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Cisco's Catalyst line of modular and fixed managed switches offers performance and control at the access, distribution, and backbone levels of converged IP voice, video, and high bandwidth data networks for organizations that range in size from small businesses and branches to multi-campus enterprises and SPs. Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE consultants offer online and on-premises support for Catalyst family switches to help you to design an efficient network topology that meets your specific business requirements, set up pilot testing, install Catalyst switches, implement and verify a sound security and compliance plan, streamline network management and performance tracking, provide repair and maintenance services, optimize switch performance, and configure Catalyst's fault-tolerant technology for near-zero downtime.

Progent can help you to maintain and troubleshoot your legacy Catalyst switches or migrate smoothly to the latest models of Catalyst switches adhering to industry best practices to ensure that you realize the maximum business value from your investment in your network.

The need for smart, high-speed switching is the result 0f a combination of relatively new networking patterns whose net impact is a cyber tsunami of data traffic:

• Cloud and Internet of Things networking and a consequent need for massive virtualization
• The proliferation of always-connected mobile devices
• Data guzzling HD video apps
• Social media for business
• The rise of Big Data in analytics
• Increasingly advanced cyberattacks like ransomware

Cisco's latest lineup of Catalyst switches are ideal for the distribution/core layers of campus deployments where mobile and stationary workers must be supported with consistent high speed, strict client access management, careful segmentation, application awareness, and wired and wireless convergence. Catalyst switches address the need for performance and intelligence with capabilities such as high-port-count 10G/40G/100G services, switching performance more than 25 Tbps for each switch, a comprehensive suite of tools such as EVN to facilitate the creation of VLANs, Virtual Switching System technology for switch failover with subsecond virtual switch recovery and "five nines" (99.999%) availability, IPv6 capability, Application Visibility and Control (AVC) to maximize network resource usage, and sophisticated QoS tools for business-critical data prioritization.

Cisco Catalyst switches enable businesses of all sizes to benefit from incorporating smart switching services into their network infrastructure, deploying an ecosystem that can handle current requirements, scale to support future capacity demands, protect sensitive data, and differentiate and manage tasks to optimize network productivity.

Catalyst 1000 Series Fixed Ethernet Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 1000 Series access switches are compact, fixed-configuration switches intended for smaller businesses and branches with as many as 250 users and with little if any in-house IT support. Cisco's Catalyst 1000 family includes fanless models for silent operation within an office venue. Mounting alternatives include desktop, wall mount, standard rack mount, and DIN. Designed as an easy replacement for Catalyst 2960-L/2960-Plus Series deployments, the 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 easy using a web interface or CLI, cybersecurity is enterprise-class, and Power over Ethernet capability with a dynamically allocated power budget of 740W allows a wide variety of Internet of Things (IoT) deployments. As many as eight Catalyst 1000 Gbit Ethernet Series switches can be controlled together with single IP. Catalyst 1000 units are nonblocking line-rate devices, and all are powered by Cisco's familiar IOS Software. QoS capabilities include egress queues on every port as well as priority packet queuing to deliver optimized performance for time-critical data. Catalyst Series 1000 switches also feature SRR scheduling and WTD congestion management.

Catalyst 9000 Fixed and Modular Managed Switches
The Catalyst 9000 line of managed switches offers modular and fixed units and can support all deployment models including access, distribution, and core switching. The Catalyst 9000 line includes switches with the appropriate price/performance to connect people and things in scenarios from small businesses and branch offices to major enterprises. Catalyst 9000 products can be configured to implement any mix of local deployments, private and public clouds, and hybrid networks. Modern network management tools and cutting-edge security solutions lower cost of ownership by cutting operational overhead and protecting critical IT assets. Cisco's 9000X series of managed switches provide converged switching/routing, delivering the first combination of 400G QSFP-DD ports along with full mGig and PoE ports.

With double the stacking bandwidth for about half the price of the legacy Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches they are designed to replace, Catalyst 9200 Series switches are a compelling network improvement for small branch offices and midsize campuses. The 9200 portfolio includes models that support 24 or 48 ports with full PoE+; 80-160 Gbps backplane stacking performance; streaming telemetry; and Layer 3 capabilities that include OSPF, EIGP distance routing protocol, IS-IS, and routed access. Catalyst 9200 switches run Cisco IOS XE.

The Catalyst 9200 offers 160-Gbps backplane stacking capacity, supports field-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 model allows as many as 32 Virtual Networks and delivers 160-Gbps stacking performance. The Catalyst 9200L delivers 80-Gbps stacking throughput. Both the Catalyst 9200L multigigabit and the Catalyst 9200 multigigabit offer wireless performance optimization with 8 or 12 mGig Ethernet ports up to 10Gbps.

Cisco's Catalyst 9300 Series switches are fixed, stackable units for ultra-high-density enterprise access switching. Key capabilities available with various models in the Catalyst 9300 product line include up to 1Tbps backplane stacking throughput, stackable high-speed fiber, up to 448 mGig ports including 288 ports of 90W UPOE+ with an 8-unit stack, end-to-end IPsec with AES-256 with MACsec 256-bit encryption and speeds up to 100G, redundant fans and power, plus data stack and StackPower cables common across the entire Catalyst 9300 product line.

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

The value-priced Cisco Catalyst 9300L switch delivers as much as 320G backplane stacking bandwidth and supports 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 supports 48 100M/1G/2.5G/5Gbps ports, 24 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10Gbps ports, or 48 1G SFP ports. Modular uplink speeds supported are 1G, 10G, 25G, or 40G. The high-end Cisco Catalyst 9300X appliance delivers 1T stacking throughput and supports 48 10G ports. The 9300X supports uplink modules with dual-rate 100G/40G, multirate 25G/10G/1G, or multigigabit. Cisco 90W Universal Power Over Ethernet+ supports dense IoT 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 medium-size and large campus access networks. Delivering twice the performance and over four times the chassis bandwidth as the Catalyst 6500 it is designed to replace, the Catalyst 9400 portfolio ushers switch capability into the current era of networking 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 each chassis are reserved for redundant supervisor cards, making 2, 5, or 8 slots open for line cards. Maximum bandwidth scalability per line-card slot is 480G. Switching performance can achieve 1.44 Tbps and forwarding rate on Supervisor Module can reach 9 Tbps for the 10-slot chassis. All Catalyst 9400 switches can provide 90W UPOE+ on every access port, secure segmentation with SD-Access and N+N/N+1 power redundancy for high availability. The Catalyst 9400 4-slot switch can support 96 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, 5G/10G multigigabit 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 40G Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable uplinks and up to 8 non-blocking 10 Gigabit SFP+ uplinks.

The Catalyst 9500 product line includes fixed core and edge services switches intended for the large campus. Catalyst 9500 models are based on Cisco IOS XE and the series includes the first infrastructure technology to deliver switching speeds higher than 25 Tbps.

Cisco's Catalyst 9500 models provide up to 6.4 Tbps switching performance with forwarding throughput up to 2 Bpps. Catalyst 9500 appliances can provide as many as 32 nonblocking 100 Gigabit QSFP28 ports, 32 nonblocking 40 Gigabit QSFP+ ports, 48 nonblocking 25 Gigabit SFP28 ports, or 48 nonblocking 10 Gigabit SFP+ ports. You can deploy Multichassis EtherChannel (MEC) across Cisco StackWise-Virtual members to achieve high availability.

Catalyst 9500X products support as high as 25.6 Tbps switching performance with up to 2 Bpps forwarding speed. Catalyst 9500X models deliver up to 28 nonblocking 40/100 Gigabit QSFP28 ports or 8 nonblocking 40/100/200/400 G QSFP-DD ports. The 9500X product line also includes chip-level support for line-rate 256-bit 802.1AE Media Access Control Security (MACsec) and WAN-MACsec1 encryption.

Cisco's Catalyst 9600 Series switches are modular core and distribution appliances intended for the enterprise campus. The 6-slot chassis loaded with a Catalyst 9600X Series Supervisor has switching capacity as high as 25.6 Tbps and can contain as many as 256 nonblocking 10/25/50 Gigabit ports, 96 nonblocking 40/100G G ports, or 8 nonblocking 200/400 GE QSFP-Double Density ports. The Catalyst 9600 also provides dual-rate 40G/100G and 10G/25G optics. Two chassis slots are dedicated for high-availability supervisors. You can combine a selection of line cards for core and aggregation deployments. The chassis uses a passive backplane, making it possible to replace fan tray, power supplies, and line cards without disrupting operation. Legacy Catalyst Models Still Supported by Progent's Consultants
Progent's Cisco certified network consultants have extensive experience providing online and onsite support expertise for early-generation Catalyst switches which have reached End of Life. These legacy switches typically are more expensive to manage and maintain than current models, deliver less performance and fewer features, and in many situations can subject organizations to regulatory and liability risks. Progent's consultants are available to assist you to support and repair these older Cisco products and can in addition help you to design and implement non-disruptive upgrades to newer models from the Catalyst line or to solutions from the Cisco Nexus line of network switches which build upon Catalyst technology.

Cisco Catalyst Express 500 and 520 Switches
Cisco's Catalyst Express 500 and 520 line of managed Ethernet switches are designed for organizations with as many as 250 employees and deliver the dependability, security, extensibility, and features small and mid-sized companies need at an economical cost. PoE support makes it easy to install network appliances such as VoIP phones and IP cameras.

Versions of the Cisco Catalyst Express 500 switches support from 8 to 24 10/100/1000BT ports as well as optional backup power supplies with auto fail-over for extra reliability. Interoperation with Cisco wireless access points helps organizations to set up a wireless LAN environment rapidly and effectively. The Cisco Catalyst Express 500 family offers solid security against viruses thanks to the Cisco Self-Defending Network strategy and Cisco Clean Access solutions. Catalyst 2940 Switch
Cisco Catalyst 2900 non-modular, managed Ethernet switches provide basic small-group connectivity for small to midsize businesses. These wire-rate desktop switches offer Cisco IOS Software functions for basic data, video, and voice services at the edge of the network. The Cisco 2940 Series fixed-configuration switches are compact, stackable devices with 8 Fast Ethernet ports and one integrated Fast Ethernet or Gigabit uplink. The enclosures can be installed outside the wiring cabinet in space-constrained locations 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 switches designed for small businesses and branches. Available models have either 24 or 48 1Gb Ethernet ports, four 1GE or two 10GE uplinks, and deliver switching capacity of up to 176 Gbps. Cisco's FlexStack feature permits four 2960-S chassis to be grouped in a FlexStack stack to perform like a single switch that offers 40 Gbps of stacking performance and that cuts operational costs with one-switch configuration. IPv6 First Hop Security technology protects against IPv6 address theft and other threats.

Cisco Catalyst 3560 Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 3560 Series is a selection of fixed-configuration switches that includes IEEE 802.3af and Cisco Power over Ethernet capability in 10/100 Ethernet and Gigabit configurations. The Catalyst 3560 is an ideal access-layer switch for small enterprise network connectivity or local-offices, combining both 10/100/1000 and Power over Ethernet (PoE) options for high productivity while streamlining the installation of vital technology including IP telephony, wireless access, video surveillance, and building management systems. IT managers can deploy comprehensive smart features such as QoS, rate management, ACLs, multicast administration, and high-performance IP routing with the simplicity of conventional network switching.

The Cisco Catalyst 3560 family switch is equipped with a robust array of capabilities that allow for network expandability and enhanced resilience through IP routing plus a full complement of STP improvements aimed to increase availability in an access Layer network. Enhancements to the conventional Spanning Tree Protocol, including Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus, and Uplink Fast, combined with innovations such as Flex Links Layer 2 interfaces, improve network uptime. Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+) allows for Layer 2 traffic balancing on redundant connections to take advantage of the additional bandwidth inherent in a redundant architecture.

Important routing mechanisms including Open Shortest Path First (OPSF), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), static routing, and Policy Based Routing increase network capacity; PIM helps improve the efficiency of system resource use; and Virtual Route Forwarding Lite (VRFLite) secures data.

Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Switches
For mid-size businesses and enterprise branch offices, Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series simplifies integration of unified applications and adapts to changing business needs by providing configuration flexibility, ability to manage unified network traffic, and management-free configuration of smart network functions. In addition, Cisco's Catalyst 3750 switch is designed for high-volume Gigabit Ethernet environments and incorporates a wide selection of switches that meet the access, aggregation, and backbone-interface demands of small or midsized systems.

Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series switch includes either the IP Base image or the IP Services image. The IP Base image functions include industry-leading QoS, rate-management, access control lists (ACLs), and simple static and Routing Information Protocol (RIP) routing capability. The IP Services image provides a broader set of high-end features, such as sophisticated hardware-based IP unicast/multicast routing.

Cisco StackWise technology is a mechanism designed for 1000 Ethernet. StackWise is designed to respond to installs, deletions, and redeployments while providing dependable performance. StackWise technology unites up to 9 separate switches into one logical unit, using custom stack-interconnect cables and software. Any of the switches can be any mix of the Catalyst 3750 Series and the Catalyst 3750-E Series. The stack operates as a single switching unit that is directed by a master switch, selected from one of the member switches. The master switch intelligently builds and keeps current all the switching and optional routing tables. A deployed stack can accept new devices or remove old members with no operational interruption.

Catalyst 2960 Series Switches and 3560-CX Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 2960-CX is a fixed-configuration managed switch that is compact, fanless, power efficient, and allows a variety of mounting options. The Catalyst 2960-CX incorporates eight 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and two Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports and has an option for PoE+ power. Cisco's Catalyst 3560-CX is a fixed-port switch packaged in a sleek, quiet and energy-efficient unit that can be mounted virtually anywhere outside a wiring closet. Models are offered with 8 or 12 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports or with 6 1-GE ports and two multigigabit Ethernet ports. Two or four uplink ports are available, and Power over Ethernet (PoE) is also an option.

Cisco's Catalyst 2960-L family consists of value-priced fixed-port managed switches designed for small offices, retail areas, and other environments where space is at a premium. Catalyst 2900-L compact switches include 8 to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports and either two or four SFP uplink ports. Power over Ethernet support saves space and fan-free design for most versions does away with noise. RJ-45 connectors accommodate 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-T SFP-based ports.

Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches improve on the 2690-S family of switches by offering switching performance as high as 216 Gbps and supporting Cisco's FlexStack-Plus Stacking by means of a hot-swappable module that can combine 8 switches in a stack capable of 80 Gbps of stacking performance. Catalyst 2900 Series switches also support NetFlow-Lite for application visibility and control. The Catalyst 2960-XR Series switch is capable of L3 dynamic routing, offering the simplicity of having one switch for L2 and L3 routing.

Catalyst 3650 and 3850 Switches
Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 switches are fixed, stackable access switches based on Cisco's IOS XE operating system and incorporating full wireless controller capability that allows you to control wired and wireless networks on a single platform powered by one operating system. Cisco offers models with either 24 or 48 built-in 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections with Power over Ethernet plus (PoE+), four 1GE or four 10GE uplink ports, and support for as many as nine Catalyst switches per FlexStack stack. All models offer expandable QoS, stateful switchover for high uptime, support in software for IPv4/IPv6 routing, multicast routing, and advanced security features.

Since wireless data traffic is visible at the Catalyst 3000 family switch, administrators can spot and prioritize wireless traffic using Cisco's Flexible NetFlow solution and sophisticated Quality of Service capabilities for an improved user experience and quicker problem isolation. Fast Ethernet switching supports the high-throughput called for by the latest 802.11ac Wave 2 wireless specification on currently in-place cabling infrastructure. (For information about Progent's consulting and support services for Cisco's 802.11ac Aironet Wi-Fi technology, and Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi APs, visit Configuration and Troubleshooting Consulting Services for Cisco Wireless Technology.)

The Catalyst 3650 switch delivers stacking throughput as high as 160 Gbps and can control up to 25 Wi-Fi access points and 1000 Wi-Fi clients on each stack. The Catalyst 3850 Series switch delivers stacking performance of 480 Gbps and supports as many as 50 wireless APs and 2000 Wi-Fi users per stack. Catalyst 3850 SFP Fiber Switches have 12 or 24 1G fiber connections at line rate on every port, offering long distance connections, enhanced protection, and an identical wired/wireless experience.

Catalyst 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 4500-E and and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are intended for access and distribution environments where space for networking equipment is at a premium. Running Cisco's IOS XE operating system, the 4500-E and 4500-X product lines simplify virtualization thanks to Cisco's Easy Virtual Network and Virtual Switching System solutions. Network virtualization makes it possible to segment a hardware network into multiple virtual networks (VNs) whose data planes and control planes are logically separate. This provides the efficient utilization, security and compliance, recoverability, and simplified management required for Cloud computing or other scenarios where a common resource pool is shared by applications and services that must run in total isolation from one another. EVN speeds up the task of deploying VNs and scales to 32 VNs for each switch. EVN incorporates the capabilities of Multi-virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) and provides new technologies including VNET Trunks and a simple technique for duplicating replicating routes between VNs. VSS technology makes it possible to set up Catalyst 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X Series switches to create non-stop virtual networks with advanced traffic load balancing.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Series Switches
Cisco's Supervisor Engine 8-E for the Catalyst 4500-E modular switch includes an integrated wireless network controller that works with Cisco's Unified Access technology for wired/wireless convergence. The Supervisor Engine 8-E is the first Catalyst supervisor to permit wired plus wireless services on a single platform powered by IOS XE software. Features include Cisco's Flexible NetFlow solution for application visibility encompassing wired and Wi-Fi networks, TrustSec/SGT2 wired and wireless security, identical Quality of Service for wired and wireless clients, plus the extension of Nonstop Forwarding with Stateful Switchover to cover Wi-Fi data traffic for world-quality availability.

Available in chassis with from three to 10 slots, Catalyst 4500-E Series switches can support up to 384 1-Gigabit Ethernet access ports, 193 1GE non-blocking fiber connections, 96 10-Gigabit Ethernet fiber connections, and eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports. Cisco's Supervisor Engine 8-E delivers as much as 928 Gbps of wired throughput for each system and up to 20 Gbps of wireless termination capacity. 50 Wi-Fi access points and 2000 wireless clients can be supported on each switch, and up to 250 APs and 4000 wireless users can be supported in a dual-switch installation without a standalone wireless network controller.

Catalyst 4500-X Switches
Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are fixed 10GE aggregation platforms that deliver 800 Gbps of core switching performance per chassis. The Catalyst 4500-X switch can have as many as 32 10GE ports on the unit's baseboard and eight more 10GE ports on the expansion module for a maximum of up to 40 10GE connections. Eight 10GE uplinks are also available with a separate module. In addition to providing zero-downtime performance and easy management, Cisco's VSS solution on Catalyst 4500-X Series switches provides higher system throughput of up to 1.6 Tbps by enabling all available capacity between VSS-linked Catalyst 4500-X switches. Additional features include Flexible NetFlow solution for application visibility, TrustSec protection, and fast, hardware-based IPv6 forwarding.

Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 Series switches are campus backbone switches that share the proven DNA of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 line of switches, which were introduced more than a dozen years ago and have been continually improved ever since. Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series switches provide the same general features and operational consistency, and the modular Catalyst 6807-XL accepts the Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 2T and its family of compatible line cards and service modules. This mutual compatibility and commitment to ongoing enhancement preserves your IT investment and permits you to update your network backbone with little business disruption or IT staff training.

Shared features of Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches equipped with the Supervisor Engine 2T include Cisco's Identity Services Engine (ISE) for simple, centralized control to ensure consistent policy throughout a distributed environment, VSS Quad Sup SSO (VS4O) technology for maximum uptime via multi-level switchover, and the Cisco LISP protocol to facilitate roaming and device mobility and to simplify virtualization and migration to IPv6. Additional virtualization features to partition specific client groups and serve the special security/compliance and QoS policy needs of each group include L2/L3 VPN, full MPLS, Easy Virtual Network, VRF-aware technology for NAT NetFlow, IPv6 over IPv4 GRE Tunnel Protection, and L2 extensions with virtual private LAN services (VPLS). For unified wired/wireless environments, the WiSM2 for Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 modular switches includes support for 1000 APs and 15,000 wireless clients.

Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Switches
The Catalyst 6500-E line of modular switches are intended for aggregation and enterprise backbone environments that require maximum uptime and high concentrations of 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 1 Gigabit Ethernet fiber, or 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet access ports. Available versions include three to 13 slots and work with a wide selection of modules. Integrated service modules enable wireless management, network monitoring, and security and compliance. Only E-Series versions of Cisco's extensive family of Catalyst 6500 switches are compatible with the Supervisor Engine 2T.

The Cisco Catalyst 6503-E switch has a 4 rack unit (4RU) chassis, includes 3 slots, and offers up to 180 Gbps of switching performance on each slot. The Cisco Catalyst 6503-E switch can support 97 1-Gigabit Ethernet connections, up to 99 1GE fiber connections, 34 10GE ports, and up to 8 40-Gigabit Ethernet access ports.

The high-end Cisco Catalyst 6513-E switch has a 19 rack unit, 13-slot form factor and offers up to 180 Gbps of bandwidth per slot, providing a system bandwidth as high as 4 Tbps. A VSS configured system can deliver up to 8 Tbps of capacity. The Cisco Catalyst 6513-E switch can support up to 529 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections, up to 534 1GE fiber ports, 180 10GE ports, and 44 40GE access ports.

Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 6800 Series switches are programmable core platforms intended to deliver optimal 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet support. The Catalyst 6880-X switch is a fixed-configuration, compact switch for Ethernet aggregation designed for small or midsize enterprise campus backbones. The Catalyst 6880-X switch supports up to 2 Tbps switching bandwidth and includes four slots for port cards. The maximum port density on one chassis is 80 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports or 10GE connections or up to 20 40GE ports. Configured with VSS, these switches can deliver 4 Tbps bandwidth and support up to 158 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports or 10GE access ports or as many as 20 40GE access ports.

The modular Catalyst 6807-XL switch comes in a 10-rack-unit chassis that has 7 slots and supports existing Supervisor Engine 2T line cards and modules. (Two slots are reserved for the Supervisor Engine and the other five are for expansion modules.) The Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL can deliver as much as 880 Gbps of switching bandwidth per slot and up to 11.4 Tbps of full-duplex switching capacity while supporting up to 240 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or 1GE fiber connections, 80 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections or up to 20 40GE access ports. an 6807-XL system with VSS is capable of supporting 22.8 Tbps of switching throughput, 480 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports or 1GE fiber connections, 160 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections or 40 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports. Ways That Progent Can Help You with Catalyst Switches
Progent offers the remote or on-premises services of CCIE-certified network consultants who have broad experience delivering Catalyst switch technology solutions for small and medium sized businesses, branches, campuses, data centers, Cloud environments, and service providers. Progent's skills include Catalyst and Nexus lines of smart switches and Cisco's IOS and NX-OS control software. Consulting and support services offered by Progent for Cisco Catalyst switches include pilot testing and validation, network analysis and monitoring, network architecture planning, migrations and project management, virtualization, wired and wireless unification, network management, capacity planning, troubleshooting, business continuity planning, and information security and compliance assessment and validation.

Progent offers deep knowledge of open standards and with Cisco-owned technologies associated with switching and routing such as Border Gateway Protocol, MPLS, PIM, VPNs, Spanning-Tree Protocol, virtual LANs, Cisco FabricPath, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), HSRP, Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol, OSPF, VSS, and Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP). Progent's infrastructure consultants also have deep knowledge of key networking technologies such as TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, EIGRP, Routing Information Protocol, and Internet Group Management Protocol. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified information security and compliance consultants can assist you to develop a comprehensive security and compliance strategy and deploy Catalyst switches so they offer maximum support for your network security policies.

If you require ultra high Ethernet density or extremely low latency Cisco switches for an enterprise-class data center, Progent can assist you to analyze, design, and implement a transition to Nexus switches. For information about Progent's support services for Cisco's Nexus Series switches, see Nexus Switch consulting offered by Progent. Progent can also help you to integrate Catalyst core switches with Cisco Meraki aggregation switches. (See Cisco Meraki switch integration consultants.) To find out additional information about Progent's professional assistance for Cisco networking products, choose a topic:

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