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The Catalyst line of modular and fixed-configuration switches provides speed and intelligence at the access, aggregation, and backbone levels of converged voice, video, and data networks for businesses that range in size from small businesses and branch offices to global enterprises and service providers. Progent's Cisco-certified consultants offer online and onsite support for Catalyst switches to help you to design an efficient network architecture that addresses your unique business requirements, set up proof-of-concept testing, deploy Catalyst switches, implement and validate a sound security and compliance strategy, automate system management and monitoring, provide troubleshooting and maintenance services, optimize switch capacity, and set up Catalyst's high-availability (HA) solutions to achieve non-stop operation.

Progent can help you to manage and repair your older Catalyst switches or upgrade with minimal disruption to up-to-date models of Catalyst switches adhering to leading practices to ensure that you receive the highest return from your investment in your IT infrastructure.

The demand for smart, high-performance switching is the result 0f a combination of relatively new networking patterns whose overall effect is a cyber avalanche of data:

• Cloud and Internet of Things computing and a consequent reliance on massive virtualization
• The pervasiveness of always-connected mobile devices
• Data guzzling HD video apps
• Social media for business
• The popularity of Big Data in enterprise data analytics
• Ever more advanced cyberattacks like ransomware

Cisco's latest portfolio of Catalyst switches are designed for the distribution and core layers layers of campus deployments where office workers must be accommodated by providing dependable performance, secure access management, tight segregation, application intelligence, and wired and wireless convergence. Cisco's Catalyst switches address the demand for performance and intelligence with capabilities that include high-density 10G/40G/100G support, switching throughput more than 25T for each switch, an extensive collection of tools such as EVN to facilitate the deployment of virtual networks, VSS technology for stateful interchassis failover with subsecond backup switch recovery and "five nines" (99.999%) availability, IPv6 capability, Application Visibility and Control to maximize system utilization, and advanced Quality of Service capabilities for business-critical traffic control.

Cisco Catalyst switches enable businesses of all sizes to benefit from incorporating smart switching and routing features into their network infrastructure, deploying an ecosystem that can handle current needs, scale to support expected capacity demands, guard sensitive information, and separate and manage processes to optimize network productivity.

Catalyst 1000 Series Fixed Ethernet Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 1000 Series Layer 2 network access switches are compact, fixed-configuration switches targeted for smaller businesses and branches with up to 250 workers and with little if any internal IT expertise. Cisco's Catalyst 1000 line includes fanless versions for quiet operation outside a wiring closet in an office environment. Mounting options include desktop, wall mount, rack mount, and DIN. Designed as a simple replacement for Catalyst 2960-L/2960-Plus Series deployments, the Catalyst 1000 Series includes versions with 8 to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports or 24 to 48 Fast Ethernet 10/100M ports.

Catalyst 1000 configuration and administration are simple using a web interface or CLI, cybersecurity is enterprise-class, and PoE+ ports with an automatically allocated budget of 740W supports a broad range of IoT implementations. Up to eight Catalyst 1000 Gigabit Ethernet model switches can be controlled at once with single IP. Catalyst 1000 appliances are line-rate switches, and all are powered by Cisco's venerable IOS Software. Quality-of-Service features include egress queues on every port plus priority packet queuing to provide wire-speed performance for time-critical data. Catalyst 1000 switches also feature Shaped Round Robin (SRR) scheduling and Weighted Tail Drop (WTD) congestion management.

Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series Fixed and Modular Managed Switches
The Catalyst 9000 series of managed switches includes modular and fixed units and supports all deployment scenarios including access, aggregation, and core switching. The Cisco Catalyst 9000 line offers devices with the right price/performance to connect people and things in environments ranging from small businesses and branch offices to global enterprises. Catalyst 9000 Series switches can be set up to support any mix of onsite facilities, private/public clouds, and hybrid network models. Modern network management utilities and cutting-edge security solutions lower cost of ownership by cutting operational overhead and protecting vital network assets. Cisco's 9000X line of managed switches provide converged switching/routing, delivering the first combination of 400G QSFP-DD ports along with full mGig Ethernet and Power-over-Ethernet ports.

With double the stacking bandwidth at about half the cost of the end-of-life Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches they are designed to replace, Cisco's Catalyst 9200 Series switches are a natural infrastructure update for small branch offices and midsize campus environments. The Catalyst 9200 portfolio includes switches that support 24 or 48 ports with full PoE+; 80-160 Gbps backplane stacking bandwidth; and Layer 3 features such as OSPF, EIGP distance routing protocol, IS-IS, and RIP. Catalyst 9200 Series switches run the Cisco IOS XE operating system.

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

Cisco's Catalyst 9300 Series switches are fixed, stackable units for high-density enterprise access switching. Advanced capabilities available with various models in the Catalyst 9300 family include 1T stacking throughput, stackable SFP fiber, up to 448 multigigabit ports including 288 ports of 90W UPOE+ with an 8-device stack, line rate IPsec with AES-256 Encryption and speeds as high as 100G, redundant fans and power supplies, plus StackPower cables compatible throughout the complete Catalyst 9300 family.

Powered by Cisco IOS XE, appliances in the Catalyst 9300 family support auto provisioning, API-driven configuration, high-granularity visibility for close to realtime monitoring, and seamless software updates. Security capabilities include Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) along with AES-256 MACsec and IPSec encryption, and Trust Anchor Technologies with Image signing. Cloud cybersecurity is enhanced because Catalyst 9300 switches are able to host the Cisco Umbrella agent directly. This allows organizations to implement their DNS policies granularly to block BYOD or IoT clients from visiting dangerous websites.

The value-priced 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 utilizes fixed rather than modular uplink hardware for 4 1G, 4 10G, or 2 40G uplink ports. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 appliance features 480G of stacking bandwidth and supports 48 100M/1G/2.5G/5Gbps ports, 24 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10Gbps ports, or 48 1G SFP ports. Modular uplink performance supported are 1G, 10G, 25G, or 40G. The top-of-the-line Cisco Catalyst 9300X switch delivers 1T backplane stacking performance and offers 48 10G Ethernet ports. The 9300X accepts uplink modules with dual-rate 100G/40G, multirate 25G/10G/1G, or mGig. Cisco 90W UPOE+ supports IoT-intensive applications. Hardware is available to support 100G IPsec.

Cisco's Catalyst 9400 Series devices are modular switches based on Cisco IOS XE and intended for midsize and enterprise campus access deployments. Offering twice the performance and more than four times the chassis bandwidth as the Catalyst 6500 line it is built to replace, the Catalyst 9400 portfolio brings switch technology into the modern era of networking driven by security, mobility, Internet of Things, and cloud.

Catalyst 9400 appliances are available with 4-slot, 7-slot, and 10-slot chassis. Two slots on each chassis are reserved for redundant supervisor cards, leaving 2, 5, or 8 slots open for line cards. Max capacity for each line-card slot is 480 Gbps. Switching performance can reach 1.44 Tbps and forwarding rate on Supervisor Module is as high as 9 Tbps for the 10-slot chassis. All Catalyst 9400 appliances can provide 90W UPOE+ on every access port, secure 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 supports 240 ports, and the Catalyst 9400 10-slot supports 384 ports. All Catalyst 9400 switches can provide 2 non-blocking 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP uplinks and 8 non-blocking 10G SFP+ uplinks.

Cisco's Catalyst 9500 product line includes fixed core and edge services switches intended for the large campus. Catalyst 9500 models are powered by Cisco IOS XE and the the family includes the first network technology to provide switching rates higher than 25 Tbps.

Cisco's Catalyst 9500 appliances provide as high as 6.4 Tbps switching capacity with forwarding throughput as high as 2 Billion Packet per Second. Catalyst 9500 appliances can support as many as 32 nonblocking 100 Gigabit QSFP28 ports, 32 nonblocking 40 Gigabit QSFP+ ports, 48 nonblocking 25G SFP28 ports, or 48 nonblocking 10G ports. You can configure Multichassis EtherChannel across Cisco StackWise-Virtual members to achieve high resiliency.

Catalyst 9500X switches support as high as 25.6 Tbps switching capacity with up to 2 Bpps forwarding speed. Catalyst 9500X models deliver 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 hardware support for line-rate 256-bit 802.1AE Media Access Control Security (MACsec) and WAN-MACsec1 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 up to 25.6 Terabits per second and can contain up to 256 nonblocking 10/25/50 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 96 nonblocking 40/100G G ports, or 8 nonblocking 200/400 GE QSFP-DD ports. The Catalyst 9600 switch also supports 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 environments. The Catalyst 9600 chassis has a passive backplane, so you can replace fan tray, power supplies, and line cards without disrupting operation.

Legacy Catalyst Series Switches Supported by Progent
Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified network consultants have extensive experience delivering remote and onsite consulting and troubleshooting services for legacy Catalyst switches for which Cisco has announced End of Life (EOL). These outdated switches often cost more to manage and maintain than current models, deliver lower capacity and functionality, and for some situations may expose businesses to regulatory and liability risks. Progent's consultants are available to assist your business to maintain and troubleshoot these legacy switches and can also help you to plan and execute non-disruptive migrations to current models from the Catalyst family or to solutions from Cisco's Nexus portfolio of switches which build upon Catalyst design experience.

Catalyst Express 500 and 520 Line
The Catalyst Express 500 line of managed Ethernet switches are designed for companies with up to 250 workers and provide the dependability, protection, extensibility, and features small businesses need at an affordable cost. PoE capability makes it simple to install network devices like wireless access points and closed-circuit TV cameras.

Versions of the Catalyst Express 500 and 520 switches offer up to 24 10/100/1000BT Ethernet ports plus optional redundant power supplies with automatic fail-over for additional reliability. Integration with Cisco access points allows businesses to set up a wireless LAN network rapidly and easily. The Cisco Catalyst Express 500 platform provides strong protection against viruses With the Cisco Self-Defending Network strategy and Clean Access solutions. Catalyst 2940 Switch
Catalyst 2900 non-modular, managed Ethernet switches offer basic workgroup networking for small to medium-sized organizations. These wire-rate desktop switches offer IOS Software functions for basic data, video, and voice control at the edge of the network. The Cisco 2940 Series switches are small, stackable devices featuring eight Ethernet connections plus a single built-in Fast or Gigabit uplink. They can be installed outside the wiring closet in cramped areas like on or under a user's desk or in a classroom.

Catalyst 2960-S Series Switch
The Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series are fixed-configuration switches designed for small businesses and branch offices. Available versions incorporate 24 or 48 1Gb Ethernet ports, four 1-Gigabit or two 10-GB Ethernet uplink connections, and deliver switching capacity of 176 Gbps. Cisco's FlexStack technology allows up to four Catalyst 2960-S chassis to be combined in a FlexStack stack to perform like one switching unit that provides 40 Gbps of stacking bandwidth and that cuts management costs with single-switch configuration. IPv6 First Hop Security technology guards against IPv6 address theft and other attacks.

Cisco Catalyst 3560 Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 3560 family is a line of fixed-configuration switches that features IEEE 802.3af and Cisco Power over Ethernet capability in 10/100 and 10/100/1000 Ethernet configurations. The Catalyst 3560 switch is an ideal Layer 2 switch for small enterprise LAN connectivity or local-office environments, combining both Gigabit and Power over Ethernet configurations for high efficiency while streamlining the deployment of vital applications such a VoIP, Wi-Fi, video surveillance, and building management systems. Customers can activate comprehensive smart services such as quality of service (QoS), rate management, access control lists (ACLs), multicast management, and broadband IP routing while maintaining the simplicity of conventional LAN switching.

Cisco's Catalyst 3560 switch offers a robust set of capabilities that permit network expandability and enhanced availability through IP routing as well as a complete complement of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) enhancements designed to maximize throughput in a Layer 2 LAN. Enhancements to the standard STP Protocol, including Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+), Uplink Fast, and Port Fast, as well as enhancements like Flex Links Layer 2 interfaces, improve network efficiency. Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus allows for Data Link Layer traffic balancing on backup connections to take advantage of the additional capacity associated with a redundant design.

Important routing mechanisms including Open Shortest Path First (OPSF), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), static routing, and PBR increase network scale; Protocol Independent Multicast improves resource utilization; and Virtual Route Forwarding Lite (VRFLite) secures network traffic.

Catalyst 3750 Family Switches
For mid-size businesses and corporate branches, the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switch eases deployment of unified technologies and accommodates changing competitive environments by providing configuration flexibility, support for converged network patterns, and management-free configuration of intelligent network services. Also, the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series is designed for high-volume Gigabit Ethernet environments and includes a diverse selection of switches that meet the access, distribution, and backbone-interface requirements of small or mid-size deployments.

The Cisco Catalyst 3750 switch includes either the IP Base image or the Services image. The IP Base image capabilities include industry-leading quality of service, rate-limiting, access control lists, and basic static and Routing Information Protocol routing support. The IP Services image provides a richer set of enterprise-level features, such as sophisticated hardware-based IP unicast and multicast routing.

StackWise technology is an architecture optimized for 1000 Ethernet. This technology is designed to respond to installs, deletions, and relocations while maintaining consistent performance. Cisco StackWise technology combines up to nine separate switches into a single functional unit, using special stack-interconnect cables and software. Any of the switches can be any mix of the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switches and the Catalyst 3750-E Series. The stack operates as an individual switching appliance that is managed by a master switch, elected from among the member switches. The master switch intelligently builds and updates all the switching and optional routing databases. A working stack can accommodate new members or remove existing members without service interruption.

Catalyst 2960 Swiches and Catalyst 3560-CX Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 2960-CX is a fixed-port managed switch that is ultra-compact, fanless, power efficient, and allows a variety of mounting alternatives. The switch incorporates eight 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and two Gigabit Ethernet uplinks and has an option for PoE+ power. Cisco's Catalyst 3560-CX is a fixed-configuration managed switch housed in a compact, noiseless and low-power unit that can be mounted virtually anywhere convenient. Models are offered with 8 or 12 1-GE ports or with 6 1-GE ports and two multigigabit Ethernet ports. Two or four uplink ports are offered, and Power over Ethernet (PoE) is also an option.

Cisco's Catalyst 2960-L line consists of entry-level fixed-configuration managed switches designed for small offices, retail venues, and other environments where space is limited. Catalyst 2900-L compact switches have eight to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports and two or four SFP uplink ports. Power over Ethernet support saves space and fanless operation for 16- and 24-port models eliminates noise. RJ-45 interfaces accommodate 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-T SFP-based ports.

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and Catalyst 2960-XR Series switches improve on 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 FlexStack Plus stack capable of 80 Gbps of stacking throughput. Catalyst 2900 Series switches also support NetFlow-Lite for conserving forwarding data for analysis. Cisco's Catalyst 2960-XR switch is capable of L3 dynamic routing, providing the simplicity of using one switch for Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing.

Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 Switches
Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 switches are fixed-configuration, stackable access devices powered by Cisco's IOS XE OS and incorporating full wireless network controller capability that allows you to control wired and wireless networks on a single platform managed by one OS. Cisco offers versions with 24 or 48 1Gb Ethernet ports with PoE+, four 1-Gigabit or four 10-GB Ethernet uplinks, and support for as many as nine Catalyst switches in a stack. All models provide expandable Quality of Service, fast failover for high availability, support in software for IPv4/IPv6 routing, multicast routing, and advanced security.

Because wireless data traffic is present at the Catalyst 3000 Series switch, network managers can identify and assign priorities to wireless traffic with Cisco's FNF technology along with sophisticated Quality of Service capabilities for a better user environment and quicker problem isolation. Multigigabit Ethernet switching can handle the high-throughput defined by the new 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi standard using existing cabling solutions. (To find out about Progent's support for Cisco's 802.11ac Wi-Fi access points and wireless controllers, and Meraki cloud-managed APs, visit Configuration and Troubleshooting Support for Cisco Wireless Access Points and Controllers.)

The Catalyst 3650 switch delivers stacking throughput of up to 160 Gbps and supports as many as 25 wireless APs and 1000 Wi-Fi users per stack. The Catalyst 3850 switch delivers stacking performance of up to 480 Gbps and can control up to 50 wireless APs and 2000 Wi-Fi users on each switch. Catalyst 3850 SFP Fiber Switches have 12 or 24 1G fiber ports at line rate on every port, providing far reaching connectivity, enhanced protection, and an identical wired and wireless user experience.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Series and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 4500-E Series and and Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are intended for campus and distribution environments where space for networking hardware is limited. Running Cisco's IOS XE control software, the Catalyst 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X product lines facilitate virtualization by supporting Cisco's Easy Virtual Network and VSS technologies. Virtualization makes it possible to divide a physical network into multiple virtual networks whose data planes and control planes are logically separate. This makes possible the efficient utilization, protection, recoverability, and manageability needed for Cloud environments or other scenarios where a single resource pool must be used by applications and services that must run in total isolation from each other. EVN streamlines the process of deploying virtual networks and scales to 32 VNs for each switch. EVN utilizes the capabilities of Multi-VRF and includes additional technologies including VNET Trunks and a simple technique for duplicating replicating routes connecting VNs. VSS technology makes it easy to configure Catalyst 4500-E and 4500-X Series platforms to produce zero-downtime VNs with advanced traffic load balancing.

Catalyst 4500-E Switches
Cisco's Supervisor Engine 8-E for the Catalyst 4500-E modular switch includes a built-in wireless network controller that works with Cisco's Unified Access solution for wired and wireless convergence. The Supervisor Engine 8-E is the initial Catalyst supervisor to enable wired plus wireless services on one switch powered by IOS XE. Technologies include Cisco's Flexible NetFlow solution for capacity planning encompassing both wired and wireless networks, TrustSec/SGT2 wired/wireless data security, consistent QoS for wired and Wi-Fi networks, and the expansion of Nonstop Forwarding with Stateful Switchover to cover Wi-Fi data traffic for world-quality availability.

Offered in chassis that have from three to 10 plug-in slots, Catalyst 4500-E Series switches with Supervisor 8-E can support up to 384 1-Gigabit Ethernet access ports, 193 Gigabit Ethernet fiber fiber ports, 96 10GE fiber connections, and eight 10GE uplinks. Cisco's Supervisor Engine 8-E provides as much as 928 Gbps of wired capacity per system and as much as 20 Gbps of wireless termination capacity. 50 wireless APs and 2000 Wi-Fi clients can be handled on each switch, and up to 250 APs and 4000 clients are managed in a multi-switch deployment without a separate wireless network controller.

Catalyst 4500-X Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 4500-X switches are fixed 10-Gigabit Ethernet aggregation platforms that can deliver as much as 800 Gbps of core switching performance per device. The Catalyst 4500-X switch can have as many as 32 10GE ports on the baseboard and eight extra 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports on the optional expansion module for a total of 40 10GE ports. Eight 10GE uplinks can be added with a separate module. In addition to offering zero-downtime operation and simple management, Cisco's virtual switching system technology on Catalyst 4500-X Series switches offers increased system throughput of up to 1.6 Tbps by enabling all possible capacity between VSS-linked Catalyst 4500-X switches. Other features include Flexible NetFlow technology for application visibility, Cisco TrustSec security, and fast, hardware-based IPv6 forwarding.

Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series switches are campus backbone switches that incorporate the proven DNA of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 family of switches, which were introduced over a decade ago and have been steadily enhanced since then. Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series switches offer identical features and operation, and the modular Catalyst 6807-XL switch supports the Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 2T and the associated family of line cards and service modules. This cross compatibility and program of ongoing enhancement protects your infrastructure expenditures and allows you to upgrade your network with little service interruption or management team training.

Shared attributes of Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches equipped with the Supervisor Engine 2T include the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) for convenient, single-point management to put in place unvarying policy throughout a distributed environment, Virtual Switching System technology for 99.999% availability via multi-level redundancy, and the Cisco LISP protocol to support client roaming and mobility and to simplify network virtualization and migration to IPv6. Additional virtual networking features to partition distinct user groups and support the unique security/compliance and QoS policy requirements of every group include Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN, complete Multiprotocol Label Switching, EVN, VRF-aware technology for Network Address Translation NetFlow, IPv6 over IPv4 GRE Tunnels, and L2 geographic extensions with virtual private LAN services. For unified wired and wireless networking, the WiSM2 controller Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches includes support for as many as 1000 APs and 15,000 wireless clients.

Catalyst 6500-E Series Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Series of modular switches are intended for distribution and campus core environments that require maximum uptime and high concentrations of 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 1 GE fiber, or 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet ports. Available versions come with three to 13 slots and work with a wide selection of interfaces. Integrated service modules support wireless management, traffic monitoring, and security and compliance. Just E-Series models of Cisco's broad line of 6500 switches work with the Supervisor Engine 2T.

The Cisco Catalyst 6503-E has a 4 rack unit form factor, holds 3 slots, and delivers as much as 180 Gbps of switching bandwidth per slot. The Cisco Catalyst 6503-E switch can support 97 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports, up to 99 Gigabit Ethernet fiber connections, up to 34 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, and 8 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports.

The high-end Cisco Catalyst 6513-E switch has a 19 rack unit, 13-slot form factor and offers as much as 180 Gbps of bandwidth on each slot, providing a total system capacity as high as 4 Tbps. A Virtual Switching System configuration can handle up to 8 Tbps of throughout. The Catalyst 6513-E Series switch supports up to 529 1 Gigabit Ethernet connections, up to 534 1GE fiber connections, 180 10-Gigabit Ethernet access ports, and up to 44 40GE connections.

Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 6800 Series switches are campus core switches intended to provide optimal 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet services. The Cisco Catalyst 6880-X switch is a fixed-configuration, compact device for Ethernet aggregation designed for small or midsize campus backbones. The 6880-X switch supports up to 2 Tbps capacity and features four slots for plug-in port cards. The maximum port density per chassis is 80 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports or 10GE connections or as many as 20 40GE connections. Configured with Cisco's Virtual Switching System, a two-chassis system can deliver 4 Tbps performance and handle as many as 158 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports or 10GE ports or as many as 20 40GE access ports.

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

Ways That Progent Can Help Your Business with Catalyst Series Switches
Progent can provide the online or onsite support services of CCIE-certified network consultants who have extensive experience providing Catalyst switch support for small and midsize businesses, branches, enterprise campuses, data centers, Cloud networks, and service providers. Progent's practice areas include Cisco's Catalyst and Nexus lines of smart switches and Cisco's IOS, IOS-XR and NX-OS control software. Services offered by Progent for Cisco Catalyst Series switches include pilot testing and validation, system analysis and monitoring, network architecture design, migrations and project management, network virtualization, wired/wireless unification, management automation, performance optimization, problem mitigation, disaster recovery planning, and IT security assessment and remediation.

Progent offers broad knowledge of open standards and with proprietary Cisco protocols related to switching and routing such as BGP, MPLS, Protocol Independent Multicast, VPNs, STP, virtual LANs, FabricPath, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), HSRP, VRRP, OSPF, VSS, and LISP. Progent's infrastructure experts also offer familiarity with key technologies including TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, Routing Information Protocol, and IGMP. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified data security consultants can assist you to create an enterprise-wide security and compliance plan and deploy Cisco Catalyst switches so that they offer maximum support for your network security posture.

In case you need the highest available Ethernet density or extremely low latency Cisco switches for an enterprise-class data center, Progent can help you to analyze, plan, and implement a migration to Nexus switches. To find out about Progent's consulting services for Nexus switches, refer to Cisco Nexus Switch configuration and support services available from Progent. Progent can also help you to integrate Catalyst core switches with Meraki distribution switches. (See Cisco Meraki switch integration consultants.)

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