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The Catalyst family of modular and fixed-configuration switches provides performance and intelligence at the access, distribution, and backbone areas of converged voice, video, and data networks for businesses that range in size from small businesses and branches to global enterprises and service providers. Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE consultants offer remote and on-premises expertise with Catalyst switches to help you to plan an efficient network architecture that meets your specific business needs, set up proof-of-concept testing, install Catalyst switches, implement and validate a sound security strategy, automate system management and performance tracking, deliver troubleshooting and support services, optimize switch performance, and set up Catalyst's high-availability (HA) technology for near-zero downtime.
Progent can help you to maintain and repair your legacy Catalyst switches or upgrade with minimal disruption to current models of Catalyst switches following leading practices to ensure that you get the highest business value from your investment in your network.
The demand for smart, fast switching is driven by a combination of fairly new networking trends whose overall impact is a cyber avalanche of data:
- Cloud and IoT computing and an associated requirement for massive virtualization
- The pervasiveness of personal endpoints
- Bandwidth-intensive rich media apps
- Social business technologies
- The popularity of Big Data in enterprise analytics
- Ever more sophisticated cyberattacks like ransomware
Cisco's current portfolio of Catalyst switches are ideal for the distribution/core levels of enterprise campus deployments where office workers must be accommodated by providing predictable high speed, secure user access control, tight group isolation, application awareness, and wired and wireless convergence. Cisco's Catalyst series switches are designed to meet the demand for speed and control with features such as high-port-count 10G/40G/100G services, switching performance over 25 Tbps for each chassis, a powerful catalog of technologies such as Easy Virtual Network to facilitate the deployment of virtual networks, VSS technology for stateful failover with instant backup switch restoration and "five nines" (99.999%) availability, IPv4 and IPv6 capability, Application Visibility and Control (AVC) to optimize network resource usage, and sophisticated Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities for business-critical traffic prioritization.
Catalyst switches allow businesses of any size to benefit from incorporating smart switching and routing features into their network infrastructure, creating an environment that can meet real-time requirements, expand to support expected capacity demands, guard vital data, and separate and manage tasks to enhance network operations.
Catalyst 1000 Series Fixed Ethernet Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 1000 access switches are small form factor, fixed-configuration switches intended for smaller businesses and branches with up to 250 users and with little if any internal IT expertise. The Catalyst 1000 Series includes fanless versions for noiseless operation outside a wiring closet in an office environment. Mounting kits include desktop, wall mount, rack mount, and DIN. Created as a simple upgrade for Cisco Catalyst 2960-L or 2960-Plus Series deployments, Cisco's Catalyst 1000 family includes models with 8 to 48G Ethernet ports or 24 to 48 Fast Ethernet 10/100M ports.
Catalyst 1000 set up and management are simple via a web UI or command-line interface, security is enterprise-grade, and Power over Ethernet ports with an automatically distributed budget of 740W supports a broad range of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. As many as eight Catalyst 1000 Gbit Ethernet Series switches can be managed together with single IP. All Catalyst Series 1000 units are line-rate devices, and all are based on Cisco's familiar IOS Software. Quality-of-Service (QoS) features include egress queues for every port plus priority packet queuing to deliver optimized performance for time-critical traffic. Catalyst Series 1000 switches also support Shaped Round Robin service scheduling and WTD congestion management.
Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series Fixed and Modular Managed Switches
The Catalyst 9000 line of switches includes modular and fixed switches and can support all deployment scenarios including access, distribution, and core switching. The Cisco Catalyst 9000 family offers switches with the appropriate value proposition to connect people and things in environments ranging from small businesses and branches to global enterprises. Catalyst 9000 products can be set up to implement any combination of onsite deployments, private and public clouds, and hybrid networks. Unified management platforms and cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions reduce expenses by saving time and protecting critical network assets. Cisco's 9000X line of switches offer converged switching/routing, delivering the first mix of 400G optical transceivers along with full multigigabit and PoE ports.
With double the stacking bandwidth at about half the price of the legacy Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches they are intended to replace, Catalyst 9200 Series switches are a compelling network upgrade for small branches and midsize campus environments. The 9200 portfolio includes switches that support 24 or 48 ports with full PoE+; 80-160 Gbps backplane stacking performance; streaming telemetry; and Layer 3 features such as OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, and routed access. Cisco Catalyst 9200 switches run Cisco IOS XE.
The Catalyst 9200 offers 160-Gbps backplane stacking capacity, supports onsite-replaceable redundant power supplies and fans, and supports add-in modules with 4x1G, 4x1/10G, 2x25G, or 2x40G uplink. The Catalyst 9200 Enhanced VN switch supports as many as 32 Virtual Networks and offers 160-Gbps stacking performance. The Catalyst 9200L offers 80-Gbps stacking performance. The Catalyst 9200L multigigabit and the Catalyst 9200 multigigabit offer wireless bandwidth optimization with 8 or 12 multigigabit Ethernet ports up to 10Gbps.
Catalyst 9300 Series switches are fixed, stackable appliances for high-density enterprise access switching. Key capabilities provided with various models in the Catalyst 9300 product line include 1T stacking capacity, stackable high-speed fiber, up to 448 mGig Ethernet ports and 288 ports of 90W UPOE+ with an 8-device configuration, line rate IPsec with AES-256 with MACsec 256-bit encryption and speeds up to 100G, HA fans and power, plus StackPower cables compatible across the complete Catalyst 9300 product line.
Powered by Cisco IOS XE, devices in the Catalyst 9300 product line support auto provisioning, API-based configuration, high-granularity visibility for close to realtime monitoring, and transparent software updates. Advanced security features include Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) as well as AES-256 MACsec and IPSec encryption, and Trust Anchor Technologies with Image signing. Cloud security is enhanced because Catalyst 9300 Series switches are able to host the Cisco Umbrella agent directly. This allows businesses to customize their DNS policies at a granular user or group level to block BYOD or IoT clients from accessing dangerous websites.
The entry-level Cisco Catalyst 9300L switch delivers as much as 320G backplane stacking capacity and supports 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 switch features 480G of backplane stacking capacity and can provide 48 100M/1G/2.5G/5Gbps Ethernet ports, 24 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10Gbps Ethernet 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 up to 1Tbps stacking capacity and supports 48 10G Ethernet 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 dense IoT applications. Hardware is available to provide 100G IPsec.
Cisco's Catalyst 9400 Series appliances are modular switches powered by Cisco IOS XE and intended for medium-size and enterprise campus access deployments. Delivering twice the throughput and over four times the chassis bandwidth as the legacy Catalyst 6500 line it is built to replace, Cisco's Catalyst 9400 family ushers switch technology into the current age of networking driven by cybersecurity, mobility, IoT, and cloud.
Catalyst 9400 appliances are offered with 4-slot, 7-slot, and 10-slot chassis. Two slots on each chassis are dedicated to high-availability supervisor cards, leaving 2, 5, or 8 slots open for line cards. Max bandwidth for each line-card slot is 480G. Switching performance can achieve 1.44 Tbps and forwarding rate on Supervisor Module can reach 9 Tbps for the 10-slot chassis. All Catalyst 9400 switches can provide 90W UPOE+ on every access port, secure network segmentation with Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) and N+N/N+1 power redundancy for high resilience. Cisco's 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 switches can support 2 non-blocking 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP uplinks and 8 non-blocking 10G Ethernet SFP+ uplinks.
The Catalyst 9500 family includes fixed core and edge services appliances designed for the large campus. Catalyst 9500 models are based on the Cisco IOS XE operating system and the the family includes the first infrastructure technology to deliver switching speeds above 25 Tbps.
Cisco's Catalyst 9500 models deliver as high as 6.4 Tbps switching capacity with forwarding speed as high as 2 Bpps. Catalyst 9500 switches can support up to 32 nonblocking 100 Gigabit QSFP28 optical ports, 32 nonblocking 40 Gigabit QSFP+ ports, 48 nonblocking 25 Gigabit SFP28 ports, or 48 nonblocking 10G ports. You can configure Multichassis EtherChannel across StackWise-Virtual members for high availability.
Catalyst 9500X products can provide as high as 25.6 Terabits per second switching capacity with 2 Billion Packet per Second forwarding speed. Catalyst 9500X devices support up to 28 nonblocking 40/100 GB QSFP28 optical ports or 8 nonblocking 40/100/200/400 G QSFP-DD ports. The 9500X line also includes hardware capability for line-rate 256-bit 802.1AE MACsec and WAN-MACsec1 encryption.
Catalyst 9600 Series switches are modular core and distribution appliances intended for the enterprise campus. The 6-slot 9600 Series chassis loaded with a Catalyst 9600X Series Supervisor has switching capacity up to 25.6 Tbps and can contain as many as 256 nonblocking 10/25/50 G ports, 96 nonblocking 40/100G G ports, or 8 nonblocking 200/400 G QSFP-Double Density ports. The Catalyst 9600 also provides dual-rate 40G/100G and 10G/25G optics. Two chassis slots are reserved for redundant supervisors. You can combine a selection of line cards for core and aggregation deployments. The chassis uses a passive backplane, making it possible to replace fan tray, power supplies, and line cards without disruption.
End-of-Life Catalyst Series Switches Supported by Progent's Consultants
Progent's Cisco certified consultants have extensive experience providing online and on-premises consulting and troubleshooting expertise for legacy Catalyst Series switches for which Cisco has announced End of Life. These legacy switches typically cost more to manage and support than contemporary switches, provide less capacity and fewer features, and for many situations may subject organizations to regulatory and liability risks. Progent are available to help your business to support and repair these legacy switches and can in addition help you to design and implement non-disruptive migrations to newer models from the Catalyst line or to solutions from the Cisco Nexus line of network switches which build upon Catalyst design experience.
Catalyst Express 500 Family of Switches
The Catalyst Express 500 line of fixed-configuration switches are designed for companies with up to 250 workers and deliver the dependability, protection, extensibility, and features small and mid-sized companies need at an affordable cost. PoE capability makes it simple to add network appliances like wireless access points and IP TV cameras.
Versions of the Catalyst Express 500 switches support from 8 to 24 10/100/1000BASE-T ports plus the option of redundant power with automatic switch-over for extra dependability. Integration with Cisco access points allows organizations to set up a local wireless network rapidly and effectively. The Cisco Catalyst Express 500 and 520 family offers strong protection against viruses thanks to Cisco's Self-Defending Network strategy and Clean Access agents.
Catalyst 2940 Switch
Catalyst 2900 fixed-configuration, managed Ethernet switches provide fundamental workgroup networking for small to medium-sized companies. These wire-rate desktop switches deliver IOS Software features for simple data, video, and voice services at the network edge. The Catalyst 2940 Series switches are compact, entry-level devices featuring 8 Fast Ethernet connections and a single built-in Fast or Gbit uplink. They can be deployed outside the wiring closet in space-constrained office spaces such as on or under a worker's desk or in a conference room.
Catalyst 2960-S Switch
The Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series are fixed-configuration switches designed for small businesses and branches. Available models feature either 24 or 48 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, four 1-Gigabit or two 10-GB Ethernet uplinks, and deliver switching capacity of 176 Gbps. Cisco's FlexStack technology allows as many as four Catalyst 2960-S switches to be combined in a FlexStack stack to act like a single switch that provides 40 Gbps of stacking throughput and that cuts operational costs with one-switch setup. IPv6 FHS technology protects networks against IPv6 address interception and malicious threats.
Cisco Catalyst 3560 Family Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 3560 family is a line of non-modular switches that includes IEEE 802.3af and Cisco Power over Ethernet capability in 10/100 and 10/100/1000 Ethernet configurations. The Cisco Catalyst 3560 switch is an ideal Layer 2 switch for midsize business network connectivity or local-offices, offering both Gigabit Ethernet and Power over Ethernet configurations for high productivity while facilitating the deployment of vital applications including Voice over IP, Wi-Fi, video surveillance, and remote video kiosks. IT managers can activate network-wide smart features including QoS, rate management, ACLs, multicast administration, and fast IP routing with the ease of traditional network switching.
The Catalyst 3560 family switch has a robust array of features that permit network scalability and higher resilience via IP routing plus a complete complement of Spanning Tree Protocol improvements designed to maximize availability in a Layer 2 network. Improvements to the conventional STP Protocol, such as PVST+, Uplink Fast, and Port Fast, combined with innovations like Flex Links interfaces, improve network efficiency. Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+) supports Data Link Layer load balancing on backup connections to exploit the extra bandwidth inherent in a redundant architecture.
Important routing mechanisms including OPSF, EIGRP, Border Gateway Protocol, static routing, and PBR improve network capacity; Protocol Independent Multicast helps improve resource utilization; and Virtual Route Forwarding Lite protects network traffic.
Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Switches
For mid-size organizations and enterprise branches, Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series facilitates deployment of converged applications and adapts to changing business needs by offering setup flexibility, support for unified network patterns, and automatic configuration of smart network functions. In addition, Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series switch is designed for high-volume Gigabit Ethernet environments and incorporates a diverse selection of switches that address the connectivity, aggregation, and backbone-interface requirements of small or mid-size deployments.
Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series has the IP Base image or the IP Services image. The IP Base image functions include industry-leading quality of service (QoS), rate-limiting, access control lists (ACLs), and basic static and Routing Information Protocol (RIP) routing capability. The IP Services image provides a broader set of enterprise network features, such as sophisticated built-in IP unicast/multicast routing.
StackWise technology is an architecture designed for Gigabit Ethernet. Cisco StackWise is intended to respond to installs, deletions, and redeployments while providing consistent operation. StackWise combines as many as nine individual switches into a single functional device, utilizing custom stack-interface cables and stacking utilities. The individual switches can be any mix of the Catalyst 3750 switches and Cisco's Catalyst 3750-E Series. The stack behaves as an individual switching appliance that is managed by a control switch, elected from among the stack of switches. The master switch automatically builds and keeps current all the switching and user-selected routing databases. A working stack can accommodate new switches or remove old switches with no service interruption.
Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Switches and Catalyst 3560-CX Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 2960-CX is a fixed-port switch that is low-profile, fanless, low power, and allows flexible mounting options. The switch has eight 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and two Gigabit Ethernet uplinks and optionally provides Power over Ethernet. Cisco's Catalyst 3560-CX is a fixed-port managed switch housed in a sleek, quiet and energy-efficient enclosure that can be mounted virtually anywhere convenient. Models are available with eight or 12 1-GE ports or with six 1-GE ports and two multigigabit Ethernet ports. Two or four uplinks are available, and Power over Ethernet (PoE) is also an option.
Cisco's Catalyst 2960-L line consists of entry-level fixed-port managed switches intended for branch offices, retail venues, and other places where space is limited. These compact switches have 8 to 48 GE ports and either two or four Small Form-Factor Pluggable uplink ports. Power over Ethernet support reduces clutter and fanless design for the 8- versions does away with noise. RJ-45 connectors support 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-T SFP-based ports.
Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches enhance the 2690-S line of switches by offering switching performance of up to 216 Gbps and providing Cisco's FlexStack-Plus Stacking via a live-swappable module that can combine 8 Catalyst switches in a FlexStack Plus stack with 80 Gbps of stacking throughput. Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series switches also support 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 Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing.
Cisco Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 Series Switches
Cisco Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 series switches are fixed, stackable network access devices powered by Cisco's IOS XE operating system and incorporating comprehensive wireless network controller capability that allows you to control wired and wireless infrastructure on a one device powered by a single OS. Cisco offers models with 24 or 48 1Gb Ethernet ports with PoE+, four 1GE or four 10GE uplink ports, and capacity for as many as 9 Catalyst switches in a FlexStack stack. All versions offer expandable QoS, stateful failover for high availability, software support for IPv4/IPv6 routing, multicast, and enhanced security.
Since wireless traffic is present at the Catalyst 3000 Series switch, it is possible to spot and prioritize wireless traffic by means of Cisco's Flexible NetFlow (FNF) technology along with advanced QoS features for an improved wireless user experience and faster problem mediation. Fast Ethernet switching supports the high-throughput called for by the new 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi specification on existing cabling infrastructure. (To find out about Progent's support for Cisco's 802.11ac Aironet wireless products, and Meraki cloud-managed APs, refer to Configuration and Troubleshooting Consulting Services for Cisco Wireless Technology.)
The Cisco Catalyst 3650 offers stacking performance as high as 160 Gbps and can control up to 25 wireless access points and 1000 wireless users per stack. The Catalyst 3850 switch delivers stacking throughput as high as 480 Gbps and can control up to 50 Wi-Fi access points and 2000 Wi-Fi clients per switch. Cisco Catalyst 3850 SFP Fiber Switches incorporate 12 or 24 1G fiber ports at line rate on every port, offering far reaching connectivity, advanced protection, and a consistent wired/wireless experience.
Catalyst 4500-E Series and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Catalyst 4500-E Series and and Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are intended for access and distribution environments where space for infrastructure equipment is at a premium. Running Cisco's IOS XE OS software, the Catalyst 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X product lines facilitate network virtualization by supporting Cisco's EVN and Virtual Switching System (VSS) technologies. Network virtualization allows you to divide a physical network into multiple virtual networks whose data planes and control planes are logically distinct. This provides the efficient utilization, protection, resilience, and manageability needed for Cloud environments or other scenarios where a common infrastructure must be shared by software and services that must run in complete isolation from each other. Easy Virtual Network simplifies the process of creating VNs and scales to 32 VNs for each switch. Easy Virtual Network incorporates the capabilities of Multi-virtual routing and forwarding and includes new technologies such as VNET Tags and an easy technique for duplicating replicating routes between VNs. Virtual Switching System technology makes it easy to set up Catalyst 4500-E and 4500-X Series platforms to create zero-downtime VNs with advanced load balancing.
Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Switches
Cisco's Supervisor Engine 8-E for the Catalyst 4500-E switch has a built-in wireless controller that supports Cisco's Unified Access solution for wired and wireless convergence. this is the first Catalyst supervisor to support wired plus wireless services on one switch powered by Cisco's IOS XE. Technologies included are Cisco's FNF technology for application visibility across wired and Wi-Fi networks, Cisco TrustSec/SGT2 wired and wireless data security, predictable Quality of Service for wired and wireless networks, and the expansion of Nonstop Forwarding with Stateful Switchover to include wireless data traffic for enterprise-class high availability.
Offered in chassis that have from three to 10 slots, Catalyst 4500-E switches can support as many as 384 1-Gigabit Ethernet access ports, 193 1GE non-blocking fiber connections, 96 10GE fiber ports, and eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplinks. Cisco's Supervisor Engine 8-E delivers up to 928 Gbps of wired access for each system and up to 20 Gbps of wireless termination performance. 50 Wi-Fi access points and 2000 wireless users can be supported on each chassis, and 250 APs and 4000 wireless users can be managed in a two-switch deployment without a separate wireless network controller.
Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Catalyst 4500-X switches are fixed-configuration 10-Gigabit Ethernet aggregation switches that provide as much as 800 Gbps of core switching performance per chassis. The Catalyst 4500-X supports up to 32 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections on the baseboard and eight additional 10GE ports on the optional expansion module for a maximum of 40 non-blocking 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports. Eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplinks are available with another module. In addition to providing non-stop performance and easy management, Cisco's VSS solution on Catalyst 4500-X Series switches provides higher system throughput of as much as 1.6 Tbps by activating all possible capacity across VSS-linked Catalyst 4500-X switches. Other advanced features include Cisco's FNF solution for traffic analysis, Cisco TrustSec security, and fast, hardware-based IPv6 forwarding.
Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series switches are campus core platforms that share the field-proven technology of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 line of switches, which were introduced more than a decade ago and have been steadily enhanced since then. Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 switches provide the same general features and operation, and the modular Catalyst 6807-XL supports the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 2T and the associated family of compatible line cards and service modules. This mutual compatibility and commitment to continual improvement preserves your information technology expenditures and permits you to update your network with minimal downtime or management team training.
Shared attributes of Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 modular switches that have Cisco's Supervisor Engine 2T include Cisco's Identity Services Engine for convenient, single-point control to put in place unvarying policy across a distributed environment, VSS capability for 99.999% availability via multi-level failover, and the Cisco Campus Locator/ID Separation Protocol to support roaming and device mobility and to streamline network virtualization and transition to IPv6. Other virtual networking features to partition distinct user groups and serve the special security/compliance and Quality of Service policy requirements of every group include L2/L3 VPN, complete Multiprotocol Label Switching, EVN, VPN Routing and Forwarding-aware applications for NAT NetFlow, GRE for v4/v6, and Layer 2 geographic extensions with virtual private LAN services. For converged wired/wireless environments, the WiSM2 for Catalyst 6500 Series and Catalyst 6800 modular switches supports 1000 wireless access points and 15,000 wireless users.
Catalyst 6500-E Switches
The Catalyst 6500-E Series of modular switches are intended for distribution and enterprise backbone networks that need world-class availability and high densities of 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 1 Gigabit Ethernet fiber, or 10 and 40 GE ports. Models have three to 13 expansion slots and work with a wide range of interface modules. Integrated service modules support wireless management, traffic monitoring, and data protection. Only E-Series models of Cisco's broad line of 6500 switches are compatible with Cisco's Supervisor Engine 2T.
The entry-level Cisco Catalyst 6503-E has a 4RU chassis, holds 3 slots, and delivers 180 Gbps of switching performance on each slot. The Cisco Catalyst 6503-E can support up to 97 1-Gigabit Ethernet ports, up to 99 Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, up to 34 10GE ports, and up to 8 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports.
The top-of-the-line Cisco Catalyst 6513-E has a 19 rack unit, 13-slot chassis and offers up to 180 Gbps of performance on each slot, providing a system bandwidth as high as 4 Tbps. A Virtual Switching System configuration can support 8 Tbps of throughout. The Cisco Catalyst 6513-E switch can support up to 529 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports, up to 534 1GE fiber ports, up to 180 10GE access ports, and up to 44 40GE connections.
Catalyst 6800 Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 6800 switches are programmable backbone platforms designed to deliver optimal 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet services. The Catalyst 6880-X switch is a fixed-configuration, compact platform for Ethernet aggregation designed for small or midsize enterprise campus cores. The Catalyst 6880-X switch delivers up to 2 Tbps bandwidth and has four slots for port cards. The maximum port concentration on one chassis is 80 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports or 10-Gigabit Ethernet access ports or up to 20 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports. With Cisco's Virtual Switching System, a two-chassis system can provide 4 Tbps switching capacity and handle up to 158 1 Gigabit Ethernet connections or 10GE access ports or as many as 20 40GE access ports.
The modular Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL switch comes in a 10-rack-unit form factor 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 switch can deliver as much as 880 Gbps of switching throughput on each slot and a total of 11.4 Tbps of full-duplex switching performance while providing up to 240 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports or 1GE fiber connections, up to 80 10GE connections or 20 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports. A two-chassis 6807-XL system with VSS can handle 22.8 Tbps of switching bandwidth, 480 1 Gigabit Ethernet connections or Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, 160 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections or 40 40-Gigabit Ethernet connections.
How Progent Can Assist Your Business with Cisco Catalyst Series Switches
Progent can provide the remote or onsite expertise of CCIE-certified network consultants who have extensive backgrounds providing Catalyst switch solutions for small and midsize organizations, branch offices, enterprises, data centers, Cloud environments, and SPs. Progent's practice areas include Catalyst and Nexus lines of smart switches and with Cisco's IOS, IOS-XR and NX-OS control software. Support services offered by Progent for Cisco Catalyst Series switches include proof-of-concept testing, system analysis and monitoring, topology planning, migrations and project management, virtualization, wired/wireless unification, network management, capacity planning, problem mitigation, business continuity planning, and data security and compliance testing and remediation.
Progent offers deep expertise with open standards as well as with Cisco-owned technologies associated with switching and routing such as Border Gateway Protocol, MPLS, Protocol Independent Multicast, VPNs, Spanning-Tree Protocol, virtual LANs, FabricPath, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), HSRP, VRRP, OSPF, Virtual Switching System (VSS), and LISP. Progent's network consultants also offer familiarity with key networking technologies such as TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, RIP, and Internet Group Management Protocol. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified data security consultants can show you how to create a comprehensive security plan and implement Catalyst switches so they offer optimal enforcement to your security policies.
In case you need ultra high Ethernet density or extremely low latency Cisco switches for an enterprise-class data center, Progent can assist you to analyze, plan, and manage a migration to Nexus family of switches. To learn about Progent's consulting services for Nexus Series switches, see Nexus Switch configuration and support services. Progent can also help you to connect Catalyst data center switches with Cisco Meraki aggregation switches. (See Cisco Meraki switch integration consultants.)
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Progent is hiring a variety of on-staff employees such as motivated MCSEs; connectivity experts who have Cisco CCNP or CCIE certification; and consultants for fault-tolerant system design with experience in mobile connectivity, wireless networking, non-stop systems, disaster recovery planning, data protection, and VMware technology. We are also hiring desktop support experts, off-site service professionals, and CISSP or CISA accredited security consultants. Progent is also hiring experienced managers and administrators who can operate efficiently in Progent's high-growth, virtual office model. Progent works with independent consultants who have proven expertise and working experience in crucial IT areas outside Progent's primary technical focus. Progent's Experts Group employs freelance consultants who can provide consulting and programming support for mission-critical solutions that include MRP, Enterprise Resource Planning, or Customer Relationship Management; possess deep expertise with non-Microsoft operating systems such as Linux, Macintosh, or Solaris, or offer expert skills in areas like telecommunications, web development, EDI, eCommerce, or database management. Independent contractors certified by Progent cooperate with Progent's in-house professionals to provide comprehensive IT services for small company networks.
Windows Server 2016 and SCVMM On-site Technical Support
Technical Support Services Windows Server 2016 Hybrid
Progent's Microsoft-certified IT experts can provide Windows Server 2016 migration consulting to assist organizations of all sizes to plan and carry out a smooth move to Windows Server 2016 and Hyper-V 2016 based on an on-premises, cloud-centric, or hybrid deployment model. Progent can assist your company to assess the value of Windows Server 2016 for your environment and can help you with any aspect of designing, deploying, managing or troubleshooting your Windows Server 2016 and Windows Hyper-V 2016 ecosystem. Progent can help you to benefit from the many new disaster recovery and security features of Windows Server 2016 and Hyper-V 2016 like Windows Containers for isolating applications, Shielded Virtual Machines to protect against compromised administrators, Credential Guard, Just In Time (JIT) Privileged Access Management, Virtual Machine software load, Storage Replica for zero-data-loss disaster recovery, plus multi-domain clusters.
64-bit Server Technology Consulting
64-bit Processing Consulting
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can help you plan, document, implement, administer, and repair a network-wide move to 64-bit server and client OS software and business applications. Progent can help you test your 64-bit infrastructure to make sure it supports all of the key 32-bit programs that you want to retain plus the latest 64-bit editions of software you plan to install.
24x7 Online Help Wi-Fi 6 wireless controller
CCIE Certified prime infrastructure Network Engineer
Cisco's Catalyst line of wireless controllers simplify the administration of Wi-Fi LANs by unifying the provisioning and control of wireless access points, tuning wireless performance by reducing the impact of RF congestion, enhancing wireless uptime with rapid auto-failover, and strengthening security by detecting threats and analyzing network traffic based on user type and locale. Progent can help your business to configure Cisco Wi-Fi controller appliances to manage and monitor wireless networks of any size. Progent can assist you to maintain and troubleshoot your existing Cisco-based Wi-Fi solution or carry out a smooth transition to Cisco's modern wireless controller technology.
CIO Consulting
Best Part-Time CIO Remote Technical Support
Progent offers the temporary assistance of a veteran Chief Information Officer who can provide strategic direction to help your company select and maintain IT technology to meet your current situation and that can be a firm foundation for your growth. Progent's part-time CIO services offer financial advantages to companies who want to maximize the impact of their network investment but who are unable or unwilling to take on one more executive-level manager to their head count. Because Progent is vendor-neutral, with a sizable team of engineers certified to support all major operating systems and networking technologies plus a wide selection and business applications, Progent is in a unique situation to offer unbiased advice as well as expert technical help for creating information solutions that fit the special requirements of your business.
Top Quality Ubiquiti UniFi Controller management Consultancy
Ubiquiti UniFi WLAN Engineers
Progent can provide quick access to the skills of veteran Wi-Fi consultants who can help organizations to assess the benefits of Ubiquiti UniFi Wi-Fi access points for your company and help you to plan, install, manage, and debug your UniFi network. Progent can also conduct a Wi-Fi site survey to help you to choose, provision, and place Ubiquiti UniFi wireless APs for your required signal coverage and performance.
Google Cloud IAM Technology Professional
Google Cloud AI Building Blocks Specialist
Progent can provide cost-effective remote and onsite consulting to assist organizations of any size to move any part of their core network infrastructure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This can save management hassle and equipment costs and allow access to Google's cutting edge AI and machine learning tools. Progent can assist your IT team with every phase of Google Cloud Platform integration including needs analysis, preparedness assessment, system design and review, testing, configuration, centralized administration, performance optimization, software license management, disaster recovery solutions, and security.
Microsoft 365 Integration Support
Office 365 Skype for Business Integration On-site Technical Support
Progent can assist you to evaluate the many subscription plans available with Microsoft 365, formerly branded Office 365, and configure your network with Microsoft 365 so you derive maximum business value. Progent supports multi-vendor networks that include Windows, macOS or OS X, and Linux technology. Progent can also assist you to create and manage hybrid solutions that transparently combine local and cloud-based products and services.
Microsoft MS SQL 2008 Professional
SQL 2008 Support and Setup
SQL Server 2008 delivers powerful, standardized tools to computer experts and network users, lessening the difficulty of creating, integrating, managing, and using enterprise data and analytical applications on platforms ranging from handheld devices to corporate data networks. The complexity and interconnectivity demands of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 call for a network consulting firm with real-world expertise and broad knowledge in designing and deploying information-based, end-to-end business IT applications. The knowledge and experience of Progent's Microsoft-certified technical team, with an average of over 10 years of background involving Microsoft integration, assures you success in planning, configuring and supporting Microsoft SQL Server 2008 solutions that are well integrated with the Microsoft .NET platform.
.NET C# Development Group
Programmer DotNET Application
If you want to revamp your production web site, build internal webs for applications such as HR or employee education, establish a powerful web presence for a new venture, or write enterprise-class, data-driven custom web applications, Progent can supply skilled and proven web designers. Progent's consultants can also help you design and maintain a safe, fault-tolerant server and communications network, including remote and wireless connectivity, to run your web solutions.
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