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The Catalyst line of modular and fixed managed switches offers speed and intelligence at the access, distribution, and backbone levels of converged IP voice, HD video, and high bandwidth data networks for organizations that range in size from small businesses and branches to global enterprises and SPs. Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE consultants can provide remote and onsite support for Catalyst family switches to help your organization to design a cost-effective infrastructure that meets your specific business requirements, configure proof-of-concept testing, install Catalyst switches, implement and verify a sound security strategy, automate network management and performance tracking, deliver troubleshooting and support services, optimize switch capacity, and set up Catalyst's high-availability (HA) technology to achieve near-zero downtime.

Progent can help you to manage and repair your older Catalyst switches or upgrade smoothly to the latest versions of Catalyst switches adhering to leading practices to make sure that you get the maximum business value from your investment in your network.

The demand for smart, high-performance switching is driven by a confluence of fairly recent networking patterns whose net impact is a virtual tsunami of data traffic:

• Cloud and IoT networking and a consequent demand for intensive virtualization
• The pervasiveness of BYOD computing
• Bandwidth-intensive rich media apps
• Social business technologies
• The popularity of Big Data in enterprise data analytics
• Increasingly sophisticated threats like ransomware

Cisco's current portfolio of Catalyst switches are ideal for the distribution and core layers levels of campus environments where office workers must be provided for by offering predictable high speed, secure access management, tight group isolation, application awareness, and wired/wireless convergence. Catalyst series switches are designed to meet the need for speed and control with capabilities that include high-port-count 10G/40G/100G services, switching performance more than 25T per chassis, an extensive catalog of tools including Easy Virtual Network (EVN) to facilitate the creation of virtual networks, Virtual Switching System technology for stateful failover with subsecond backup switch recovery and 99.999% uptime, IPv4 and IPv6 support, AVC to optimize network resource usage, and advanced Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities for critical traffic control.

Catalyst switches allow businesses of all sizes to benefit from incorporating intelligent switching and routing features into their network infrastructure, creating an environment that can deal with current requirements, expand to support future capacity demands, protect vital information, and differentiate and control processes to enhance network productivity.

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 branches with as many as 250 workers and with minimal internal IT expertise. Cisco's Catalyst 1000 line includes fanless versions for noiseless operation within an office venue. Mounting kits include desktop, wall or shelf mount, standard rack mount, and DIN rail mount. Designed as an easy upgrade for Cisco Catalyst 2960-L or 2960-Plus Series deployments, the Catalyst 1000 portfolio includes models with 8 to 48G Ethernet ports or 24 to 48 Fast Ethernet 10/100M Mbps ports.

Catalyst Series 1000 set up and management are easy via a web interface or CLI, security is enterprise-grade, and Power over Ethernet ports with an automatically distributed power budget of 740W supports a wide range of Internet of Things solutions. Up to eight Catalyst 1000 Gigabit Ethernet model switches can be controlled at once with single IP. Catalyst Series 1000 units are nonblocking line-rate switches, and all are powered by Cisco's venerable IOS operating system software. QoS features include egress queues on each port plus priority queuing to deliver wire-speed performance for data, IP voice, and video traffic. Catalyst 1000 switches also feature Shaped Round Robin scheduling and Weighted Tail Drop (WTD) congestion avoidance.

Catalyst 9000 Series Fixed and Modular Managed Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 9000 family of managed switches offers modular and fixed units and can support all deployment scenarios including access, aggregation, and core switching. The Cisco Catalyst 9000 series includes devices with the appropriate price/performance to connect people and things in scenarios from small businesses and branches to major enterprises. Catalyst 9000 Series products can be configured to implement any mix of local facilities, private/public clouds, and hybrid networks. Unified management platforms and cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions lower cost of ownership by saving time and protecting critical network assets. Cisco's 9000X series of managed switches offer converged switching and routing, delivering the first combination of 400G optical transceivers along with full mGig and PoE ports.

With double the stacking bandwidth at about half the price of the legacy Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches they are intended to replace, Catalyst 9200 Series switches are a natural network upgrade for small branches and midsize campuses. The Catalyst 9200 portfolio includes switches that offer 24 or 48 ports with full PoE+; 80-160 Gbps backplane stacking performance; streaming telemetry; and Layer 3 capabilities that include OSPF Interior Gateway Protocol, EIGRP, IS-IS, and RIP. Catalyst 9200 Series switches are powered by Cisco IOS XE.

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

Cisco's Catalyst 9300 Series switches are fixed, stackable devices for ultra-high-density enterprise access switching. Key capabilities provided with models in the Catalyst 9300 family include 1T stacking performance, stackable SFP fiber, up to 448 multigigabit ports including 288 ports of 90W UPOE+ with an 8-unit stack, end-to-end IPsec with AES-256 Encryption and performance as high as 100G, high-availability redundant fans and power, plus data stack cables common across the complete Catalyst 9300 product line.

Based on the Cisco IOS XE operating system, switches in the Catalyst 9300 product line support automated device provisioning, API-driven configuration, granular visibility for near realtime monitoring, and seamless software updates. Advanced security capabilities include Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) along with AES-256 MACsec and IPSec encryption, plus Cisco Trust Anchor Technologies with Image signing and Secure Boot. Cloud cybersecurity is strengthened because Catalyst 9300 switches can host Cisco's Umbrella agent directly. This allows businesses to design their DNS policies granularly to prevent BYOD or IoT clients from accessing malicious websites.

The entry-level Cisco Catalyst 9300L switch delivers up to 320G stacking bandwidth and offers 12 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G ports and 36 10M/100M/1G ports. The 9300L utilizes fixed instead of modular uplink components for 4 1G, 4 10G, or 2 40G uplink ports. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 switch features 480G of stacking capacity and can provide 48 100M/1G/2.5G/5Gbps Ethernet ports, 24 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10Gbps ports, or 48 1G SFP ports. Modular uplink performance available are 1G, 10G, 25G, or 40G. The top-of-the-line Cisco Catalyst 9300X switch provides 1T backplane stacking bandwidth and supports 48 10G port density. The 9300X supports modular uplinks with dual-rate 100G/40G, multirate 25G/10G/1G, or mGig. Cisco 90W Universal Power Over Ethernet+ (UPOE+) supports dense IoT applications. Hardware is available to support 100G IPsec.

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

Catalyst 9400 switches are offered 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 available for line cards. Max capacity for each line-card slot is 480 Gbps. Switching capacity can reach 1.44 Tbps and forwarding performance on Supervisor Module is as high as 9 Tbps with the 10-slot chassis. All Catalyst 9400 chassis can provide 90W UPOE+ on every port, secure network segmentation with SD-Access and N+N/N+1 power redundancy for high availability. The Catalyst 9400 4-slot switch supports 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 models can provide 2 non-blocking 40G QSFP uplinks and 8 non-blocking 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ uplinks.

Cisco's Catalyst 9500 family includes fixed core and edge services appliances intended for the enterprise campus. Catalyst 9500 models 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 Tbps switching performance with forwarding throughput up to 2 Bpps. Catalyst 9500 appliances can support up to 32 nonblocking 100 GB QSFP28 optical ports, 32 nonblocking 40 Gigabit QSFP+ ports, 48 nonblocking 25G SFP28 ports, or 48 nonblocking 10 Gigabit SFP+ ports. You can deploy Multichassis EtherChannel (MEC) across Cisco StackWise-Virtual members to achieve high resiliency.

Catalyst 9500X appliances support as high as 25.6 Terabits per second switching performance with 2 Billion Packet per Second forwarding capacity. Catalyst 9500X devices support up to 28 nonblocking 40/100 Gigabit QSFP28 optical ports or 8 nonblocking 40/100/200/400 G QSFP-DD ports. The 9500X line also includes chip-level support 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 intended for the enterprise campus. The 6-slot chassis using a Catalyst 9600X Series Supervisor delivers switching capacity as high as 25.6 Tbps and can support up to 256 nonblocking 10/25/50 Gigabit ports, 96 nonblocking 40/100G G ports, or 8 nonblocking 200/400 Gigabit QSFP-DD ports. The Catalyst 9600 switch also provides dual-rate 40G/100G and 10G/25G optics. Two chassis slots are reserved for high-availability supervisors. You can combine a variety of line cards for core and aggregation deployment scenarios. The chassis uses a passive backplane, making it possible to replace fan tray, power supplies, and line cards without disrupting operation.

End-of-Life Catalyst Products Still Supported by Progent's Consultants
Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified network consultants have extensive backgrounds providing online and on-premises support expertise for legacy Catalyst Series switches which have reached End of Life or End of Support. These legacy Catalyst switches usually are more expensive to operate and maintain than current switches, deliver lower performance and functionality, and for some cases may subject businesses to regulatory compliance and even liability risks. Progent's consultants are available to assist your business to maintain and troubleshoot these older Cisco products and can also help you to plan and execute seamless migrations to newer products from the Catalyst line or to solutions from Cisco's Nexus portfolio of network switches which build upon Catalyst technology.

Catalyst Express 500 and 520 Series
Cisco's Catalyst Express 500 and 520 line of fixed-configuration switches are intended for businesses with as many as 250 employees and provide the dependability, security, scalability, and features small businesses need at an affordable price. PoE capability makes it easy to add network devices such as VoIP phones and IP cameras.

Versions of the Cisco Catalyst Express 500 and 520 switches offer from 8 to 24 10/100/1000BT ports plus optional backup power supplies with automatic switch-over for extra dependability. Integration with Cisco access points helps businesses to build a wireless LAN environment rapidly and easily. The Catalyst Express 500 and 520 platform offers solid security against malicious attacks With Cisco's Self-Defending Network strategy and Clean Access agents. Catalyst 2940 Switch
Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series fixed-configuration, managed 10/100 switches offer basic workgroup networking for small to midsize businesses. These wire-speed desktop appliances offer Cisco IOS Software features for basic mixed-media traffic support at the network edge. The Cisco 2940 line of switches are small-footprint, entry-level switches featuring eight Fast Ethernet connections plus a single built-in Fast Ethernet or Gbit uplink. The enclosures can be deployed away from the wiring cabinet in space-constrained areas such as on a worker's desk or in a classroom.

Catalyst 2960-S Switch
The Catalyst 2960-S Series are fixed switches designed for small businesses and branches. Available models have 24 or 48 1Gb Ethernet ports, four 1GE or two 10GE uplink ports, and provide switching capacity of up to 176 Gbps. Cisco's FlexStack feature permits as many as four 2960-S switches to be combined in a FlexStack stack to act like one switching unit that provides 40 Gbps of stacking throughput and that reduces administrative expense because of one-switch configuration. IPv6 FHS technology protects networks against IPv6 address interception and malicious threats.

Catalyst 3560 Switches
The Catalyst 3560 family is a line of fixed-configuration switches that includes IEEE 802.3af and Power over Ethernet capability in 10/100 Ethernet and 10/100/1000 configurations. The Cisco Catalyst 3560 switch is a proven Layer 2 switch for midsize business network access or branch-offices, combining both 10/100/1000 and Power over Ethernet (PoE) configurations for high efficiency while facilitating the deployment of key technology such a IP telephony, Wi-Fi, video monitoring, and remote video kiosks. Customers can activate network-wide intelligent services such as quality of service (QoS), rate limiting, ACLs, multicast management, and high-performance IP routing with the simplicity of conventional LAN switching.

The Catalyst 3560 switch offers a powerful array of capabilities that allow for network scalability and higher availability through IP routing plus a full suite of STP enhancements aimed to increase throughput in a Layer 2 network. Enhancements to the standard STP Protocol, such as PVST+, and Uplink Fast, combined with innovations such as Flex Links interfaces, contribute to network uptime. Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus allows for Data Link Layer traffic balancing on redundant connections to exploit the additional capacity inherent in a redundant design.

Efficient routing mechanisms such as Open Shortest Path First, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, Border Gateway Protocol, static routing, and Policy Based Routing increase network capacity; Protocol Independent Multicast increases resource utilization; and Virtual Route Forwarding Lite protects network traffic.

Cisco Catalyst 3750 Family Switches
For midsized businesses and enterprise branch offices, the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switch eases deployment of converged applications and accommodates evolving competitive needs by providing setup flexibility, ability to manage converged network traffic, and management-free set up of smart network functions. Also, Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series switch is designed for high-volume 1000 Ethernet environments and includes a wide range of switches that address the connectivity, aggregation, and backbone-interface requirements of small or midsized networks.

Cisco's Catalyst 3750 switch has the IP Base or the Services image. The IP Base image features include industry-leading QoS, rate-management, access control lists, and basic static and RIP routing capability. The IP Services image provides a richer set of high-end features, including advanced hardware-based IP unicast and multicast routing.

StackWise technology is an architecture optimized for Gigabit interfaces. StackWise is intended to react to additions, deletions, and relocations while providing consistent operation. Cisco StackWise unites as many as nine separate switches into one functional device, utilizing special stack-interconnect cables and utilities. Any of the switches can be any combination of Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series switches and the 3750-E switches. The stack behaves as an individual switching appliance that is managed by a control switch, chosen from one of the member switches. The control switch intelligently builds and keeps current all the switching and user-selected routing databases. A deployed stack can accept new switches or delete old switches without operational discontinuity.

Catalyst 2960 Swiches and 3560-CX Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 2960-CX is a fixed-configuration managed switch that is ultra-compact, fanless, low power, and includes a variety of mounting alternatives. The device has eight 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and two Gigabit Ethernet uplinks and has an option for Power over Ethernet. Cisco's Catalyst 3560-CX is a fixed-port switch packaged in a compact, noiseless and energy-efficient enclosure that can be mounted almost anywhere outside a wiring closet. Models are available with 8 or 12 1-GE ports or with six 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and two multigigabit ports. Up to four uplink ports are available, and Power over Ethernet is also an option.

Cisco's Catalyst 2960-L family includes entry-level fixed-port switches designed for small offices, retail venues, and other places where space is at a premium. These compact appliances have eight to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports and either 2 or 4 Small Form-Factor Pluggable uplink ports. PoE support reduces clutter and fanless design for the 8- models eliminates noise. RJ-45 interfaces accommodate 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-T SFP-ports.

Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series switches enhance the 2690-S family by delivering switching performance of 216 Gbps and providing Cisco's FlexStack-Plus stacking technology via a hot-swappable plug-in that can combine 8 switches in a stack capable of 80 Gbps of stacking performance. Catalyst 2900 Series switches also work with NetFlow-Lite for conserving forwarding data for analysis. Cisco's Catalyst 2960-XR Series switch features L3 dynamic routing, providing the convenience of having one device for L2 and L3 routing.

Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 Switches
Cisco Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 series switches are fixed, stackable network access switches powered by Cisco's IOS XE OS and incorporating full wireless controller functionality that lets you control wired and wireless networks on a single platform powered by one OS. Cisco offers models with either 24 or 48 1Gb Ethernet connections with Power over Ethernet plus, four 1GE or four 10-GB Ethernet uplink connections, and support for up to nine switches in a stack. All models offer expandable Quality of Service, fast switchover for maximum uptime, software support for IPv4/IPv6 routing, multicast routing, and enhanced security.

Since wireless data traffic is visible at the Catalyst 3000 family switch, network managers can spot and prioritize wireless data by means of Cisco's FNF solution along with sophisticated Quality of Service capabilities for an improved user experience and faster problem isolation. Fast Ethernet switching supports the high-throughput defined by the latest 802.11ac Wave 2 wireless specification on existing cabling infrastructure. (To find out about Progent's consulting services for Cisco's 802.11ac Wi-Fi access points and wireless controllers, and Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi access points, refer to Planning and Deployment Support for Cisco Wireless Access Points and Controllers.)

The Catalyst 3650 switch offers stacking performance as high as 160 Gbps and supports up to 25 Wi-Fi access points and 1000 wireless users on each switch or stack. The Catalyst 3850 switch delivers stacking bandwidth as high as 480 Gbps and can control up to 50 wireless access points and 2000 Wi-Fi users on each switch or stack. Cisco Catalyst 3850 SFP Fiber Switches incorporate 12 or 24 1G fiber ports at line rate, providing long distance connections, advanced protection, and an identical wired and wireless experience.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Catalyst 4500-E and and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are intended for campus access and distribution environments where space for infrastructure equipment is limited. Running Cisco's IOS XE operating system, the Catalyst 4500-E and 4500-X product lines facilitate network virtualization thanks to Cisco's Easy Virtual Network and VSS solutions. Network virtualization makes it possible to divide a physical network into a number of virtual networks (VNs) whose data and control planes are logically distinct. This provides the efficient utilization, security and compliance, recoverability, and manageability needed for Cloud environments or other scenarios where a single infrastructure must be used by software and services that must run in total isolation from each other. EVN speeds up the process of deploying virtual networks and scales to 32 VNs per switch. Easy Virtual Network utilizes the capabilities of Multi-VRF and includes additional technologies such as VNET Tags and a simple technique for duplicating replicating routes between VNs. VSS makes it possible to configure Catalyst 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X Series switches to create zero-downtime virtual networks with optimized traffic load balancing.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Switches
Cisco's Supervisor Engine 8-E for the Catalyst 4500-E modular switch includes a built-in wireless controller that works with Cisco's Unified Access technology for wired and wireless convergence. The Supervisor Engine 8-E is the initial Catalyst supervisor to allow wired as well as wireless services on one platform powered by IOS XE. Features included are Cisco's Flexible NetFlow solution for capacity planning across wired and Wi-Fi networks, TrustSec/SGT2 wired and wireless data security, predictable Quality of Service for wired and wireless clients, plus the extension of NSF/SSO to cover wireless traffic for enterprise-class high availability.

Offered in chassis that have from three to 10 slots, Cisco Catalyst 4500-E switches can handle as many as 384 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports, up to 192 1GE non-blocking fiber connections, 96 10-Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, and eight 10GE uplinks. The Catalyst 4500-E Supervisor Engine 8-E provides up to 928 Gbps of wired capacity for each system and up to 20 Gbps of wireless termination capacity. 50 Wi-Fi APs and 2000 Wi-Fi clients can be supported per switch, and up to 250 wireless access points and 4000 wireless clients are supported in a multi-switch deployment without requiring a standalone wireless network controller.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 4500-X switches are fixed-configuration 10-Gigabit Ethernet aggregation platforms that can provide as much as 800 Gbps of backplane switching capacity per chassis. The Catalyst 4500-X supports as many as 32 10GE ports on the unit's baseboard and eight extra 10GE ports on the optional expansion module for a total of 40 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports. Eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplinks are available via a separate module. In addition to offering non-stop performance and easy management, Cisco's VSS technology on Catalyst 4500-X switches offers higher system throughput of up to 1.6 Tbps by enabling all available capacity between VSS-linked Catalyst 4500-X Series switches. Additional features include Cisco's FNF technology for application visibility, Cisco TrustSec protection, and fast, hardware-based IPv6 forwarding.

Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 switches are campus core switches that incorporate the field-proven technology of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 line of switches, which first appeared over a dozen years ago and which have been steadily enhanced ever since. Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 switches offer the same features and operational consistency, and the modular Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL switch accepts the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 2T and its extensive portfolio of line cards and service modules. This backwards compatibility and commitment to ongoing improvement protects your infrastructure expenditures and enables you to update your network with minimal downtime or IT staff training.

Common attributes of Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches equipped with the Supervisor Engine 2T include Cisco's Identity Services Engine (ISE) for simple, centralized control to put in place unvarying policy across a distributed network, VSS capability for maximum uptime through multi-level failover, and Cisco's LISP protocol to facilitate roaming and mobility and to simplify virtualization and migration to IPv6. Additional virtual networking features to segment specific client groups and serve the unique security/compliance and Quality of Service policy requirements of every group include L2/L3 VPN, complete MPLS, Easy Virtual Network, VPN Routing and Forwarding-aware technology for Network Address Translation (NAT) NetFlow, IPv6 over IPv4 GRE Tunnel Protection, and L2 geographic extensions with virtual private LAN services (VPLS). For converged wired and wireless networking, the Wireless Services Module 2 controller Catalyst 6500 Series and Catalyst 6800 modular switches can manage 1000 APs and 15,000 wireless users.

Catalyst 6500-E Series Switches
The Catalyst 6500-E line of modular switches are intended for distribution and campus backbone environments that require world-class availability and high densities of 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 1 GE fiber, or 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet ports. Models have three to 13 slots and work with a wide range of interfaces. Integrated service modules support wireless management, traffic analysis, and data protection. Only E-Series models of Cisco's broad line of Catalyst 6500 switches accept the Supervisor Engine 2T.

The Cisco Catalyst 6503-E switch has a 4 rack unit chassis, includes 3 slots, and offers as much as 180 Gbps of switching throughput on each slot. The Cisco Catalyst 6503-E supports 97 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, up to 99 1GE fiber ports, 34 10GE ports, and up to 8 40GE access ports.

The high-end Catalyst 6513-E has a 19 rack unit, 13-slot form factor and can deliver as much as 180 Gbps of throughput on each slot, with a system capacity of up to 4 Tbps. A VSS configured system can deliver up to 8 Tbps of switching capacity. The Catalyst 6513-E Series switch can support a maximum of 529 1 Gigabit Ethernet connections, up to 534 1GE fiber connections, 180 10-Gigabit Ethernet access ports, and 44 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports.

Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 6800 switches are campus core platforms designed to deliver optimal 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet services. The Catalyst 6880-X switch is a fixed-configuration, compact switch for Ethernet aggregation designed for small or medium-size enterprise campus backbones. The Catalyst 6880-X switch delivers up to 2 Tbps switching throughput and includes four slots for port cards. The top port concentration per chassis is 80 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports or 10GE connections or up to 20 40-Gigabit Ethernet connections. Configured with VSS, a two-chassis system can provide 4 Tbps capacity and handle up to 158 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or 10GE ports or up to 20 40-Gigabit Ethernet access ports.

The modular Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL switch has a 10-rack-unit form factor that has 7 slots and accepts existing Supervisor Engine 2T cards and modules. (Two of the slots are reserved for the Supervisor Engine and five are for modules.) The Catalyst 6807-XL can deliver as much as 880 Gbps of switching bandwidth on each slot and up to 11.4 Tbps of full-duplex switching bandwidth while supporting up to 240 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or 1GE fiber ports, up to 80 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections or 20 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports. an 6807-XL system with Cisco's Virtual Switching System can support 22.8 Tbps of switching throughput, 480 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, up to 160 10GE access ports or 40 40GE ports.

How Progent Can Help Your Business with Catalyst Switches
Progent offers the online or onsite expertise of Cisco CCIE-certified network consultants who have extensive backgrounds providing Catalyst switch technology support for small and medium sized businesses, branch offices, enterprise campuses, data centers, Cloud networks, and service providers. Progent's skills include Catalyst and Nexus lines of smart switches and Cisco's IOS and NX-OS operating systems. Consulting and support services available from Progent's experts for Catalyst Series switches include proof-of-concept testing, system analysis, topology design, upgrades and project management, virtualization, wired/wireless convergence, management automation, capacity planning, problem mitigation, business continuity planning, and information security assessment and remediation.

Progent's Cisco-certified consultants have broad expertise with industry standards and with Cisco-owned protocols associated with switching and routing including Border Gateway Protocol, MPLS traffic engineering, Protocol Independent Multicast, VPNs, STP, VLANs, Cisco FabricPath, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), VRRP, OSPF, Virtual Switching System (VSS), and LISP. Progent's infrastructure consultants also offer experience with crucial technologies including TCP/IP protocols, IPv4, IPv6, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, Routing Information Protocol, and IGMP. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified data security and compliance consultants can assist you to create an enterprise-wide security strategy and implement Cisco Catalyst switches so they offer maximum support for your security policies.

If you need ultra high Ethernet density or sub-microsecond latency Cisco switches for a world-class data center, Progent can assist you to analyze, design, and implement a migration to Cisco's Nexus family of switches. To learn about Progent's consulting services for Cisco's Nexus switches, refer to Nexus Switch consulting services. Progent can also assist you to integrate Catalyst core switches with Cisco Meraki aggregation switches. (See Cisco Meraki switch integration consultants.)

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