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Cisco's Catalyst line of modular and fixed managed switches offers performance and control at the access, distribution, and backbone areas of converged voice, HD video, and high bandwidth data networks for organizations that range in size from small businesses and branch offices to global enterprises and SPs. Progent's Cisco-certified consultants can provide remote and on-premises support for Catalyst family switches to assist your organization to design an efficient network architecture that addresses your specific business needs, set up pilot testing, install Catalyst switches, implement and validate a sensible security and compliance plan, automate network management and performance tracking, provide troubleshooting and support services, maximize switch performance, and set up Catalyst's fault-tolerant solutions for near-zero downtime.

Progent can help you to maintain and repair your legacy Catalyst switches or migrate with minimal disruption to current versions of Catalyst switches adhering to industry best practices to ensure that you get the highest business value from your investment in your network.

The demand for smart, high-speed switching is the result 0f a combination of fairly recent networking patterns whose net effect is a virtual avalanche of traffic:

• Cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) computing and a consequent reliance on massive network virtualization
• The proliferation of personal endpoints
• Bandwidth-intensive HD video applications
• Social business technologies
• The popularity of Big Data in data analytics
• Ever more advanced threats like ransomware

Cisco's current portfolio of Catalyst switches are best suited for the distribution and core layers levels of campus deployments where office workers must be supported with dependable performance, strict client access control, tight segregation, application awareness, and wired/wireless convergence. Catalyst switches address the need for speed and intelligence with features that include high-port-count 10, 40, and 100 Gigabit Ethernet support, switching performance more than 25T per chassis, an extensive collection of technologies including EVN to simplify the deployment of VLANs, Virtual Switching System (VSS) technology for stateful failover with subsecond virtual switch recovery and "five nines" (99.999%) availability, IPv6 support, Application Visibility and Control to maximize network resource usage, and advanced Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities for business-critical data prioritization.

Cisco Catalyst switches allow organizations of all sizes to build intelligent switching and routing services into their network infrastructure, deploying an ecosystem that can handle real-time needs, expand to support expected growth, guard vital information, and separate and manage processes to optimize network operations.

Catalyst 1000 Series Fixed Ethernet Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 1000 Series access switches are compact, fixed-configuration switches targeted for small businesses and branches with as many as 250 users and with little if any internal IT support. The Catalyst 1000 Series includes fanless models for quiet operation within an office venue. Mounting alternatives include desktop, wall or shelf mount, rack mount, and DIN rail mount. Created as an easy replacement for Catalyst 2960-L/2960-Plus Series deployments, the Catalyst 1000 portfolio includes versions with 8 to 48G Ethernet ports or 24 to 48 Fast Ethernet 10/100M Mbps ports.

Catalyst Series 1000 set up and management are simple using a web interface or CLI, cybersecurity is enterprise-grade, and Power over Ethernet ports with an automatically allocated budget of 740W allows a wide range of Internet of Things (IoT) implementations. Up to eight Catalyst 1000 Gbit Ethernet Series switches can be managed at once with single IP. All Catalyst Series 1000 units are nonblocking line-rate switches, and all are based on Cisco's familiar IOS operating system software. Quality-of-Service (QoS) features include egress queues for every port plus priority packet queuing to allow optimized throughput for data, IP voice, and video traffic. Catalyst Series 1000 switches also feature Shaped Round Robin scheduling and Weighted Tail Drop (WTD) congestion management.

Cisco Catalyst 9000 Fixed and Modular Managed Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 9000 line of managed switches offers modular and fixed units and can support all deployment scenarios including access, distribution, and core switching. The Cisco Catalyst 9000 line includes switches with the appropriate price/performance to connect people and things in environments from small businesses and branch offices to global enterprises. Catalyst 9000 Series products can be set up to support any mix of local facilities, private/public clouds, and hybrid network models. Unified management platforms and advanced security features lower expenses by cutting operational overhead and safeguarding vital IT assets. Cisco's 9000X line of switches provide converged switching/routing, introducing the first mix of 400G QSFP-DD ports plus full multigigabit and Power-over-Ethernet ports.

With twice the backplane stacking bandwidth for about half the cost of the legacy Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches they are designed to replace, Cisco's Catalyst 9200 Series switches are a natural network upgrade for small branches and midsize campus deployments. The 9200 family includes models that offer 24 or 48 ports with full Power over Ethernet; 80-160 Gbps stacking bandwidth; streaming telemetry; and Layer 3 capabilities such as OSPF, EIGP distance routing protocol, IS-IS link-state protocol, and RIP. Cisco Catalyst 9200 switches run Cisco IOS XE.

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

Catalyst 9300 Series switches are fixed, stackable units for high-density enterprise access switching. Key features available with models in the Catalyst 9300 family include up to 1Tbps backplane stacking throughput, stackable high-speed fiber, up to 448 mGig ports and 288 ports of 90W UPOE+ with an 8-device configuration, line rate IPsec with AES-256 Encryption and performance as high as 100G, HA fans and power, plus data stack cables compatible across the entire Catalyst 9300 family.

Powered by the Cisco IOS XE operating system, switches in the Catalyst 9300 family support automated provisioning, API-driven configuration, high-granularity visibility for close to realtime monitoring, and seamless software updates and patching. Security capabilities include Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) as well as AES-256 MACsec and IPSec encryption, plus Trust Anchor Technologies with Secure Boot. Cloud security is enhanced because Catalyst 9300 switches have the ability to host the Cisco Umbrella agent directly. This allows organizations to implement their DNS policies at a granular user or group level to block BYOD or IoT clients from visiting malicious websites.

The entry-level Cisco Catalyst 9300L switch provides up to 320G stacking performance and supports 12 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G ports and 36 10M/100M/1G ports. The 9300L uses fixed instead of modular uplink hardware for 4 1G, 4 10G, or 2 40G ports. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 switch features 480G of backplane stacking throughput and supports 48 100M/1G/2.5G/5Gbps Ethernet 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 switch delivers up to 1Tbps backplane stacking throughput and supports 48 10G port density. The 9300X supports uplink modules 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.

Cisco's Catalyst 9400 Series appliances are modular switches powered by Cisco IOS XE and intended for midsize and enterprise campus access networks. Delivering double the performance and more than quadruple the chassis bandwidth as the legacy Catalyst 6500 line it is built to replace, the Catalyst 9400 portfolio brings switch capability into the modern age of connectivity driven by security, mobility, Internet of Things, and cloud.

Catalyst 9400 switches are available with 4-slot, 7-slot, and 10-slot chassis. Two of the slots on the chassis are dedicated to high-availability supervisor cards, making 2, 5, or 8 slots available for line cards. Maximum bandwidth for each line-card slot is 480G. Switching capacity can reach 1.44 Terabits per second and forwarding performance on Supervisor Module can reach 9 Tbps with the 10-slot chassis. All Catalyst 9400 chassis can provide 90W UPOE+ on every port, protected segmentation with SD-Access and N+N/N+1 power redundancy for high resilience. Cisco's Catalyst 9400 4-slot switch supports 96 10/100/1000 ports, 5G/10G mGig ports, or 10G SFP+ ports. The Catalyst 9400 7-slot supports 240 ports, and the Catalyst 9400 10-slot supports 384 ports. All Catalyst 9400 switches can provide 2 non-blocking 40G Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable uplinks and 8 non-blocking 10 Gigabit SFP+ uplinks.

The Catalyst 9500 product line consists of fixed core and edge services switches intended for the enterprise campus. Catalyst 9500 models are based on Cisco IOS XE and the series incorporates the first infrastructure technology to provide switching rates above 25 Terabits per second.

Catalyst 9500 models provide as high as 6.4 Terabits per second switching performance with forwarding speed as high as 2 Bpps. Catalyst 9500 switches can support as many as 32 nonblocking 100 GB QSFP28 ports, 32 nonblocking 40G QSFP+ ports, 48 nonblocking 25 Gigabit SFP28 ports, or 48 nonblocking 10 Gigabit SFP+ ports. You can configure MEC multipathing across StackWise-Virtual members for 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 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 support for line-rate 256-bit 802.1AE Media Access Control Security (MACsec) and WAN-MACsec1 data encryption.

Cisco's Catalyst 9600 Series switches are modular core and distribution switches for the enterprise campus. The 6-slot chassis using a Catalyst 9600X Series Supervisor has switching performance as high as 25.6 Terabits per second and can contain up to 256 nonblocking 10/25/50 G 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 redundant supervisors. You can mix and match a selection of line cards for core and aggregation environments. The Catalyst 9600 chassis is equipped with a passive backplane, making it possible to replace fan tray, power supplies, and line cards without disruption. End-of-Life Catalyst Switches Still Supported by Progent
Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified network consultants have broad backgrounds delivering remote and on-premises support services for older Catalyst Series switches which have reached End of Life or End of Support. These outdated Catalyst switches often cost more to operate and maintain than current models, provide less capacity and fewer features, and for many cases may expose businesses to compliance and liability issues. Progent are available to assist you to maintain and troubleshoot these older switches and can in addition assist you to design and carry out non-disruptive upgrades to newer models within the Catalyst line or to devices from Cisco's Nexus line of network switches which build upon Catalyst technology.

Cisco Catalyst Express 500 and 520 Line
Cisco's Catalyst Express 500 and 520 line of fixed-configuration switches are designed for businesses with up to 250 employees and deliver the dependability, security, expandability, and feature set small companies require at an economical cost. Power over Ethernet support makes it simple to install network devices like wireless access points and closed-circuit TV cameras.

Versions of the Catalyst Express 500 managed switches support up to 24 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet ports plus the option of backup power with automatic fail-over for extra dependability. Integration with Cisco access points helps businesses to build a local wireless environment quickly and effectively. The Catalyst Express 500 and 520 family offers solid protection against viruses thanks to Cisco's Self-Defending Network technology and Clean Access agents. Cisco Catalyst 2940 Switch
Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series non-modular, managed Ethernet switches offer fundamental small-group networking for small to midsize companies. These wire-rate desktop appliances deliver Cisco IOS Software functions for basic mixed-media traffic control at the edge of the network. The Catalyst 2940 family of fixed-configuration switches are small-footprint, entry-level devices featuring 8 Fast Ethernet ports plus one built-in Fast or Gigabit uplink. They can be installed outside the wiring closet in space-constrained areas like on a user's desk or in a conference room.

Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series Switch
The Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series are fixed-configuration switches designed for small businesses and branches. Available models feature either 24 or 48 1Gb Ethernet ports, four 1-Gigabit or two 10GE uplink ports, and provide switching capacity as high as 176 Gbps. Cisco's FlexStack feature permits up to four 2960-S chassis to be grouped in a stack to perform as a single switching unit that provides 40 Gbps of stacking bandwidth and that reduces management costs because of single-switch configuration. Cisco's IPv6 First Hop Security capability guards networks against address theft and malicious attacks.

Catalyst 3560 Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 3560 family is a line of fixed-configuration switches that includes IEEE 802.3af and Power over Ethernet functionality in 10/100 Ethernet and Gigabit configurations. The Catalyst 3560 is an ideal access-layer switch for midsize business LAN connectivity or local-offices, combining both Gigabit Ethernet and PoE options for high efficiency while facilitating the installation of key applications such a VoIP, Wi-Fi, video monitoring, and building management systems. Customers can activate network-wide smart features including quality of service, rate management, access control lists, multicast management, and fast IP routing with the ease of conventional network switching.

The Cisco Catalyst 3560 family switch is equipped with a robust set of capabilities that allow for network scalability and enhanced availability through IP routing plus a full suite of STP enhancements designed to increase throughput in an access Layer LAN. Enhancements to the standard Spanning Tree Protocol, including Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus, and Port Fast, as well as innovations such as Flex Links Layer 2 interfaces, improve network efficiency. PVST+ supports Layer 2 traffic sharing on backup connections to exploit the additional capacity associated with a redundant architecture.

Important protocols such as Open Shortest Path First (OPSF), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, BGP, static routing, and Policy Based Routing improve system capacity; Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) helps improve resource utilization; and Virtual Route Forwarding Lite (VRFLite) secures data.

Catalyst 3750 Family Switches
For mid-size businesses and enterprise branch offices, Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series facilitates deployment of converged technologies and adapts to evolving competitive needs by offering setup flexibility, support for unified network patterns, and management-free configuration of smart system services. Also, the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switch is engineered for high-density Gigabit deployments and incorporates a wide selection of switches that meet the access, aggregation, and backbone-connectivity demands of small or midsized systems.

The Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switch includes either the IP Base or the IP Services image. The IP Base image functions include industry-leading QoS, rate-limiting, access control lists (ACLs), and basic static and Routing Information Protocol (RIP) routing support. The IP Services image provides a broader selection of enterprise-level features, including advanced hardware-based IP unicast and multicast routing.

StackWise technology is a stacking architecture optimized for Gigabit interfaces. StackWise is designed to respond to installs, deletions, and relocations while maintaining dependable operation. Cisco StackWise combines as many as nine separate switches into one logical unit, utilizing special stack-interface cables and utilities. Each of the switches can be any mix of the Catalyst 3750 switches and the 3750-E Series. The stack operates as an individual switching appliance that is directed by a master switch, elected from one of the stack of switches. The master switch intelligently builds and updates all the switching and optional routing databases. A working stack can accommodate new devices or delete existing members without service discontinuity.

Catalyst 2960 Swiches and 3560-CX Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 2960-CX is a fixed-port switch that is low-profile, fanless, low power, and includes flexible mounting options. The device incorporates eight 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and two Gigabit Ethernet uplinks and has an option for Power over Ethernet. Cisco's Catalyst 3560-CX appliance is a fixed-port managed switch packaged in a sleek, quiet and low-power unit that can be placed almost anywhere outside a wiring closet. Versions are available with 8 or 12 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports or with 6 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports plus 2 multigigabit ports. Two or four uplink ports are available, and Power over Ethernet (PoE) is also available.

Cisco's Catalyst 2960-L line includes entry-level fixed-configuration managed switches targeted for branch offices, retail areas, and other environments where space is at a premium. These low-profile appliances have 8 to 48 GE ports and either 2 or 4 Small Form-Factor Pluggable uplink ports. PoE support reduces clutter and fanless operation for most models eliminates noise. RJ-45 connectors support 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-T SFP-ports.

Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches improve on the 2690-S family of switches by offering switching performance of up to 216 Gbps and supporting Cisco's FlexStack-Plus stacking technology via a hot-swappable module that can combine 8 Catalyst switches in a stack capable of 80 Gbps of stacking performance. Cisco Catalyst 2900 family switches also work with NetFlow-Lite for application visibility and control. The Catalyst 2960-XR switch features Layer 3 dynamic routing, offering the simplicity of having one switch for L2 and L3 routing.

Catalyst 3650 and 3850 Series Switches
Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 series switches are fixed, stackable access switches powered by Cisco's IOS XE operating system and incorporating comprehensive wireless controller functionality that allows you to control wired and wireless networks on a single platform powered by one operating system. Cisco offers versions with either 24 or 48 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports with Power over Ethernet plus (PoE+), four 1-Gigabit or four 10-Gigabit uplink connections, and capacity for up to nine Catalyst switches per stack. All models provide expandable QoS, stateful failover for high uptime, support in software for IPv4/IPv6 routing, multicast routing, and advanced security.

Since wireless traffic is present at the Catalyst 3000 Series switch, it is possible to identify and assign priorities to wireless traffic by means of Cisco's Flexible NetFlow technology and advanced QoS features for a better wireless user experience and quicker problem mediation. Multigigabit Ethernet switching can handle the high-bandwidth defined by the latest 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi standard using currently in-place cabling solutions. (For information about Progent's consulting and support services for Cisco's 802.11ac Wi-Fi technology, and Meraki cloud-managed APs, refer to Planning and Deployment Consulting Services for Cisco Wireless Technology.)

The Cisco Catalyst 3650 switch delivers stacking bandwidth as high as 160 Gbps and supports as many as 25 wireless access points and 1000 Wi-Fi clients on each stack. The Catalyst 3850 switch offers stacking throughput as high as 480 Gbps and can control as many as 50 wireless APs and 2000 Wi-Fi users on each stack. Catalyst 3850 SFP Fiber Switches have 12 or 24 1G fiber ports at line rate, offering long distance connections, advanced protection, and a consistent wired/wireless user experience.

Catalyst 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Catalyst 4500-E Series and and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are designed for campus and distribution deployments where physical space for infrastructure hardware is limited. Running Cisco's IOS XE control software, both the Catalyst 4500-E and 4500-X families facilitate network virtualization thanks to Cisco's Easy Virtual Network and Virtual Switching System solutions. Network virtualization makes it possible to divide a physical network into a number of virtual networks whose data planes and control planes are logically separate. This makes possible the efficient utilization, protection, recoverability, and simplified management needed for Cloud computing or other scenarios where a common resource pool is used by applications and services that need to operate in complete isolation from one another. Easy Virtual Network speeds up the task of deploying virtual networks and can be expanded to 32 VNs per switch. EVN utilizes the capabilities of Multi-VRF and provides additional features such as VNET Tags and a simple way for duplicating replicating routes connecting VNs. Virtual Switching System technology makes it easy to set up Catalyst 4500-E and 4500-X Series platforms to produce zero-downtime virtual networks with advanced traffic load balancing.

Catalyst 4500-E Series Switches
Cisco's Supervisor Engine for for the Catalyst 4500-E modular switch has an integrated wireless network controller that supports Cisco's Unified Access solution for wired and wireless convergence. this is the initial Catalyst supervisor to enable wired as well as wireless services on a single switch based on Cisco's IOS XE software. Features included are Cisco's Flexible NetFlow technology for traffic analytics encompassing wired and wireless networks, TrustSec/SGT2 wired/wireless security, identical QoS for wired and wireless networks, and the extension of Nonstop Forwarding with Stateful Switchover (NSF/SSO) to include wireless traffic for world-class high availability.

Available in chassis with from three to 10 slots, Catalyst 4500-E Series switches with Supervisor 8-E can handle up to 384 1-Gigabit Ethernet ports, 193 Gigabit Ethernet non-blocking fiber ports, 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 per system and 20 Gbps of wireless termination performance. 50 Wi-Fi APs and 2000 wireless clients can be supported per switch, and 250 wireless access points and 4000 clients can be managed in a multi-switch installation without a standalone wireless network controller.

Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are fixed-configuration 10GE aggregation switches that can provide up to 800 Gbps of backplane switching performance per chassis. The Catalyst 4500-X supports up to 32 10GE ports on the baseboard and eight extra 10GE ports on the optional expansion module for a maximum of 40 non-blocking 10GE ports. Eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplinks are available via a separate module. In addition to offering non-stop performance and easy management, Cisco's virtual switching system solution on Catalyst 4500-X switches offers increased system throughput of as much as 1.6 Tbps by enabling all possible capacity across VSS-linked Catalyst 4500-X Series switches. Other advanced features include Cisco's Flexible NetFlow solution for traffic analysis, Cisco TrustSec protection, and fast, hardware-based IPv6 forwarding.

Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 switches are campus backbone platforms that share the field-proven technology of the Catalyst 6500 line of switches, which were introduced more than a decade ago and have been continually improved since then. Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 Series switches offer the same general features and operational consistency, and the modular Catalyst 6807-XL switch supports the Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 2T and the associated portfolio of compatible line cards and service modules. This mutual compatibility and commitment to ongoing improvement protects your infrastructure expenditures and permits you to update your network with minimal business disruption or management team re-education.

Common features of Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches that have Cisco's Supervisor Engine 2T include Cisco's Identity Services Engine (ISE) for convenient, single-point control to put in place consistent policy throughout a distributed environment, Virtual Switching System technology for 99.999% uptime through multi-level redundancy, and the Cisco Campus Locator/ID Separation Protocol to support roaming and mobility and to simplify virtualization and transition to IPv6. Additional virtual networking features to segment distinct client groups and serve the special security and QoS policy requirements of every group include Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN, complete MPLS, Easy Virtual Network, VRF-aware technology for Network Address Translation NetFlow, IPv6 over IPv4 GRE Tunnel Protection, and L2 extensions with VPLS. For unified wired/wireless networking, the Wireless Services Module 2 (WiSM2) controller Catalyst 6500 Series and Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches can manage as many as 1000 wireless access points and 15,000 wireless clients.

Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Series of modular switches are intended for distribution and enterprise core environments that need world-class availability and high concentrations of 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 1 GE fiber, or 10 and 40 GE ports. Available versions include three to 13 slots and work with a broad selection of interfaces. Integrated service modules enable wireless management, traffic monitoring, and data protection. Just E-Series versions of Cisco's extensive family of 6500 switches are compatible with the Supervisor Engine 2T.

The Cisco Catalyst 6503-E switch has a 4 rack unit form factor, holds 3 expansion slots, and offers as much as 180 Gbps of switching bandwidth per slot. The Catalyst 6503-E switch supports up to 97 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports, up to 99 1GE fiber ports, up to 34 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, and 8 40GE ports.

The top-of-the-line Cisco Catalyst 6513-E switch has a 19RU, 13-slot form factor and can deliver as much as 180 Gbps of capacity per slot, providing a total system bandwidth as high as 4 Tbps. A VSS configured system can handle up to 8 Tbps of switching throughout. The Cisco Catalyst 6513-E switch can support up to 529 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, up to 534 Gigabit Ethernet fiber connections, 180 10GE connections, and 44 40GE connections.

Cisco Catalyst 6800 Switches
Catalyst 6800 switches are campus backbone platforms designed to provide best-of-breed 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet services. The Cisco Catalyst 6880-X switch is a fixed-configuration, compact device for Ethernet aggregation designed for small or medium-size campus cores. The 6880-X 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 ports or up to 20 40GE ports. Configured with Cisco's Virtual Switching System, these switches can deliver 4 Tbps switching performance and support as many as 158 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports or 10GE connections or as many as 20 40GE connections.

The modular Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL switch comes in a 10 RU form factor chassis with 7 slots and accepts existing Supervisor Engine 2T line cards and service modules. (Two of the slots are for the Supervisor Engine and five are for modules.) The Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL switch can deliver up to 880 Gbps of switching bandwidth per slot and up to 11.4 Tbps of full-duplex switching bandwidth while providing up to 240 1 Gigabit Ethernet connections or Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, up to 80 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports or 20 40GE access ports. A two-chassis 6807-XL system configured with VSS is capable of supporting 22.8 Tbps of switching capacity, 480 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, up to 160 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections or 40 40-Gigabit Ethernet 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 backgrounds providing Catalyst switch technology solutions for small and medium sized organizations, branch offices, enterprises, data centers, Cloud networks, and service providers. Progent's areas of expertise include Cisco's Catalyst and Nexus lines of smart switches and with Cisco's IOS, IOS-XR and NX-OS control software. Services offered by Progent for Catalyst Series switches include proof-of-concept testing, system analysis, network architecture planning, migrations and project management, network virtualization, wired/wireless convergence, management automation, capacity planning, troubleshooting, disaster recovery preparedness, and data security assessment and remediation.

Progent's Cisco-certified consultants have broad expertise with open standards and with proprietary Cisco technologies related to switching and routing such as Border Gateway Protocol, MPLS traffic engineering, PIM, VPNs, ISIS, VLANs, FabricPath, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), OTV, Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Virtual Switching System (VSS), and Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP). Progent's network specialists also offer experience with crucial technologies such as TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, EIGRP, Routing Information Protocol, and Internet Group Management Protocol. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified data security and compliance consultants can show you how to create a comprehensive security and compliance strategy and deploy Cisco Catalyst switches so they offer maximum support for your network security policies.

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