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Cisco's Catalyst line of modular and fixed-configuration managed switches provides performance and control at the access, distribution, and backbone levels of converged voice, HD video, and data networks for businesses that range in size from small businesses and branch offices to multi-campus enterprises and service providers. Progent's Cisco-certified consultants can provide remote and on-premises support for Catalyst switches to assist you to plan an efficient infrastructure that addresses your unique business requirements, configure proof-of-concept testing, install Catalyst switches, implement and validate a sound security and compliance strategy, automate network management and performance tracking, provide repair and maintenance services, maximize switch capacity, and configure Catalyst's fault-tolerant solutions to achieve non-stop operation.

Progent can help you to maintain and repair your legacy Catalyst switches or upgrade smoothly to current models of Catalyst switches adhering to industry best practices to make sure that you realize the most return from your investment in your network.

The demand for intelligent, fast switching is the result 0f a combination of fairly recent networking trends whose overall effect is a cyber avalanche of traffic:

• Cloud and IoT computing and a consequent demand for intensive network virtualization
• The pervasiveness of personal endpoints
• Bandwidth-intensive rich media applications
• Social media for business
• The rise of Big Data in enterprise data analytics
• Increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks such as ransomware

Cisco's latest portfolio of Catalyst switches are ideal for the distribution/core levels of enterprise campus environments where office workers must be accommodated by providing consistent high speed, secure user access control, careful group isolation, application awareness, and wired/wireless convergence. Cisco's Catalyst switches address the need for performance and control with capabilities that include high-density 10, 40, and 100 Gigabit Ethernet support, switching performance over 25 Tbps for each chassis, a comprehensive collection of tools including Easy Virtual Network to simplify the deployment of VLANs, Virtual Switching System (VSS) technology for switch failover with instant backup switch recovery and 99.999% availability, IPv4 and IPv6 capability, AVC to optimize network utilization, and advanced QoS tools for critical data prioritization.

Catalyst switches allow organizations of all sizes to benefit from incorporating smart switching and routing features into their network architecture, deploying an ecosystem that can deal with current requirements, expand to accommodate expected growth, protect vital data, and differentiate and manage processes to optimize network operations.

Catalyst 1000 Series Fixed Ethernet Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 1000 Layer 2 network access switches are small form factor, fixed-configuration switches intended for small businesses and branches with as many as 250 users and with minimal internal IT expertise. The Catalyst 1000 family includes fanless versions for silent operation outside a wiring closet in an office venue. Mounting kits include desktop, wall mount, rack mount, and DIN rail mount. Created as an easy replacement for Cisco Catalyst 2960-L or 2960-Plus Series deployments, Cisco's Catalyst 1000 family includes models with 8 to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports or 24 to 48 Fast Ethernet 10/100M Mbps ports.

Catalyst 1000 set up and management are easy via a web UI or CLI, security is enterprise-grade, and Power over Ethernet capability with a dynamically allocated budget of 740W allows a wide variety of IoT deployments. Up to eight Catalyst 1000 Gbit Ethernet model switches can be managed together with single IP. Catalyst 1000 appliances are line-rate devices, and all are powered by Cisco's venerable IOS operating system software. Quality-of-Service capabilities include egress queues for each port as well as priority packet queuing to allow wire-speed performance for all classes of traffic. Catalyst Series 1000 switches also offer Shaped Round Robin scheduling and Weighted Tail Drop congestion avoidance.

Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series Fixed and Modular Managed Switches
The Catalyst 9000 family of switches offers modular and fixed switches and can support all deployment models including access, distribution, and core switching. The Catalyst 9000 family includes devices with the appropriate price/performance to connect workers and things in environments ranging from small businesses and branches to the largest enterprises. Catalyst 9000 Series switches can be configured to implement any combination of onsite deployments, private/public clouds, and hybrid networks. Unified network management platforms and cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions lower cost of ownership by cutting operational overhead and protecting critical IT assets. Cisco's 9000X line of switches provide converged switching and routing, introducing the first mix of 400G optical transceivers plus full mGig and PoE ports.

With double the stacking bandwidth at around half the price of the end-of-life Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches they are intended to replace, Cisco's Catalyst 9200 Series switches are a natural infrastructure upgrade for small branches and midsize campus environments. The 9200 family includes models that offer 24 or 48 ports with full PoE+; 80-160 Gbps backplane stacking performance; and Layer 3 features such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing, EIGRP, IS-IS link-state protocol, and routed access. Catalyst 9200 switches run the Cisco IOS XE operating system.

The Catalyst 9200 offers 160-Gbps stacking bandwidth, features onsite-replaceable redundant power supplies and fans, and accepts swappable 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 capacity. The Catalyst 9200L offers 80-Gbps stacking performance. Both the Catalyst 9200L multigigabit and the Catalyst 9200 multigigabit offer wireless bandwidth optimization with 8 or 12 multigigabit ports as fast as 10Gbps.

Cisco's Catalyst 9300 Series switches are fixed, stackable devices for ultra-high-density enterprise access switching. Advanced capabilities available with models in the Catalyst 9300 family include 1T backplane stacking capacity, stackable SFP fiber, up to 448 mGig ports and 288 ports of 90W UPOE+ with an 8-device stack, line rate IPsec with AES-256 Encryption and speeds as high as 100G, high-availability redundant fans and power, plus StackPower cables common across the entire Catalyst 9300 product line.

Based on Cisco IOS XE, switches in the Catalyst 9300 product line offer auto device provisioning, API-driven configuration, granular visibility for near realtime monitoring, and transparent software patching. Advanced security features include Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) along with AES-256 MACsec and IPSec encryption, and Cisco Trust Anchor Technologies with Secure Boot. Cloud security is enhanced because Catalyst 9300 Series switches have the ability to host the Cisco Umbrella agent directly. This allows businesses to design their DNS policies at a granular user or group level to prevent BYOD or IoT users from visiting malicious websites.

The value-priced Cisco Catalyst 9300L switch features as much as 320G backplane stacking capacity and offers 12 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G ports and 36 10M/100M/1G ports. The 9300L uses fixed rather than modular uplink hardware for 4 1G, 4 10G, or 2 40G uplink ports. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 appliance offers 480G of stacking throughput and can provide 48 100M/1G/2.5G/5Gbps Ethernet ports, 24 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10Gbps Ethernet ports, or 48 1G SFP ports. Modular uplink performance available are 1G, 10G, 25G, or 40G. The high-end Cisco Catalyst 9300X appliance delivers up to 1Tbps stacking capacity and supports 48 10G ports. The 9300X supports modular uplinks with dual-rate 100G/40G, multirate 25G/10G/1G, or multigigabit. Cisco 90W Universal Power Over Ethernet+ (UPOE+) supports IoT-intensive environments such as smart buildings. Cisco offers hardware to support 100G IPsec.

Cisco's Catalyst 9400 Series devices are modular switches powered by the Cisco IOS XE operating system and targeted for midsize and enterprise campus access deployments. Delivering twice the throughput and more than quadruple the chassis bandwidth as the legacy Catalyst 6500 it is built to replace, the Catalyst 9400 portfolio ushers switch technology into the modern era of connectivity impelled by security, mobility, IoT, and cloud.

Catalyst 9400 appliances are available with 4-slot, 7-slot, and 10-slot chassis. Two slots on the chassis are reserved for high-availability supervisor cards, leaving 2, 5, or 8 slots available for line cards. Maximum bandwidth scalability per line-card slot is 480G. Switching performance can reach 1.44 Tbps and forwarding performance on Supervisor Module can reach 9 Tbps with the 10-slot chassis. All Catalyst 9400 appliances offer 90W UPOE+ on every port, secure segmentation with SD-Access and N+N/N+1 power redundancy for high resilience. The Catalyst 9400 4-slot switch can support 96 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, 5G/10G mGig ports, or 10G SFP+ ports. The Catalyst 9400 7-slot switch supports 240 ports, and the Catalyst 9400 10-slot supports 384 ports. All Catalyst 9400 models can support 2 non-blocking 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP uplinks and 8 non-blocking 10G SFP+ uplinks.

Cisco's Catalyst 9500 product line includes fixed core and edge services appliances intended for the enterprise campus. Catalyst 9500 models are powered by Cisco IOS XE and the series incorporates the first infrastructure technology to deliver switching speeds above 25 Terabits per second.

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

Catalyst 9500X appliances support as high as 25.6 Terabits per second switching performance with up to 2 Bpps forwarding speed. Catalyst 9500X devices 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 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 switches intended for the enterprise campus. The 6-slot 9600 Series chassis with a Catalyst 9600X Series Supervisor delivers switching capacity as high as 25.6 Terabits per second and can support as many as 256 nonblocking 10/25/50 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 96 nonblocking 40/100G Gigabit ports, or 8 nonblocking 200/400 G QSFP-Double Density ports. The Catalyst 9600 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 variety of line cards for core and aggregation deployment scenarios. The chassis uses a passive backplane, making it possible to change out fan tray, power supplies, and line cards without disrupting operation. End-of-Life Catalyst Series Switches Still Supported by Progent's Consultants
Progent's Cisco certified consultants have extensive backgrounds delivering online and on-premises support services for older Catalyst switches for which Cisco has announced End of Life or End of Support. These legacy switches usually cost more to manage and maintain than contemporary models, deliver lower performance and functionality, and for many situations may subject organizations to compliance and liability issues. Progent are available to assist your business to manage and repair these older Cisco products and can in addition help you to design and execute non-disruptive migrations to newer models from the Catalyst line or to solutions from the Cisco Nexus line of switches which take advantage of Catalyst design experience.

Cisco Catalyst Express 500 and 520 Line of Switches
Cisco's Catalyst Express 500 family of managed Ethernet switches are designed for companies with as many as 250 workers and deliver the dependability, security, extensibility, and feature set small companies need at an economical price. Power over Ethernet capability makes it easy to install network devices such as VoIP phones and IP TV cameras.

Models of the Catalyst Express 500 and 520 managed switches offer up to 24 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet ports plus optional redundant power supplies with auto switch-over for extra reliability. Integration with Cisco wireless access points allows organizations to build a local wireless network quickly and effectively. The Catalyst Express 500 platform offers strong security against viruses thanks to the Cisco Self-Defending Network technology and Clean Access agents. Cisco Catalyst 2940 Switch
Cisco Catalyst 2900 non-modular, managed 10/100 Ethernet switches offer fundamental workgroup connectivity for small to medium-size businesses. These wire-speed desktop switches deliver IOS Software features for basic data, video, and voice control at the network edge. The Catalyst 2940 Series fixed-configuration switches are compact, stackable switches with 8 Ethernet connections and a single integrated Fast Ethernet or Gbit uplink. They can be deployed away from the wiring cabinet in cramped office spaces such as on or under a worker's desk or in a classroom.

Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series Switch
The Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series are fixed switches intended for small businesses and branch offices. Current models feature either 24 or 48 1Gb Ethernet ports, four 1GE or two 10GE uplinks, and provide throughput of 176 Gbps. Cisco's FlexStack feature allows four 2960-S chassis to be grouped in a stack to act as one switching unit that provides 40 Gbps of stacking bandwidth and that cuts management costs with single-switch setup. IPv6 FHS technology protects networks against address interception and malicious attacks.

Catalyst 3560 Switches
The Catalyst 3560 Series is a line of fixed-configuration switches that includes IEEE 802.3af and Power over Ethernet capability in 10/100 Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet configurations. The Catalyst 3560 is a proven access-layer switch for midsize business LAN connectivity or satellite-office environments, combining both 10/100/1000 and PoE configurations for high efficiency while streamlining the deployment of vital technology such a Voice over IP, Wi-Fi, video surveillance, and building management systems. Customers can deploy comprehensive smart features such as QoS, rate management, ACLs, multicast management, and fast IP routing with the simplicity of conventional LAN switching.

The Cisco Catalyst 3560 switch offers a powerful set of capabilities that permit network scalability and higher availability through IP routing plus a full complement of Spanning Tree Protocol enhancements aimed to maximize throughput in an access Layer LAN. Improvements to the conventional Spanning Tree Protocol, including Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+), Uplink Fast, and Port Fast, combined with enhancements like Flex Links, contribute to network uptime. Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+) allows for Data Link Layer traffic balancing on backup links to take advantage of the extra capacity associated with a redundant design.

Efficient technologies such as OPSF, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), and static routing increase network scale; Protocol Independent Multicast increases the efficiency of system resource use; and Virtual Route Forwarding Lite (VRFLite) protects data.

Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Switches
For midsized organizations and enterprise branch offices, the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series simplifies integration of unified applications and accommodates changing business environments by offering setup versatility, support for unified network patterns, and automatic configuration of smart system functions. In addition, Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series is engineered for high-volume 1000 Ethernet environments and incorporates a diverse selection of switches that address the connectivity, distribution, and backbone-interface requirements of small or midsized networks.

The Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series includes either the IP Base image or the Services image. The IP Base image features include industry-leading quality of service, rate-management, access control lists (ACLs), and simple static and RIP routing support. The IP Services image offers a broader set of high-end functions, including advanced hardware-based IP unicast/multicast routing.

Cisco StackWise technology is an architecture designed for Gigabit interfaces. Cisco StackWise is designed to respond to additions, deletions, and relocations while providing dependable operation. Cisco StackWise combines as many as 9 individual switches into one logical unit, utilizing custom stack-interconnect cables and stacking software. The individual switches can be any mix of Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series switches and the 3750-E switches. The stack behaves as an individual switching device that is directed by a control switch, elected from among the stack of switches. The master switch intelligently creates and updates all the switching and user-selected routing databases. A deployed stack can accommodate new devices or delete existing switches without service discontinuity.

Catalyst 2960 Series Switches and 3560-CX Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 2960-CX is a fixed-configuration switch that is compact, fanless, low power, and includes flexible mounting options. The Catalyst 2960-CX incorporates eight 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and two 1-GE uplinks and optionally provides PoE+ power. Cisco's Catalyst 3560-CX is a fixed-configuration switch housed in a sleek, noiseless and low-power enclosure that can be mounted virtually anywhere outside a wiring closet. Versions are available with 8 or 12 1-GE ports or with six 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports plus 2 multigigabit ports. Up to four uplinks are offered, and Power over Ethernet (PoE) is also available.

Cisco's Catalyst 2960-L line consists of entry-level fixed-configuration managed switches targeted for branch offices, retail venues, and other places where space is limited. Catalyst 2900-L low-profile appliances include 8 to 48 GE ports and 2 or 4 Small Form-Factor Pluggable uplink ports. Power over Ethernet support saves space and fan-free operation for 16- and 24-port models does away with noise. RJ-45 connectors support 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-T SFP-ports.

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and Catalyst 2960-XR switches enhance the 2690-S line of switches by offering switching performance of up to 216 Gbps and supporting Cisco's FlexStack-Plus Stacking via a live-swappable plug-in that can combine 8 Catalyst switches in a stack capable of 80 Gbps of stacking performance. Catalyst 2900 Series switches also support NetFlow-Lite for flow-based traffic monitoring. Cisco's Catalyst 2960-XR Series switch features L3 dynamic routing, offering the convenience of having a single device for Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing.

Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 Switches
Cisco Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 switches are fixed, stackable access switches powered by Cisco's IOS XE control software and incorporating full wireless network controller capability that allows you to control wired and wireless networks on a one platform powered by a single OS. Cisco has versions with 24 or 48 built-in 1Gb Ethernet ports with Power over Ethernet plus (PoE+), four 1-Gigabit or four 10GE uplink ports, and support for up to 9 Catalyst switches per stack. All models provide expandable Quality of Service, stateful failover for maximum availability, support in software for IPv4/IPv6 routing, multicast, and advanced security.

Since wireless data traffic is present at the Catalyst 3000 family switch, network managers can identify and prioritize wireless traffic with Cisco's FNF solution and advanced Quality of Service capabilities for a better wireless user environment and faster problem mediation. Multigigabit Ethernet switching can handle the high-throughput called for by the new 802.11ac Wave 2 wireless specification on existing 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 Support for Cisco Wireless Technology.)

The Catalyst 3650 delivers stacking bandwidth as high as 160 Gbps and supports as many as 25 Wi-Fi APs and 1000 wireless clients per switch or stack. The Catalyst 3850 delivers stacking bandwidth as high as 480 Gbps and supports as many as 50 Wi-Fi APs and 2000 wireless clients on each switch. Cisco Catalyst 3850 SFP Fiber Switches have 12 or 24 1G fiber ports at line rate on every port, offering far reaching connectivity, enhanced protection, and a consistent wired/wireless user experience.

Catalyst 4500-E Series and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 4500-E Series and and Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are intended for access and distribution deployments where physical space for networking hardware is at a premium. Running Cisco's IOS XE control software, both the 4500-E and 4500-X product lines simplify virtualization by supporting Cisco's EVN and Virtual Switching System (VSS) technologies. Virtualization makes it possible to segment a physical network into a number of virtual networks whose data and control planes are logically separate. This provides the economy, security and compliance, resilience, and ease of management required for Cloud computing or other situations where a single infrastructure must be shared by applications and services that need to operate in complete privacy from each other. EVN streamlines the process of creating virtual networks and can be expanded to 32 VNs for each switch. EVN utilizes the capabilities of Multi-VRF and provides additional technologies such as VNET Tags and an easy technique for duplicating replicating routes connecting virtual networks. VSS technology makes it possible to set up Catalyst 4500-E and 4500-X Series switches to produce non-stop virtual networks with advanced traffic load balancing.

Catalyst 4500-E Switches
Cisco's Supervisor Engine for for the Catalyst 4500-E modular switch has a built-in wireless network controller that supports Cisco's Unified Access solution for wired and wireless convergence. this is the initial Cisco Catalyst supervisor to enable wired plus wireless services on one switch based on IOS XE software. Technologies included are Cisco's Flexible NetFlow solution for capacity planning encompassing both wired and Wi-Fi networks, TrustSec/SGT2 wired/wireless data security, predictable Quality of Service for wired and wireless networks, plus the extension of Nonstop Forwarding with Stateful Switchover to include Wi-Fi data traffic for enterprise-quality high availability.

Available 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 1-Gigabit Ethernet access ports, 193 1GE fiber fiber ports, 96 10GE fiber connections, and eight 10GE uplinks. The Catalyst 4500-E Supervisor Engine 8-E provides as much as 928 Gbps of wired throughput for each system and up to 20 Gbps of wireless termination performance. 50 Wi-Fi access points and 2000 wireless clients can be supported on each switch, and 250 access points and 4000 wireless clients are managed in a multi-switch installation without a separate wireless network controller.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are fixed-configuration 10-Gigabit Ethernet aggregation platforms that deliver up to 800 Gbps of core switching performance per chassis. The Catalyst 4500-X supports up to 32 10GE connections on the unit's baseboard and eight additional 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports on the expansion module for a total of 40 non-blocking 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections. Eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports are also available with a separate module. In addition to offering non-stop performance and simple management, Cisco's VSS technology on Catalyst 4500-X switches offers higher system performance of as much as 1.6 Tbps by activating all possible capacity across redundant Catalyst 4500-X Series switches. Additional advanced features include Flexible NetFlow technology for application visibility, Cisco TrustSec security, and wire-rate IPv6 forwarding.

Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Catalyst 6800 switches are campus core platforms that incorporate the proven technology of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 family of switches, which were introduced over a decade ago and which have been continually enhanced ever since. Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series switches provide the same general features and operational consistency, and the modular Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL switch supports the Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 2T and the associated family of line cards and modules. This backwards compatibility and program of ongoing enhancement protects your IT expenditures and enables you to upgrade your network with little service interruption or management team retraining.

Common features of Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches equipped with the Supervisor Engine 2T include Cisco's ISE technology for convenient, single-point management to ensure consistent policy across a distributed environment, VSS Quad Sup SSO (VS4O) capability for maximum availability via multi-level switchover, and Cisco's Campus Locator/ID Separation Protocol to facilitate client roaming and device mobility and to streamline virtualization and transition to IPv6. Other virtualization features to partition distinct user groups and serve the unique security/compliance and Quality of Service policy needs of every group include Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN, complete Multiprotocol Label Switching, Easy Virtual Network, VRF-aware applications for Network Address Translation NetFlow, GRE for v4/v6, and Layer 2 extensions with virtual private LAN services. For converged wired/wireless environments, the Wireless Services Module 2 (WiSM2) for Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 modular switches supports up to 1000 wireless APs and 15,000 wireless users.

Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Switches
The Catalyst 6500-E line of modular switches are intended for aggregation and campus core networks that require world-class availability and high densities of 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 1 Gigabit Ethernet fiber, or 10 and 40 GE access ports. Models have three to 13 slots and accept a broad range of modules. Integrated service modules support wireless management, network analysis, and security and compliance. Only E-Series models of Cisco's extensive line of 6500 switches are compatible with the Supervisor Engine 2T.

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

The top-of-the-line Cisco Catalyst 6513-E has a 19 rack unit, 13-slot chassis and can deliver 180 Gbps of throughput on each slot, with a system capacity of up to 4 Tbps. A VSS configured system can deliver up to 8 Tbps of capacity. The Cisco Catalyst 6513-E Series switch can support up to 529 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections, up to 534 1GE fiber ports, 180 10-Gigabit Ethernet access ports, and 44 40-Gigabit Ethernet connections.

Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 6800 switches are programmable backbone switches designed to provide optimal 10/40/100 GE support. The Cisco Catalyst 6880-X switch is a fixed-configuration, compact platform for Ethernet aggregation designed for small or medium-size campus backbones. The Catalyst 6880-X switch supports as much as 2 Tbps throughput and features four slots for plug-in port cards. The maximum port density on one chassis is 80 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or 10GE access ports or as many as 20 40GE access ports. Configured with Cisco's Virtual Switching System, a two-chassis system can provide 4 Tbps switching performance and support up to 158 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections or 10-Gigabit Ethernet access ports or as many as 20 40GE ports.

The modular Catalyst 6807-XL switch has a 10 RU form factor chassis that has 7 expansion slots and accepts standard Supervisor Engine 2T line cards and modules. (Two of the slots are reserved for the Supervisor Engine and five are for modules.) The Catalyst 6807-XL switch can deliver up to 880 Gbps of switching bandwidth on each slot and 11.4 Tbps of full-duplex switching bandwidth while supporting up to 240 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections or 1GE fiber connections, up to 80 10-Gigabit Ethernet access ports or up to 20 40GE connections. A two-chassis 6807-XL system with VSS can handle 22.8 Tbps of switching throughput, 480 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, 160 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections or 40 40GE ports. Ways That Progent Can Assist Your Business with Catalyst Switches
Progent can provide the remote or on-premises expertise of CCIE-certified network consultants who have broad experience providing Catalyst switch solutions for small and medium sized organizations, branches, campuses, data centers, Cloud environments, and service providers. Progent's areas of expertise include Cisco's Catalyst and Nexus families of smart switches and Cisco's IOS and NX-OS control software. Services available from Progent's experts for Catalyst Series switches include pilot testing, network analysis and monitoring, topology design, migrations and project management, network virtualization, wired/wireless unification, network management, performance optimization, problem mitigation, disaster recovery preparedness, and information security and compliance testing and validation.

Progent offers broad knowledge of industry standards and with proprietary Cisco technologies related to switching and routing including Border Gateway Protocol, MPLS, PIM, VPNs, Spanning-Tree Protocol, VLANs, FabricPath, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), HSRP, VRRP, OSPF, VSS, and LISP. Progent's network consultants also offer experience with important networking technologies including TCP/IP protocols, IPv4, IPv6, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, Routing Information Protocol, and IGMP. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified information security and compliance consultants can assist you to create an enterprise-wide security and compliance plan and implement Cisco Catalyst switches so they offer optimal support for your security policies.

If you need ultra high density or extremely low latency Cisco switches for an enterprise-class data center, Progent can assist your organization to analyze, plan, and implement a transition to Nexus Series switches. To find out about Progent's support capabilities for Nexus switches, refer to Nexus Switch configuration and support services available from Progent. Progent can also assist you to integrate Catalyst data center switches with Cisco Meraki distribution switches. (See Cisco Meraki switch integration consultants.) To see additional details about Progent's consulting support for Cisco solutions, choose a subject:

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