The Catalyst family of modular and fixed switches provides speed and control at the access, distribution, and core levels of converged voice, video, and data networks for organizations that range from small businesses and branches to multi-campus enterprises and service providers. Progent's Cisco-certified consultants offer remote and onsite support for Catalyst switches to assist you to design a cost-effective network topology that meets your specific business requirements, set up pilot testing systems, install Catalyst switches, implement and validate a sensible security and compliance plan, automate system management and performance tracking, deliver troubleshooting and support services, maximize switch performance, and set up Catalyst's fault-tolerant technology to achieve non-stop operation.

Progent can help you to manage and repair your older Catalyst switches or migrate smoothly to current versions of Catalyst switches adhering to industry best practices to ensure that you realize the highest business value from your investment in your network.

The need for intelligent, fast switching is the result 0f a combination of fairly recent computing patterns whose net impact is a virtual tsunami of traffic:

  • Cloud and Internet of Things networking and an associated requirement for massive network virtualization
  • The proliferation of always-connected mobile devices
  • Data guzzling HD video apps
  • Social media for business
  • The popularity of Big Data in enterprise analytics
  • Increasingly sophisticated threats such as ransomware
Cloud computing is only operationally realistic by utilizing network virtualization. Virtualized infrastructures radically reduce costs by allowing very high resource utilization and demanding very little data center space and power use. But this also means that relatively sparse resources have to support large amounts of traffic. The Bring-Your-Own-Device revolution has created a steep rise in the number of mobile clients that must be supported by IT networks, and these clients tend to run a high percentage of data-intensive, rich media applications. Social business technologies are displacing traditional email as the main enabler of collaboration and is producing an ever increasing requirement for bandwidth. Enterprises who want to remain competitive are adopting Big Data technology to mine enormous and varied silos of corporate data, which in turn produces Big Traffic. All of these computing trends are relatively new, and put together they cause a serious demand for an advanced generation of switches that feature significantly more performance, intelligence, uptime and manageability than older platforms were designed to provide.

Cisco's current lineup of Catalyst switches are best suited for the distribution/core layers of enterprise campus environments where office employees must be accommodated by providing predictable high speed, strict access management, careful segregation, application intelligence, and wired and wireless convergence. Catalyst series switches are designed to meet the need for speed and intelligence with capabilities such as high-density 10, 40, and 100 Gigabit Ethernet support, switching performance more than 25 Tbps for each chassis, a comprehensive suite of technologies such as EVN to simplify the deployment of VLANs, Virtual Switching System (VSS) technology for switch failover with subsecond virtual switch recovery and 99.999% availability, IPv6 support, Application Visibility and Control to maximize network utilization, and advanced QoS capabilities for business-critical traffic control.

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Cisco Has Developed Catalyst Switches for Organizations of All Sizes

Catalyst switches enable organizations of all sizes to build intelligent switching services into their network architecture, creating an ecosystem that can meet real-time requirements, scale to support future capacity demands, guard sensitive information, and differentiate and control tasks to enhance network operations.

Catalyst 1000 Series Fixed Ethernet Switches
Cisco Catalyst 1000 Family Switches SupportCisco's Catalyst 1000 access switches are compact, fixed switches targeted for small businesses and branch offices with up to 250 workers and with little if any internal IT expertise. Cisco's Catalyst 1000 Series includes fanless models for noiseless operation outside a wiring closet in an office venue. Mounting options include desktop, wall mount, rack mount, and DIN. Created as an easy upgrade for Cisco Catalyst 2960-L/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 administration are simple via a web interface or CLI, cybersecurity is enterprise-grade, and PoE+ capability with a dynamically allocated budget of 740W supports a broad range of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. As many as eight Catalyst 1000 Gigabit Ethernet Series switches can be controlled together with single IP. Catalyst 1000 appliances are nonblocking line-rate devices, and all are powered by Cisco's familiar IOS Software. Quality-of-Service (QoS) features include egress queues for every port plus priority queuing to provide wire-speed performance for data, IP voice, and video traffic. Catalyst 1000 switches also support Shaped Round Robin scheduling and Weighted Tail Drop (WTD) congestion management.

Cisco Catalyst 9000 Fixed and Modular Managed Switches
The Catalyst 9000 family of managed switches offers modular and fixed appliances and supports all deployment models including access, aggregation, and core switching. The Catalyst 9000 family offers switches with the right price/performance to connect people and things in scenarios from small businesses and branch offices to global enterprises. Catalyst 9000 switches can be configured to support any mix of local facilities, private and public clouds, and hybrid networks. Unified management platforms and advanced security features reduce cost of ownership by streamlining operations and safeguarding vital IT assets. Cisco's 9000X line of managed switches provide converged switching/routing, introducing the first combination of 400G optical transceivers along with full mGig Ethernet and Power-over-Ethernet ports.

Catalyst 9000 Series Fixed and Modular Switches Experts

Cisco Catalyst 9000 Switches Are Designed for a Hybrid World

Catalyst 9200 Series Switches ConsultantsWith double the backplane stacking bandwidth at around half the cost of the legacy Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches they are intended to replace, Catalyst 9200 Series switches are a compelling network improvement for small branch offices and midsize campuses. The Catalyst 9200 product line includes models that support 24 or 48 ports with full PoE+; 80-160 Gbps stacking bandwidth; and Layer 3 capabilities that include OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, and RIP. Catalyst 9200 Series switches run the Cisco IOS XE operating system.

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

Catalyst 9300 Switches ExpertsCisco's Catalyst 9300 Series switches are fixed, stackable devices for ultra-high-density access switching. Advanced features provided with models in the Catalyst 9300 portfolio include up to 1Tbps stacking throughput, stackable high-speed fiber, up to 448 mGig Ethernet ports including 288 ports of 90W UPOE+ with an 8-device configuration, line rate IPsec with AES-256 Encryption and speeds as high as 100G, redundant fans and power supplies, plus data stack cables compatible across the entire Catalyst 9300 family.

Powered by the Cisco IOS XE operating system, switches in the Catalyst 9300 product line support automated provisioning, API-based configuration, high-granularity visibility for near realtime monitoring, and seamless software updates and patching. Security features include Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) as well as AES-256 MACsec and IPSec encryption, and Trust Anchor Technologies with Secure Boot. Cloud security is strengthened because Catalyst 9300 Series switches have the ability to host Cisco's Umbrella agent directly. This makes it possible for organizations to design their DNS filtering policies granularly to block BYOD or IoT users from visiting malicious websites.

The value-priced Cisco Catalyst 9300L switch delivers as much as 320G stacking throughput and supports 12 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G ports and 36 10M/100M/1G ports. The 9300L utilizes fixed instead of modular uplink hardware for 4 1G, 4 10G, or 2 40G ports. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 appliance features 480G of backplane stacking capacity 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 high-end Cisco Catalyst 9300X appliance provides 1T backplane stacking capacity and supports 48 10G ports. The 9300X supports modular uplinks with dual-rate 100G/40G, multirate 25G/10G/1G, or mGig. Cisco 90W UPOE+ supports IoT-intensive environments such as smart buildings. Hardware is available to provide 100G IPsec.

Catalyst 9400 Switches ExpertsCisco's Catalyst 9400 Series appliances are modular switches powered by Cisco IOS XE and designed for medium-size and enterprise campus access networks. Offering double the throughput and over quadruple the chassis bandwidth as the Catalyst 6500 it is built to replace, Cisco's Catalyst 9400 portfolio brings switch capability into the current era of connectivity impelled by cybersecurity, mobility, Internet of Things, and cloud.

Catalyst 9400 switches are available with 4-slot, 7-slot, and 10-slot chassis. Two slots on the chassis are dedicated to high-availability supervisor cards, leaving 2, 5, or 8 slots open for line cards. Maximum capacity for each line-card slot is 480G. Switching capacity can reach 1.44 Terabits per second and forwarding rate on Supervisor Module is as high as 9 Tbps for the 10-slot chassis. All Catalyst 9400 models offer 90W UPOE+ on every access port, protected network segmentation with SD-Access and N+N/N+1 power redundancy for high availability. The Catalyst 9400 4-slot switch supports 96 10/100/1000 ports, 5G/10G multigigabit 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 40G QSFP uplinks and 8 non-blocking 10G Ethernet SFP+ uplinks.

Cisco Catalyst 9500 Switches ExpertsThe Catalyst 9500 product line includes fixed core and edge services switches intended for the large campus. Catalyst 9500 switches are powered by the Cisco IOS XE operating system and the the family incorporates the first network technology to provide switching speeds higher than 25 Terabits per second.

Catalyst 9500 models deliver up to 6.4 Tbps switching capacity with forwarding throughput as high as 2 Billion Packet per Second. Catalyst 9500 switches can support as many as 32 nonblocking 100 Gigabit QSFP28 optical ports, 32 nonblocking 40G QSFP+ ports, 48 nonblocking 25G SFP28 ports, or 48 nonblocking 10G ports. You can deploy Multichassis EtherChannel across Cisco StackWise-Virtual members for high resiliency.

Catalyst 9500X appliances support up to 25.6 Tbps switching performance with up to 2 Billion Packet per Second forwarding capacity. Catalyst 9500X models deliver up to 28 nonblocking 40/100 Gigabit QSFP28 ports or 8 nonblocking 40/100/200/400 Gigabit QSFP-DD ports. The 9500X product line also includes hardware capability for line-rate 256-bit 802.1AE MACsec and WAN-MACsec1 data encryption.

Catalyst 9600 Switches ExpertsCatalyst 9600 Series switches are modular core and distribution appliances intended for the enterprise campus. The 6-slot chassis with a Catalyst 9600X Series Supervisor delivers switching capacity as high as 25.6 Tbps and can contain up to 256 nonblocking 10/25/50 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 96 nonblocking 40/100G Gigabit ports, or 8 nonblocking 200/400 Gigabit QSFP-DD ports. The Catalyst 9600 switch also supports dual-rate 40G/100G and 10G/25G optics. Two chassis slots are dedicated for high-availability supervisors. You can mix and match a selection of line cards for core and aggregation deployments. The Catalyst 9600 chassis is equipped with a passive backplane, so you can replace fan tray, power supplies, and line cards without disruption.

End-of-Life Catalyst Models Still Supported by Progent
Progent's Cisco certified network consultants have extensive backgrounds providing online and onsite support services for older Catalyst Series switches for which Cisco has announced End of Life (EOL). These legacy switches typically cost more to operate and support than contemporary switches, deliver lower capacity and fewer features, and in many cases can subject businesses to compliance and liability risks. Progent's consultants are available to assist you to maintain and troubleshoot these legacy Cisco products and can in addition assist you to design and execute seamless upgrades to current products within the Catalyst line or to solutions from the Cisco Nexus line of network switches which build upon Catalyst design experience.

Cisco Catalyst Express 500 and 520 Family
Catalyst Express 500 Family Switches Professional ServicesCisco's Catalyst Express 500 and 520 line of managed Ethernet switches are designed for companies with up to 250 employees and provide the dependability, security, extensibility, and features small businesses need at an economical cost. Power over Ethernet support makes it simple to add network devices like wireless access points and IP TV cameras.

Models of the Catalyst Express 500 switches offer up to 24 10/100/1000BASE-T ports as well as optional backup power with auto fail-over for additional dependability. Integration with Cisco access points allows businesses to build a local wireless environment rapidly and effectively. The Catalyst Express 500 and 520 family provides solid protection against malicious attacks With Cisco's Self-Defending Network technology and Clean Access agents. Cisco Catalyst 2940 Switch
Catalyst 2900 Series Switches HelpCatalyst 2900 Series non-modular, managed 10/100 Ethernet switches provide fundamental workgroup connectivity for small to medium-size organizations. These wire-speed desktop switches offer Cisco IOS Software features for basic data, video, and voice services at the network edge. The Catalyst 2940 Series fixed-configuration switches are small, entry-level switches with 8 Ethernet ports plus a single integrated Fast Ethernet or Gigabit uplink. The enclosures can be installed away from the wiring cabinet in cramped office spaces like on a worker's desk or in a classroom.

Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Switch
The Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series are fixed-configuration switches designed for small businesses and branch offices. Available models offer either 24 or 48 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, four 1GE or two 10GE uplink connections, and deliver throughput as high as 176 Gbps. Cisco's FlexStack technology permits as many as four 2960-S switches to be grouped in a stack to perform like a single switching unit that provides 40 Gbps of stacking performance and that reduces operational expense because of single-switch setup. IPv6 First Hop Security technology guards networks against IPv6 address theft and other attacks.

Cisco Catalyst 3560 Family Switches
Catalyst 3560 Family Switches Professional ServicesThe Catalyst 3560 family is a selection of non-modular switches that features IEEE 802.3af and PoE functionality in 10/100 Ethernet and Gigabit implementations. The Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series switch is a proven access-layer switch for midsize business network access or local-office environments, offering both Gigabit Ethernet and Power over Ethernet (PoE) configurations for high efficiency while facilitating the deployment of vital technology such a VoIP, Wi-Fi, video monitoring, and building management systems. Customers can deploy network-wide intelligent services including quality of service, rate limiting, access control lists, multicast administration, and broadband IP routing while maintaining the ease of conventional LAN switching.

Cisco's Catalyst 3560 Series switch has a powerful array of features that allow for network scalability and higher resilience through IP routing as well as a complete complement of STP enhancements designed to maximize throughput in an access Layer network. Enhancements to the conventional Spanning Tree Protocol, including Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+), and Uplink Fast, as well as innovations such as Flex Links, contribute to network efficiency. Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+) allows for Layer 2 traffic balancing on backup links to efficiently use the additional capacity inherent in a redundant architecture.

Efficient routing mechanisms such as Open Shortest Path First, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), BGP, and Policy Based Routing improve network capacity; PIM increases the efficiency of system resource use; and VRFLite protects network traffic.

Cisco Catalyst 3750 Family Switches
Cisco Catalyst 3750 Family Switches HelpFor midsized businesses and enterprise branch offices, Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series switch simplifies integration of converged technologies and accommodates changing competitive needs by providing setup flexibility, support for unified network patterns, and automatic configuration of intelligent system services. In addition, the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switch is designed for high-volume Gigabit environments and includes a diverse range of switches that address the connectivity, aggregation, and backbone-connectivity demands of small or midsized systems.

Cisco's Catalyst 3750 switch includes the IP Base or the IP Services image. The IP Base image capabilities include industry-leading quality of service (QoS), rate-management, access control lists (ACLs), and basic static and Routing Information Protocol (RIP) routing support. The IP Services image offers a richer set of enterprise-class features, such as advanced built-in IP unicast/multicast routing.

Cisco StackWise technology is an architecture designed for Gigabit interfaces. This technology is designed to respond to additions, deletions, and redeployments while providing predictable operation. Cisco StackWise unites as many as 9 individual switches into one logical unit, utilizing custom stack-interconnect cables and software. The individual switches can be any mix of the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switches and the Catalyst 3750-E Series switches. The stack behaves as a single switching device that is managed by a master switch, chosen from one of the stack of switches. The master switch intelligently builds and keeps current all the switching and optional routing tables. A deployed stack can accommodate new switches or remove old members without service discontinuity.

Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Switches and 3560-CX Switches
Catalyst 2900 Series Switches ConsultingCisco's Catalyst 2960-CX is a fixed-configuration switch that is compact, fanless, low power, and includes 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 packaged in a sleek, noiseless and low-power enclosure that can be mounted virtually anywhere convenient. Versions are offered with eight or 12 1-GE ports or with six 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and two multigigabit Ethernet ports. Up to four uplink ports are available, and Power over Ethernet is also an option.

Catalyst 2900-L Switches Integration and TroubleshootingCisco's Catalyst 2960-L line consists of value-priced fixed-configuration managed switches targeted for small offices, retail venues, and other places where space is limited. These compact appliances have eight to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports and two or four SFP uplink ports. Power over Ethernet support saves space and fan-free operation for the 8- models eliminates noise. RJ-45 interfaces accommodate 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-T SFP-based ports.

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series switches enhance the 2690-S family of switches by delivering switching performance of 216 Gbps and supporting Cisco's FlexStack-Plus stacking technology by means of a live-swappable module that can combine 8 Catalyst switches in a FlexStack Plus stack with 80 Gbps of stacking performance. Cisco Catalyst 2900 family switches also work with NetFlow-Lite for conserving forwarding data for analysis. The Catalyst 2960-XR switch features Layer 3 dynamic routing, providing the simplicity of having a single switch for Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing.

Cisco Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 Switches
Catalyst 3650 Switch and Catalyst 3850 Switches ConsultantsCisco Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 switches are fixed-configuration, stackable access devices powered by Cisco's IOS XE operating system and incorporating full wireless network controller capability that allows you to control wired and wireless infrastructure on a one platform powered by one operating system. Cisco has models with either 24 or 48 1Gb Ethernet ports with Power over Ethernet plus (PoE+), four 1-Gigabit or four 10GE uplinks, and support for as many as nine Catalyst switches in a FlexStack stack. All models offer expandable QoS, fast switchover for maximum availability, software support for IPv4/IPv6 routing, multicast routing, and advanced security.

Because wireless data traffic is visible at the Catalyst 3000 family switch, it is possible to identify and assign priorities to wireless traffic by means of Cisco's Flexible NetFlow (FNF) solution along with sophisticated QoS features for an improved user environment and quicker problem mediation. Multigigabit Ethernet switching supports the high-bandwidth defined by the new 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi specification on existing cabling solutions. (For information about Progent's consulting and support services for Cisco's 802.11ac Aironet wireless products, and Cisco's Meraki cloud-managed APs, visit Configuration and Troubleshooting Support for Cisco Wireless Technology.)

The Catalyst 3650 switch delivers stacking throughput as high as 160 Gbps and supports as many as 25 wireless APs and 1000 wireless users on each stack. The Cisco Catalyst 3850 delivers stacking bandwidth as high as 480 Gbps and supports as many as 50 wireless access points and 2000 wireless users per switch or stack. Catalyst 3850 SFP Fiber Switches incorporate 12 or 24 1G fiber data ports at line rate on every port, offering far reaching connectivity, advanced protection, and a consistent wired and wireless experience.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-E and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 4500-E and and Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are intended for access and distribution deployments where physical space for infrastructure hardware is at a premium. Running Cisco's IOS XE control software, both the 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X product lines simplify network virtualization by supporting Cisco's Easy Virtual Network (EVN) and Virtual Switching System technologies. Network virtualization allows you to divide a hardware network into multiple virtual networks (VNs) whose data planes and control planes are logically distinct. This makes possible the economy, protection, resilience, and simplified management required for Cloud environments or other situations where a single resource pool is shared by software and services that must run in complete isolation from each other. EVN streamlines the process of deploying virtual networks and scales to 32 VNs per switch. Easy Virtual Network incorporates the capabilities of Multi-VRF and includes additional features such as VNET Tags and a simple technique for duplicating replicating routes connecting VNs. VSS makes it possible to set up Catalyst 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X Series switches to produce zero-downtime virtual networks with optimized traffic load balancing.

Catalyst 4500-E Series Switches
Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Series Switches Consulting FirmCisco's Supervisor Engine for for the Catalyst 4500-E switch has an integrated wireless network controller that works with Cisco's Unified Access technology for wired and wireless convergence. this is the first Catalyst supervisor to permit wired as well as wireless services on one switch powered by Cisco's IOS XE software. Technologies included are Cisco's FNF technology for capacity planning across wired and wireless networks, Cisco TrustSec/SGT2 wired/wireless security, predictable Quality of Service for wired and wireless clients, and the extension of Nonstop Forwarding with Stateful Switchover (NSF/SSO) to cover wireless traffic for world-quality high availability.

Offered in chassis that have from three to 10 plug-in slots, Catalyst 4500-E switches with Supervisor 8-E can support as many as 384 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports, 193 Gigabit Ethernet fiber fiber ports, 96 10-Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, and eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports. The Catalyst 4500-E Supervisor Engine 8-E delivers as much as 928 Gbps of wired access per system and as much as 20 Gbps of wireless termination performance. 50 wireless access points and 2000 wireless users can be supported per chassis, and 250 APs and 4000 wireless clients are supported in a two-switch deployment without requiring a standalone wireless controller.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Switches
Catalyst 4500-X Family Switches Consulting and TroubleshootingCatalyst 4500-X Series switches are fixed-configuration 10GE aggregation platforms that can provide up to 800 Gbps of backplane switching performance per chassis. The Catalyst 4500-X switch can have up to 32 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports on the unit's baseboard and eight extra 10GE ports on the expansion module for a total of up to 40 10GE connections. Eight 10GE uplinks can be added with a separate module. In addition to providing zero-downtime performance and simple manageability, Cisco's VSS solution on Catalyst 4500-X Series switches offers increased system performance of as much as 1.6 Tbps by activating all possible capacity across VSS-linked Catalyst 4500-X Series switches. Additional features include Cisco's Flexible NetFlow solution for capacity planning, Cisco TrustSec protection, and wire-rate IPv6 forwarding.

Catalyst 6500 Series and Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 Series switches are enterprise campus core platforms that incorporate the proven DNA of the Catalyst 6500 family of products, which were introduced over a dozen years ago and which have been continually enhanced since then. Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 switches provide the same features and operational consistency, and the modular Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL switch supports the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 2T and its portfolio of line cards and service modules. This cross compatibility and commitment to ongoing improvement protects your technology expenditures and allows you to update your network with minimal downtime or management team retraining.

Shared attributes of Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches equipped with the Supervisor Engine 2T include Cisco's Identity Services Engine (ISE) for convenient, centralized administration to ensure consistent policy throughout a distributed environment, VSS technology for 99.999% availability via multi-level redundancy, and Cisco's Campus Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) to facilitate roaming and device mobility and to streamline virtualization and transition to IPv6. Additional virtual networking features to segment distinct client groups and serve the unique security and QoS policy needs of each group include Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN, full Multiprotocol Label Switching, Easy Virtual Network, VRF-aware applications for Network Address Translation NetFlow, GRE for v4/v6, and Layer 2 geographic extensions with VPLS. For converged wired/wireless networking, the Wireless Services Module 2 controller Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches supports 1000 wireless APs and 15,000 wireless users.

Catalyst 6500-E Switches
Catalyst 6500 Family Switches Planning and Support ServicesThe Catalyst 6500-E Series of modular switches are intended for aggregation and enterprise backbone networks that need world-class availability and high concentrations of 1 Gigabit Ethernet, 1 Gigabit Ethernet fiber, or 10 and 40 GE ports. Available versions have three to 13 slots and work with a broad range of modules. Integrated service modules support wireless management, network monitoring, and security. Just E-Series models of Cisco's extensive family of Catalyst 6500 switches accept the Supervisor Engine 2T.

The Cisco Catalyst 6503-E switch has a 4 rack unit form factor, includes 3 slots, and delivers up to 180 Gbps of switching capacity on each slot. The Catalyst 6503-E switch supports up to 97 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, up to 99 Gigabit Ethernet fiber access ports, 34 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, and up to 8 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports.

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

Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches ConsultantsCisco's Catalyst 6800 Series switches are campus core switches intended to provide optimal 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet support. The Catalyst 6880-X switch is a fixed, small form factor platform for high-density Ethernet designed for small or midsize enterprise campus backbones. The Catalyst 6880-X delivers as much as 2 Tbps switching throughput and includes four slots for port cards. The maximum port concentration per chassis is 80 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or 10GE connections or up to 20 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports. With VSS, these switches can provide 4 Tbps switching capacity and handle up to 158 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports or as many as 20 40GE ports.

The modular Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL switch has a 10 RU chassis with 7 expansion slots and supports standard Supervisor Engine 2T line cards and service modules. (Two slots are reserved for the Supervisor Engine and the other five are for expansion modules.) The Catalyst 6807-XL can deliver up to 880 Gbps of switching capacity per slot and 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 access ports. A two-chassis 6807-XL system with VSS is capable of supporting 22.8 Tbps of switching throughput, 480 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, 160 10GE connections or 40 40GE ports.

How Progent Can Help You with Catalyst Switches
Progent can provide the online or on-premises expertise of Cisco CCIE-certified network consultants who have extensive experience delivering Catalyst switch support for small and midsize businesses, branch offices, enterprises, data centers, Cloud networks, and SPs. Progent's areas of expertise include Cisco's Catalyst and Nexus lines of smart switches and Cisco's IOS, IOS-XR and NX-OS operating systems. Support services offered by Progent's experts for Catalyst switches include pilot testing, system analysis and monitoring, network architecture design, migrations and project management, virtualization, wired and wireless unification, management automation, performance optimization, problem mitigation, disaster recovery preparedness, and information security and compliance assessment and remediation.

Progent has deep expertise with industry standards as well as with proprietary Cisco protocols related to switching and routing such as BGP, MPLS, PIM, VPNs, ISIS, virtual LANs, Cisco FabricPath, VPC, Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), VRRP, OSPF, Virtual Switching System (VSS), and Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP). Progent's infrastructure consultants also offer deep knowledge of crucial networking technologies including TCP/IP protocols, IPv4/IPv6, EIGRP, Routing Information Protocol, and IGMP. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified information security and compliance consultants can assist you to develop a comprehensive security plan and deploy Cisco Catalyst switches so that they offer optimal enforcement to your network security policies.

In case you need ultra high density or sub-microsecond latency Cisco switches for a world-class data center, Progent can assist your organization to evaluate, plan, and carry out a transition to Cisco's Nexus family of switches. To find out about Progent's consulting capabilities for Cisco's Nexus Series switches, refer to Nexus Switch consulting services. Progent can also help you to connect Catalyst data center switches with Cisco Meraki distribution switches. (See Cisco Meraki switch integration consultants.)

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