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The Catalyst family of modular and fixed managed switches offers performance and control at the access, distribution, and backbone levels of converged voice, HD video, and high bandwidth data networks for organizations that range in size from small businesses and branch offices to multi-campus enterprises and SPs. Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE consultants offer remote and onsite support for Catalyst family switches to help your organization to plan a cost-effective infrastructure that meets your specific business needs, configure proof-of-concept testing systems, deploy Catalyst switches, implement and validate a sensible security strategy, automate network management and performance tracking, deliver troubleshooting and maintenance services, maximize switch capacity, and configure Catalyst's high-availability (HA) solutions for non-stop operation.

Progent can help you to maintain and troubleshoot your legacy Catalyst switches or migrate with minimal disruption to up-to-date models of Catalyst switches following industry best 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 computing trends whose net effect is a cyber tsunami of traffic:

• Cloud and IoT computing and an associated requirement for intensive network virtualization
• The pervasiveness of BYOD computing
• Bandwidth-intensive HD video apps
• Social media for business
• The popularity of Big Data in data analytics
• Ever more advanced threats like ransomware

Cisco's latest portfolio of Catalyst switches are ideal for the distribution/core levels of enterprise campus deployments where office workers must be supported with consistent high speed, secure access control, tight segregation, application intelligence, and wired and wireless convergence. Catalyst series switches are designed to meet the need for performance and control with capabilities that include high-port-count 10, 40, and 100 Gigabit Ethernet support, switching performance over 25T per appliance, a comprehensive catalog of tools such as Easy Virtual Network to simplify the creation of virtual networks, Virtual Switching System (VSS) technology for stateful interchassis failover with subsecond backup switch recovery and 99.999% uptime, IPv6 capability, AVC to optimize network utilization, and sophisticated Quality of Service capabilities for business-critical data control.

Cisco Catalyst switches enable organizations of all sizes to benefit from incorporating intelligent switching services into their network architecture, creating an ecosystem that can handle current requirements, scale to support expected capacity demands, protect vital information, and differentiate and control processes to optimize network productivity.

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

Catalyst 1000 set up and management are easy using a web interface or command-line interface, security is enterprise-grade, and Power over Ethernet ports with a dynamically allocated budget of 740W supports a wide variety of IoT implementations. Up to eight Catalyst 1000 Gbit Ethernet model switches can be controlled at once with single IP. All Catalyst Series 1000 models are line-rate devices, and all are powered by Cisco's venerable IOS Software. Quality-of-Service (QoS) capabilities include egress queues on every port as well as priority packet queuing to provide wire-speed throughput for all classes of data. Catalyst Series 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 includes modular and fixed switches and can support all deployment models including access, distribution, and core switching. The Cisco Catalyst 9000 series includes switches with the right price/performance to connect workers and things in venues ranging from small businesses and branches to global enterprises. Catalyst 9000 switches can be configured to implement any combination of onsite deployments, private/public clouds, and hybrid networks. Unified management tools and advanced cybersecurity features lower cost of ownership by saving time and protecting vital IT assets. Cisco's 9000X series of managed switches provide converged switching/routing, delivering the first mix of 400G optical transceivers along with full multigigabit Ethernet and Power-over-Ethernet ports.

With double the stacking bandwidth for around 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 compelling network improvement for small branch offices and midsize campus environments. The 9200 portfolio includes models that offer 24 or 48 ports with full PoE+; 80-160 Gbps stacking performance; streaming telemetry; and Layer 3 capabilities such as OSPF Interior Gateway Protocol, EIGRP, IS-IS, and RIP. Cisco Catalyst 9200 switches are powered by Cisco IOS XE.

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

Cisco's Catalyst 9300 Series switches are fixed, stackable units for ultra-high-density access switching. Key capabilities provided with various models in the Catalyst 9300 product line include 1T stacking throughput, stackable SFP fiber, up to 448 multigigabit Ethernet ports including 288 ports of 90W UPOE+ with an 8-unit configuration, line rate IPsec tunnel with AES-256 with MACsec 256-bit encryption and speeds up to 100G, HA fans and power supplies, plus data stack and StackPower cables common across the complete Catalyst 9300 family.

Based on Cisco IOS XE, switches in the Catalyst 9300 product line support auto device provisioning, API-based configuration, high-granularity visibility for near realtime monitoring, and transparent software updates and patching. Advanced security features include Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) along with AES-256 MACsec and IPSec encryption, and Trust Anchor Technologies with Image signing. Cloud security is strengthened because Catalyst 9300 switches have the ability to host the Cisco Umbrella agent directly. This makes it possible for organizations to customize their DNS filtering policies at a granular user or group level to block BYOD or IoT users from accessing malicious websites.

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

Cisco's Catalyst 9400 Series devices are modular switches powered by the Cisco IOS XE operating system and targeted for medium-size and large campus access deployments. Offering twice the performance and more than four times the chassis bandwidth as the Catalyst 6500 line it is designed to replace, the Catalyst 9400 portfolio ushers 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 each chassis are reserved for redundant supervisor cards, making 2, 5, or 8 slots available for line cards. Max bandwidth per 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 chassis offer 90W UPOE+ on every port, protected network segmentation with Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) and N+N/N+1 power redundancy for high resilience. The Catalyst 9400 4-slot switch can support 96 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, 5G/10G mGig ports, or 10G SFP+ ports. The Catalyst 9400 7-slot supports 240 ports, and the Catalyst 9400 10-slot supports 384 ports. All Catalyst 9400 appliances can provide 2 non-blocking 40 Gigabit Ethernet Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable uplinks and up to 8 non-blocking 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ uplinks.

The Catalyst 9500 family includes fixed core and edge services switches intended for the large campus. Catalyst 9500 models are based on the Cisco IOS XE operating system and the series incorporates the first network technology to provide switching speeds above 25 Terabits per second.

Cisco's Catalyst 9500 models deliver up to 6.4 Terabits per second switching performance with forwarding speed as high as 2 Billion Packet per Second. Catalyst 9500 switches can provide up to 32 nonblocking 100 Gigabit QSFP28 optical ports, 32 nonblocking 40G QSFP+ ports, 48 nonblocking 25G SFP28 ports, or 48 nonblocking 10G ports. You can configure Multichassis EtherChannel (MEC) across Cisco StackWise-Virtual members to achieve high availability.

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

Catalyst 9600 Series switches are modular core and distribution switches intended for the enterprise campus. The 6-slot chassis with a Catalyst 9600X Series Supervisor delivers switching performance as high as 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 switch also provides dual-rate 40G/100G and 10G/25G optics. Two chassis slots are reserved for high-availability supervisors. You can mix and match a variety of line cards for core and aggregation deployments. The Catalyst 9600 chassis has a passive backplane, so you can replace fan tray, power supplies, and line cards without disrupting operation.

End-of-Life Catalyst Models Still Supported by Progent's Consultants
Progent's Cisco certified consultants have broad experience delivering online and onsite support expertise for older Catalyst Series switches for which Cisco has announced End of Life or End of Support. These legacy Catalyst switches typically cost more to manage and support than current models, deliver less performance and functionality, and for many cases can subject organizations to regulatory and even liability issues. Progent are available to help you to support and repair these older switches and can also assist you to plan and execute non-disruptive upgrades to newer models from the Catalyst line or to devices from the Cisco Nexus portfolio of network switches which build upon Catalyst technology.

Catalyst Express 500 Line of Switches
Cisco's Catalyst Express 500 and 520 line of Layer 2 switches are designed for organizations with up to 250 workers and deliver the dependability, security, scalability, and feature set small businesses need at an economical cost. PoE capability makes it easy to install network devices such as VoIP phones and closed-circuit cameras.

Versions of the Cisco Catalyst Express 500 managed switches offer up to 24 10/100/1000BASE-T ports as well as the option of redundant power supplies with automatic fail-over for extra reliability. Integration with Cisco wireless access points helps organizations to set up a local wireless environment rapidly and easily. The Cisco Catalyst Express 500 and 520 family offers solid protection against viruses With Cisco's Self-Defending Network strategy and Clean Access solutions. Catalyst 2940 Switch
Catalyst 2900 non-modular, managed 10/100 Ethernet switches offer fundamental small-group connectivity for small to medium-size businesses. These wire-speed desktop switches offer IOS Software features for simple mixed-media traffic services at the network edge. The Cisco 2940 line of switches are small-footprint, stackable switches featuring eight Fast Ethernet connections plus a single integrated Fast or Gigabit uplink. The enclosures can be installed outside the wiring cabinet in space-constrained office spaces such as on or under a worker's desk or in a classroom.

Catalyst 2960-S Switch
The Catalyst 2960-S Series are fixed-configuration switches intended for small businesses and branch offices. Current versions incorporate either 24 or 48 1Gb Ethernet ports, four 1GE or two 10-GB Ethernet uplink ports, and deliver throughput of up to 176 Gbps. Cisco's FlexStack technology allows up to four Catalyst 2960-S switches to be combined in a stack to act like one switching unit that offers 40 Gbps of stacking performance and that reduces management expense because of one-switch setup. IPv6 FHS technology protects against IPv6 address interception and malicious attacks.

Catalyst 3560 Family Switches
The Catalyst 3560 Series is a line of non-modular switches that features IEEE 802.3af and Cisco PoE capability in Fast Ethernet and 10/100/1000 Ethernet configurations. The Catalyst 3560 Series switch is an ideal Layer 2 switch for small enterprise LAN access or satellite-office environments, combining both Gigabit and Power over Ethernet configurations for high productivity while streamlining the deployment of key technology including VoIP, wireless access, video surveillance, and building management systems. IT managers can activate comprehensive intelligent services such as QoS, rate management, access control lists, multicast management, and high-performance IP routing while maintaining the ease of traditional network switching.

The Catalyst 3560 family switch has a powerful set of features that allow for network scalability and higher availability through IP routing plus a complete suite of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) improvements aimed to increase throughput in a Layer 2 LAN. Improvements to the standard STP Protocol, including Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus, and Uplink Fast, combined with enhancements such as Flex Links Layer 2 interfaces, improve network efficiency. PVST+ supports Layer 2 load balancing on redundant links to efficiently use the extra capacity inherent in a redundant design.

Efficient technologies including Open Shortest Path First (OPSF), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), BGP, and Policy Based Routing improve network scale; Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) improves utilization of network resources; and VRFLite protects data.

Cisco Catalyst 3750 Family Switches
For midsized businesses and corporate branch offices, the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switch simplifies deployment of converged applications and accommodates changing business environments by offering setup flexibility, ability to manage unified network traffic, and management-free configuration of smart network functions. In addition, the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series is engineered for high-density Gigabit Ethernet deployments and includes a wide selection of switches that meet the access, distribution, and backbone-connectivity requirements of small or mid-size networks.

Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series includes either the IP Base or the IP Services image. The IP Base image features include industry-leading quality of service (QoS), rate-management, access control lists, and basic static and RIP routing support. The IP Services image offers a richer selection of high-end features, such as sophisticated hardware-based IP unicast and multicast routing.

Cisco StackWise technology is a stacking architecture designed for 1000 Ethernet. Cisco StackWise is designed to respond to additions, deletions, and relocations while providing predictable operation. StackWise combines as many as nine separate switches into a single functional device, using special stack-interface cables and utilities. Each of the switches can be any combination of Cisco's Catalyst 3750 switches and the 3750-E switches. The stack operates as an individual switching appliance that is managed by a master switch, selected from among the stack of switches. The master switch intelligently creates and updates all the switching and optional routing databases. A deployed stack can accommodate new switches or delete old switches with no operational interruption.

Catalyst 2960 Swiches and Catalyst 3560-CX Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 2960-CX is a fixed-port managed switch that is compact, fanless, low power, and includes flexible mounting alternatives. The switch incorporates 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-configuration switch housed in a compact, quiet and energy-efficient unit that can be mounted virtually anywhere outside a wiring closet. Versions are available with eight or 12 1-GE ports or with 6 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports plus two multigigabit ports. Two or four uplinks are offered, and Power over Ethernet (PoE) is also an option.

Cisco's Catalyst 2960-L family includes entry-level fixed-configuration managed switches designed for branch offices, retail venues, and other places where space is limited. These compact switches have eight to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports and either two or four Small Form-Factor Pluggable uplink ports. Power over Ethernet support saves space and fanless operation for most models does away with noise. RJ-45 connectors handle 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-T SFP-based ports.

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and Catalyst 2960-XR switches improve on the 2690-S line by offering switching throughput of up to 216 Gbps and providing Cisco's FlexStack-Plus Stacking via a live-swappable plug-in that allows 8 switches in a stack capable of 80 Gbps of stacking performance. Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series switches also support NetFlow-Lite for application visibility and control. The Catalyst 2960-XR switch is capable of L3 dynamic routing, providing the simplicity of having a single device for Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing.

Cisco Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 Switches
Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 series switches are fixed, stackable network access devices based on Cisco's IOS XE operating system and incorporating full wireless network controller functionality that allows you to converge wired and wireless infrastructure on a single device managed by one OS. Cisco offers models with either 24 or 48 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections with PoE+, four 1GE or four 10-GB Ethernet uplink ports, and support for up to nine Catalyst switches in a stack. All models offer expandable Quality of Service, stateful switchover for high availability, support in software for IPv4 and IPv6 routing, multicast, and advanced security.

Since wireless data traffic is visible at the Catalyst 3000 family switch, network managers can spot and prioritize wireless traffic using Cisco's FNF technology along with advanced Quality of Service capabilities for a better user environment and faster problem isolation. Multigigabit Ethernet switching supports the high-throughput defined by the new 802.11ac Wave 2 wireless specification using existing cabling solutions. (To find out about Progent's consulting and support services for Cisco's 802.11ac Aironet wireless products, and Meraki cloud-managed APs, refer to Planning and Deployment Consulting Services for Cisco Wireless Products.)

The Catalyst 3650 switch offers stacking bandwidth as high as 160 Gbps and can control as many as 25 Wi-Fi APs and 1000 Wi-Fi clients per switch. The Catalyst 3850 Series switch delivers stacking throughput of 480 Gbps and supports as many as 50 wireless access points and 2000 Wi-Fi users per switch or stack. Catalyst 3850 SFP Fiber Switches incorporate 12 or 24 1G fiber connections at line rate on every port, providing long distance connectivity, advanced security, and an identical wired/wireless user experience.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Series and Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 4500-E Series and and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are intended for campus and distribution deployments where space for networking equipment is at a premium. Running Cisco's IOS XE control software, both the 4500-E and 4500-X families simplify virtualization by supporting Cisco's EVN and Virtual Switching System (VSS) technologies. Virtualization allows you to segment a physical network into a number of virtual networks (VNs) whose data and control planes are logically distinct. This makes possible the efficient utilization, security and compliance, resilience, and ease of management required for Cloud environments or other situations where a single resource pool is used by applications and services that need to run in total isolation from each other. EVN speeds up the task of deploying VNs and scales to 32 VNs for each switch. Easy Virtual Network incorporates the capabilities of Multi-virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) and provides additional technologies including VNET Tags and a simple way for duplicating replicating routes between VNs. Virtual Switching System makes it possible to set up Catalyst 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X Series switches to produce non-stop virtual networks with optimized load balancing.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Series Switches
The Supervisor Engine for for the Catalyst 4500-E switch includes an integrated wireless network controller that works with Cisco's Unified Access solution for wired/wireless convergence. this is the first Catalyst supervisor engine to enable wired as well as wireless services on a single platform based on Cisco's IOS XE. Features included are Cisco's Flexible NetFlow solution for traffic analytics across both wired and wireless networks, TrustSec wired and wireless data security, consistent QoS for wired and wireless networks, and the expansion of NSF/SSO to cover Wi-Fi traffic for enterprise-class high availability.

Available in chassis with from three to 10 plug-in slots, Catalyst 4500-E switches can support as many as 384 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, up to 192 1GE non-blocking fiber connections, 96 10-Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, and eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplinks. The Catalyst 4500-E Supervisor Engine 8-E provides up to 928 Gbps of wired access per system and 20 Gbps of wireless termination performance. 50 wireless APs and 2000 wireless users can be handled per chassis, and 250 access points and 4000 clients are supported in a multi-switch deployment without requiring a separate wireless network controller.

Catalyst 4500-X Switches
Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are fixed-configuration 10-Gigabit Ethernet aggregation platforms that can deliver as much as 800 Gbps of core switching performance per device. The Catalyst 4500-X supports as many as 32 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports on the unit's baseboard and eight more 10GE ports on the optional expansion module for a total of up to 40 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections. Eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports can be added with a separate module. In addition to providing zero-downtime operation and easy manageability, Cisco's VSS technology on Catalyst 4500-X Series switches provides increased system throughput of up to 1.6 Tbps by enabling all available capacity across VSS-linked Catalyst 4500-X Series switches. Additional features include Flexible NetFlow solution for application visibility, Cisco TrustSec protection, and wire-rate IPv6 forwarding.

Catalyst 6500 Series and Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series switches are campus backbone platforms that share the proven DNA of the Catalyst 6500 line of switches, which first appeared over a decade ago and have been continually improved since then. Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series switches offer identical features and operation, and the modular Catalyst 6807-XL supports the Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 2T and its family of compatible line cards and modules. This cross compatibility and commitment to continual enhancement protects your IT expenditures and allows you to upgrade your network with minimal business disruption or IT team re-education.

Common features of Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 modular switches that have the Supervisor Engine 2T include the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) for simple, centralized management to ensure consistent policy throughout a distributed network, Virtual Switching System capability for 99.999% uptime via multi-level failover, and Cisco's Campus Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) to support roaming and device mobility and to streamline virtualization and migration to IPv6. Other virtual networking features to segment distinct client groups and serve the unique security/compliance and QoS policy needs of each group include L2/L3 VPN, full Multiprotocol Label Switching, Easy Virtual Network, VRF-aware applications for NAT NetFlow, GRE for v4/v6, and L2 geographic extensions with virtual private LAN services. For unified wired/wireless networking, the WiSM2 controller Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches includes support for as many as 1000 wireless APs and 15,000 wireless users.

Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Series Switches
The Catalyst 6500-E family of modular switches are designed for aggregation and campus core environments that require world-class availability and high concentrations of 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 1 GE fiber, and/or 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet access ports. Available versions include three to 13 expansion slots and work with a broad range of modules. Integrated service modules support wireless management, network monitoring, and security. Just E-Series versions of Cisco's extensive family of Catalyst 6500 switches work with the Supervisor Engine 2T.

The Catalyst 6503-E has a 4RU form factor, includes 3 slots, and offers 180 Gbps of switching capacity per slot. The Cisco Catalyst 6503-E switch supports 97 1-Gigabit Ethernet ports, up to 99 1GE fiber ports, 34 10GE ports, and up to 8 40GE ports.

The top-of-the-line Catalyst 6513-E has a 19RU, 13-slot form factor and offers up to 180 Gbps of throughput per slot, with a system capacity as high as 4 Tbps. A VSS configuration can deliver up to 8 Tbps of capacity. The Catalyst 6513-E switch can support up to 529 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports, up to 534 1GE fiber ports, 180 10-Gigabit Ethernet access ports, and up to 44 40GE access ports.

Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 6800 switches are campus core switches designed to deliver optimal 10/40/100 GE services. The Cisco Catalyst 6880-X switch is a fixed-configuration, small form factor device for high-density Ethernet intended for small or medium-size enterprise campus backbones. The Catalyst 6880-X delivers as much as 2 Tbps switching bandwidth and has four slots for port cards. The maximum port concentration on one chassis is 80 1 Gigabit Ethernet connections or 10GE connections or up to 20 40GE ports. Configured with Cisco's Virtual Switching System, a two-chassis system can deliver 4 Tbps capacity and handle up to 158 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports or 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports or as many as 20 40-Gigabit Ethernet access ports.

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

Ways That Progent Can Help Your Business with Catalyst Switches
Progent can provide the online or on-premises support services of CCIE-certified consultants who have broad experience delivering Catalyst switch technology solutions for small and medium sized organizations, branches, campuses, data centers, Cloud environments, and SPs. Progent's areas of expertise include Catalyst and Nexus lines of managed switches and with Cisco's IOS and NX-OS control software. Services available from Progent for Catalyst switches include proof-of-concept testing and validation, network analysis and monitoring, network architecture design, upgrades and project management, virtualization, wired and wireless convergence, management automation, performance optimization, problem mitigation, business continuity preparedness, and IT security and compliance assessment and remediation.

Progent has deep knowledge of industry standards as well as with Cisco-owned protocols and technologies associated with switching and routing including Border Gateway Protocol, MPLS traffic engineering, Protocol Independent Multicast, VPNs, STP, virtual LANs, FabricPath, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), HSRP, Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Virtual Switching System (VSS), and LISP. Progent's infrastructure specialists also have familiarity with important networking technologies including TCP/IP protocols, IPv4, IPv6, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, RIP, and Internet Group Management Protocol. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified information security consultants can show you how to create an enterprise-wide security and compliance plan and implement Catalyst switches so that they provide maximum enforcement to your network security policies.

In case you require the highest available density or extremely low latency switches for a world-class data center, Progent can help your organization to evaluate, plan, and manage a migration to Cisco's Nexus Series switches. To find out about Progent's support capabilities for Nexus switches, see Cisco Nexus Switch configuration and support offered by Progent. Progent can also assist you to integrate Catalyst core switches with Cisco Meraki distribution switches. (See Cisco Meraki switch integration consultants.)

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