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Cisco's Catalyst line of modular and fixed switches provides performance and intelligence at the access, aggregation, and backbone levels of converged voice, HD video, and high bandwidth data networks for businesses that range from small businesses and branches to global enterprises and SPs. Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE consultants can provide online and on-premises expertise with Catalyst family switches to help you to plan a cost-effective network topology that addresses your specific business requirements, configure pilot testing systems, install Catalyst switches, implement and validate a sound security and compliance plan, streamline network management and monitoring, provide troubleshooting and support services, maximize switch capacity, and configure Catalyst's fault-tolerant technology for near-zero downtime.

Progent can assist you to manage and repair your older Catalyst switches or upgrade with minimal disruption to current versions of Catalyst switches following industry best practices to ensure that you receive the highest return from your investment in your network.

The demand for intelligent, high-performance switching is driven by a confluence of relatively new computing patterns whose net impact 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
• Data guzzling rich media applications
• Social business technologies
• The popularity of Big Data in analytics
• Ever more advanced threats such as ransomware

Cisco's current lineup of Catalyst switches are ideal for the distribution/core layers of enterprise campus environments where office employees must be accommodated by providing dependable high speed, secure user access control, tight segregation, application intelligence, and wired and wireless convergence. Catalyst series switches are designed to meet the demand for performance and intelligence with features such as high-port-count 10G/40G/100G support, switching performance over 25T per switch, a comprehensive collection of tools such as Easy Virtual Network to simplify the deployment of virtual networks, VSS technology for stateful failover with instant backup switch restoration and 99.999% uptime, IPv4 and IPv6 support, AVC to maximize system resource usage, and advanced QoS tools for business-critical data control.

Cisco Catalyst switches enable businesses of all sizes to benefit from incorporating smart switching features into their network infrastructure, creating an ecosystem that can meet current needs, expand to support expected capacity demands, protect vital information, and separate and control tasks to optimize network productivity.

Catalyst 1000 Series Fixed Ethernet Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 1000 access switches are compact, fixed-configuration switches intended for smaller businesses and branches with up to 250 workers and with minimal internal IT expertise. The Catalyst 1000 line includes fanless models for noiseless operation outside a wiring closet in an office venue. Mounting options include desktop, wall mount, rack mount, and DIN. Designed as an easy replacement for Cisco Catalyst 2960-L/2960-Plus deployments, the Catalyst 1000 portfolio includes models with 8 to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports or 24 to 48 Fast Ethernet 10/100M ports.

Catalyst 1000 set up and management are simple via a web UI or command-line interface, cybersecurity is enterprise-grade, and Power over Ethernet capability with a dynamically distributed budget of 740W allows a broad range of Internet of Things (IoT) deployments. As many as eight Catalyst 1000 Gigabit Ethernet Series switches can be controlled at once with single IP. Catalyst Series 1000 units are line-rate switches, and all are based on Cisco's venerable IOS operating system software. QoS features include egress queues on every port plus priority queuing to allow optimized throughput for data, IP voice, and video data. Catalyst 1000 switches also offer Shaped Round Robin (SRR) service scheduling and Weighted Tail Drop (WTD) congestion management.

Catalyst 9000 Series Fixed and Modular Managed Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 9000 line of switches offers modular and fixed appliances and can support all deployment models including access, aggregation, and core switching. The Catalyst 9000 series includes devices with the right price/performance to connect workers and things in venues ranging from small businesses and branches to global enterprises. Catalyst 9000 products can be set up to support any combination of local deployments, private/public clouds, and hybrid network models. Modern network management platforms and advanced cybersecurity solutions lower cost of ownership by cutting operational overhead and safeguarding vital network assets. Cisco's 9000X line of managed switches provide converged switching/routing, delivering the first combination of 400G optical transceivers along with full multigigabit Ethernet and PoE ports.

With double the backplane stacking bandwidth for around half the cost of the legacy Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches they are designed to replace, Cisco's Catalyst 9200 Series switches are a compelling network improvement for small branch offices and midsize campus environments. The 9200 portfolio includes models that support 24 or 48 ports with full Power over Ethernet; 80-160 Gbps backplane stacking bandwidth; streaming telemetry; and Layer 3 features that include Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing, EIGP distance routing protocol, IS-IS, and routed access. Cisco Catalyst 9200 switches run Cisco IOS XE.

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

Catalyst 9300 Series switches are fixed, stackable units for ultra-high-density enterprise access switching. Advanced features available with models in the Catalyst 9300 family include 1T backplane stacking bandwidth, stackable SFP fiber, up to 448 mGig ports and 288 ports of 90W UPOE+ with an 8-unit stack, line rate IPsec with AES-256 Encryption and performance up to 100G, HA fans and power supplies, plus data stack cables compatible throughout the complete Catalyst 9300 family.

Based on the Cisco IOS XE operating system, appliances in the Catalyst 9300 family support auto provisioning, API-driven configuration, granular visibility for close to realtime monitoring, and seamless software updates. Advanced security capabilities include Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) as well as AES-256 MACsec and IPSec encryption, plus Trust Anchor Technologies with Image signing. Cloud cybersecurity is enhanced because Catalyst 9300 Series switches can host Cisco's Umbrella agent directly. This allows organizations to implement their DNS policies granularly to prevent BYOD or IoT clients from visiting dangerous websites.

The entry-level Cisco Catalyst 9300L switch provides as much as 320G stacking capacity and offers 12 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G ports and 36 10M/100M/1G ports. The 9300L uses fixed instead of modular uplink components for 4 1G, 4 10G, or 2 40G uplink ports. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 appliance features 480G of backplane stacking capacity 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 speeds supported are 1G, 10G, 25G, or 40G. The high-end Cisco Catalyst 9300X switch provides 1T backplane stacking bandwidth and offers 48 10G Ethernet ports. The 9300X supports uplink modules with dual-rate 100G/40G, multirate 25G/10G/1G, or mGig. Cisco 90W Universal Power Over Ethernet+ (UPOE+) supports dense IoT applications. Cisco offers hardware to support 100G IPsec.

Cisco's Catalyst 9400 Series appliances are modular switches based on the Cisco IOS XE operating system and intended for midsize and enterprise campus access deployments. Offering twice the performance and more than four times the chassis bandwidth as the Catalyst 6500 line it is designed to replace, the Catalyst 9400 portfolio brings switch capability into the current era of networking impelled by cybersecurity, mobility, Internet of Things, and cloud.

Catalyst 9400 appliances are offered with 4-slot, 7-slot, and 10-slot chassis. Two of the slots on each chassis are reserved for redundant supervisor cards, making 2, 5, or 8 slots available for line cards. Max capacity per line-card slot is 480 Gbps. Switching capacity can reach 1.44 Tbps and forwarding rate on Supervisor Module can reach 9 Tbps for the 10-slot chassis. All Catalyst 9400 models can provide 90W UPOE+ on every access port, secure network segmentation with SD-Access and N+N/N+1 power redundancy for high availability. Cisco's Catalyst 9400 4-slot switch supports 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 switches can support 2 non-blocking 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP uplinks and up to 8 non-blocking 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ uplinks.

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

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

Catalyst 9500X products support up to 25.6 Terabits per second switching performance with up to 2 Bpps forwarding speed. Catalyst 9500X devices support up to 28 nonblocking 40/100 Gigabit QSFP28 optical ports or 8 nonblocking 40/100/200/400 G QSFP-DD ports. The 9500X product line also includes hardware capability for line-rate 256-bit 802.1AE MACsec and WAN-MACsec1 encryption.

Catalyst 9600 Series switches are modular core and distribution switches intended for the enterprise campus. The 6-slot 9600 Series chassis loaded with a Catalyst 9600X Series Supervisor has switching performance up to 25.6 Terabits per second and can support as many as 256 nonblocking 10/25/50 G ports, 96 nonblocking 40/100G G ports, or 8 nonblocking 200/400 GE QSFP-DD ports. The Catalyst 9600 switch also provides dual-rate 40G/100G and 10G/25G optics. Two chassis slots are reserved for high-availability supervisors. You can combine a selection of line cards for core and aggregation deployments. The chassis uses a passive backplane, making it possible to change out fan tray, power supplies, and line cards without disruption. Legacy Catalyst Series Switches Still Supported by Progent
Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified network consultants have extensive experience providing online and onsite support services for legacy Catalyst switches which have reached End of Life (EOL). These outdated Catalyst switches typically are more expensive to manage and support than contemporary models, deliver less capacity and fewer features, and for some cases may expose organizations to regulatory compliance and even liability risks. Progent's consultants can help you to manage and repair these older switches and can also help you to design and implement seamless migrations to current products within the Catalyst family or to solutions from the Cisco Nexus line of network switches which build upon Catalyst design experience.

Cisco Catalyst Express 500 and 520 Line
The Catalyst Express 500 family of fixed-configuration switches are designed for businesses with up to 250 workers and provide the reliability, security, extensibility, and feature set small companies need at an economical cost. Power over Ethernet support makes it easy to install network appliances like VoIP phones and IP cameras.

Models of the Catalyst Express 500 and 520 managed switches support up to 24 10/100/1000BASE-T ports as well as optional redundant power supplies with auto switch-over for additional dependability. Integration with Cisco wireless access points helps organizations to set up a local wireless environment quickly and easily. The Catalyst Express 500 and 520 family provides strong security against viruses thanks to the Cisco Self-Defending Network technology and Clean Access agents. Cisco Catalyst 2940 Switch
Catalyst 2900 fixed-configuration, managed Ethernet switches offer fundamental small-group connectivity for small to midsize businesses. These wire-rate desktop switches deliver Cisco IOS Software features for simple mixed-media traffic support at the edge of the network. The Cisco Catalyst 2940 Series fixed-configuration switches are compact, entry-level devices with eight Ethernet ports plus a single built-in Fast Ethernet or Gigabit uplink. The enclosures can be installed away from the wiring closet in cramped locations such as on or under a worker's desk or in a conference room.

Catalyst 2960-S Switch
The Catalyst 2960-S Series are fixed switches intended for small businesses and branch offices. Available models offer 24 or 48 1Gb Ethernet ports, four 1GE or two 10-GB Ethernet uplinks, and provide throughput of up to 176 Gbps. Cisco's FlexStack technology allows four Catalyst 2960-S switches to be combined in a FlexStack stack to perform like one switch that provides 40 Gbps of stacking bandwidth and that reduces administrative costs because of one-switch configuration. Cisco's IPv6 First Hop Security technology protects against address interception and malicious attacks.

Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 3560 Series is a line of non-modular switches that features IEEE 802.3af and PoE functionality in Fast Ethernet and 10/100/1000 implementations. The Catalyst 3560 is a proven Layer 2 switch for small enterprise network connectivity or satellite-offices, offering both 10/100/1000 and Power over Ethernet options for high efficiency while streamlining the installation of key technology including Voice over IP, Wi-Fi, video surveillance, and building management systems. IT managers can activate network-wide smart features such as quality of service (QoS), rate management, access control lists (ACLs), multicast management, and broadband IP routing while maintaining the simplicity of traditional network switching.

The Cisco Catalyst 3560 switch has a powerful array of capabilities that permit network scalability and higher availability through IP routing as well as a complete complement of STP improvements designed to increase availability in an access Layer network. Improvements to the standard Spanning Tree Protocol, such as PVST+, and Port Fast, combined with enhancements like Flex Links Layer 2 interfaces, improve network efficiency. Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus supports Layer 2 load balancing on backup links to exploit the additional capacity inherent in a redundant design.

Important routing mechanisms such as OPSF, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), static routing, and PBR increase system capacity; Protocol Independent Multicast increases utilization of network resources; and VRFLite protects network traffic.

Cisco Catalyst 3750 Family Switches
For midsized businesses and enterprise branches, Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series facilitates deployment of unified technologies and accommodates evolving competitive environments by providing setup versatility, ability to manage converged network traffic, and automatic set up of intelligent network functions. Also, the Cisco Catalyst 3750 switch is engineered for high-density Gigabit Ethernet environments and incorporates a wide range of switches that meet the access, distribution, and backbone-connectivity requirements of small or mid-size deployments.

The Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series has either the IP Base image or the IP Services image. The IP Base image features include advanced QoS, rate-limiting, access control lists, and basic static and Routing Information Protocol (RIP) routing capability. The IP Services image offers a richer selection of high-end features, including advanced built-in IP unicast and multicast routing.

Cisco StackWise technology is a mechanism optimized for Gigabit Ethernet. Cisco StackWise is intended to respond to additions, deletions, and redeployments while providing dependable performance. Cisco StackWise technology combines up to 9 individual switches into one functional unit, utilizing special stack-interconnect cables and software. Each of the switches can be any combination of Cisco's 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 among the stack of switches. The control switch intelligently builds and updates all the switching and optional routing tables. A deployed stack can accept new members or delete existing devices without operational discontinuity.

Catalyst 2960 Swiches and Catalyst 3560-CX Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 2960-CX is a fixed-configuration managed switch that is ultra-compact, fanless, power efficient, and allows a variety of mounting alternatives. The Catalyst 2960-CX has eight 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and two 1-GE uplinks and optionally provides Power over Ethernet. Cisco's Catalyst 3560-CX is a fixed-configuration switch packaged in a compact, quiet and energy-efficient unit that can be placed virtually anywhere convenient. Versions are available with 8 or 12 1-GE ports or with 6 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and 2 multigigabit Ethernet ports. Up to four uplink ports are available, and PoE+ power is also available.

Cisco's Catalyst 2960-L line consists of value-priced fixed-port switches designed for branch offices, retail venues, and other environments where space is limited. These low-profile switches have 8 to 48 GE ports and two or four SFP uplink ports. Power over Ethernet support saves space and fanless operation for 16- and 24-port versions eliminates noise. RJ-45 interfaces handle 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-T SFP-ports.

Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series switches improve on the 2690-S family of switches by delivering switching performance as high as 216 Gbps and supporting Cisco's FlexStack-Plus Stacking by means of a live-swappable plug-in that allows 8 switches in a FlexStack Plus stack capable of 80 Gbps of stacking performance. Cisco Catalyst 2900 family switches also work with NetFlow-Lite for conserving forwarding data for analysis. Cisco's Catalyst 2960-XR switch features Layer 3 dynamic routing, offering the simplicity of having one device for L2 and L3 routing.

Cisco Catalyst 3650 and 3850 Switches
Cisco Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 switches are fixed-configuration, stackable access devices based on Cisco's IOS XE OS and featuring comprehensive wireless network controller functionality that lets you control wired and wireless infrastructure on a single device managed by one operating system. Cisco offers versions with either 24 or 48 1Gb Ethernet connections with PoE+, four 1-Gigabit or four 10GE uplink connections, and support for up to 9 Catalyst switches in a FlexStack stack. All models offer expandable QoS, fast failover for high availability, software support for IPv4/IPv6 routing, multicast, and advanced security.

Since wireless data traffic is present at the Catalyst 3000 family switch, administrators can spot and prioritize wireless traffic using Cisco's Flexible NetFlow solution and advanced Quality of Service features for an improved wireless user environment and faster problem isolation. Fast Ethernet switching supports the high-throughput called for by the latest 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi standard using currently in-place cabling infrastructure. (To find out about Progent's consulting services for Cisco's 802.11ac Aironet wireless products, and Meraki cloud-managed APs, refer to Configuration and Troubleshooting Support for Cisco Wireless Technology.)

The Catalyst 3650 switch delivers stacking throughput of 160 Gbps and can control as many as 25 Wi-Fi access points and 1000 wireless clients per switch. The Catalyst 3850 Series switch offers stacking throughput as high as 480 Gbps and can control as many as 50 Wi-Fi access points and 2000 wireless clients on each switch or stack. Cisco Catalyst 3850 SFP Fiber Switches incorporate 12 or 24 1G fiber connections at line rate on every port, offering far reaching connections, advanced security, and an identical wired and wireless experience.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Series and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 4500-E and and Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are designed for campus and distribution deployments where physical space for networking equipment is limited. Running Cisco's IOS XE control software, the 4500-E and 4500-X product lines facilitate network virtualization by supporting Cisco's Easy Virtual Network (EVN) and Virtual Switching System technologies. Network virtualization makes it possible to divide a physical network into multiple virtual networks (VNs) whose data and control planes are logically distinct. This provides the economy, protection, recoverability, and ease of management needed for Cloud computing or other situations where a single infrastructure is used by software and services that must run in total privacy from each other. EVN streamlines the task of creating VNs and scales to 32 VNs for each switch. Easy Virtual Network utilizes the capabilities of Multi-virtual routing and forwarding and includes new features including VNET Tags and an easy way for duplicating replicating routes between virtual networks. Virtual Switching System makes it easy to set up Catalyst 4500-E and 4500-X Series platforms to create zero-downtime virtual networks with advanced traffic load balancing.

Catalyst 4500-E Series Switches
The Supervisor Engine for for the Catalyst 4500-E switch includes an integrated wireless controller that supports Cisco's Unified Access solution for wired and wireless convergence. The Supervisor Engine 8-E is the initial Catalyst supervisor engine to enable wired as well as wireless services on one switch based on Cisco's IOS XE software. Technologies include Cisco's FNF solution for capacity planning across wired and wireless networks, TrustSec/SGT2 wired/wireless data security, consistent QoS for wired and Wi-Fi networks, and the expansion of NSF/SSO to cover wireless data traffic for world-class availability.

Offered in chassis with from three to 10 slots, Catalyst 4500-E Series switches with Supervisor 8-E can support as many as 384 1-Gigabit Ethernet access ports, 193 Gigabit Ethernet fiber fiber ports, 96 10-Gigabit Ethernet fiber connections, and eight 10GE uplink ports. The Catalyst 4500-E Supervisor Engine 8-E provides up to 928 Gbps of wired throughput per system and 20 Gbps of wireless termination capacity. 50 Wi-Fi access points and 2000 wireless clients can be handled on each chassis, and up to 250 access points and 4000 clients are supported in a two-switch deployment without requiring a separate wireless network controller.

Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are fixed 10-Gigabit Ethernet aggregation platforms that can deliver up to 800 Gbps of backplane switching capacity per chassis. The Catalyst 4500-X switch supports up to 32 10GE connections on the unit's baseboard and eight more 10GE ports on the optional expansion module for a maximum of 40 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports. Eight 10GE uplinks can be added with another module. In addition to offering non-stop performance and simple management, Cisco's virtual switching system technology on Catalyst 4500-X switches offers increased system throughput of as much as 1.6 Tbps by activating all available bandwidth across redundant Catalyst 4500-X Series switches. Other features include Cisco's FNF solution for capacity planning, Cisco TrustSec protection, and fast, hardware-based IPv6 forwarding.

Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 switches are campus core switches that share the proven technology of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 line of products, which first appeared over a dozen years ago and which have been steadily improved since then. Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series switches provide identical general features and operation, and the modular Catalyst 6807-XL switch accepts the Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 2T and its family of compatible line cards and modules. This mutual compatibility and program of ongoing enhancement protects your technology expenditures and permits you to upgrade your network with minimal business disruption or IT staff re-education.

Common features of Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches equipped with the Supervisor Engine 2T include the Cisco Identity Services Engine for simple, centralized management to put in place consistent policy throughout a distributed environment, VSS capability for maximum availability through multi-level failover, and the Cisco Campus Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) to support roaming and device mobility and to streamline virtualization and transition to IPv6. Other virtualization tools to partition specific user groups and serve the special security and Quality of Service policy requirements of each group include L2/L3 VPN, full MPLS, Easy Virtual Network (EVN), VRF-aware applications for NAT NetFlow, GRE for v4/v6, and L2 extensions with VPLS. For converged wired/wireless networking, the Wireless Services Module 2 (WiSM2) controller Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 modular switches supports up to 1000 wireless APs and 15,000 wireless clients.

Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Series Switches
The Catalyst 6500-E family of modular switches are intended for aggregation and campus core networks that need maximum availability and high concentrations of 1 Gigabit Ethernet, 1 GE fiber, and/or 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet access ports. Available versions come with three to 13 slots and accept a broad selection of interfaces. Integrated service modules enable wireless, network monitoring, and security. Only E-Series models of Cisco's broad family of 6500 switches accept Cisco's Supervisor Engine 2T.

The entry-level Catalyst 6503-E has a 4 rack unit (4RU) chassis, holds 3 slots, and offers up to 180 Gbps of switching capacity on each slot. The Catalyst 6503-E supports up to 97 1-Gigabit Ethernet connections, up to 99 1GE fiber access ports, 34 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, and 8 40GE access ports.

The top-of-the-line Catalyst 6513-E switch has a 19RU, 13-slot chassis and offers up to 180 Gbps of bandwidth per slot, providing a total system capacity of up to 4 Tbps. A Virtual Switching System configured system can handle 8 Tbps of switching capacity. The Catalyst 6513-E switch supports up to 529 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports, up to 534 Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, 180 10-Gigabit Ethernet access ports, and 44 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports.

Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Catalyst 6800 Series switches are campus core platforms designed to deliver optimal 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet services. The Cisco Catalyst 6880-X switch is a fixed, compact switch for high-density Ethernet designed for small or medium-size enterprise campus cores. The 6880-X supports up to 2 Tbps capacity and includes four slots for port cards. The maximum port density on one chassis is 80 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or 10GE ports or as many as 20 40GE connections. Configured with Cisco's Virtual Switching System, these switches can deliver 4 Tbps switching bandwidth and handle up to 158 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports or 10-Gigabit Ethernet 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 standard Supervisor Engine 2T cards and modules. (Two of the slots are for the Supervisor Engine and the other five are for modules.) The Catalyst 6807-XL offers as much as 880 Gbps of switching throughput on each slot and a total of 11.4 Tbps of full-duplex switching performance while handling up to 240 1 Gigabit Ethernet connections or 1GE fiber ports, 80 10GE ports or up to 20 40-Gigabit Ethernet access ports. an 6807-XL system with Cisco's Virtual Switching System can support 22.8 Tbps of switching bandwidth, 480 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports or Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, up to 160 10GE access ports or 40 40-Gigabit Ethernet access ports. Ways That Progent Can Assist You with Cisco Catalyst Switches
Progent offers the remote or onsite support services of CCIE-certified network consultants who have extensive experience providing Catalyst switch support for small and midsize businesses, branch offices, enterprises, data centers, Cloud networks, and service providers. Progent's practice areas include Cisco's Catalyst and Nexus families of managed switches and with Cisco's IOS and NX-OS control software. Services offered by Progent's experts for Cisco Catalyst Series switches include proof-of-concept testing, network analysis, network architecture planning, upgrades and project management, network virtualization, wired and wireless unification, network management, performance optimization, troubleshooting, disaster recovery and business continuity preparedness, and data security assessment and verification.

Progent offers deep knowledge of industry standards as well as with proprietary Cisco protocols and technologies related to switching and routing such as Border Gateway Protocol, MPLS, Protocol Independent Multicast, VPNs, STP, virtual LANs, FabricPath, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol, OSPF, Virtual Switching System (VSS), and Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP). Progent's infrastructure consultants also offer experience with crucial networking technologies such as TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), RIP, and Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP). Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified data security and compliance consultants can show you how to create an enterprise-wide security and compliance strategy and deploy Catalyst switches so they offer optimal enforcement to your network security policies.

In case you require ultra high Ethernet density or sub-microsecond latency switches for a world-class data center, Progent can help your organization to analyze, plan, and manage a migration to Nexus Series switches. To find out about Progent's consulting and support services for Nexus switches, see Cisco Nexus Switch consulting and support services. Progent can also assist you to integrate Catalyst data center switches with Meraki distribution switches. (See Cisco Meraki switch integration consultants.) To learn additional details about Progent's consulting help for Cisco networking products, select a topic:

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