The Catalyst 3850 Series switch offers stacking bandwidth of 480 Gbps and supports up to 50 Wi-Fi APs and 2000 Wi-Fi users per stack. Cisco Catalyst 3850 SFP Fiber Switches incorporate 12 or 24 1G fiber data ports at line rate, providing far reaching connectivity, enhanced security, and an identical wired and wireless user experience.
Cisco Catalyst 4500-E and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 4500-E Series and and Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are intended for campus and distribution deployments where physical space for infrastructure equipment is at a premium. Powered by Cisco's IOS XE OS software, the 4500-E and 4500-X product lines simplify virtualization thanks to Cisco's Easy Virtual Network (EVN) and Virtual Switching System solutions. Network virtualization allows you to segment a physical network into multiple virtual networks (VNs) whose data and control planes are logically separate. This provides the efficient utilization, security and compliance, recoverability, and manageability needed for Cloud computing or other situations where a common infrastructure is used by applications and services that must operate in total isolation from one another. Easy Virtual Network streamlines the task of creating VNs and can be expanded to 32 VNs per switch. Easy Virtual Network incorporates the capabilities of Multi-virtual routing and forwarding and includes new features including VNET Tags and a simple technique for duplicating replicating routes between VNs. Virtual Switching System makes it possible to set up Catalyst 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X Series platforms to produce zero-downtime VNs with optimized load balancing.
Catalyst 4500-E Series Switches
Cisco's Supervisor Engine for for the Catalyst 4500-E switch has a built-in wireless controller that works with Cisco's Unified Access solution for wired and wireless convergence. The Supervisor Engine 8-E is the first Cisco Catalyst supervisor to support wired plus wireless services on one switch based on IOS XE. Features included are Cisco's Flexible NetFlow solution for capacity planning encompassing wired and Wi-Fi networks, Cisco TrustSec/SGT2 wired and wireless data security, identical Quality of Service for wired and wireless networks, plus the extension of NSF/SSO to include Wi-Fi data traffic for world-quality availability.
Available in chassis with from three to 10 plug-in slots, Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Series switches can support as many as 384 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, 193 Gigabit Ethernet non-blocking fiber connections, 96 10-Gigabit Ethernet fiber connections, and eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports. Cisco's Supervisor Engine 8-E delivers as much as 928 Gbps of wired throughput per system and 20 Gbps of wireless termination performance. 50 wireless access points and 2000 wireless users can be supported on each chassis, and 250 APs and 4000 wireless clients are managed in a two-switch installation without a separate wireless controller.
Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Switches
Catalyst 4500-X switches are fixed-configuration 10GE aggregation platforms that deliver up to 800 Gbps of core switching performance per device. The Catalyst 4500-X supports as many as 32 10GE ports on the baseboard and eight more 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports on the optional expansion module for a maximum of up to 40 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections. Eight 10GE uplink ports are also available via another module. In addition to offering non-stop performance and easy management, Cisco's VSS technology on Catalyst 4500-X Series switches offers increased system performance of as much as 1.6 Tbps by activating all possible capacity between redundant Catalyst 4500-X Series switches. Other advanced features include FNF technology for capacity planning, TrustSec security, and fast, hardware-based IPv6 forwarding.
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 Series switches are campus core switches that share the proven technology of the Catalyst 6500 family of products, which were introduced more than a decade ago and have been steadily enhanced since then. Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series switches offer the same general features and operation, and the modular Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL supports the Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 2T and its extensive portfolio of compatible line cards and modules. This backwards compatibility and program of ongoing enhancement preserves your infrastructure investment and permits you to upgrade your network with little downtime or IT team training.
Shared attributes of Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches equipped with Cisco's Supervisor Engine 2T include the Cisco ISE technology for convenient, centralized management to put in place unvarying policy throughout a distributed network, Virtual Switching System capability for 99.999% uptime through multi-level switchover, and Cisco's Campus Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) to facilitate roaming and mobility and to streamline virtualization and transition to IPv6. Additional virtualization features to segment specific user groups and support the special security and QoS policy needs of each group include Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN, complete Multiprotocol Label Switching, Easy Virtual Network (EVN), VPN Routing and Forwarding-aware technology for Network Address Translation NetFlow, IPv6 over IPv4 GRE Tunnels, and L2 geographic extensions with VPLS. For unified wired/wireless environments, the Wireless Services Module 2 controller Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches can manage as many as 1000 wireless APs and 15,000 wireless users.
Catalyst 6500-E Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 6500-E family of modular switches are intended for aggregation and enterprise core networks that need world-class availability and high densities of 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 1 Gigabit Ethernet fiber, and/or 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet ports. Available versions have three to 13 slots and accept a broad range of interfaces. Integrated service modules enable wireless, network analysis, and data protection. Only E-Series versions of Cisco's broad family of Catalyst 6500 switches are compatible with the Supervisor Engine 2T.
The value-priced Cisco Catalyst 6503-E switch has a 4RU form factor, holds 3 expansion slots, and delivers as much as 180 Gbps of switching capacity per slot. The Catalyst 6503-E switch can support up to 97 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections, up to 99 Gigabit Ethernet fiber access ports, 34 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, and up to 8 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports.
The high-end Cisco Catalyst 6513-E has a 19 rack unit, 13-slot form factor and can deliver up to 180 Gbps of performance on each slot, providing a total system capacity of up to 4 Tbps. A Virtual Switching System configuration can support 8 Tbps of capacity. The Catalyst 6513-E Series switch can support a maximum of 529 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports, up to 534 Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, 180 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, and up to 44 40-Gigabit Ethernet connections.
Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Catalyst 6800 Series switches are programmable core platforms designed to provide best-of-breed 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet support. The Cisco Catalyst 6880-X switch is a fixed-configuration, small form factor switch for high-density Ethernet designed for small or midsize enterprise campus backbones. The Catalyst 6880-X delivers up to 2 Tbps throughput and has four slots for port cards. The maximum port concentration per chassis is 80 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections or 10GE ports or as many as 20 40GE connections. Configured with Cisco's Virtual Switching System, a two-chassis system can provide 4 Tbps bandwidth and support up to 158 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports or 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports or as many as 20 40GE ports.
The modular Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL switch comes in a 10-rack-unit chassis that has 7 expansion slots and supports standard Supervisor Engine 2T cards and service modules. (Two slots are reserved for the Supervisor Engine and the other five are for expansion modules.) The Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL switch can deliver as much as 880 Gbps of switching throughput per slot and 11.4 Tbps of full-duplex switching capacity while handling up to 240 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or 1GE fiber ports, 80 10-Gigabit Ethernet access ports or up to 20 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports. an 6807-XL system configured with VSS is capable of supporting 22.8 Tbps of switching throughput, 480 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports or 1GE fiber connections, up to 160 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports or 40 40-Gigabit Ethernet access ports.
How Progent Can Assist Your Business with Catalyst Series Switches
Progent can provide the remote or on-premises services of CCIE-certified network consultants who have extensive experience providing Catalyst switch technology support for small and midsize businesses, branch offices, enterprise campuses, data centers, Cloud environments, and service providers. Progent's areas of expertise include Cisco's Catalyst and Nexus lines of managed switches and Cisco's IOS, IOS-XR and NX-OS operating systems. Services available from Progent for Catalyst Series switches include proof-of-concept testing and validation, network analysis and monitoring, network architecture planning, upgrades and project management, virtualization, wired and wireless unification, management automation, performance optimization, problem mitigation, disaster recovery and business continuity preparedness, and IT security assessment and remediation.
Progent has broad knowledge of open standards and with Cisco-owned protocols and technologies related to switching and routing including Border Gateway Protocol, MPLS traffic engineering, Protocol Independent Multicast, VPNs, STP, VLANs, Cisco FabricPath, VPC, HSRP, VRRP, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Virtual Switching System (VSS), and Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP). Progent's infrastructure specialists also offer familiarity with key technologies such as TCP/IP protocols, IPv4/IPv6, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Routing Information Protocol (RIP), and Internet Group Management Protocol. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified data security consultants can show you how to create a comprehensive security and compliance strategy and deploy Cisco Catalyst switches so they offer maximum enforcement to your security posture.
In case you require ultra high Ethernet density or sub-microsecond latency Cisco switches for a world-class data center, Progent can help you to analyze, plan, and implement a transition to Nexus family of switches. To find out about Progent's support services for Nexus Series switches, see Nexus Switch consulting and support offered by Progent. Progent can also help you to integrate Catalyst core switches with Cisco Meraki aggregation switches. (See Cisco Meraki switch integration consultants.)
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