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Cisco's Catalyst family of modular and fixed-configuration managed switches offers performance and intelligence at the access, aggregation, and core areas of converged IP voice, HD video, and data networks for businesses that range in size from small businesses and branches to multi-campus enterprises and service providers. Progent's Cisco-certified consultants can provide online and onsite support for Catalyst switches to assist your organization to design an efficient infrastructure that meets your specific business needs, configure proof-of-concept testing systems, deploy Catalyst switches, establish and validate a sound security and compliance plan, streamline system management and performance tracking, provide troubleshooting and support services, optimize switch capacity, and configure Catalyst's fault-tolerant technology for near-zero downtime.

Progent can assist you to maintain and troubleshoot your legacy Catalyst switches or upgrade seamlessly to up-to-date models of Catalyst switches adhering to industry best practices to ensure that you get the maximum return from your investment in your network.

The demand for smart, high-speed switching is the result 0f a confluence of fairly new computing trends whose net effect is a virtual tsunami of traffic:

• Cloud and Internet of Things computing and a consequent demand for intensive network virtualization
• The pervasiveness of BYOD computing
• Data guzzling HD video applications
• Social media for business
• The popularity of Big Data in enterprise data analytics
• Increasingly advanced threats like ransomware

Cisco's latest portfolio of Catalyst switches are best suited for the distribution and core layers levels of campus deployments where mobile and stationary employees must be provided for by offering predictable high throughput, strict user access management, tight segmentation, application awareness, and wired/wireless convergence. Catalyst switches address the need for speed and intelligence with features that include high-port-count 10, 40, and 100 Gigabit Ethernet services, switching throughput over 25T per chassis, an extensive catalog of technologies such as EVN to simplify the creation of virtual networks, Virtual Switching System technology for switch failover with subsecond virtual switch restoration and "five nines" (99.999%) availability, IPv6 capability, AVC to optimize system utilization, and advanced Quality of Service tools for critical traffic prioritization.

Catalyst switches allow businesses of any size to benefit from incorporating smart switching and routing features into their network infrastructure, deploying an ecosystem that can deal with current requirements, scale to accommodate future growth, protect sensitive data, and separate and control processes to optimize network operations.

Catalyst 1000 Series Fixed Ethernet Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 1000 Series Layer 2 network access switches are small form factor, fixed switches targeted for smaller businesses and branch offices with up to 250 users and with little if any internal IT support. Cisco's Catalyst 1000 line includes fanless versions for quiet operation outside a wiring closet in an office environment. Mounting kits include desktop, wall mount, standard rack mount, and DIN. Designed as an easy upgrade for Cisco Catalyst 2960-L/2960-Plus Series deployments, the Catalyst 1000 line includes models with 8 to 48G Ethernet ports or 24 to 48 Fast Ethernet 10/100M ports.

Catalyst Series 1000 set up and management are easy via a web UI or command-line interface, cybersecurity is enterprise-class, and PoE+ capability with a dynamically allocated power budget of 740W allows a wide variety of Internet of Things (IoT) implementations. Up to eight Catalyst 1000 Gbit Ethernet Series switches can be controlled together with single IP. All Catalyst Series 1000 models are nonblocking line-rate devices, and all are based on Cisco's familiar IOS operating system software. Quality-of-Service features include egress queues on each port as well as priority queuing to allow wire-speed throughput for time-critical data. Catalyst Series 1000 switches also offer SRR scheduling and Weighted Tail Drop (WTD) congestion management.

Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series Fixed and Modular Managed Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 9000 family of managed switches includes modular and fixed appliances and can support all deployment scenarios including access, distribution, and core switching. The Cisco Catalyst 9000 family includes devices with the appropriate value proposition to connect workers and things in scenarios from small businesses and branches to global enterprises. Catalyst 9000 Series products can be set up to implement any mix of onsite facilities, private/public clouds, and hybrid network models. Modern management platforms and advanced cybersecurity features lower cost of ownership by saving time and protecting critical network assets. Cisco's 9000X line of managed switches provide converged switching/routing, delivering the first combination of 400G optical transceivers plus full multigigabit and PoE ports.

With twice 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 natural infrastructure upgrade for small branches and midsize campus deployments. The Catalyst 9200 family includes switches that support 24 or 48 ports with full Power over Ethernet; 80-160 Gbps backplane stacking performance; and Layer 3 features that include OSPF Interior Gateway Protocol, EIGRP, IS-IS link-state protocol, and RIP. Cisco Catalyst 9200 switches run the Cisco IOS XE operating system.

The Catalyst 9200 offers 160-Gbps backplane stacking capacity, supports onsite-replaceable redundant power supplies and fans, and supports swappable interface modules with 4x1G, 4x1/10G, 2x25G, or 2x40G uplink. The Catalyst 9200 Enhanced VN model supports up to 32 Virtual Networks and delivers 160-Gbps backplane stacking throughput. The Catalyst 9200L offers 80-Gbps backplane stacking performance. The Catalyst 9200L multigigabit and the Catalyst 9200 multigigabit offer wireless bandwidth tuning with 8 or 12 mGig ports as fast as 10G.

Cisco's Catalyst 9300 Series switches are fixed, stackable appliances for high-density access switching. Key capabilities available with models in the Catalyst 9300 portfolio include 1T backplane stacking capacity, stackable high-speed fiber, up to 448 multigigabit ports including 288 ports of 90W UPOE+ with an 8-unit configuration, end-to-end IPsec with AES-256 with MACsec 256-bit encryption and speeds as high as 100G, HA fans and power, plus StackPower cables compatible throughout the complete Catalyst 9300 family.

Based on Cisco IOS XE, switches in the Catalyst 9300 product line offer automated device provisioning, API-based configuration, high-granularity visibility for near realtime monitoring, and seamless software updates and patching. Advanced security capabilities include Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) as well as AES-256 MACsec and IPSec encryption, and Cisco Trust Anchor Technologies with Image signing and Secure Boot. Cloud security is enhanced because Catalyst 9300 switches have the ability to host the Cisco Umbrella agent directly. This makes it possible for businesses to customize their DNS filtering policies at a granular user or group level to prevent BYOD or IoT users from visiting dangerous websites.

The value-priced Cisco Catalyst 9300L switch features up to 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 performance supported are 1G, 10G, 25G, or 40G. The top-of-the-line Cisco Catalyst 9300X appliance provides up to 1Tbps stacking throughput and supports 48 10G port density. The 9300X accepts uplink modules with dual-rate 100G/40G, multirate 25G/10G/1G, or mGig. Cisco 90W Universal Power Over Ethernet+ supports IoT-intensive environments such as smart buildings. Cisco offers hardware to provide 100G IPsec.

Cisco's Catalyst 9400 Series appliances are modular switches powered by Cisco IOS XE and targeted for medium-size and enterprise campus access deployments. Offering twice the throughput and over four times the chassis bandwidth as the Catalyst 6500 line it is built to replace, the Catalyst 9400 family ushers switch technology into the modern age of connectivity impelled by cybersecurity, mobility, Internet of Things, and cloud.

Catalyst 9400 switches are available with 4-slot, 7-slot, and 10-slot chassis. Two of the slots on each chassis are dedicated to redundant supervisor cards, making 2, 5, or 8 slots open for line cards. Max bandwidth per line-card slot is 480 Gbps. Switching capacity can reach 1.44 Terabits per second and forwarding performance on Supervisor Module can reach 9 Tbps with the 10-slot chassis. All Catalyst 9400 chassis offer 90W UPOE+ on every access port, protected network segmentation with SD-Access and N+N/N+1 power redundancy for high availability. Cisco's Catalyst 9400 4-slot switch supports 96 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, 5G/10G multigigabit ports, or 10G SFP+ ports. The Catalyst 9400 7-slot supports 240 ports, and the Catalyst 9400 10-slot supports 384 ports. All Catalyst 9400 appliances can provide 2 non-blocking 40 Gigabit Ethernet Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable uplinks and 8 non-blocking 10 Gigabit SFP+ uplinks.

The Catalyst 9500 family consists of fixed core and edge services switches intended for the enterprise campus. Catalyst 9500 models are based on the Cisco IOS XE operating system and the series includes the first infrastructure technology to provide switching rates higher than 25 Tbps.

Catalyst 9500 models deliver up to 6.4 Terabits per second switching capacity with forwarding speed up to 2 Billion Packet per Second. Catalyst 9500 appliances can provide up to 32 nonblocking 100 GB QSFP28 ports, 32 nonblocking 40G QSFP+ ports, 48 nonblocking 25G SFP28 ports, or 48 nonblocking 10G ports. You can deploy Multichassis EtherChannel (MEC) across Cisco StackWise-Virtual members to achieve high resiliency.

Catalyst 9500X switches support up to 25.6 Terabits per second switching capacity with 2 Bpps forwarding speed. Catalyst 9500X devices deliver up to 28 nonblocking 40/100 Gigabit QSFP28 optical ports or 8 nonblocking 40/100/200/400 Gigabit QSFP-DD ports. The 9500X product line also includes hardware capability for line-rate 256-bit 802.1AE Media Access Control Security (MACsec) and WAN-MACsec1 data encryption.

Catalyst 9600 Series switches are modular core and distribution switches for the enterprise campus. The 6-slot 9600 Series chassis loaded with a Catalyst 9600X Series Supervisor has switching capacity up to 25.6 Tbps and can contain as many as 256 nonblocking 10/25/50 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 96 nonblocking 40/100G Gigabit ports, or 8 nonblocking 200/400 Gigabit QSFP-Double Density ports. The Catalyst 9600 switch also supports dual-rate 40G/100G and 10G/25G optics. Two chassis slots are dedicated for high-availability supervisors. You can mix and match a variety of line cards for core and aggregation environments. The chassis uses a passive backplane, so you can replace fan tray, power supplies, and line cards without disruption.

End-of-Life Catalyst Switches Supported by Progent's Consultants
Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified consultants have extensive backgrounds delivering online and on-premises support services for legacy Catalyst Series switches for which Cisco has announced End of Life or End of Support. These outdated switches usually cost more to operate and support than current products, deliver less performance and fewer features, and in some cases may expose organizations to compliance and liability risks. Progent's consultants can assist your business to maintain and troubleshoot these legacy Cisco products and can in addition assist you to design and execute seamless migrations to current products within the Catalyst family or to solutions from Cisco's Nexus line of switches which take advantage of Catalyst technology.

Cisco Catalyst Express 500 Line of Switches
The Catalyst Express 500 line of fixed-configuration switches are intended for organizations with as many as 250 employees and provide the reliability, security, expandability, and features small companies require at an affordable cost. PoE capability makes it easy to add network devices such as VoIP phones and IP cameras.

Models of the Catalyst Express 500 switches support from 8 to 24 10/100/1000BT ports plus optional backup power supplies with automatic switch-over for additional dependability. Integration with Cisco wireless access points helps organizations to build a local wireless network quickly and easily. The Catalyst Express 500 and 520 family provides strong protection against viruses With the Cisco Self-Defending Network strategy and Cisco Clean Access solutions. Cisco Catalyst 2940 Switch
Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series non-modular, managed 10/100 switches offer basic workgroup networking for small to midsize companies. These wire-speed desktop appliances offer Cisco IOS Software functions for simple data, video, and voice control at the network edge. The Catalyst 2940 Series managed switches are compact, entry-level switches featuring eight Fast Ethernet ports plus a single integrated Fast or Gbit uplink. They can be deployed away from the wiring closet in cramped locations like on or under a worker's desk or in a classroom.

Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series Switch
The Catalyst 2960-S Series are fixed-configuration switches intended for small companies and branches. Available models incorporate 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 switches to be combined in a stack to perform as a single switching unit that provides 40 Gbps of stacking performance and that reduces operational costs with one-switch configuration. IPv6 First Hop Security (FHS) capability protects networks against IPv6 address theft and other threats.

Catalyst 3560 Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 3560 family is a selection of non-modular switches that features IEEE 802.3af and Cisco PoE capability in 10/100 and Gigabit configurations. The Cisco Catalyst 3560 switch is a proven Layer 2 switch for midsize business LAN connectivity or local-offices, combining both Gigabit and Power over Ethernet (PoE) configurations for high efficiency while facilitating the deployment of key applications such a IP telephony, wireless connectivity, video surveillance, and remote video kiosks. Customers can deploy comprehensive smart features including QoS, rate limiting, access control lists, multicast management, and fast IP routing while maintaining the ease of traditional LAN switching.

The Catalyst 3560 switch has a robust array of capabilities that permit network expandability and higher resilience via IP routing as well as a complete suite of Spanning Tree Protocol enhancements designed to maximize throughput in an access Layer LAN. Enhancements to the conventional STP Protocol, such as Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+), and Uplink Fast, as well as enhancements such as Flex Links, improve network efficiency. PVST+ allows for Data Link Layer load sharing on backup links to efficiently use the additional bandwidth associated with a redundant architecture.

Efficient routing mechanisms such as Open Shortest Path First, EIGRP, Border Gateway Protocol, static routing, and PBR increase network capacity; PIM helps improve the efficiency of system resource use; and Virtual Route Forwarding Lite (VRFLite) secures data.

Catalyst 3750 Family Switches
For mid-size businesses and enterprise branches, the Cisco Catalyst 3750 switch facilitates integration of unified applications and adapts to changing business environments by offering configuration flexibility, support for unified network patterns, and management-free set up of smart network services. In addition, the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series is designed for high-volume 1000 Ethernet environments and incorporates a diverse selection of switches that address the connectivity, distribution, and backbone-interface requirements of small or midsized networks.

Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series includes the IP Base image or the IP Services image. The IP Base image functions include industry-leading QoS, rate-limiting, ACLs, and simple static and Routing Information Protocol (RIP) routing capability. The IP Services image offers a richer selection of enterprise-grade features, such as sophisticated hardware-based IP unicast/multicast routing.

StackWise technology is a mechanism optimized for 1000 Ethernet. Cisco StackWise is intended to respond to installs, deletions, and redeployments while providing predictable performance. StackWise unites as many as nine individual switches into one functional device, using custom stack-interconnect cables and utilities. The individual switches can be any combination of Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series switches and Cisco's Catalyst 3750-E Series. The stack operates as a single switching unit that is directed by a master switch, selected from among the stack of switches. The master switch automatically creates and keeps current all the switching and optional routing tables. A working stack can accept new members or delete old members without operational interruption.

Catalyst 2960 Series Switches and 3560-CX Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 2960-CX is a fixed-port switch that is low-profile, fanless, power efficient, and allows a variety of mounting alternatives. The switch 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 packaged in a compact, quiet and low-power unit that can be placed almost anywhere convenient. Versions are offered with eight or 12 1-GE ports or with 6 1-GE ports plus two multigigabit Ethernet ports. Up to four uplink ports are offered, and Power over Ethernet is also an option.

Cisco's Catalyst 2960-L line includes value-priced fixed-port switches intended for small offices, retail venues, and other places where space is at a premium. Catalyst 2900-L compact appliances include eight to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports and 2 or 4 SFP uplink ports. Power over Ethernet support saves space and fan-free operation for 16- and 24-port models does away with noise. RJ-45 connectors handle 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-T SFP-ports.

Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series switches enhance the 2690-S line by delivering switching performance of 216 Gbps and providing Cisco's FlexStack-Plus Stacking by means of a live-swappable plug-in that allows 8 Catalyst switches in a FlexStack Plus stack with 80 Gbps of stacking performance. Catalyst 2900 family switches also work with NetFlow-Lite for conserving forwarding data for analysis. The Catalyst 2960-XR Series switch features Layer 3 dynamic routing, providing the convenience of using a single device for Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing.

Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 Series Switches
Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 series switches are fixed-configuration, stackable network access switches based on Cisco's IOS XE operating system and incorporating comprehensive wireless controller functionality that lets you converge wired and wireless infrastructure on a one platform managed by one OS. Cisco offers models with 24 or 48 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports with PoE plus, four 1GE or four 10GE uplink connections, and capacity for as many as 9 switches per FlexStack stack. All models offer modular QoS, fast switchover for high uptime, software support for IPv4 and IPv6 routing, multicast routing, and enhanced security features.

Since wireless traffic is present at the Catalyst 3000 Series switch, it is possible to identify and assign priorities to wireless traffic with Cisco's FNF technology along with sophisticated QoS capabilities for an improved wireless user environment and quicker problem mediation. Multigigabit Ethernet switching supports the high-bandwidth defined by the latest 802.11ac Wave 2 wireless standard using currently in-place cabling solutions. (For information about Progent's consulting and support services for Cisco's 802.11ac Wi-Fi products, and Cisco's Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi access points, refer to Configuration and Troubleshooting Consulting Services for Cisco Wireless Products.)

The Catalyst 3650 delivers stacking bandwidth of up to 160 Gbps and can control up to 25 wireless APs and 1000 wireless users on each switch. The Catalyst 3850 offers stacking bandwidth of 480 Gbps and can control as many as 50 wireless APs and 2000 wireless users on each switch. Cisco Catalyst 3850 SFP Fiber Switches incorporate 12 or 24 1G fiber ports at line rate, providing long distance connections, enhanced protection, and an identical wired/wireless user experience.

Catalyst 4500-E Series and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 4500-E Series and and Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are intended for access and distribution environments where space for infrastructure equipment is at a premium. Running Cisco's IOS XE OS software, both the Catalyst 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X families facilitate virtualization by supporting Cisco's Easy Virtual Network (EVN) and VSS solutions. Virtualization makes it possible to divide a physical network into multiple virtual networks whose data and control planes are logically segregated. This makes possible the efficient utilization, protection, recoverability, and simplified management required for Cloud environments or other scenarios where a single infrastructure must be used by applications and services that need to run in total privacy from one another. EVN speeds up the process of deploying VNs and can be expanded to 32 VNs for each switch. Easy Virtual Network incorporates features of Multi-virtual routing and forwarding and provides new technologies including VNET Tags and a simple technique for duplicating replicating routes between VNs. VSS makes it possible to set up Catalyst 4500-E and 4500-X Series switches to produce non-stop VNs with optimized load balancing.

Catalyst 4500-E Switches
The Supervisor Engine 8-E for the Catalyst 4500-E modular switch has a built-in wireless network controller that works with Cisco's Unified Access technology for wired/wireless convergence. The Supervisor Engine 8-E is the first Cisco Catalyst supervisor to allow wired plus wireless services on one platform based on Cisco's IOS XE software. Technologies include Cisco's FNF solution for capacity planning encompassing wired and Wi-Fi networks, TrustSec wired and wireless security, predictable QoS for wired and wireless networks, plus the expansion of Nonstop Forwarding with Stateful Switchover to include wireless data traffic for enterprise-class high availability.

Available in chassis with from three to 10 slots, Cisco Catalyst 4500-E switches can support as many as 384 1-Gigabit Ethernet access ports, up to 192 Gigabit Ethernet non-blocking fiber connections, 96 10GE fiber ports, and eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports. The Catalyst 4500-E Supervisor Engine 8-E provides as much as 928 Gbps of wired access per system and 20 Gbps of wireless termination capacity. 50 wireless APs and 2000 wireless clients can be handled on each switch, and 250 wireless access points and 4000 wireless users can be supported in a dual-switch deployment without a separate wireless network controller.

Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are fixed 10-Gigabit Ethernet aggregation platforms that can deliver as much as 800 Gbps of backplane switching capacity per chassis. The Catalyst 4500-X can have up to 32 10GE connections on the baseboard and eight extra 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports on the expansion module for a total of up to 40 non-blocking 10GE ports. Eight 10GE uplink ports are available via a separate module. In addition to offering zero-downtime operation and easy manageability, Cisco's virtual switching system technology on Catalyst 4500-X Series switches offers increased system throughput of up to 1.6 Tbps by activating all possible bandwidth between VSS-linked Catalyst 4500-X switches. Other advanced features include Flexible NetFlow solution for application visibility, TrustSec security, and wire-rate IPv6 forwarding.

Catalyst 6500 Series and Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 switches are enterprise campus backbone switches that share the proven DNA of the Catalyst 6500 line of switches, which were introduced more than a dozen years ago and which have been continually improved ever since. Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Catalyst 6800 Series switches offer identical general features and operation, and the modular Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL supports the Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 2T and its family of line cards and service modules. This cross compatibility and commitment to ongoing improvement preserves your infrastructure investment and permits you to update your network with minimal business disruption or management team re-education.

Shared attributes of Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 modular switches that have the Supervisor Engine 2T include Cisco's Identity Services Engine for convenient, centralized control to ensure consistent policy throughout a distributed network, Virtual Switching System capability for 99.999% uptime through multi-level switchover, and Cisco's LISP protocol to facilitate client roaming and device mobility and to simplify virtualization and migration to IPv6. Additional virtualization features to segment distinct client groups and serve the special security and Quality of Service policy requirements of each group include Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN, complete MPLS, Easy Virtual Network, VPN Routing and Forwarding-aware applications for Network Address Translation NetFlow, IPv6 over IPv4 GRE Tunnels, and L2 extensions with virtual private LAN services. For converged wired/wireless networking, the Wireless Services Module 2 (WiSM2) for Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 modular switches supports 1000 wireless access points and 15,000 wireless clients.

Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 6500-E family of modular switches are designed for aggregation and enterprise backbone networks that need maximum availability and high densities of 1 Gigabit Ethernet, 1 Gigabit Ethernet fiber, and/or 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet ports. Models come with three to 13 slots and work with a wide range of modules. Integrated service modules enable wireless, network analysis, and security. Only E-Series models of Cisco's extensive family of 6500 switches accept Cisco's Supervisor Engine 2T.

The entry-level Cisco Catalyst 6503-E has a 4 rack unit (4RU) form factor, includes 3 slots, and delivers as much as 180 Gbps of switching capacity on each slot. The Catalyst 6503-E switch can support 97 1-Gigabit Ethernet access ports, up to 99 Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, 34 10GE ports, and 8 40GE access ports.

The high-end Catalyst 6513-E has a 19RU, 13-slot chassis and can deliver up to 180 Gbps of capacity per slot, with a system capacity as high as 4 Tbps. A Virtual Switching System configuration can handle up to 8 Tbps of switching bandwidth. The Catalyst 6513-E switch can support up to 529 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections, up to 534 Gigabit Ethernet fiber connections, up to 180 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections, and up to 44 40-Gigabit Ethernet connections.

Cisco Catalyst 6800 Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 6800 switches are campus core platforms designed to provide optimal 10/40/100 GE support. The Cisco Catalyst 6880-X switch is a fixed, small form factor platform for high-density Ethernet intended for small or midsize campus cores. The Catalyst 6880-X delivers up to 2 Tbps switching performance and has four slots for plug-in port cards. The top port concentration on one chassis is 80 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports or 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports or up to 20 40-Gigabit Ethernet access ports. Configured with Cisco's Virtual Switching System, these switches can provide 4 Tbps switching throughput and handle as many as 158 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports or 10GE ports or up to 20 40GE ports.

The modular Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL switch comes in a 10 RU chassis with 7 expansion slots and accepts existing Supervisor Engine 2T cards and modules. (Two slots are for the Supervisor Engine and the other five are for expansion modules.) The Catalyst 6807-XL switch can deliver up to 880 Gbps of switching bandwidth per slot and a total of 11.4 Tbps of full-duplex switching capacity while handling up to 240 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections or Gigabit Ethernet fiber connections, up to 80 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports or up to 20 40GE ports. an 6807-XL system with Cisco's Virtual Switching System can handle 22.8 Tbps of switching bandwidth, 480 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or Gigabit Ethernet fiber connections, 160 10GE ports or 40 40-Gigabit Ethernet connections.

How Progent Can Help You with Cisco Catalyst Series Switches
Progent can provide the remote or onsite services of Cisco CCIE-certified network consultants who have broad backgrounds providing Catalyst switch technology support for small and midsize businesses, branches, enterprise campuses, data centers, Cloud environments, and service providers. Progent's areas of expertise include Cisco's Catalyst and Nexus families of managed switches and Cisco's IOS, IOS-XR and NX-OS control software. Support services available from Progent's experts for Catalyst Series switches include pilot testing and validation, network analysis and monitoring, topology planning, migrations and project management, network virtualization, wired and wireless unification, management automation, capacity planning, troubleshooting, business continuity planning, and data security and compliance assessment and remediation.

Progent's Cisco-certified consultants have broad knowledge of open standards as well as with Cisco-owned protocols related to switching and routing such as BGP, MPLS traffic engineering, PIM, VPNs, STP, VLANs, Cisco FabricPath, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), OTV, VRRP, OSPF, VSS, and LISP. Progent's infrastructure experts also offer deep knowledge of important technologies such as TCP/IP protocols, IPv4/IPv6, EIGRP, Routing Information Protocol (RIP), and Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP). Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified information security and compliance consultants can show you how to create a comprehensive security strategy and implement Cisco Catalyst switches so they provide optimal support for your network security posture.

In case you require ultra high Ethernet density or extremely low latency switches for an enterprise-class data center, Progent can help you to evaluate, plan, and manage a migration to Nexus Series switches. To find out about Progent's consulting capabilities for Nexus switches, see Nexus Switch consulting services. Progent can also help you to connect Catalyst core switches with Meraki distribution switches. (See Cisco Meraki switch integration consultants.)

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