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Cisco's Catalyst family of modular and fixed-configuration switches provides performance and intelligence at the access, aggregation, and backbone areas of converged voice, HD video, and high bandwidth data networks for organizations that range from small businesses and branch offices to global enterprises and SPs. Progent's Cisco-certified consultants offer online and onsite expertise with Catalyst family switches to assist you to design a cost-effective network topology that meets your specific business needs, set up pilot testing, deploy Catalyst switches, establish and verify a sensible security plan, automate network management and monitoring, deliver troubleshooting and support services, maximize switch capacity, and configure Catalyst's high-availability (HA) technology to achieve non-stop operation.

Progent can help you to manage and repair your legacy Catalyst switches or upgrade with minimal disruption to the latest versions of Catalyst switches adhering to leading practices to ensure that you receive the maximum return from your investment in your network.

The need for smart, high-speed switching is driven by a confluence of relatively new computing patterns whose overall impact is a virtual tsunami of data traffic:

• Cloud and IoT networking and a consequent requirement for massive virtualization
• The proliferation of personal endpoints
• Data guzzling rich media applications
• Social business technologies
• The popularity of Big Data in enterprise analytics
• Ever more advanced cyberattacks like ransomware

Cisco's latest portfolio of Catalyst switches are ideal for the distribution/core levels of campus environments where office workers must be accommodated by providing predictable performance, strict access control, tight segmentation, application awareness, and wired/wireless convergence. Cisco's Catalyst switches are designed to meet the demand for performance and intelligence with capabilities such as high-port-count 10G/40G/100G services, switching throughput over 25 Tbps for each appliance, an extensive catalog of technologies including EVN to facilitate the deployment of virtual networks, Virtual Switching System technology for stateful interchassis failover with subsecond virtual switch recovery and 99.999% uptime, IPv6 capability, Application Visibility and Control (AVC) to optimize system resource usage, and sophisticated QoS tools for business-critical data prioritization.

Catalyst switches enable businesses of all sizes to build intelligent switching services into their network architecture, creating an environment that can meet current requirements, expand to accommodate expected growth, protect vital data, and differentiate and control tasks to optimize network operations.

Catalyst 1000 Series Fixed Ethernet Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 1000 Series access switches are compact, fixed switches intended for small businesses and branches with up to 250 users and with little if any internal IT support. The Catalyst 1000 line includes fanless versions for silent operation within an office venue. Mounting alternatives include desktop, wall or shelf mount, standard rack mount, and DIN rail mount. Created as an easy upgrade for Cisco Catalyst 2960-L/2960-Plus deployments, the Catalyst 1000 line includes models with 8 to 48G Ethernet ports or 24 to 48 Fast Ethernet 10/100M ports.

Catalyst 1000 configuration and administration are easy via a web UI or CLI, cybersecurity is enterprise-grade, and Power over Ethernet ports with a dynamically allocated budget of 740W allows a wide range of Internet of Things solutions. Up to eight Catalyst 1000 Gigabit Ethernet model switches can be managed together with single IP. Catalyst 1000 units are line-rate devices, and all are powered by Cisco's familiar IOS operating system software. Quality-of-Service features include egress queues for each port plus priority queuing to deliver wire-speed performance for data, IP voice, and video traffic. Catalyst Series 1000 switches also support Shaped Round Robin scheduling and WTD congestion avoidance.

Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series Fixed and Modular Managed Switches
The Catalyst 9000 family of managed switches offers modular and fixed units and supports all deployment scenarios including access, distribution, and core switching. The Catalyst 9000 series offers devices with the appropriate price/performance to connect workers and things in venues from small businesses and branch offices to the largest enterprises. Catalyst 9000 Series switches can be set up to support any mix of local facilities, private and public clouds, and hybrid networks. Unified network management tools and cutting-edge security features lower expenses by streamlining operations and protecting critical IT assets. Cisco's 9000X series of switches offer converged switching/routing, delivering the first combination of 400G optical transceivers plus full mGig and Power-over-Ethernet ports.

With double the stacking bandwidth for around half the price of the legacy Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches they are designed to replace, Catalyst 9200 Series switches are a compelling infrastructure update for small branch offices and midsize campus environments. The 9200 product line includes models that support 24 or 48 ports with full Power over Ethernet; 80-160 Gbps backplane stacking bandwidth; and Layer 3 capabilities that include OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS link-state protocol, and RIP. Catalyst 9200 Series switches run the Cisco IOS XE operating system.

The Catalyst 9200 delivers 160-Gbps backplane stacking throughput, supports onsite-replaceable redundant power supplies and fans, and supports add-in modules with 4x1G, 4x1/10G, 2x25G, or 2x40G uplink. Cisco's Catalyst 9200 Enhanced VN switch allows up to 32 Virtual Networks and delivers 160-Gbps stacking performance. The Catalyst 9200L offers 80-Gbps stacking bandwidth. Both the Catalyst 9200L multigigabit and the Catalyst 9200 multigigabit support wireless performance optimization with 8 or 12 mGig Ethernet ports up to 10G.

Catalyst 9300 Series switches are fixed, stackable appliances for ultra-high-density enterprise access switching. Advanced capabilities provided with various models in the Catalyst 9300 portfolio include 1T backplane stacking performance, stackable SFP fiber, up to 448 mGig Ethernet ports and 288 ports of 90W UPOE+ with an 8-device configuration, end-to-end IPsec with AES-256 with MACsec 256-bit encryption and speeds as high as 100G, high-availability redundant fans and power supplies, plus data stack cables compatible throughout the complete Catalyst 9300 product line.

Based on the Cisco IOS XE operating system, switches in the Catalyst 9300 family offer auto device provisioning, API-driven configuration, high-granularity visibility for near realtime monitoring, and seamless software updates. Security capabilities include Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) as well as AES-256 MACsec and IPSec encryption, plus Cisco Trust Anchor Technologies with Image signing and Secure Boot. Cloud security is enhanced because Catalyst 9300 switches are able to host the Cisco Umbrella agent directly. This allows organizations to design their DNS filtering policies granularly to block BYOD or IoT clients from visiting malicious websites.

The entry-level Cisco Catalyst 9300L switch provides 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 rather than modular uplink hardware for 4 1G, 4 10G, or 2 40G uplink ports. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 switch offers 480G of backplane stacking bandwidth and supports 48 100M/1G/2.5G/5Gbps ports, 24 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10Gbps Ethernet ports, or 48 1G SFP ports. Modular uplink performance available are 1G, 10G, 25G, or 40G. The high-end Cisco Catalyst 9300X appliance provides 1T backplane stacking performance and supports 48 10G Ethernet ports. The 9300X accepts modular uplinks with dual-rate 100G/40G, multirate 25G/10G/1G, or multigigabit. Cisco 90W UPOE+ supports dense IoT applications. Hardware is available to provide 100G IPsec.

Cisco's Catalyst 9400 Series appliances are modular switches powered by the Cisco IOS XE operating system and targeted for medium-size and enterprise campus access networks. Delivering double the performance and more than quadruple the chassis bandwidth as the legacy Catalyst 6500 it is designed to replace, Cisco's Catalyst 9400 family brings switch capability into the current era 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 the chassis are dedicated to redundant supervisor cards, making 2, 5, or 8 slots open for line cards. Max bandwidth scalability for each line-card slot is 480 Gbps. Switching capacity can achieve 1.44 Terabits per second and forwarding rate on Supervisor Module can reach 9 Tbps for the 10-slot chassis. All Catalyst 9400 appliances offer 90W UPOE+ on every port, protected segmentation with SD-Access and N+N/N+1 power redundancy for high resilience. The Catalyst 9400 4-slot switch can support 96 10/100/1000 Ethernet 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 appliances can support 2 non-blocking 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP uplinks and 8 non-blocking 10G SFP+ uplinks.

Cisco's Catalyst 9500 family includes fixed core and edge services appliances intended for the large campus. Catalyst 9500 models are based on Cisco IOS XE and the series includes the first infrastructure technology to provide switching rates above 25 Terabits per second.

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

Catalyst 9500X switches can provide as high as 25.6 Tbps switching performance with up to 2 Billion Packet per Second forwarding speed. Catalyst 9500X models deliver up to 28 nonblocking 40/100 Gigabit QSFP28 optical ports or 8 nonblocking 40/100/200/400 Gigabit QSFP-DD ports. The 9500X line also includes hardware support for line-rate 256-bit 802.1AE Media Access Control Security (MACsec) and WAN-MACsec1 data encryption.

Cisco's Catalyst 9600 Series switches are modular core and distribution switches intended for the enterprise campus. The 6-slot chassis using a Catalyst 9600X Series Supervisor has switching capacity up to 25.6 Terabits per second and can support as many as 256 nonblocking 10/25/50 G ports, 96 nonblocking 40/100G Gigabit ports, or 8 nonblocking 200/400 Gigabit QSFP-Double Density ports. The Catalyst 9600 also supports dual-rate 40G/100G and 10G/25G optics. Two chassis slots are dedicated for redundant 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 change out fan tray, power supplies, and line cards without disruption.

End-of-Life Catalyst Switches Still Supported by Progent's Consultants
Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified consultants have broad backgrounds delivering online and onsite consulting and troubleshooting services for older Catalyst switches which have reached End of Life or End of Support. These legacy switches typically cost more to operate and maintain than contemporary switches, deliver less performance and functionality, and for some situations may expose businesses to regulatory compliance and even liability issues. Progent are available to assist you to manage and troubleshoot these legacy switches and can in addition help you to plan and carry out non-disruptive upgrades to newer products from the Catalyst family or to devices from Cisco's Nexus portfolio of network switches which build upon Catalyst design experience.

Cisco Catalyst Express 500 and 520 Line
The Catalyst Express 500 line of Layer 2 switches are designed for organizations with as many as 250 employees and deliver the reliability, protection, expandability, and feature set small companies need at an affordable price. PoE capability makes it easy to add network devices such as VoIP phones and closed-circuit cameras.

Models of the Catalyst Express 500 and 520 switches support up to 24 10/100/1000BASE-T ports plus optional backup power supplies with automatic switch-over for additional dependability. Interoperation with Cisco access points allows organizations to set up a wireless LAN network quickly and effectively. The Cisco Catalyst Express 500 and 520 platform offers solid security against malicious attacks With the Cisco Self-Defending Network strategy and Cisco Clean Access agents. Catalyst 2940 Switch
Cisco Catalyst 2900 fixed-configuration, managed 10/100 Ethernet switches offer basic small-group connectivity for small to medium-sized organizations. These wire-speed desktop appliances deliver IOS Software functions for simple data, video, and voice services at the network edge. The Catalyst 2940 line of switches are small, entry-level switches featuring 8 Ethernet ports and one integrated Fast Ethernet or Gbit Ethernet uplink. They can be installed away from the wiring cabinet in cramped office spaces like on a user's desk or in a conference room.

Catalyst 2960-S Series Switch
The Catalyst 2960-S Series are fixed switches designed for small businesses and branches. Current models incorporate 24 or 48 1Gb Ethernet ports, four 1-Gigabit or two 10-GB Ethernet uplink connections, and provide switching capacity of 176 Gbps. Cisco's FlexStack feature permits as many as four 2960-S switches to be grouped in a stack to perform like one switch that offers 40 Gbps of stacking throughput and that reduces management expense because of one-switch setup. Cisco's IPv6 FHS capability guards networks against IPv6 address theft and malicious attacks.

Catalyst 3560 Series Switches
The Catalyst 3560 family is a selection of non-modular switches that includes IEEE 802.3af and Cisco PoE functionality in 10/100 Ethernet and 10/100/1000 Ethernet configurations. The Cisco Catalyst 3560 is an ideal Layer 2 switch for midsize business LAN access or satellite-offices, combining both Gigabit and Power over Ethernet (PoE) options for high productivity while facilitating the installation of key applications including IP telephony, wireless access, video monitoring, and building management systems. Customers can deploy network-wide smart services such as quality of service (QoS), rate limiting, access control lists, multicast administration, and broadband IP routing with the simplicity of conventional network switching.

The Catalyst 3560 family switch offers a robust array of features that permit network scalability and higher resilience via IP routing as well as a full complement of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) improvements designed to increase throughput in a Layer 2 LAN. Improvements to the conventional Spanning Tree Protocol, including Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus, and Port Fast, combined with enhancements such as Flex Links Layer 2 interfaces, improve network uptime. Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus allows for Data Link Layer traffic sharing on redundant connections to efficiently use the extra bandwidth inherent in a redundant design.

Efficient protocols such as Open Shortest Path First, EIGRP, Border Gateway Protocol, and static routing increase system capacity; Protocol Independent Multicast helps improve utilization of network resources; and VRFLite secures data.

Catalyst 3750 Series Switches
For midsized organizations and enterprise branch offices, the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switch facilitates deployment of converged technologies and adapts to evolving business environments by offering setup flexibility, ability to manage unified network patterns, and management-free set up of smart network functions. In addition, the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switch is engineered for high-density 1000 Ethernet environments and incorporates a diverse range of switches that address the connectivity, distribution, and backbone-interface demands of small or mid-size networks.

Cisco's Catalyst 3750 switch includes the IP Base image or the Services image. The IP Base image capabilities include advanced quality of service (QoS), rate-limiting, ACLs, and basic static and RIP routing support. The IP Services image offers a richer selection of enterprise network functions, including sophisticated built-in IP unicast/multicast routing.

Cisco StackWise technology is a mechanism designed for Gigabit interfaces. StackWise is designed to respond to installs, deletions, and relocations while maintaining consistent performance. StackWise unites up to 9 individual switches into a single functional device, using special stack-interface cables and utilities. Each of the switches can be any combination of the Catalyst 3750 switches and the Cisco Catalyst 3750-E switches. The stack behaves as an individual switching appliance that is directed by a master switch, chosen from one of the stack of switches. The master switch intelligently creates and updates all the switching and user-selected routing databases. A deployed stack can accommodate new switches or delete old members with no service discontinuity.

Cisco Catalyst 2960 Swiches and Catalyst 3560-CX Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 2960-CX is a fixed-port switch that is ultra-compact, fanless, low power, and includes flexible mounting options. The device has eight 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and two Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports and optionally provides Power over Ethernet (PoE). Cisco's Catalyst 3560-CX is a fixed-port switch housed in a sleek, noiseless and low-power enclosure that can be mounted almost anywhere convenient. Versions are available with 8 or 12 1-GE ports or with six 1-GE ports and 2 multigigabit ports. Two or four uplinks are available, and Power over Ethernet is also an option.

Cisco's Catalyst 2960-L line includes value-priced fixed-port switches designed for branch offices, retail venues, and other places where space is at a premium. Catalyst 2900-L low-profile appliances have eight to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports and 2 or 4 SFP uplink ports. Power over Ethernet support saves space and fan-free design for most versions eliminates noise. RJ-45 interfaces accommodate 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-T SFP-ports.

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series switches improve on the 2690-S line of switches by offering switching capacity of 216 Gbps and supporting Cisco's FlexStack-Plus stacking technology by means of a live-swappable plug-in that can combine 8 switches in a FlexStack Plus stack capable of 80 Gbps of stacking throughput. Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series switches also work with NetFlow-Lite for conserving forwarding data for analysis. Cisco's Catalyst 2960-XR Series switch is capable of L3 dynamic routing, offering the simplicity of having a single switch for L2 and L3 routing.

Cisco Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 Series Switches
Cisco Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 series switches are fixed-configuration, stackable network access switches based on Cisco's IOS XE OS and featuring comprehensive wireless controller capability that lets you converge wired and wireless infrastructure on a one platform managed by one operating system. Cisco has versions with 24 or 48 1Gb Ethernet ports with PoE plus, four 1-Gigabit or four 10GE uplink connections, and support for up to nine Catalyst switches in a FlexStack stack. All versions provide expandable QoS, stateful failover for high uptime, software support for IPv4 and IPv6 routing, multicast, and enhanced security.

Because wireless traffic is present at the Catalyst 3000 family switch, administrators can identify and prioritize wireless traffic using Cisco's FNF technology along with sophisticated QoS features for a better user environment and faster problem mediation. Fast Ethernet switching can handle the high-throughput defined by the new 802.11ac Wave 2 wireless specification using currently in-place cabling solutions. (For information about Progent's support for Cisco's 802.11ac Aironet Wi-Fi technology, and Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi APs, refer to Planning and Deployment Consulting Services for Cisco Wireless Access Points and Controllers.)

The Catalyst 3650 Series switch offers stacking bandwidth of 160 Gbps and supports as many as 25 wireless access points and 1000 Wi-Fi users on each switch or stack. The Catalyst 3850 Series switch delivers stacking performance of up to 480 Gbps and supports as many as 50 wireless access points and 2000 Wi-Fi users per switch. Catalyst 3850 SFP Fiber Switches have 12 or 24 1G fiber ports at line rate, providing long distance connectivity, advanced security, and an identical wired/wireless user experience.

Catalyst 4500-E and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Catalyst 4500-E and and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are designed for campus access and distribution deployments where space for networking hardware is at a premium. Running Cisco's IOS XE OS software, the 4500-E and 4500-X families simplify virtualization by supporting Cisco's EVN and Virtual Switching System solutions. Virtualization allows you to segment a hardware network into multiple virtual networks (VNs) whose data planes and control planes are logically separate. This makes possible the high resource utilization, protection, recoverability, and simplified management needed for Cloud computing or other situations where a common resource pool is used by applications and services that must operate in complete privacy from each other. EVN simplifies the task of creating VNs and scales to 32 VNs for each switch. EVN utilizes features of Multi-VRF and provides additional technologies including VNET Trunks and an easy technique for duplicating replicating routes connecting virtual networks. Virtual Switching System technology makes it possible to set up Catalyst 4500-E and 4500-X Series platforms to create zero-downtime virtual networks with advanced traffic load balancing.

Catalyst 4500-E Series Switches
The Supervisor Engine for for the Catalyst 4500-E switch has a built-in wireless network controller that supports Cisco's Unified Access solution for wired/wireless convergence. The Supervisor Engine 8-E is the initial Catalyst supervisor to permit wired as well as wireless services on one platform based on IOS XE software. Features include Cisco's Flexible NetFlow solution for traffic analytics encompassing both wired and Wi-Fi networks, Cisco TrustSec/SGT2 wired/wireless security, consistent Quality of Service for wired and Wi-Fi clients, plus the extension of Nonstop Forwarding with Stateful Switchover to cover Wi-Fi traffic for world-quality high availability.

Offered in chassis that have from three to 10 slots, Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Series switches can support as many as 384 1-Gigabit Ethernet access ports, up to 192 1GE non-blocking fiber connections, 96 10GE fiber connections, and eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports. Cisco's Supervisor Engine 8-E delivers up to 928 Gbps of wired access per system and 20 Gbps of wireless termination performance. 50 wireless APs and 2000 wireless users can be supported on each switch, and up to 250 wireless access points and 4000 wireless clients are managed in a multi-switch installation without a standalone wireless network controller.

Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Catalyst 4500-X switches are fixed-configuration 10GE aggregation platforms that can provide up to 800 Gbps of backplane switching capacity per device. The Catalyst 4500-X switch supports as many as 32 10GE connections on the baseboard and eight additional 10GE ports on the expansion module for a maximum of 40 10GE connections. Eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplinks are available with a separate module. In addition to providing non-stop operation and simple manageability, Cisco's virtual switching system technology on Catalyst 4500-X Series switches provides increased system throughput of as much as 1.6 Tbps by activating all available bandwidth between VSS-linked Catalyst 4500-X switches. Other advanced features include Flexible NetFlow solution for traffic analysis, TrustSec security, and wire-rate IPv6 forwarding.

Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series switches are enterprise campus backbone platforms that incorporate the field-proven technology of the Catalyst 6500 family of switches, which first appeared more than a decade ago and have been steadily enhanced since then. Catalyst 6500 Series and Catalyst 6800 switches offer the same general features and operation, and the modular Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL switch accepts the Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 2T and its extensive family of compatible line cards and modules. This cross compatibility and commitment to continual improvement protects your IT investment and allows you to update your network with little service interruption or IT team training.

Shared features of Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches that have Cisco's Supervisor Engine 2T include the Cisco ISE technology for simple, single-point management to ensure consistent policy throughout a distributed environment, Virtual Switching System technology for 99.999% availability through multi-level switchover, and the Cisco Campus Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) to facilitate client roaming and device mobility and to simplify network virtualization and migration to IPv6. Other virtual networking tools to segment specific user groups and support the special security/compliance and Quality of Service policy needs of every group include Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN, full MPLS, Easy Virtual Network, VRF-aware applications for Network Address Translation NetFlow, IPv6 over IPv4 GRE Tunnel Protection, and Layer 2 extensions with virtual private LAN services (VPLS). For unified wired/wireless environments, the WiSM2 controller Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 modular switches supports as many as 1000 wireless access points and 15,000 wireless users.

Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Switches
The Catalyst 6500-E line of modular switches are intended for aggregation and campus core networks that require maximum availability and high concentrations of 1 Gigabit Ethernet, 1 GE fiber, or 10 and 40 GE access ports. Models come with three to 13 slots and accept a wide selection of modules. Integrated service modules enable wireless, network analysis, and data protection. Only E-Series versions of Cisco's broad line of Catalyst 6500 switches work with the Supervisor Engine 2T.

The value-priced Cisco Catalyst 6503-E has a 4 rack unit (4RU) chassis, includes 3 slots, and offers up to 180 Gbps of switching performance per slot. The Cisco Catalyst 6503-E supports up to 97 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, up to 99 Gigabit Ethernet fiber access ports, up to 34 10GE ports, and 8 40GE access ports.

The high-end Catalyst 6513-E switch has a 19 rack unit, 13-slot chassis and offers 180 Gbps of bandwidth per slot, providing a system bandwidth of up to 4 Tbps. A Virtual Switching System configuration can support 8 Tbps of throughout. The Cisco Catalyst 6513-E switch can support up to 529 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports, up to 534 1GE fiber connections, 180 10GE access ports, and up to 44 40-Gigabit Ethernet access ports.

Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Catalyst 6800 Series switches are campus core switches intended to provide best-of-breed 10/40/100 GE support. The Catalyst 6880-X switch is a fixed, small form factor platform for Ethernet aggregation intended for small or midsize enterprise campus cores. The Catalyst 6880-X switch delivers up to 2 Tbps switching capacity and includes four slots for port cards. The top port concentration per chassis is 80 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections or 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports or as many as 20 40-Gigabit Ethernet access ports. Configured with VSS, a two-chassis system can deliver 4 Tbps switching throughput and support as many as 158 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports or 10GE access ports or as many as 20 40-Gigabit Ethernet connections.

The modular Catalyst 6807-XL switch comes in a 10-rack-unit form factor chassis that has 7 slots and supports existing Supervisor Engine 2T line cards and modules. (Two of the slots are reserved for the Supervisor Engine and five are for modules.) The Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL offers as much as 880 Gbps of switching throughput per slot and a total of 11.4 Tbps of switching bandwidth while providing up to 240 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections or 1GE fiber connections, up to 80 10GE ports or 20 40GE ports. an 6807-XL system configured with Cisco's Virtual Switching System can handle 22.8 Tbps of switching bandwidth, 480 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or 1GE fiber connections, up to 160 10GE access ports or 40 40GE ports.

Ways That Progent Can Assist Your Business with Cisco Catalyst Switches
Progent offers the remote or on-premises expertise of CCIE-certified consultants who have broad backgrounds delivering Catalyst switch technology support for small and midsize businesses, branch offices, enterprises, data centers, Cloud environments, and service providers. Progent's practice areas include Cisco's Catalyst and Nexus lines of managed switches and with Cisco's IOS, IOS-XR and NX-OS operating systems. Consulting and support services available from Progent's experts for Catalyst Series switches include proof-of-concept testing and validation, network analysis and monitoring, network architecture planning, migrations and project management, virtualization, wired and wireless unification, management automation, capacity planning, problem mitigation, disaster recovery planning, and IT security assessment and remediation.

Progent has deep knowledge of industry standards and with proprietary Cisco protocols and technologies associated with switching and routing such as Border Gateway Protocol, MPLS, Protocol Independent Multicast, VPNs, Spanning-Tree Protocol, virtual LANs, Cisco FabricPath, VPC, HSRP, VRRP, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Virtual Switching System (VSS), and LISP. Progent's network specialists also have familiarity with crucial networking technologies including TCP/IP protocols, IPv4/IPv6, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, Routing Information Protocol, and Internet Group Management Protocol. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified network security and compliance consultants can show you how to create an enterprise-wide security plan and implement Catalyst switches so they offer optimal enforcement to your security posture.

In case you require the highest available Ethernet density or extremely low latency Cisco switches for a world-class data center, Progent can help you to analyze, design, and implement a transition to Nexus Series switches. To find out about Progent's support capabilities for Cisco's Nexus Series switches, refer to Nexus Switch consulting offered by Progent. Progent can also help you to connect Catalyst core switches with Meraki distribution switches. (See Cisco Meraki switch integration consultants.)

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