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The Catalyst family of modular and fixed switches provides performance and control at the access, aggregation, and core levels of converged IP voice, video, and high bandwidth data networks for organizations that range in size from small businesses and branches to global enterprises and service providers. Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE consultants can provide remote and onsite expertise with Catalyst switches to help your organization to plan a cost-effective network architecture that meets your unique business requirements, configure pilot testing, install Catalyst switches, implement and validate a sensible security plan, automate system management and performance tracking, deliver repair and maintenance services, optimize switch capacity, and configure Catalyst's fault-tolerant technology for non-stop operation.

Progent can assist you to maintain and repair your older Catalyst switches or upgrade smoothly to up-to-date models of Catalyst switches following industry best practices to make sure that you get the highest business value from your investment in your IT infrastructure.

The need for smart, high-speed switching is the result 0f a combination of fairly new computing patterns whose net impact is a virtual tsunami of data traffic:

• Cloud and Internet of Things networking and a consequent demand for massive virtualization
• The pervasiveness of always-connected mobile devices
• Bandwidth-intensive rich media applications
• Social business technologies
• The rise of Big Data in data analytics
• Increasingly sophisticated threats such as ransomware

Cisco's current portfolio of Catalyst switches are best suited for the distribution/core layers of campus deployments where office workers must be supported with predictable high throughput, secure user access management, careful segregation, application awareness, and wired and wireless convergence. Cisco's Catalyst switches address the demand for speed and intelligence with capabilities such as high-density 10G/40G/100G services, switching capacity more than 25T for each appliance, a powerful collection of technologies including EVN to facilitate the creation of virtual networks, VSS technology for stateful interchassis failover with subsecond virtual switch recovery and "five nines" (99.999%) availability, IPv4 and IPv6 capability, AVC to optimize network resource usage, and advanced Quality of Service tools for business-critical data control.

Cisco Catalyst switches allow organizations of all sizes to build intelligent switching and routing services into their network infrastructure, creating an environment that can meet current requirements, scale to support future growth, guard vital information, and separate and control tasks to optimize network operations.

Catalyst 1000 Series Fixed Ethernet Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 1000 Layer 2 network access switches are compact, fixed-configuration switches intended for small businesses and branches with up to 250 workers and with little if any in-house IT expertise. Cisco's Catalyst 1000 Series includes fanless models for noiseless operation within an office environment. Mounting kits include desktop, wall or shelf mount, standard rack mount, and DIN rail mount. Created as an easy upgrade for Catalyst 2960-L or 2960-Plus deployments, Cisco's Catalyst 1000 line includes versions with 8 to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports or 24 to 48 Fast Ethernet 10/100M Mbps ports.

Catalyst Series 1000 set up and administration are easy using a web interface or CLI, security is enterprise-grade, and Power over Ethernet ports with an automatically allocated power budget of 740W supports a wide range of IoT deployments. As many as eight Catalyst 1000 Gigabit Ethernet Series switches can be controlled together with single IP. All Catalyst Series 1000 appliances are nonblocking line-rate devices, and all are powered by Cisco's venerable IOS Software. Quality-of-Service capabilities include egress queues for each port as well as priority queuing to deliver optimized performance for time-critical traffic. Catalyst Series 1000 switches also offer Shaped Round Robin (SRR) scheduling and Weighted Tail Drop (WTD) congestion management.

Cisco Catalyst 9000 Fixed and Modular Managed Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 9000 line of managed switches offers modular and fixed units and can support all deployment models including access, distribution, and core switching. The Cisco Catalyst 9000 series offers devices with the right price/performance to connect workers and things in environments from small businesses and branches to the largest enterprises. Catalyst 9000 products can be set up to support any mix of local facilities, private and public clouds, and hybrid networks. Modern network management tools and cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions lower cost of ownership by streamlining operations and safeguarding vital network assets. Cisco's 9000X line of switches offer converged switching and routing, delivering the first mix of 400G QSFP-DD ports plus full mGig and PoE ports.

With twice the stacking bandwidth at about half the price of the legacy Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches they are designed to replace, Catalyst 9200 Series switches are a natural infrastructure upgrade for small branch offices and midsize campuses. The Catalyst 9200 family includes models that support 24 or 48 ports with full Power over Ethernet; 80-160 Gbps backplane stacking performance; streaming telemetry; and Layer 3 features that include OSPF Interior Gateway Protocol, EIGRP, IS-IS, and routed access. Catalyst 9200 switches are powered by Cisco IOS XE.

The Catalyst 9200 offers 160-Gbps stacking bandwidth, features field-replaceable redundant power supplies and fans, and accepts add-in interface modules with 4x1G, 4x1/10G, 2x25G, or 2x40G uplink. The Catalyst 9200 Enhanced VN switch allows up to 32 Virtual Networks and delivers 160-Gbps backplane stacking throughput. The Catalyst 9200L offers 80-Gbps stacking throughput. The Catalyst 9200L multigigabit and the Catalyst 9200 multigigabit offer wireless performance tuning with 8 or 12 multigigabit Ethernet ports as fast as 10Gbps.

Catalyst 9300 Series switches are fixed, stackable units for ultra-high-density enterprise access switching. Advanced features provided with models in the Catalyst 9300 portfolio include up to 1Tbps backplane stacking capacity, stackable SFP fiber, up to 448 mGig ports including 288 ports of 90W UPOE+ with an 8-unit configuration, line rate IPsec tunnel with AES-256 with MACsec 256-bit encryption and performance as high as 100G, high-availability redundant fans and power supplies, plus data stack and StackPower cables compatible across the complete Catalyst 9300 family.

Powered by Cisco IOS XE, devices in the Catalyst 9300 product line support auto provisioning, API-driven configuration, high-granularity visibility for near realtime monitoring, and seamless software updates. Advanced security capabilities include Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) as well as AES-256 MACsec and IPSec encryption, plus Trust Anchor Technologies with Secure Boot. Cloud security is strengthened because Catalyst 9300 switches are able to host Cisco's Umbrella agent directly. This allows businesses to implement their DNS filtering policies at a granular user or group level to block BYOD or IoT clients from accessing malicious websites.

The value-priced Cisco Catalyst 9300L switch provides up to 320G backplane stacking throughput and offers 12 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G ports and 36 10M/100M/1G ports. The 9300L utilizes fixed rather than modular uplink hardware for 4 1G, 4 10G, or 2 40G uplink ports. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 appliance features 480G of 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 supported are 1G, 10G, 25G, or 40G. The top-of-the-line Cisco Catalyst 9300X appliance provides 1T backplane stacking bandwidth and supports 48 10G ports. The 9300X accepts uplink modules with dual-rate 100G/40G, multirate 25G/10G/1G, or multigigabit. Cisco 90W Universal Power Over Ethernet+ (UPOE+) supports IoT-intensive environments such as smart buildings. Hardware is available to provide 100G IPsec.

Cisco's Catalyst 9400 Series devices are modular switches powered by Cisco IOS XE and intended for midsize and enterprise campus access networks. Offering double the throughput and more than four times the chassis bandwidth as the Catalyst 6500 it is designed to replace, Cisco's Catalyst 9400 family ushers switch capability into the modern age of networking impelled by cybersecurity, mobility, Internet of Things, and cloud.

Catalyst 9400 appliances 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 capacity for each line-card slot is 480 Gbps. Switching capacity can reach 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 models offer 90W UPOE+ on every access port, secure network segmentation with Software-Defined Access and N+N/N+1 power redundancy for high resilience. Cisco's Catalyst 9400 4-slot switch supports 96 10/100/1000 ports, 5G/10G mGig 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 models can provide 2 non-blocking 40G QSFP uplinks and 8 non-blocking 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ uplinks.

The Catalyst 9500 product line consists of fixed core and edge services appliances intended for the enterprise campus. Catalyst 9500 switches are based on Cisco IOS XE and the series incorporates the first network technology to provide switching rates higher than 25 Terabits per second.

Catalyst 9500 appliances provide up to 6.4 Terabits per second switching capacity with forwarding speed up to 2 Bpps. Catalyst 9500 appliances can provide up to 32 nonblocking 100 Gigabit QSFP28 optical ports, 32 nonblocking 40G QSFP+ ports, 48 nonblocking 25 Gigabit SFP28 ports, or 48 nonblocking 10 Gigabit SFP+ ports. You can configure MEC multipathing across StackWise-Virtual members to achieve high availability.

Catalyst 9500X appliances support as high as 25.6 Terabits per second switching performance with 2 Billion Packet per Second forwarding speed. Catalyst 9500X models support up to 28 nonblocking 40/100 Gigabit QSFP28 ports or 8 nonblocking 40/100/200/400 G QSFP-DD ports. The 9500X line also includes chip-level capability for line-rate 256-bit 802.1AE MACsec and WAN-MACsec1 encryption.

Catalyst 9600 Series switches are modular core and distribution switches for the enterprise campus. The 6-slot 9600 Series chassis using a Catalyst 9600X Series Supervisor has switching performance up to 25.6 Tbps and can support up to 256 nonblocking 10/25/50 Gigabit ports, 96 nonblocking 40/100G Gigabit ports, or 8 nonblocking 200/400 GE QSFP-Double Density ports. The Catalyst 9600 switch also supports dual-rate 40G/100G and 10G/25G optics. Two chassis slots are dedicated for redundant supervisors. You can mix and match a variety of line cards for core and aggregation deployment scenarios. The chassis uses a passive backplane, making it possible to change out fan tray, power supplies, and line cards without disruption.

End-of-Life Catalyst Models Still Supported by Progent
Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified consultants have broad backgrounds providing remote and on-premises consulting and troubleshooting expertise for older Catalyst Series switches which have reached End of Life (EOL). These legacy Catalyst switches typically cost more to manage and support than current models, deliver less performance and fewer features, and for some cases may expose businesses to compliance and liability issues. Progent can assist your business to manage and repair these older Cisco products and can also assist you to design and execute seamless upgrades to current models within the Catalyst family or to solutions from the Cisco Nexus line of switches which build upon Catalyst technology.

Catalyst Express 500 and 520 Family
Cisco's Catalyst Express 500 and 520 family of fixed-configuration switches are intended for businesses with up to 250 employees and deliver the reliability, security, extensibility, and features small and mid-sized companies need at an affordable cost. Power over Ethernet support makes it easy to add network appliances such as wireless access points and closed-circuit cameras.

Models of the Catalyst Express 500 and 520 managed switches support from 8 to 24 10/100/1000BASE-T ports plus optional backup power supplies with auto fail-over for extra reliability. Integration with Cisco wireless access points helps organizations to build a local wireless environment quickly and effectively. The Cisco Catalyst Express 500 family offers strong security against malicious attacks With the Cisco Self-Defending Network technology and Clean Access solutions. Catalyst 2940 Switch
Cisco Catalyst 2900 non-modular, managed Ethernet switches offer basic workgroup connectivity for small to medium-sized organizations. These wire-rate desktop appliances offer IOS Software functions for simple data, video, and voice services at the edge of the network. The Cisco Catalyst 2940 family of fixed-configuration switches are compact, stackable switches featuring eight Fast Ethernet ports plus one integrated Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet uplink. They can be installed outside the wiring cabinet in space-constrained office spaces like on a worker's desk or in a conference room.

Catalyst 2960-S Switch
The Catalyst 2960-S Series are fixed-configuration switches designed for small companies and branch offices. Current versions incorporate either 24 or 48 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, four 1GE or two 10-Gigabit uplink ports, and deliver throughput of 176 Gbps. Cisco's FlexStack technology permits as many as four Catalyst 2960-S chassis to be grouped in a stack to perform as a single switch that provides 40 Gbps of stacking performance and that cuts management costs because of single-switch setup. IPv6 First Hop Security (FHS) technology guards against IPv6 address theft and malicious attacks.

Cisco Catalyst 3560 Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 3560 Series is a selection of non-modular switches that features IEEE 802.3af and Cisco Power over Ethernet capability in 10/100 and Gigabit Ethernet implementations. Cisco's Catalyst 3560 Series switch is an ideal Layer 2 switch for midsize business network access or satellite-office environments, combining both 10/100/1000 and Power over Ethernet options for high productivity while streamlining the deployment of key technology such a VoIP, wireless access, video surveillance, and building management systems. Customers can activate network-wide smart features such as quality of service (QoS), rate limiting, ACLs, multicast management, and fast IP routing while maintaining the simplicity of conventional LAN switching.

The Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series switch is equipped with a powerful set of features that allow for network scalability and enhanced resilience through IP routing plus a complete complement of Spanning Tree Protocol enhancements aimed to increase throughput in an access Layer network. Enhancements to the standard STP Protocol, such as Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus, Uplink Fast, and Port Fast, as well as innovations such as Flex Links, contribute to network uptime. Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus allows for Data Link Layer load sharing on redundant links to take advantage of the extra bandwidth inherent in a redundant architecture.

Efficient technologies such as OPSF, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), BGP, static routing, and PBR improve system scale; Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) increases resource utilization; and Virtual Route Forwarding Lite secures network traffic.

Cisco Catalyst 3750 Family Switches
For midsized organizations and enterprise branches, Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series simplifies deployment of converged applications and accommodates evolving business needs by offering setup versatility, ability to manage converged network patterns, and automatic set up of smart network services. In addition, Cisco's Catalyst 3750 switch is designed for high-volume 1000 Ethernet environments and includes a wide range of switches that meet the access, distribution, and backbone-connectivity demands of small or midsized systems.

Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series switch includes either the IP Base or the Services image. The IP Base image capabilities include advanced quality of service, rate-management, access control lists (ACLs), and basic static and Routing Information Protocol routing capability. The IP Services image offers a richer selection of enterprise network functions, such as advanced hardware-based IP unicast/multicast routing.

StackWise technology is an architecture designed for Gigabit Ethernet. Cisco StackWise is designed to respond to installs, deletions, and redeployments while maintaining consistent performance. StackWise technology combines as many as nine individual switches into one logical unit, utilizing custom stack-interconnect cables and utilities. Any of the switches can be any combination of the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switches and the Catalyst 3750-E switches. The stack behaves as an individual switching device that is directed by a master switch, elected from among the stack of switches. The control switch automatically creates and updates all the switching and optional routing tables. A working stack can accommodate new devices or remove old devices with no operational interruption.

Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Switches and 3560-CX Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 2960-CX is a fixed-port switch that is compact, fanless, low power, and includes flexible 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-port switch housed in a sleek, noiseless and low-power unit that can be placed virtually anywhere convenient. Versions are available with 8 or 12 1-GE ports or with six 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and two multigigabit ports. Two or four uplinks are available, and Power over Ethernet is also an option.

Cisco's Catalyst 2960-L family includes entry-level fixed-configuration managed switches targeted for small offices, retail venues, and other environments where space is at a premium. These low-profile switches have 8 to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports and 2 or 4 Small Form-Factor Pluggable uplink ports. Power over Ethernet support saves space and fan-free operation for the 8- models eliminates noise. RJ-45 connectors accommodate 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-T SFP-ports.

Catalyst 2960-X and Catalyst 2960-XR switches enhance the 2690-S family by offering switching performance of 216 Gbps and providing Cisco's FlexStack-Plus stacking technology by means of a live-swappable module that allows 8 Catalyst switches in a stack capable of 80 Gbps of stacking performance. Cisco Catalyst 2900 family switches also work with NetFlow-Lite for flow-based traffic monitoring. The Catalyst 2960-XR switch features L3 dynamic routing, providing the simplicity of using a single device for L2 and L3 routing.

Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 Switches
Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 series switches are fixed-configuration, stackable access switches powered by Cisco's IOS XE OS and featuring full wireless network controller functionality that lets you control wired and wireless infrastructure on a single device managed by one OS. Cisco offers models with either 24 or 48 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections with Power over Ethernet plus, four 1GE or four 10-GB Ethernet uplink ports, and capacity for as many as nine Catalyst switches in a stack. All versions offer expandable QoS, fast switchover for maximum availability, support in software for IPv4 and IPv6 routing, multicast routing, and enhanced security.

Since wireless data traffic is present at the Catalyst 3000 family switch, administrators can identify and prioritize wireless data using Cisco's Flexible NetFlow (FNF) technology along with sophisticated Quality of Service capabilities for an improved wireless user experience and quicker problem isolation. Multigigabit Ethernet switching can handle the high-bandwidth called for by the latest 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi specification on existing cabling solutions. (For information about Progent's consulting and support services for Cisco's 802.11ac Aironet wireless technology, and Meraki cloud-managed APs, refer to Configuration and Troubleshooting Consulting Services for Cisco Wireless Products.)

The Catalyst 3650 offers stacking bandwidth as high as 160 Gbps and supports up to 25 Wi-Fi APs and 1000 Wi-Fi users on each stack. The Catalyst 3850 switch offers stacking bandwidth of 480 Gbps and can control up to 50 Wi-Fi APs and 2000 wireless users on each switch. Cisco Catalyst 3850 SFP Fiber Switches have 12 or 24 1G fiber ports at line rate on every port, offering long distance connections, enhanced security, and an identical wired and wireless user experience.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-E and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Catalyst 4500-E and and Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are designed for access and distribution environments where physical space for infrastructure hardware is limited. Running Cisco's IOS XE control software, the Catalyst 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X families facilitate network virtualization thanks to Cisco's EVN and Virtual Switching System technologies. Network virtualization makes it possible to segment a hardware network into a number of virtual networks whose data planes and control planes are logically distinct. This makes possible the high resource utilization, protection, resilience, and ease of management needed for Cloud computing or other scenarios where a common infrastructure is used by applications and services that must operate in total isolation from each other. Easy Virtual Network speeds up the task of deploying virtual networks and can be expanded to 32 VNs per switch. EVN incorporates the capabilities of Multi-VRF and provides additional technologies including VNET Tags and an easy way for duplicating replicating routes between virtual networks. Virtual Switching System technology makes it easy to configure Catalyst 4500-E and 4500-X Series switches to create non-stop VNs with optimized traffic load balancing.

Catalyst 4500-E Series Switches
Cisco's Supervisor Engine 8-E for the Catalyst 4500-E switch has a built-in wireless controller that works with Cisco's Unified Access technology for wired/wireless convergence. The Supervisor Engine 8-E is the initial Catalyst supervisor engine to allow wired plus wireless services on a single switch based on IOS XE. Features included are Cisco's FNF technology for traffic analytics encompassing both wired and wireless networks, Cisco TrustSec/SGT2 wired/wireless security, identical Quality of Service for wired and Wi-Fi networks, plus the expansion of Nonstop Forwarding with Stateful Switchover (NSF/SSO) to include Wi-Fi data traffic for enterprise-quality availability.

Offered in chassis with from three to 10 slots, Catalyst 4500-E Series switches with Supervisor 8-E can handle up to 384 1-Gigabit Ethernet ports, 193 1GE fiber fiber connections, 96 10GE fiber connections, and eight 10GE uplink ports. The Catalyst 4500-E Supervisor Engine 8-E delivers as much as 928 Gbps of wired access for each system and as much as 20 Gbps of wireless termination performance. 50 wireless APs and 2000 Wi-Fi clients can be supported on each chassis, and 250 access points and 4000 wireless clients are managed in a multi-switch deployment without requiring a standalone wireless network controller.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Switches
Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are fixed 10-Gigabit Ethernet aggregation platforms that deliver as much as 800 Gbps of backplane switching performance per device. The Catalyst 4500-X supports as many as 32 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports on the unit's baseboard and eight more 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports on the expansion module for a maximum of 40 10GE connections. Eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports are also available with a separate module. In addition to providing non-stop operation and simple manageability, Cisco's virtual switching system solution on Catalyst 4500-X Series switches provides higher system throughput of up to 1.6 Tbps by enabling all available bandwidth between redundant Catalyst 4500-X switches. Additional advanced features include FNF technology for capacity planning, TrustSec security, and fast, hardware-based IPv6 forwarding.

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 switches are enterprise campus backbone switches that share the proven DNA of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 line of switches, which first appeared over a decade ago and which have been steadily improved ever since. Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 switches provide identical features and operation, and the modular Catalyst 6807-XL accepts the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 2T and the associated family of compatible line cards and modules. This backwards compatibility and program of continual enhancement preserves your information technology investment and permits you to upgrade your network with little service interruption or management team training.

Common features of Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Catalyst 6800 modular switches equipped with Cisco's Supervisor Engine 2T include the Cisco ISE technology for simple, centralized management to put in place unvarying policy across a distributed network, Virtual Switching System capability for maximum uptime via multi-level failover, and the Cisco LISP protocol to support roaming and mobility and to simplify virtualization and migration to IPv6. Other virtualization tools to segment distinct client groups and support the special security and QoS policy needs of every group include L2/L3 VPN, complete MPLS, EVN, VRF-aware applications for NAT NetFlow, IPv6 over IPv4 GRE Tunnel Protection, and Layer 2 extensions with virtual private LAN services (VPLS). For unified wired/wireless networking, the Wireless Services Module 2 (WiSM2) for Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches supports 1000 APs and 15,000 wireless clients.

Catalyst 6500-E Series Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 6500-E family of modular switches are intended for aggregation and enterprise core environments that require world-class uptime and high concentrations of 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 1 Gigabit Ethernet fiber, and/or 10 and 40 GE access ports. Available versions have three to 13 slots and accept a wide range of modules. Integrated service modules support wireless management, network monitoring, and data protection. Just E-Series models of Cisco's broad line of 6500 switches are compatible with Cisco's Supervisor Engine 2T.

The entry-level Catalyst 6503-E has a 4RU form factor, includes 3 slots, and delivers 180 Gbps of switching throughput on each slot. The Cisco Catalyst 6503-E switch supports 97 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections, up to 99 1GE fiber ports, up to 34 10GE ports, and up to 8 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports.

The high-end Cisco Catalyst 6513-E has a 19RU, 13-slot chassis and offers as much as 180 Gbps of throughput per slot, providing a total system capacity of up to 4 Tbps. A Virtual Switching System configuration can support up to 8 Tbps of throughout. The Cisco Catalyst 6513-E switch supports up to 529 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports, up to 534 Gigabit Ethernet fiber connections, 180 10GE connections, and 44 40GE access ports.

Catalyst 6800 Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 6800 switches are programmable backbone switches designed to provide optimal 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet services. The Catalyst 6880-X switch is a fixed, small form factor platform for Ethernet aggregation intended for small or medium-size enterprise campus cores. The 6880-X delivers as much as 2 Tbps capacity and has four slots for plug-in port cards. The top port concentration per chassis is 80 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections or 10GE ports or up to 20 40GE access ports. With Cisco's Virtual Switching System, a two-chassis system can deliver 4 Tbps bandwidth and handle up to 158 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports or 10-Gigabit Ethernet access ports or up to 20 40GE access ports.

The modular Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL switch comes in a 10 RU form factor that has 7 slots and accepts standard Supervisor Engine 2T line cards and modules. (Two of the slots are reserved for the Supervisor Engine and the other five are for modules.) The Catalyst 6807-XL offers up to 880 Gbps of switching throughput on each slot and a total of 11.4 Tbps of full-duplex switching throughput while providing up to 240 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports or Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, up to 80 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections or 20 40GE access ports. an 6807-XL system with VSS can support 22.8 Tbps of switching performance, 480 1 Gigabit Ethernet connections or Gigabit Ethernet fiber connections, up to 160 10-Gigabit Ethernet access ports or 40 40GE ports.

How Progent Can Help Your Business with Catalyst Series Switches
Progent can provide the online or onsite services of Cisco CCIE-certified consultants who have broad backgrounds providing Catalyst switch solutions for small and medium sized businesses, branch offices, enterprise campuses, data centers, Cloud environments, and service providers. Progent's skills include Catalyst and Nexus lines of managed switches and with Cisco's IOS, IOS-XR and NX-OS operating systems. Services available from Progent for Cisco Catalyst switches include proof-of-concept testing, system analysis and monitoring, network architecture planning, upgrades and project management, network virtualization, wired/wireless convergence, management automation, performance optimization, troubleshooting, disaster recovery planning, and data security and compliance assessment and remediation.

Progent's Cisco-certified consultants have deep expertise with industry standards as well as with Cisco-owned protocols associated with switching and routing including BGP, MPLS traffic engineering, Protocol Independent Multicast, VPNs, ISIS, virtual LANs, FabricPath, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), VRRP, OSPF, Virtual Switching System (VSS), and Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP). Progent's infrastructure consultants also have experience with key networking technologies such as TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, RIP, and Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP). Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified information security consultants can show you how to develop a comprehensive security and compliance plan and deploy Cisco Catalyst switches so they offer optimal enforcement to your network security posture.

In case you require the highest available Ethernet density or extremely low latency switches for an enterprise-class data center, Progent can help your organization to analyze, design, and implement a migration to Cisco's Nexus switches. To learn about Progent's consulting capabilities for Cisco's Nexus Series switches, refer to Cisco Nexus Switch configuration and support offered by Progent. Progent can also help you to connect Catalyst data center switches with Meraki aggregation switches. (See Cisco Meraki switch integration consultants.)

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